Deck of Illusions

This set of parchment cards is usually found in an ivory, leather, or wooden box. A full deck consists of thirty-six cards. When a card is drawn at random and thrown to the ground, a major image of a creature is formed. The figment lasts until dispelled. The illusory creature cannot move more than 30 feet away from where the card landed, but otherwise moves and acts as if it were real. At all times it obeys the desires of the character who drew the card. When the illusion is dispelled, the card becomes blank and cannot be used again. If the card is picked up, the illusion is automatically and instantly dispelled. The cards in a deck and the illusions they bring forth are summarized on the following table. (Use one of the first two columns to simulate the contents of a full deck using either ordinary playing cards or tarot cards.)

Alternately, if you are using a VTT (virtual table top) system like Roll20, you can simply roll 1d36 and reroll expended results. In Roll20, the command to type in chat is: /r 1d36

A randomly generated deck is usually complete (11–100 on d%), but may be discovered (01–10) with 1d20 of its cards missing. If cards are missing, reduce the price by a corresponding amount.

Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, major image.

Cost to Create: 4,050 gp, 324 XP, 9 days.

Source: Dungeon Master’s Guide (version 3.5), page 254. There are actually 36 cards in the table, not 34, and the descriptive text has been altered to reflect this.