Tools of the Fortune-Teller

Professional and amateur fortune-tellers have employed a dazzling array of tools throughout history to aid them in their arts, from Tarot to the I Ching to the bloody entrails of barnyard animals. Characters who take a Specialty in Occult [specifi c divination technique] gain a +1 bonus on all Precognition rolls. A character who takes the Required Option and who can predict the future only when using a particular divination tool gains an additional +1 bonus. The list below is just a sample.

Arithmancy: Divination through the interpretation of numbers.
Astrology: Divination through tracking the movements of heavenly bodies in relation to important dates in a subject’s life.
Bibliomancy: Divination by randomly choosing passages from a book, most commonly the Bible.
Carromancy: Divination by interpreting melted wax poured into cold water.
Cartomancy: Divination using Tarot cards or modern playing cards.
Crystalomancy: Divination through scrying in a crystal sphere.
Gyromancy: Divination through spinning about until the psychic enters an ecstatic state, as performed by dervishes.
Heiromancy: Divination through the entrails of sacrificed animals.
Oneiromancy: Divination through dreams.
Palmistry: Divination through examining the shape of lines on a person’s hand.
Pyromancy: Divination by interpretation of fire, smoke or burning objects.
Sortilege: Divination through the casting of lots, bones or I Ching.