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The internal tray holds the three existing decks, with room to store future expansions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"layoutArea\">Cyphers are a great opportunity for characters to discover and use items from the Strange\u00a0as one-time weapons, wearable devices, quick heals, and more.\u00a0The\u00a0<strong>Cypher Deck<\/strong>\u00a0allows GMs and players\u00a0to randomly generate single-use cyphers on the fly. Twenty item cards describe\u00a0the physical form the cypher takes, depending on the laws of the recursion in which it appears, while each of the 100 power cards offers multiple power options\u00a0to match the device.<\/p>\n<p class=\"section\">In The Strange, exploration and risk are everything. Players earn experience points not for killing monsters, but for making discoveries and facing unexpected challenges. You might rack up your XP between sessions, but most commonly you receive experience points during play, when events take an unexpected turn or you make a remarkable discovery. And XPs are a sort of currency, often changing hands between players.\u00a0The\u00a0<strong>XP Deck\u00a0<\/strong>provides a set of tangible tokens to represent experience points.<\/p>\n<p>Build encounters quickly and easily, or create them randomly on the fly\u2014then give your players a look at their foes before plunging into combat. The\u00a0<strong>Creature Deck<\/strong>\u00a0contains 99\u00a0of the most commonly encountered creatures from the shoals of Earth, drawn from both the corebook<em>\u00a0<\/em>corebook and\u00a0<em>The Strange\u00a0Bestiary<\/em>. When you need to build an encounter (either when prepping your game or at the gaming table), simply draw a card from this deck. You\u2019ve got basic stats (with a reference to the corebook, for full stats and info) on one side, and an image to share with your players on the reverse.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-131414\" src=\"http:\/\/www.montecookgames.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TS-Creature-Deck-1.jpg\" alt=\"TS-Creature-Deck-1\" width=\"450\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.montecookgames.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TS-Creature-Deck-1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.montecookgames.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TS-Creature-Deck-1-247x121.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.montecookgames.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TS-Creature-Deck-1-215x106.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.montecookgames.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TS-Creature-Deck-1-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On top of all that, you can easily store all three decks in the sturdy box, which is sized to fit nicely on your shelf alongside your other RPG products. 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