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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:
- Ace Coins: Secret Revealed by Man now Dead; Patron will tell the players of an opportunity (i.e. his Mission and Motive), but then will perish -- past wound, poison, curse, assassin's act, etc. Do not pick a card for Finances (or ignore picked card) and ignore all Queen Encounters (future meetings and delivery from Patron), but Motive may be too much for players to refuse ("he's told us where to find our arch-enemy). Inverted, Chance Discovery in Ancient Crypt or Ruin; again the players here tell of a Mission and Motive in a discovery; they will have no Patron after the start. Again do not pick Finance (or ignore pick) and Ignore Queen Encounters, but a treasure almost always awaits. In either case, ignore the results of any previously selected Major Tarot.
Mission:
- (Inverted) 10 Cups: Spy, observe or obtain blackmail information. Inverted, recover evidence that can be used by someone to blackmail the Patron.
- Justice: Mission must have at least one court case before it can be completed. Inverted, the verdict must be illegally influenced in order for the players to succeed.
- Emperor: Mission is a diversion for an even grander plot. Inverted, this plot will fail no matter the players' outcome; the Patron will blame the players for his loss.
- (Inverted) Judgement: Mission will cause a secondary event which must be corrected in order for the primary Mission to succeed. Inverted, Mission will cause an event that is both bad or distasteful to the players; but, it must be ignored in order for the primary Mission to succeed.
Obstacle:
- (Inverted) 9 Swords: Players must cross areas of plague on their journey. Inverted, players must cross an area of recent battle (dead still lie on field) during their journey; this should adversely effect their or their soldiers' resolve ("that could be us, lying with the crows picking out our eyes").
Motivation:
- (Inverted) Queen Swords: Sexual desires, bigamy or lust. Inverted, sexual desires or lust for one player; mission is excuse to be together.
- (Inverted) Hierophant: Patron is supporting a radical or progressive change in his religion. Inverted, Patron is trying to stop reforms from progressing changes in his religion.
- Devil: Patron will require the players to eliminate all witnesses along the journey that discover his mission and motive. Inverted, by accepting the mission, the players themselves face death by the hand of their Patron at the end of the scenario -- Patron will attempt to silence the players as the last witnesses.
Finances:
- (Inverted) Ace Cups: Owns a vessel, but otherwise with limited finances. Inverted, though Patron owns a ship, the craft is damaged, and he hasn't enough for repairs -- seeks players as partners. Either case, mission should be modified to involve travel on the water.
- (Inverted) Temperance: Patron's funds are controlled or held by an overseer; players must first perform a task or act of intrigue to free up these funds, before continuing with the primary mission. Inverted, Patron's funds are controlled or held by an overseer; players must first perform a whole mission (complete redraw of the Tarot to describe the mission desired by the overseer), before acquiring these funds.
Rival:
- 5 Rods: Respected Lord of Estate. Inverted, Regent of Noble (not yet of age).
- (Inverted) Sun: Person is influential, powerful and rich from sources other than apparent. Inverted, also conversant in numerous foreign languages and customs.
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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