unleash limitless cReativity with Reckless Deck

Reckless Deck is a series of idea generating creative prompts designed to banish creative block and ignite your creative inspiration. Whether you're an artist, writer, or RPG enthusiast, these prompts spark ideas instantly, helping you break free from tired tropes and explore bold new directions. It's the ultimate creative tool for character design, creature design, and fantasy worldbuilding.

Reckless Deck draws its power from the iconic genre conventions you know and love, breaking down the barriers between Sci Fi, Fantasy, Steampunk, Horror, Mythology, and more. From literature and history to comics and video games, its prompts pull from every conrer of storytelling. Weapons, costumes, objects, and character traits from wildly different worlds collide, allowing you to bend, fuse, and reshape them into something entirely your own.  This isn’t about following the rules—it’s about rewriting them.

Reckless Deck pushes you beyond the gravitational pull of rehashing familiar characters, recycling well-worn archetypes, or relying too heavily on  your most recent media binges. With Reckless Deck, you'll break away from the familiar, and explore bold, uncharted creative territory. The creative possibilities are endless—and your next breakthrough is just a card away.

The CategoRies

Reckless Deck has 6 categories:

Core Concept - a powerful, "all over" categeory, it reveals the main idea or basic design theme of your character (especially effective when creating non-human characters or creatures)

Modifications - Localized changes to your character's body

Weapons - Guns, blades, or other fighting implements your character wields

Costumes - Wardrobe or armor worn by your character

Accessories - Personal objects, tools, or equpipment your character carries

Powers - Metahuman abilities your character possesses

The GenRe icons

Sometimes, the genre-smashing power of Reckless Deck may come on a little strong. The Genre Icons act as a kind of volume knob for it, allowing you to refine and narrow your paramaters. 

Each card has one or more Genre Symbols that indicate the genres that card would most likely be associated wtith. For example, if you know you want a primarily Fantasy-themed character, every card with the dragon's head symbol is a perfect fit for Fantasy. Sort only those cards, and your card combination results will be strictly Fantasy-appropriate. 

Add in one other genre, like Sci Fi, to widen the genre smashing aperture a little bit. Or, sprinkle in a few cards from other genres, and get a primarily Fantasy-themed deck with the occasional surprise or curve ball.