Decision Cards

During the Council phase of the turn, the King tallies the votes for and against the current petition, recording the Favor of each player (opinions of players with higher Influence have more weight than others) and calculating the net Favor for the petition. Then he shuffles the Decision cards and draws one. These cards instruct him regarding how to decide the matter; most Decision cards make him decide based on the net Favor for the petition, but some are more unpredictable, demonstrating the King's continued decline into ill health and madness. The Decision card the King draws is returned to the stack to be shuffled with the others to resolve the next petition.