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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) Queen Rods: Noble Woman; the wife of a lord; she will hold power, but only by virtue that her husband has power. She will usually approach the players unbeknownst to her husband; otherwise, she may be a widow (a frequent occurrence in fantasy genre) and only maintains title. Inverted, Chamber Maid Sent by Noble Woman; a servant of a noble woman. Definitely the noble woman approaches the players against the wishes of her husband. She doesn't necessarily conspire against him, but he will become a Rival should the players' plans become known to him.
Mission:
- (Inverted) 4 Cups: Disrupt trade in an area. Inverted, stop or eliminate a disruption to trade.
Obstacle:
- Queen Swords: Patron is bastard, opposed by father or relatives. Inverted, Patron is a legal heir, opposed by a bastard brother.
Motivation:
- (Inverted) 9 Swords: Conflict of interest -- Patron must not be identified with job or the outcome. Inverted, conflict of interest, so all actions must remain secret; neither Patron nor players must be identified with the mission.
Finances:
- King Swords: Organizes finances extremely well; delivers players a fine starting amount of gold, but they will spend this wealth (perhaps unexpectedly) to the point that only a modest amount remains after the mission -- "a few coins, that's all that remains of our starting chest of gold?" Inverted, Patron organizes finances to the single coin -- players' salaries.
Rival:
- (Inverted) 8 Rods: Notorious Gambler. Inverted, Speculator or Prospector.
- Chariot: Person is currently in hiding or fleeing from Patron. Inverted, not Patron, but a third party.
- (Inverted) Magician: Person is opposite of expected gender. Inverted, person is extremely old or young for position.
- 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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Epilogue:
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