Skull

CardDMTCRGp. 642014

A skeletal figure is shrouded in a swirling robe, though its skull is clearly visible. The Skull card is a reminder of the universality of death—and the fact that everyone must confront death alone.

Upright Meaning

  • Person. A person facing imminent death, or one who wields necromantic power.
  • Creature or Trap. An Undead creature, or a trap that deals necrotic damage.
  • Place. A place of solitude and isolation, or a place where someone died recently.
  • Treasure. A treasure associated with death (perhaps funerary implements), or a magic item with necromantic power.
  • Situation. A person's life in peril.

Reversed Meaning

  • Person. Someone haunted by the inevitability of death and seeking to escape it, or a person who has returned from death.
  • Creature or Trap. An immortal creature or one that doesn't age, such as an angel, a Fiend, or a naga.
  • Place. A graveyard or another place where the dead are gathered.
  • Treasure. An art object that celebrates or depicts deliverance from death, or a magic item that wards off death (such as a Periapt of Wound Closure or a Scarab of Protection).
  • Situation. Many lives at stake.
Raw data
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