Balance

CardDMTCRGp. 162014

A set of scales holds day and night in balance. This card deals with many aspects of balance, or with things being out of balance.

Upright Meaning

  • Person. A fair-minded person who can see multiple perspectives and judge impartially.
  • Creature or Trap. A trap, a Beast, a Construct, or an otherwise impartial foe.
  • Place. A place where different forces exist in balance—such as a civilization in balance with nature, a land in balance with water, or chaos in balance with order.
  • Treasure. A treasure with value to two competing factions, or with two equal magical powers.
  • Situation. A situation where maintaining balance is important: keeping rivals satisfied, preserving the balance of power among different authorities, or rejecting false dichotomies and forced choices.

Reversed Meaning

  • Person. A judgmental or biased person willfully ignoring one perspective in favor of another.
  • Creature or Trap. A Celestial, a Fiend, or some other creature strongly associated with a particular alignment or ideology.
  • Place. A place where the balance of elemental or natural forces has been upset, with negative consequences.
  • Treasure. A treasure valuable only to certain people, or that can be used only in a very specific way.
  • Situation. Something being over- or undervalued.
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