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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 Cups: Former Patron or Employer; a person who has done business (usually successful) with the players before. Inverted, Friend in Need; a person who a player has befriended. In some cases may also be a family, clan or acquaintance from mutual activities (a drinking buddy, another acolyte in training, fraternity brother, fellow guardsmen, etc).
Mission:
- (Inverted) 8 Swords: Asked to perform a Mission in which at least one player is already involved; select a second card to detail this Mission (i.e. locate a thief; one that happen to have taken something earlier from the player). Inverted, perform a Mission in which one player is already involved, but he will not yet know the full impact. Player may personally benefit or lose from the Mission success (i.e. hide an item, that unknowingly was sought by a player's more knightly brother).
Obstacle:
- 5 Rods: Patron will not believe players completed the mission; reward will be limited regardless of proof. Inverted, Patron will insist players repeat the mission (or another mission), regardless of initial success, before receiving any reward.
- (Inverted) Hermit: Some other important task distracts the Rival; ignore all agents sent by Rival to hinder the players during travel (Knave encounters, per Encounters pamphlet). Inverted, opposition has spies and agents everywhere setting ambush; ignore all agents from their Patron (Queen encounters, per Encounters pamphlet), since these never arrive.
Motivation:
- 8 Cups: Repay favor of an old friend, comrade or lover. Inverted, repay debt to a friend who is now dead.
Finances:
- (Inverted) 10 Swords: Double wages to all men, but no other items. Inverted, Patron says he'll pay double the standard wage and becomes irate if any other request is made.
Rival:
- (Inverted) 7 Coins: Scholar or Sage. Inverted, Keeper of Magic or Guardian of a Power.
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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