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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) 5 Rods: Brigand or Bandit; a person who leads an organized force of thieves. The Patron's "occupation" may remain unknown to the players, but his Missions will tend to be more base. This type of man maintains order among people that live by the simple code -- "only the strong survive". Inverted, Leader Street Gang or Union; a leader of a group of common workers. The guildmasters by law control trade, but that doesn't mean a few ambitious men from the working class don't exist -- "do I hear the theme music from Dr Zhivago?" Before I appear too "socialist", the union leader can be treated like an urban bandit. To be blunt, he incites riots for personal gain. Since freedom to assemble is not a right, his actions are illegal and just like the bandit he is sought for crimes. Association with this person, even briefly, can lead to players' heads resting on blocks ("awaiting the axeman's stroke"). Players are often forced to aid and accept the task, after a spy reports their meeting ("we're now all in the same pot trying to keep it from boiling").
Mission:
- (Inverted) 4 Cups: Disrupt trade in an area. Inverted, stop or eliminate a disruption to trade.
Obstacle:
- 8 Cups: Climax automatically fails on first attempt. Inverted, both first and second attempts at Climax will fail; mission may well be impossible.
Motivation:
- 2 Cups: Enraged by something that happened. Inverted, divinely motivated or magically controlled.
Finances:
- 6 Rods: Worthless lands, fraudulent coins, worthless items of jewelry. Inverted, Patron has worthless lands, fraudulent coins, worthless items, but this is unknown to him -- he is a bit naive on money matters, and leaves his finances to an embezzling major domo.
Rival:
- 6 Swords: Duelist. Inverted, Avenger or Queen's Champion.
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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