Post by Dizzy on Jun 16, 2006 4:01:29 GMT -5
There are three suits of seventeen cards, with four face cards apiece: Ace to 13, F1, F2, F3, F4. The ace of each suit is a large dragon in the clor appropriate to the suit. weyr suit has the gold queen on its ace, and its symbol is the dragon. Hold suit has the bronze, and its symbol is the sheaf. Craft suit has the brown, and uses the hammer.
The traditional deck has a repeating pattern of intertwined blue and green dragons on the backs of the cards.
The face cards of Sheaves are Lord Holder, Lady Holder, Steward, and holder.
The face cards of Dragons are Weyrwoman, Weyrleader, Wingsecond, weyrling.
The face cards of Hammers are Craftmaster, journeyman, apprentice, student.
There are threee Harper cards, of which none, one, two, or all three may be included in the gameand act as wild cards or picture blanks as needed.
Certain cards have their own meanings. A hand containing all three elevens is bad luck. Legen says a man died suddenly while holding those cards. Whether he died as a result of having angered someone he cheated or of more natural causes is unrecorded. The thirteen of Hammers is called the Bakers' card. The five of Dragons is known as the Clutch, for the five colors of dragons.
Designers of the decks find their work more popular if they paint the faces of the local Lord Holder, Craftmasters, and Weyrleaders on a dragon poker deck. the decks are good barter items at Gathers. A handsomely marked set may be worth more than four marks, depending on the level of artistic skill that wnet into its design. Cheap ones can be had for a good deal less.
It is often a matter of politics to see whose faces are on the most popular decks. Unpopular faces on face cards are considered to be unlucky.
(Dragonlover's Guide To Pern. Second edition. Jody Lynn Nye w/ Anne MacCaffrey. Copyright 1989, 1997. Bill Fawcett and Accociates. Pg. 159,160)
The traditional deck has a repeating pattern of intertwined blue and green dragons on the backs of the cards.
The face cards of Sheaves are Lord Holder, Lady Holder, Steward, and holder.
The face cards of Dragons are Weyrwoman, Weyrleader, Wingsecond, weyrling.
The face cards of Hammers are Craftmaster, journeyman, apprentice, student.
There are threee Harper cards, of which none, one, two, or all three may be included in the gameand act as wild cards or picture blanks as needed.
Certain cards have their own meanings. A hand containing all three elevens is bad luck. Legen says a man died suddenly while holding those cards. Whether he died as a result of having angered someone he cheated or of more natural causes is unrecorded. The thirteen of Hammers is called the Bakers' card. The five of Dragons is known as the Clutch, for the five colors of dragons.
Designers of the decks find their work more popular if they paint the faces of the local Lord Holder, Craftmasters, and Weyrleaders on a dragon poker deck. the decks are good barter items at Gathers. A handsomely marked set may be worth more than four marks, depending on the level of artistic skill that wnet into its design. Cheap ones can be had for a good deal less.
It is often a matter of politics to see whose faces are on the most popular decks. Unpopular faces on face cards are considered to be unlucky.
(Dragonlover's Guide To Pern. Second edition. Jody Lynn Nye w/ Anne MacCaffrey. Copyright 1989, 1997. Bill Fawcett and Accociates. Pg. 159,160)