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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:
- 5 Swords: Person who looks like another, Con-man or Opportunist; Patron will be mistaken for another. Pick a card "WHO??" for the identity of the look alike. This deception may be played in order to entice the players unwittingly into a deal. Inverted, Shape-Changer; deception is created by magical means. From this point on, the players are in danger -- if not from Patron, from powerful adversary they would have better sense not to face.
Mission:
- 10 Swords: Outfit a cargo for smuggling or secret transport. Inverted, find and purchase an illegal substance (i.e. chemicals or materials for magic incantations -- like freshly buried bodies) and bring it to the Patron.
Obstacle:
- (Inverted) 7 Rods: Counter scheme of equal magnitude brews against Patron. Inverted, opposition will murder the Patron before players complete their mission.
- Emperor: Mission is treason in one (or all) player's homeland. Inverted, during the mission, all players with magical ability will temporarily lose these powers.
Motivation:
- (Inverted) King Rods: Hiding from an unidentified person or past action. Inverted, because Patron is hiding from his past, he stays incognito or assumes a role not his own. Pick another card "WHO??" to determine the past identity of the Patron.
Finances:
- 5 Rods: Modest means, but willing to borrow extensively. Inverted, Patron has limited means but is willing to borrow, provided players will vouch his ability to repay or countersign as guarantors on the loans.
- Force: Patron's finances were acquired by extorting another into a partnership. Inverted, Patron makes his total finances available; he is threatened with blackmail or legal confiscation and wishes none of his wealth to remain should the mission fail.
Rival:
- 4 Cups: Retired Gentleman. Inverted, Old Adventurer.
- Empress: Person is relative of another pick ("WHO??"). Inverted, illegitimate, but none the less blood relative.
- Magician: Person is opposite of expected gender. Inverted, person is extremely old or young for position.
- (Inverted) Sun: Person is influential, powerful and rich from sources other than apparent. Inverted, also conversant in numerous foreign languages and customs.
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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Epilogue:
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