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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:
- 10 Cups: Head of Household; a person who represents a family, clan or possibly minority of society. Clan and family bonds remain the strongest; this is particularly true in the cities (where almost everyone seems related). This may also represent the players being recruited by a city or town representative to perform a task. Inverted, Organized Club or Fraternity of Magicians; an agent who represents an established group bonded together by common interest or activity. Members are only infrequently related by blood; more often, the group gathers for social purposes, share knowledge and specialized craft, or security. The group often has access to relics or controls forces of magic. These may also be the keeper of ancient records or protectors of a relic; some maintain protective fields that protect the world from greater evil or catastrophe.
Mission:
- 5 Cups: Organize a militia force and lead them into battle. Inverted, organize a militia force and lead them into battle against a nonhuman force.
Obstacle:
- (Inverted) Queen Coins: Notorious demi-human stronghold or underworld is the site of Climax. Inverted, Rival is secretly the ruler of a notorious demi-human stronghold.
- Hierophant: One (or all) player will be threatened with banishment from his religion, unless he abandons his quest. Inverted, if the players successfully complete the scenario, all must adopt a new attitude or religion ("their previous gods no longer listen to them"). This offer means characters become converts to One True and Only God.
Motivation:
- Knight Coins: Detained by duties; player acts on his behalf. Inverted, Patron has other business and wishes players to act on his behalf, yet they will be observed by third party spy or enforcer.
Finances:
- (Inverted) 7 Cups: Neither very wealthy or very poor, yet has anything required for the scenario -- Referee use discretion. Inverted, Patron has anything needed for the mission, but it takes him time to acquire these items (the more unusual the more time -- Referee decides).
Rival:
- (Inverted) Queen Swords: Noble Woman. Inverted, Queen Dowager (mother of monarch).
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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