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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:
- King Swords: Warlord; a person who holds a domain by virtue of his own force (often magical) or that of his army. This may be a difficult time, and the Warlord's duties keep him from completing a task that he may otherwise have enjoyed performing himself ("with great power comes greater responsibility"). Unlike the secretive and paranoid hereditary monarchs, the Warlord ("having faced perhaps terrors more frightening than mortal men") meets directly with the players when proposing his deal -- players risk death by refusing. Inverted, Soldier representing; an agent from a powerful Warlord comes to the players to offer the Mission; Warlord himself is detained elsewhere -- "so we can refuse right?"
Mission:
- 3 Coins: Burn a manor, village, vessel or business warehouse. Inverted, burn a manor, village, vessel or business warehouse, but insure no one is injured in the arson.
- (Inverted) Temperance: Rival of Mission is a long forgotten Enemy of one player; this Rival is still eager to even the score (the player won't remember the transgression and further anger the Rival). Inverted, at least one player will become married on the Mission; Referee should integrate this as subtly as possible.
- (Inverted) Wheel of Fortune: Reshuffle the deck and continue.
- Judgement: Mission will cause a secondary event which must be corrected in order for the primary Mission to succeed. Inverted, Mission will cause an event that is both bad or distasteful to the players; but, it must be ignored in order for the primary Mission to succeed.
- (Inverted) Magician: At least one player must pretend to be something he is not, in order for the Mission to succeed. Inverted, this misconception must be played on the Patron as well.
- Lovers: If an object is involved or related to the quest, many duplicates exist to confuse the players. Inverted, if an object is involved, it presently is in many pieces that need collecting.
- Fool: Mission is multi-parted with subMissions that must first be completed before the main Mission is resolved. Inverted, these subMissions are so involved, that the players will tend to stray from their primary goal and pursue other quests and adventures -- the main Mission is no real Mission at all, the Encounters will create the Mission.
Obstacle:
- (Inverted) 7 Rods: Counter scheme of equal magnitude brews against Patron. Inverted, opposition will murder the Patron before players complete their mission.
Motivation:
- (Inverted) 4 Coins: Change land boundaries or trade routes. Inverted, change land boundaries between countries at war.
Finances:
- Queen Cups: May use government clout to obtain finances, but by doing so makes matter public record. Inverted, Patron can use religious clout to obtain finances, but by doing so makes matter noticed by gods.
Rival:
- (Inverted) Ace Cups: High Priest of Temple. Inverted, Apprentice of Temple.
- Star: Person is someone that one of the players knows from past dealings (former employer, Friend, Enemy, distant relative, etc.). Inverted, at least he thinks so; person is in fact a stranger.
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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