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Currently enjoying a campaign, and have a couple tweaks I've been using, followed by a recommendation on generating inspiration to write each chapter entry:

  1. I'm not keen on danger, so have been using spades/swords as "revelations and epiphanies" instead, which is also a characteristic of this suit in tarot.
  2. Multiple times I ended up using the meanings of specific minor arcana rather than just the game's default meanings. It feels more natural to me as someone a little familiar with tarot readings, though the game's guidance is pretty close to the development of each suit's traditional themes.

I recommend that even players without experience in Tarot look at the card illustrations in their deck for inspiration for story elements. It's an advantage most tarot decks have over most playing card decks. A lot of tarot decks have repeated motifs that appear throughout cards as well, which can inspire linking elements throughout the journey.

Will report back when I finish.

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First of all, thanks for the kind words and suggestions! <3

I love the idea of turning spades/swords into revelations. Danger wasn't supposed to be something that obligatory would hurt your explorer, but something they would perceive with fear, anxiety or concern. A revelation is both closer to that and broader in meaning, so that's a very good change.

For the Minor Arcana, I tried my best to follow Rider-Waite themes, yes, but I also tried to keep it as simple as possible for the people unfamiliar with Tarot. I have opted for the simpler approach, but players are more than welcome to use their deck of choice's meanings instead, if that can create a better story!

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You did really well adapting the Rider-Waite themes! 

Spades as Revelations has continued being an excellent tweak for me. I was not actually prepared for my research professor to, at a very unfortunate Wheel of Fortune situation, reveal just how much he despised my mother's approach to interpreting archeological finds, have a fight with me while we are trying to locate camp, then him leaving without a word.

Except for the next major (Death) where the university notified me that he had terminated my stipend and tuition waiver and that I had a new bill of thousands of dollars that I needed to figure out how to pay.

It would have actually caused less lasting damage to my character had they fallen into a river and lost everything but their life lol. But I still prefer revelations.

The campaign still continueth.