Q&A: Life & Death

COLLECTIONS - TAROT CARDS

Collection

Collection Panel
There is a new 26 card collection of Tarot Cards. They cover every Major Arcana, plus a single number card from each suit. In the collection panel there are rhyming hints/riddles about how to find them. They read like spells that were used to hide them. An example:

An example hint for the Tarot Card collection.

Collecting Differences
There are several gameplay differences when collection Tarot Cards compared to other collections:
• They have a splash screen when you find them, first seen with the Simmie collection.
• Cards only exist as inventory tokens. Once the collection is complete, you can combine them into a deck object.
• Cards can only be found once. If you already have it, it won't be found again. this might change once the deck is combined.
• The collectable deck has an additional interaction compared to the basic one.(Note:  I haven't got this far myself, but I believe you can summon the original owner of the deck.)

Collecting Gameplay
Many landmarks will have an option to Use Intuition. This will give you a Tarot Card if you don't already have that card. A good place to start is at one of the Tarot Tome Shrines, found in each of Ravenwood's three neighbourhoods. This works like the villager Notice Board in Henford-on-Bagley and gives a history of the Order of Lenore. These sims are on a quest to complete the collectible deck and will be shown here. They will give you quests (Favors) for 8  of the Taro Cards, 2 from each member. These work like the Errands in Cottage Living.

Tarot Readings
You can buy a basic deck in build mode if you want the Tarot Reading gameplay of the deck from the get go. Find it in Activities and Skills > Recreation or by searching "Tarot". You can give yourself (via deck) a Daily/Nightly Reading or other Sims (via a social interaction) a Tarot Reading. Tarot readings can be done sitting or standing, but Sims will not use a table for it, instead just holding up the drawn card (it always shows the same debug card design of The Star). You can choose to Offer Tarot Card Reading either for free, or for §30.

You can also request a reading from the Tarot Card Reader at the Thinned Festiveil. Getting a reading gives a pop up with a picture of the card you pulled, whether it's upright or reversed (image is upside-down), it's meaning and suggested actions based on this pull.

Offer Tarot Reading social interactions are available while you have a Tarot Deck in your inventory.

Tarot Deck Gameplay
When getting or doing a reading for yourself, make sure the third, Reactive Want slot is empty as this will generate a Want related to the card you pulled. Some suggestions from the card will be available for all Sims, and some will be Trait related or situational, so you will only get the Trait-related/situational Want if you have the requirements for it. You also get various Moodlets from the card pulls and will get these even if the Want slot isn't empty at the time of the reading.

As Wants contribute to Soul's Journey in a minor way, it's a more interesting use of this third Want slot than the usual Motive or Venue related ones that pop up here. It also gives you the ability to play according to the cards you draw, which will appeal to fans of Tarot and storytelling.

Generating a Reactive Want via a Tarot Reading. In this instance Octavia got a Want to Mentor a Child's Homework.

Tarot Card Artwork
Because the Gurus knew we would want it, they also gave us framed posters of every card plus the two designs on the backs of the decks for a total of 28 designs. These can be found in Decorations > Paintings & Posters.