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Archives of Nethys

Archives of Nethys

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Pathfinder #190: The Choosing / The Harrow Court

Epitomes

Source Pathfinder #190: The Choosing pg. 72
The defining characteristic of the Harrow Court are its epitomes—one for each card in the Deck of Destiny. Each of these epitomes helps to expand the demiplane by adding new opportunities to the realm. While the PCs themselves may experience the wonder and surprise at each new addition to the demiplane, the simulacra of the Harrow Court remember the new additions as if they had always been there, their memories updating and society adjusting as needed to incorporate the changes seamlessly.

Epitomes

As the PCs epitomize more cards, you'll need to track which epitomes manifest in the Harrow Court. One way to do this is to devote a Harrow deck to this task—when a card is epitomized, move it into a separate stack or collection from the rest of the cards. You can also use the map on page 70 of this volume, which includes spaces for the PCs track this information as they build the realm up with additional epitomes.

Activating an Epitome

Source Pathfinder #190: The Choosing pg. 72
A card's epitome activates immediately as soon as it arrives within the Harrow Court, as long as the card itself is invested. Likewise, if a PC invests a card while within the Harrow Court, its epitome activates automatically. Once a card's epitome activates, the player characters immediately become aware of those effects, regardless of where in the Harrow Court the epitome manifests. An epitome remains active forever (or at least, until the Harrow Court's destruction)—there's no way to reverse an epitome once it takes place, although at the GM's discretion, an effect like a wish can reverse a single epitome of the caster's choice.

Specific effects for each card's epitome are detailed in the Adventure Toolbox beginning on page 75. Epitome effects for cards discovered in the next two adventures will appear in Adventure Toolboxes for those adventures.