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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:
- (Inverted) Ace Coins: Secret Revealed by Man now Dead; Patron will tell the players of an opportunity (i.e. his Mission and Motive), but then will perish -- past wound, poison, curse, assassin's act, etc. Do not pick a card for Finances (or ignore picked card) and ignore all Queen Encounters (future meetings and delivery from Patron), but Motive may be too much for players to refuse ("he's told us where to find our arch-enemy). Inverted, Chance Discovery in Ancient Crypt or Ruin; again the players here tell of a Mission and Motive in a discovery; they will have no Patron after the start. Again do not pick Finance (or ignore pick) and Ignore Queen Encounters, but a treasure almost always awaits. In either case, ignore the results of any previously selected Major Tarot.
Mission:
- (Inverted) 9 Cups: Spy, observe or obtain political secrets. Inverted, spy, observe or obtain secrets of a demi-human race.
Obstacle:
- (Inverted) Ace Rods: Elusive and talented pickpocket becomes aware of job. Inverted, powerful tax collector and his entourage will be met; these will try to confiscate most of the group's wealth.
- (Inverted) Justice: In foreign lands (any place players do not speak the language or know local customs) obscure laws or practices will hamper their plans. Inverted, all court cases during the mission will end unfavorably (Referee decides how unfavorably); does not apply to cases were players use magic powers to influence the result.
Motivation:
- (Inverted) Ace Swords: Insane, distraught, obsessed with action. Inverted, visibly apparent to all he meets that he is obsessed.
Finances:
- King Swords: Organizes finances extremely well; delivers players a fine starting amount of gold, but they will spend this wealth (perhaps unexpectedly) to the point that only a modest amount remains after the mission -- "a few coins, that's all that remains of our starting chest of gold?" Inverted, Patron organizes finances to the single coin -- players' salaries.
- Moon: Some (maybe a fourth) Patron's troops will be disloyal. Inverted, most (maybe three-quarters) of the Patron's troops will be traitors serving the Rival.
Rival:
- 8 Cups: Royal Jester, Artist or Sculptor Inverted, Sham or Opportunist.
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!!!
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