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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:
- 7 Coins: Forester or Ranger; a person whose assigned duties are to protect a forest, either on orders of a baron or from higher pledge. Though cliche', such a Patron will be an incredible bowman -- silent, deadly, unforeseen. Since position may be an appointment, Patron may be biding his time ("watchin' the trees for poachers or fires"), until a greater position becomes available. Mission may thus not relate to forest; Patron has personal affairs that he can not accomplish himself. Inverted, Druid or Elf; magical human or near-human that rejoices and worships nature. These are either men who gave up everything and went to commune with nature (discover the magic); else, spirited creatures that are themselves part of nature. Norse myths describe the elves as the simple spirits that make flowers bloom or teach birds to fly. Mission will always be related to a forest; stopping a danger or ensuring threat is not carried out. Referee may need to modify Mission to fall in line with Patron; however, when faced by violence, Patron has no inhibitions about responding with the same ("I love the trees; that's why I want you to savagely murder the baron cutting them down"). Similarly, Patron will never have a materialistic Motive. In fact, Motive can be almost always considered obscure (non-worldly); do not pick a card for Motive (or ignore pick). Finally, Finances of Patron will almost always be handed fully over to players as payment ("here I still own land, even though I left it long ago; it is yours"), but as well, such will almost always be controlled by another relative, caretaker or steward.
- (Inverted) Hanged Man: Patron is at risk for seeking out players for Mission. Inverted, Patron's role is transient; soon another will become the Patron (pick an extra card for identity of this later Patron, "PATRON??").
Mission:
- (Inverted) 4 Cups: Disrupt trade in an area. Inverted, stop or eliminate a disruption to trade.
Obstacle:
- 6 Rods: World's most famous general becomes involved opposed to mission. Inverted, players must cross an army on the move; marshal leading these troops will suspect the players as spies ("get those men for questioning").
Motivation:
- 2 Coins: Control a regional area. Inverted, dominate a port's trade or shipping.
Finances:
- 5 Coins: Breeds and owns five hundred horses -- extremely rich. Inverted, Patron owns many horses and will loan or perhaps give some to the players.
Rival:
- (Inverted) 9 Cups: Foreign or Exotic Emperor. Inverted, Ambassador from Distant Land.
- Empress: Person is relative of another pick ("WHO??"). Inverted, illegitimate, but none the less blood relative.
- Force: Person is skilled at combat. Inverted, person also skilled at unarmed combat.
- Moon: Person is really not Rival, but Patron thinks he is (pick an extra card to discover real Rival. Real rival is "WHO??"). Sometime in the scenario, the players will learn the truth. Inverted, sometime in the scenario, the players will think they face the wrong Rival or search for the wrong person; this of course is incorrect.
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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