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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) 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.
Mission:
- King Swords: Deliver a debt to a creditor. Inverted, prevent a debt from being repaid.
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) Hanged Man: During the scenario, capture by Rival brings only one result -- hanging. Inverted, even after scenario (or on another mission years later), players may be executed if captured and brought before this mission's Rival or his surviving agents (length of grudge up to Referee).
- Force: Players must face Rival in a Climax battle that they are the least prepared or weakest to fight (i.e. ship's crew must fight on land or horsemen must go to sea; storming a siege is always difficult). Inverted, Climax battle is in players' strongest means (their choice).
Motivation:
- 5 Rods: Family matters bring about the mission. Inverted, Patron's family is motive, yet his mind and heart are not behind the task.
Finances:
- Knave Rods: Rich, but "dwarf-tight" with money and property. Inverted, Patron is rich, but pays mere lip-service from his money, troops and property -- promises much but gives little of any practical use.
- Chariot: Patron sends additional guards along in support of the player; possibly led by an NPC. Inverted, Patron sends guards as watchdogs on the player's actions; these will insure job is completed or players suffer accordingly.
- (Inverted) Sun: Another source of wealth becomes available to the Patron after the start of the scenario (pick an extra card to reflect this new finance. Treat second pick as "FINANCES??"). Inverted, another source of wealth becomes available to the Patron after the mission; this might be given to the players as a bonus reward for success.
Rival:
- 6 Rods: Hero of Battle. Inverted, Pardoned Criminal.
- (Inverted) Magician: Person is opposite of expected gender. Inverted, person is extremely old or young for position.
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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