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# D&D Campaign — Planescape / Deck of Many Things
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This repository contains a Planescape D&D 5e campaign being documented for publication.
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## Repository Structure
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- **`Deck of Many Things.md`** — The main campaign document (~160 pages). This is the publication manuscript.
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- **Everything else** — Working notes, scribbles, and reference material for the campaign's current state of play. Not part of the publication.
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## Setting
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The campaign is set in **Sigil** (the City of Doors) and surrounding Planescape locations, including the town of **St. Parnas**. It centers on the **Deck of Many Things** — a man named **Green** has been running a scheme where he recruits people to draw cards, taking a cut of wishes and gems while pawning off the risks.
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**Tymora**, goddess of Good Luck, is watching the situation with concern. The Deck is being used far more than it historically has, and nobody knows why it isn't vanishing.
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## Key NPCs
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- **Rennick** — Fraternity of Order employee (Casino Investigator & Theoretical Fortunologist). Has discovered something dangerous, is in hiding from Crow and the Xaositects. Has asked the party for help.
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- **Crow** — An Incantifer (aberration wizard) hunting Rennick. Uses spell constructs (Fire, Divination, Movement, Defense) each with 80 HP.
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- **Sergei Pavel** — Xaositect Bariaur Fighter LV4, also hunting Rennick. Travels with Jinn. Claims to be president of the Xaositects.
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- **Jinn** — Xaositect Water Genasi, Sergei's companion. Doesn't know what she knows until she tries. Skills and spells randomized daily.
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- **Rico Sparks** — Tout (information broker). Planetouched human with static electricity. Charges 5GP per conversation, first one's free.
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- **Lada** — Halfling Priestess of Tymora, Theoretical Fortunologist. Connected to Rennick.
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- **Rackle** — "The Punching Bag." Drew three terrible cards (Euryale, Ruin, Rogue). Lives in an abandoned watchtower near St. Parnas.
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- **Green** — Runs the Deck of Many Things operation.
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- **Tom (Timon Pherenikos)** — Fraternity of Order courthouse receptionist, half-Oread.
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- **Mr. Thorne (Darius Thorne)** — Owner of Skyledge.
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- **Jakarta** — Costume and set designer.
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## Key Creatures
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- **Sasuko-y-Saso** — Beholder-kin allied with or connected to the story.
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- **Kekele** — Aaracokra Battle Master Fighter LV5, party ally or NPC.
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- **Pig** — A giant with three stat blocks (Sick/Recovering/Fully Healed).
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- **Ant colony** — Worker, Soldier, and Queen ants with stat blocks.
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- **Goblins** — A goblin crew in a casino (Grylla the priest-leader, Snurk the warlock, six goblin fighters).
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## Factions
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- **Fraternity of Order** — Lawful bureaucratic faction. Rennick works for them. Known for absurd paperwork.
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- **Xaositects** — Chaos faction. Sergei and Jinn are members. Hostile to Rennick's ability to predict random events.
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- **Harmonium** — Law enforcement in Sigil.
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- **Incantifers** — Powerful, dangerous wizards. Crow is one.
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## Working Notes (not for publication)
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- **Character/NPC files** — `crow.md`, `kekele.md`, `sasuko.md`, `Reggie Drum, 4th Level Fighter.md`
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- **Session prep** — `Next Session.md`, `Rennick_s Messages_.md`
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- **Location/encounter files** — `The Punching Bag.md` (Rackle's story), `Fraternity Forms.md` (bureaucratic props), `shops.md` (magic item shop inventories)
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- **Stat blocks** — `Creature Stat Blocks.md` (ants, Pig, Sisters, etc.)
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- **Visual assets** — `cards/` and `faded/` (Deck card images), `Scrolls/` (prop scrolls as SVG/PDF), `dungeon-map.svg/png`, `Steel Door.png`, `Elar Mossbrow.webp`
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- **Docx files** — Word versions of several markdown files
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## How to Help
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When assisting with this campaign:
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- Use **D&D 5th Edition** rules unless told otherwise.
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- Maintain consistency with established NPCs, factions, and lore described above.
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- Planescape slang is used in-world (berk, cutter, blood, the Cage, etc.).
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- Stat blocks should follow the formatting conventions already used in the existing files.
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- The campaign has a mix of humor (bureaucratic absurdity, quirky NPCs) and serious plot (powerful artifacts, assassination threats).
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- The DM values creative, flavorful content over mechanical optimization.
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