Amaril
2013-03-10, 01:06 PM
So, my wizard character just recently went to an oracle to have his future foretold. Yaphyll, the friendly diviner, had me and the rest of the party (minus our superstitious fighter and our otherwise-occupied druid) draw tarot cards from a deck--one for our past, three for our future, and one for the unknown. In a bit of cool design, our DM actually passed around a deck of custom cards and had us pick from it at random. For my cards, I drew the following:
Past: Secrecy,
Future: Valor, Pride, Humility,
Unknown: Ruin.
What this seems to suggest to me is that my character has a future of heroic deeds ahead, but if I'm not careful, my actions could lead to disaster. With this in mind, I'm starting this thread with the following purpose--to share stories of experiences you've had in games where prophecies have gone horribly wrong. Part of my motivation for this is to gather information on common mistakes to avoid, but mostly it's just for teh lulz.
So, when has knowing your future caused horrible, horrible problems?
Past: Secrecy,
Future: Valor, Pride, Humility,
Unknown: Ruin.
What this seems to suggest to me is that my character has a future of heroic deeds ahead, but if I'm not careful, my actions could lead to disaster. With this in mind, I'm starting this thread with the following purpose--to share stories of experiences you've had in games where prophecies have gone horribly wrong. Part of my motivation for this is to gather information on common mistakes to avoid, but mostly it's just for teh lulz.
So, when has knowing your future caused horrible, horrible problems?