Basic Shock Deck
Apprehension, panic, terror, and collapsing causation!
This optional accessory helps The Yellow King Roleplaying Game GMs select and hand out Shocks during in-person play. Its card selection focuses on the varieties of fear and emotional disequilibrium most likely to afflict investigators into any reality-altering Carcosan mystery. Perfect for on-the-fly scenarios or abrupt sidetracks into hallucination and shattered consciousness. This deck assists GMs who prefer the solid slap of a physical card against the game table you can plunk before players when their characters stare into the uncanny and wish they hadn’t.
Basic Injury Deck
Bullets, blades, tumbles and absinthe overindulgence!
This optional accessory allows The Yellow King Roleplaying Game GMs to quickly grab and dish out Injury cards during face-to-face play. Its card selection focuses on the sorts of harm most likely to occur in any investigation into reality-bending occult horror. Ideal for improvised scenarios or sudden swerves into unexpectedly dangerous territory. This deck assists GMs who prefer the tactile charms of a physical card you can plunk before players when their characters lose fights or run afoul of hazards.
Contains 76 cards, with 2 copies of each Minor Injury and 1 of each Major Injury, corresponding to a wide variety of heroically harmful situations. Includes those essential workhorses of the game, post-healing Secondary cards like “On the Mend” and “Precarious Recovery.” From the mild drowning of “Cough, Choke, Splutter” to the memorable agony of “Fearsome Gut Punch,” this deck contains more than enough smackdowns to keep your investigators reeling with adventurous consequence.
Each purchase of The Yellow King RPG from our website, or a bricks-and-mortar retailer, includes the following downloads:
- PNG files of all Shock and Injury cards from the four core settings
- PNG files of all Goal, Chit & Hit cards from the Aftermath setting
- A PSD format blank template of the Shock, Injury, Goal, Chit & Hit cards
- A GIMP format blank template of the Shock, Injury, Goal, Chit & Hit cards
- PDF of the 76-card Basic Shock deck
- PDF of the 76-card Basic Injury deck
Please note – both decks only include a selection of the most used cards, selected by Robin D. Laws, not a complete set of every card in the game.
If you’d like print versions of The Yellow King RPG Basic Shock & Basic Injury decks, you can get them from the links below: