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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:
- 9 Coins: Gentleman; a landowner, of modest claim, who is not part of the titled nobility. Such men maintain their lands by defending them or through influence of powerful friends. A character like some of the wiser players, perhaps even a retired player character. Inverted, Foreign or Exotic Traveler; a gentleman away from his home, either conducting business or involved in some intrigue. A large number of these men control magical forces or weapons. Patron may have any number of strange customs or mannerisms that also make his behavior repugnant to the players ("I hate foreigners").
Mission:
- King Rods: Perform a ridiculous or insulting task. Inverted, perform a seemingly suicidal task.
- Wheel of Fortune: Reshuffle the deck and continue.
- (Inverted) Chariot: Success on the Mission will leave the players famous. Inverted, success will leave them infamous as fugitives or outcasts, possibly with large reward for apprehension.
Obstacle:
- (Inverted) 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) 3 Coins: Seeks long term financial return. Inverted, seeks to secure a monopoly on trade.
Finances:
- 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:
- Knave Coins: Merchant Prince. Inverted, Pirate or Viking Raider.
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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