Flint: A Cairn 2e Solo Handbook

This supplement for Cairn: Second Edition invites you into a symbolic, character-driven experience that preserves the unique narrative-based progression mechanics of Cairn and marries them seamlessly with a new quest-based advancement system that will make you rush home from work just to keep playing. With a tarot deck as your compass, you’ll uncover quests, endure trials, and interpret the shifting winds of fate as you wander the vast lands of Vald. Whether you’re forging mythic skill paths or wrestling with fateful omens scrivened from the Major Arcana, every choice deepens your story. There are no rails here—only echoes, intuition, and the quiet weight of consequence. Inside you’ll find: A tarot-based quest system that powers advancement through emergent story. Four attribute-aligned skill trees, each with five tiers and tons of new upgrades, tactics, and abilities. Two simultaneous oracle systems; one that paints detail into every nook & cranny and another that forges narrative turning points—both wondrous and grim. Support tables for generating NPCs, locations, traps, encounters, and treasures from each of the 78 tarot cards. A formidable overview of the Arcana including the basics and history of Tarot as well as universal interpretations of each. Over 80 quest prompts matched to the numbered and court cards of the four tarot suits. Designed for solo play—but modular enough to use in cooperative or GM-less modes. Balanced for Cairn but easily adaptable into any of Cairn's cousins (Into the Odd, Knave, Maze Rats) or OSR systems.