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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) Knight Cups: Mounted Messenger; an agent from a Baron or King, less frequently from a general in the field, who seeks players for a task. Mounted Messengers can also recruit the players for Missions of their own, but less frequently. Often pick a card "WHO??" to find identity of Patron; other times, messenger will simply say he represents an important figure ("he wears the colors of the king"), but refuses to give additional details. Inverted, Traveling Justice; a person who travels from city to city inside of a king's realm, acting as judge in cases involving nobles. By law, only ones social superior may legally convict someone for a crime. Often nobles go unpunished for minor deeds, because their is no one with the legal authority to accuse them. This person has the legal mandate to arrest anyone, conduct a trial for the crime, and often see that final justice (execution) is completed. Mission may not relate to present assignment; justice may simply have personal matters he needs the players to accomplish while he is detained by duties. Such men have numerous enemies, draw two cards for Unforeseen Opponents; likewise, the power and influence of such a potential Friend can not be understated.
- Justice: Patron up to this time has been outwardly a loyal citizen to his Baron, King or Emperor. Inverted, Patron is a criminal of renown with long record of arrests, but perhaps no convictions.
Mission:
- (Inverted) Knave Swords: Threaten or maim someone. Inverted, threaten or maim an innocent person, a relative or lover of the Mission's Rival.
Obstacle:
- Knave Coins: Mission succeeds only if a player performs a ruthless deed or action out of character. Inverted, for the mission to succeed at least one player must perform a ruthless deed against another player.
Motivation:
- (Inverted) 7 Coins: Political guile and intrigue. Inverted, political intrigue against a foreign land.
- (Inverted) Fool: Patron pretends he is motivated by his reason, but in truth doesn't truly have a reason for the mission. Inverted, by scenario's end, he will have forgotten he has sent the players on the mission.
Finances:
- (Inverted) Ace Rods: Rich landowner, but hates travel; pays handsomely to avoid personal involvement. Inverted, Patron is rich landowner, that hates travel far away from his lands; pays handsomely to avoid personal involvement; utmost importance not to bother Patron after start (Queen encounters per Encounters pamphlet should be ignored).
Rival:
- (Inverted) 7 Rods: Lord of Port. Inverted, Urban Aristocrat.
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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