Shelana

Shelana

(Person)

Aliases

The Mother Deck

Alignment

Chaotic neutral

Ancestry/Species

Intelligent deck of many things

Gender

Female

Source: Classic Treasures Revisited, pg(s). 20–21

Shelana

(Magic item)

Aura (1E)

Strong (all schools)

Caster Level (1E)

20

Type

Intelligent magic item

Slot (1E)

None

Source: Classic Treasures Revisited, pg(s). 21

Shelana the Mother Deck is an intelligent deck of many things thought to be the first such deck on Golarion. The other decks in the world are said to have been duplicated from her form.

Appearance

Shelana is a deck of 22 cards housed in an adamantine puzzle box once designed for a lich's phylactery.

Background

Shelana's earliest known activity was in -5933 AR, when a wielder drew the Rogue card from her deck and accidentally ignited the War of Keeps. She subsequently devised a way to manipulate her wielders into drawing certain cards, and discovered that she could control a wielder who drew both the Sun and Moon cards and force them to duplicate herself. She repeated this feat for decades, making her the progenitor of Golarion's other decks of many things.

Draws from her deck are said to be more potent than from her progeny. She is also said to be able to teleport herself and her puzzle box.

Destruction

Shelana can be destroyed only by drawing her Moon card and wishing for her destruction.