Stairway

{
  "set": "Deck of Many More Things",
  "face": {
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      "path": "decks/DMTCRG/Deck of Many More Things/52-stairway.webp",
      "type": "internal"
    },
    "type": "image",
    "width": 720,
    "credit": "Ivan Shavrin",
    "height": 1228
  },
  "name": "Stairway",
  "page": 66,
  "__prop": "card",
  "source": "DMTCRG",
  "entries": [
    "{@i A spiral stairway leads both up and down, but the downward stairs are cluttered and dark. This card points to a change in difficulty, either increasing or decreasing.}",
    {
      "name": "Upright Meaning",
      "type": "entries",
      "entries": [
        {
          "type": "list",
          "items": [
            {
              "name": "Person",
              "type": "item",
              "entry": "A person who makes every task more difficult than it needs to be, adding complications and getting in the way."
            },
            {
              "name": "Creature or Trap",
              "type": "item",
              "entry": "A creature that grows in power as battle continues (such as a {@creature black pudding} or a {@creature hydra})."
            },
            {
              "name": "Place",
              "type": "item",
              "entry": "A place reached by descending stairs, such as a basement or a lower level of a dungeon."
            },
            {
              "name": "Treasure",
              "type": "item",
              "entry": "An intricate treasure that was difficult to create, or a magic item that helps accomplish difficult tasks (such as an {@item Ioun Stone, Mastery|DMG|Ioun Stone of Mastery})."
            },
            {
              "name": "Situation",
              "type": "item",
              "entry": "A situation more complicated or challenging than it appears."
            }
          ],
          "style": "list-hang-notitle"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Reversed Meaning",
      "type": "entries",
      "entries": [
        {
          "type": "list",
          "items": [
            {
              "name": "Person",
              "type": "item",
              "entry": "A helpful, friendly person who makes everything easier (or at least more pleasant)."
            },
            {
              "name": "Creature or Trap",
              "type": "item",
              "entry": "A creature that is difficult to fight at first, but that becomes easier to defeat as the battle proceeds."
            },
            {
              "name": "Place",
              "type": "item",
              "entry": "A place reached by ascending stairs, such as an attic or upper level of a dungeon."
            },
            {
              "name": "Treasure",
              "type": "item",
              "entry": "A treasure that is simple and elegant."
            },
            {
              "name": "Situation",
              "type": "item",
              "entry": "A situation much simpler than it appears,"
            }
          ],
          "style": "list-hang-notitle"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}