Lucky Coin
Value: 4
Notions • Cats • Clocks • Wind
Meanings: Good fortune, wealth, freedom, unexpected luck, unstructured
We put a lot of value in objects. We place a lot of importance in their presence in our lives. Some people might have a favorite shirt, a trusty handkerchief, or—of course—a Lucky Coin. Armed with a talisman such as this, no harm can befall us. But we only barely understand the truth of such things. The luck they bring—if they work—never comes in an expected form.
Divination: Something good is coming. It’s likely nothing one planned on or was expecting, and it can come in many forms: success, money, or the elimination of a problem. The Lucky Coin is a positive card turn, and suggests that the person in question has perhaps less structure weighing upon them than they thought. Fewer strings for the marionette, so to speak. They are more free than they believed. Free to act and do as they please.
Game Narrative: An NPC comes into a great deal of wealth. A group of wild, unfettered individuals is involved in the matters at hand.
Joy: The PC succeeds at what they attempt to an even greater degree than they thought possible. The PC gets an unexpected windfall. The PC or an NPC ally get free of something that fetters them.
Despair: An NPC foe succeeds thanks to some unexpected, outside force. An NPC foe gains wealth or a treasure that significantly aids them.
If you find a good luck charm, hang onto it. They’re rarer than you’d think.