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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:
- 3 Swords: Past Rival; person the players once faced before in combat. Seldom a player Enemy, but more often a person who has fought the players and respects their abilities ("but everyone we ever faced, we killed"). Patron wants a truce and has a deal that benefits both parties. Inverted, Agent of Past Rival; a person who is the representative of a current Enemy of players. Again, this person wants a genuine truce - he needs the players - but he is not so stupid as to face them in person. The agent may also hide the fact he represents an Enemy, but the deception is not made to cheat the players; rather, he conceals his leader's identity, knowing players would refuse a deal in principle, though it profits all.
- (Inverted) World: Patron is free agent, loyal to no land or King. Inverted, Patron was banished from foreign land or fraternity (organization of those with the same special skills).
Mission:
- (Inverted) Knight Rods: Join a unit of soldiers and cause their moral to decline, eventually disorder and finally rebel. Inverted, go to sea and organize a mutiny of a ship's crew.
Obstacle:
- 9 Rods: On occasion of the next illegal act, the player committing the deed will be noticeably spotted by constables. Inverted, on occasion of the next illegal act, the player committing the deed will be noticeably spotted by by a child or other innocent.
- Tower of Destruction: In addition to other obstacles and encounters, a fortress must be destroyed during the scenario in order for the mission to be a success. Inverted, in addition to other obstacles and encounters, all major entrances to an underworld must be sealed by mining or magical explosion for the mission to be a success.
- Magician: Mission is most confounding; right as players give up, an opportunity will present itself (give clues to mission only in epilogue). Inverted, mission is very misleading; clues that present themselves only prove to be incomplete or false.
Motivation:
- (Inverted) 10 Swords: Riches, gold and wealth for the asking. Inverted, false hopes or fool's greed.
Finances:
- 5 Cups: Plenty of coin and material items, but no troops; additionally, Patron wants to keep those involved to a minimum. Inverted, Patron can provide ample reward and material items, but insists that absolutely no others be added to the party -- players start alone.
- (Inverted) Death: Patron's wealth lies in future inheritance -- someday all will be his, but for now he's limited. Inverted, Patron's awaits his inheritance; a timely death ("sure, of course 'natural causes' frequently takes a life in the fantasy genre") will make this wealth available after the mission begins.
- Wheel of Fortune: Reshuffle the deck and continue.
Rival:
- (Inverted) Ace Coins: Illusionist. Inverted, Person of Many Forms and Identities (rumored Shape-Changer).
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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