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Spacegamer.com - Standard Barony Mission:
This uses the Tarot Card to Generate a "Standard" Mission on the Fly as described in Designing Fantasy Missions as part of the Barony Set. (Standard means it is not focused exclusively on an Underworld.) No attempt is made here to define each of the finer points.
To begin, determine who the mission is offered to and call them the Party Leader (to accept / reject Mission).
Note: This mission is temporary. Copy it out now if you want it. (It pastes nicely into Word.)
Mission Title:
Party Leader:
Patron:
- Queen Swords: Widow; person whose husband or wife has died; often Mission relates to revenge or unfinished deed. If needed, pick a card "WHO??" to detail the Patron's dead spouse. Inverted, Someone who lost close friend; another uncompleted deed, but this time the person who died was a friend of the Patron.
- (Inverted) Justice: Patron up to this time has been outwardly a loyal citizen to his Baron, King or Emperor. Inverted, Patron is a criminal of renown with long record of arrests, but perhaps no convictions.
Mission:
- (Inverted) Queen Cups: Deliver legal writs or important documents for the government. Inverted, deliver legal writs or important documents for the government that involve the players' lands, ships, castles, soldiers or wealth; documents do not necessarily hurt the players, unless their delivery is stopped.
- (Inverted) Star: Patron's error sends the players to the wrong place to perform the Mission. Inverted, Patron will later - final Setting Encounters but before the Climax - contact the players and ask them to redo the Mission from start in right location.
Obstacle:
- Knight Coins: Many different interest groups have banded together to oppose the mission. Inverted, the most unusual of people oppose the mission.
- High Priestess: Other opposition (but perhaps not principle Rival) is completely aware of the players and mission. Inverted, players know all opposition (even non-person types).
- Fool: While on the mission, all gambling bets will be lost (even bets made by skilled characters). Inverted, a loyal NPC will prove a detriment somehow to the mission.
- (Inverted) Hierophant: One (or all) player will be threatened with banishment from his religion, unless he abandons his quest. Inverted, if the players successfully complete the scenario, all must adopt a new attitude or religion ("their previous gods no longer listen to them"). This offer means characters become converts to One True and Only God.
Motivation:
- (Inverted) King Cups: Pure and just motive. Inverted, monumental or decisively patriotic motive.
Finances:
- Knave Coins: Private cache of a thousand coins hidden close by. Inverted, Patron has a private cache of coins in a base currency - copper - maybe one-thousandth the value of gold; he'll claim he has plenty of coins (and he does), but will pay only after the deed is done.
Rival:
- (Inverted) 6 Swords: Duelist. Inverted, Avenger or Queen's Champion.
Phases
On the way to the Mission Climax, the Party will travel through three game Phases which may be short or long (depending on the Tarot cards drawn). These represent the obstacles and challenges along the way to the Ultimate Climax of the Mission.
(A) Initial Successes:
(B) Challenges on the Journey:
(C) Final Travel to the Climax:
Climax Flow:
Referee creates the flow of the climax OR refer to Designing Fantasy Missions!!!
Come on Back and maybe we'll have a generator in for you. Otherwise, use the Temple and Castles from our Legacy tools. (Hey, or buy the books!!!!!)
Epilogue:
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