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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) Wheel of Fortune: Reshuffle the deck and continue.
Mission:
- (Inverted) 2 Cups: Locate a missing person. Inverted, locate a person lost in an ill-fated expedition into the underworld, but rumored to survive.
- (Inverted) 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.
Obstacle:
- King Coins: Someone will attempt to bribe players from service. Inverted, Rival will attempt to bribe the players to turn sides against their Patron.
- (Inverted) 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:
- Queen Swords: Sexual desires, bigamy or lust. Inverted, sexual desires or lust for one player; mission is excuse to be together.
Finances:
- 6 Cups: Pays above average wages and provides most requested items. Inverted, Patron pays a modest wage and provides most requested items, but the equipment or special devices must be returned undamaged or players must reimburse the loss.
Rival:
- 7 Rods: Lord of Port. Inverted, Urban Aristocrat.
- Hermit: Person is a relative of the Patron. Inverted, illegitimate, disowned or black-sheep.
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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