"Let's raise the stakes," the old man proposed, "Flawed karmic sin cannot be used as chips, with each minimum initial bet being 1 koku of ordinary karmic sin, and each draw requiring an increased bet. The winner takes all, while the loser loses the chips they have bet."
This implied that both winning too much and losing too much could lead to a bad outcome.
After speaking, the old man swept his hand over the table, and a set of Roder Cards appeared. Shard and Mr. Benhart also brought out their own cards. Noticing that Sister Delphine was unprepared, Shard slid his spare cards across the table to her, and the nun thanked him softly.
"The most common rules, where each round the drawn cards can be reshuffled back into the deck. I acknowledge those special rule cards, as they make the game more interesting. But here, I also have special cards left by outsiders from the past."
