Recently, a friend of mine who knew I had intersecting interest in the occult and TTRPGs gifted me a Harrow deck. For those of you unfamiliar, its a deck of cards not unlike tarot - used as a fortune telling and/or plot device for the Player Characters to consult in-game. The deck consists of six suits, each of which correspond to one of the six typical RPG attributes. According to the accompanying manual, the reading is done in two parts: a single card draw based on the nature of the question, followed by a 3x3 spread.
To make a long explanation short: cards are interpreted based on their position in the spread representing a combination of good-unclear-bad and past-present-future. Each card also has an "alignment" assigned to it (the classic Lawful Good to Chaotic Evil scale) and is further interpreted based on its actual alignment vs its position in the spread (eg: a Lawful Good card in the Chaotic Evil position should be interpreted in the worst possible way, a LG card in the "correct" position in the best light, and so forth).
What I'm generally getting at is whether it's possible to use this as an actual divination tool. The provided meanings of each card are... meager at best, and interpreting their alignment in the real world seems tricky.
Example: "LE – The Avalanche is disaster. It is an unthinking, unreasoning thing that overruns all who get in its way. It can represent physical disaster or the disaster that comes from a panicked crowd or other unthinking group or entity. If Misaligned, the calamity is likely to be averted, though not without consequence."
I'm considering mining my collection of tarot books to perhaps flesh out the meanings and values of each card. The 3x3 spread itself is an interesting one to pillage on its own. Has any one had any luck or tried using this?
I'm slowly building out a site (Not up yet) that lets you make use of the Harrow deck and its many uses. This all started from me making a character that uses a harrow deck and casts the Harrowing spell and not wanting to do paperwork every game as I cast the Spell.
This is my first pass at it, it works YAY! and now I need to make the formatting better and add the other effects.
Any thoughts are welcome.
https://preview.redd.it/vsd3m3o1n4451.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=60d92d86afbbc6b8f7ac172ef88f238615650acb
June 16 2020 UPDATE: I have uploaded an alpha version. https://www.layer7software.ca/Harrowing/
Issues/features can be submitted in the projects Github repo: https://github.com/EarthenForger/Harrow/issues
Features:
- A lesser Harrowing Home Brew for my friend Jordan.
- The Harrowing Spell is Working.
Whats Next:
- Proper spell descriptions.
- Greater Harrowing.
- Harrow reading layouts
- A prettier look and Feel.
Image for reddit's preview thingy but also it looks nice
Introduction
Originally, I wanted to get this guide out before Harrow Prime’s release with The New War, but opted to go more in-depth than initially planned completely overboard, and ended up taking a break from writing it when U31 dropped. Since then I've worked on it gradually, and now here it is! - all 11 pages of it (what have I done).
One particular introductory note - Harrow is often referred to as a "selfish support"; he needs to chain enemies and score kills himself to keep his kit running, and to provide his health/energy restoration. If there aren't enough enemies around, be it from 'competition' with allies or low spawn rates in general, it can become a struggle to do so. While this can definitely be an issue at times, it varies significantly between different mission types and squads, and is generally less of an issue than it's made out to be.
Don't let it deter you from what Harrow has to offer! :)
Don't let the length of this guide deter you either - I've gone a touch overboard in the depth department here, but what his abilities do and how to use them is covered in the first 2 sections. The rest is all about build options, weapon choices, and additional guidance. Feel free to use this guide more like a guide book, and just look at the sections you're interested in.
The first section is a primer, for those that don’t know anything about (or are not familiar with) Harrow’s abilities.
Primer
Passive - doubled overshields cap (+1200 up to +2400), and 100% full energy at the start of missions (as of U31).
Starting off with his third ability, Thurible, his energy source. Casting it once begins channeling energy (at a base 15% conversion rate) into a charge. Casting it a second time (or running out of energy) turns the charge into a buff for 35s, shown in the UI. When Harrow scores kills, the displayed value is restored as energy to Harrow and nearby allies within 20m, which is shown by a ring of energy around Harrow. Headshot kills restore 4x the energy.
Next up is his first ability, Condemn. When cast, a wave is sent forward for 20m which expands horizontally as it travels, and chains any enemies it hits in place for 6s. Each enemy chained restores 150 points of Harrow’s shields, building into overshields. Enemies chained
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Here you go. Don't have a Harrow Deck? Grab a regular deck of cards and let this do (some of) the work! This is based off of the Harrow Reading as explained in the Harrow Pathfinder Chronicle.
Relevant stuff: This takes the input of what "Role Cards" you deal, and what cards come up in "The Spread". It highlights which cards you should interpret based on it's position and whether or not it is a role card.
As long as you import both "Harrow Mat" & "Copy of Harrow Deck" sheets you can copy paste this into any google sheet. I had to brute force most of the conditional formatting, so please post any coding feedback you have.
Irrelevant Fluff: My character for an upcoming (Soon^TM ) campaign is a Cartomancer Witch. I plan on doing Harrow Readings for anyone in the party who asks, and wanted a quick reference I could attach to my online character sheet (one of u/darthmarth28 's Pathfinder 1e sheets). I also plan on charging 2 silver a pop.
None of the rumors predicted that. More information.
http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix6/harrowart.htm
I’m still on season 1 so pls don’t spoil but damn I actually feel so bad for this guy. Seems like such a good guy but he really has to go through life with half a face. Couldn’t feel nothing but sadness when Margaret’s kid started crying looking at him
Edit: I know it’s Richard, I accidentally put Robert and I can’t edit the title
I know, funny "I have 400 Harrow Chassis haha" joke, but seriously, I'm willing to buy a Nidus Prime set for 200.
I love Harrow. He is probably the best support frame in the game if you know how to play him well. That being said, "playing well" on a support frame usually implies the efficient use of all of their supportive abilities.
Harrow relies on headshots a lot on headshots, almost his entire kit is built around it. Most notably his 3 grants extra energy on headshots and the augment on his 4 extends the length of the incredibly shortlived duration of the crit buff on headshots. His signature primary makes getting headshots easier and his signature secondary becomes a beast when you use it around headshots.
So far so good, right? Just aim, 4head. If it wasnt for that one Inaros in your squad jumping around at mach 12, spamming his Kuva Bramma like theres no tomorrow.
You see, the Inaros here is a standin for your average Warframe player who does not care much about what their teammates do. And theyre not even to blame, really, thats just how our favorite space ninja horde shooter is built. The problem arises for us Starchart Crusaders trying to keep our buffs up, trying to support our teammates but being hindered in doing that by those very same people.So naturally, what do you do as Harrow player? You walk away from them. You abandon your teammates in order to even be able to secure some headshots. You become a support without supporting.
So uh.. that blows. What do do about it? Here's a few suggestions;
- Change his 1 so that enemies can only be killed by headshots while chained.
- Lift the max duration of his 4. For those who dont know; Currently, our crit boosting friend can keep his GLORIOUS buff for a maximum of 90s. Hardcap. No mutter your duration, no matter how many headshots you score with his augment. Harrow is an incredibly hectic frame as is when you try to keep all his buffs up at once. Lifting the max duration cap or making it much greater (180s?) would allow him to bank more duration when he got the opportunity to do so, and then return to his teammates!
- EDITED: Alternatively, just make it so headshots from teammates in range are considered for Harrows abilities.
- BONUS: This should be done in addition to any of the changes above. Please DE, REWORK Nullifiers /Demolysts /falling off the map. As Harrow you have to build up and maintain 3 buffs at once to support your team at best. As Oberon, it can become hard to get a good Renewal on your entire team going and having that instantly disspelled by a random bubble boy who came out of no
I’m watching the third episode right now. It seems like they were good friends but now Harrow is telling Viren he belongs on his knees?
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