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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 Coins: Daughter of Noble; another traditional female role in the story. Patron is the child of a more powerful person. Her father will be either grateful (at Mission's success) or seek revenge (upon failure) for players actions in aiding his daughter. Inverted, Suitor; a person who seeks to marry into nobility. Mission almost always relates to this planned union. At times the suitor is acting on instructions of noble's daughter or else being deceived with false devotion to attempt an otherwise reckless act. Many good storybook twists - like daughter falling in lust for a player - can arise from this Patron.
- Hermit: Patron is much older than he appears. Inverted, Patron pretends to be something he is not; pick two cards of which only one is the Patron's true identity (treat false identity as "PATRON??").
Mission:
- 3 Coins: Burn a manor, village, vessel or business warehouse. Inverted, burn a manor, village, vessel or business warehouse, but insure no one is injured in the arson.
Obstacle:
- 8 Coins: One of the players will fall in love with someone met in travel. This perhaps will lead him to be overly cautious or disinterested in mission ("show your best role-play stuff"). Inverted, one player will fall in love, but later discover (or it becomes obvious) that the person is already married. How the player handles this affair, or whether an irate spouse becomes part of opposition is left for Referee and players to detail.
Motivation:
- (Inverted) King Cups: Pure and just motive. Inverted, monumental or decisively patriotic motive.
Finances:
- (Inverted) 7 Rods: Controls a city and trade like a merchant-prince -- area's garrison, constables, ships and stores. Inverted, Patron can use his government connections to outfit and pay the party, but Rival is member of the opposing political party and restricts major expenditures.
Rival:
- (Inverted) Knight Swords: Necromancer. Inverted, Leader of Dark One's Cult.
- Fool: Person is really a front (posing in place of) a person that truly makes all the decisions. Inverted, impostor will play role all the way to death, insuring true Rival survives.
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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