Nōm Poker

Nōmfolk in Zurth have been known, on occasion, to play a game commonly referred to as "Nōm Poker". The game is popular among humans as well, and many a game can be witnessed in the boarding houses and tea parlors of the Tetrapolis. The DeckA Nōm poker deck has 61 cards. There are four suits, one for each type of Nōm: Clouds (pnōms), Tubers (gnōms), Worms (knōms), Eyes (mnōms).1 Each suit has the following cards: Number Name Visual Motif Favored suit 1 The Ace Abstract spirals blended with suit None 2 The Oaf Nōm about to blunder into danger (clouds: off a precipice, roots: into the jaws of a smilodon, worms: into a lake, eyes: into a carnival or house of pleasure) Clouds 3 The Pauper Nōm proffering a beggar's bowl Worms 4 The Slave Nōm laboring at a menial task (clouds: transcribing, worms: mining, tubers: tilling, eyes: various crude and vulgar exertions) Tubers 5 The Martyr Dead Nōm (clouds: pierced by wyvern sting, worms: lying in a grave, tubers: attended by mourners, eyes: skull…