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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) 10 Rods: Peasant, Farmer or Serf; a worker of the land, but importantly a person enslaved to the land. By law, common people were not allowed to travel without permission from their lord. Patron will seek the players' help, but he can not pay them (skip Finances) and further, he violates his lord's laws because he traveled (to the players) without proper permission ("at least the lord can't remember granting such"). Yet the down-trodden, they make such fine underdogs. How could the players refuse an interesting Mission? Inverted, Runaway Slave; a fugitive who escaped bondage. Slaves are pieces of property, and most lands recognize this important institution. By helping the Patron, the players will violate the law, but perhaps further the cause of justice. As with serf, slaves have no Finances (skip that card selection), unless they are also a thief (but that's a different card all together).
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:
- (Inverted) 4 Coins: World's most respected or trusted man with many allies becomes involved opposed to mission. Inverted, traveling justice of a monarch's court will think players hide a criminal past or present criminal activities; else, he believes the group is hiding evidence or a fugitive he seeks. He will oppose the mission, until all the facts are revealed. In many cases, players are sent on missions that skirt the legal edge, so justice may be right that players are intent on breaking the law.
Motivation:
- (Inverted) 5 Coins: Take advantage of a recent situation or development. Inverted, Patron takes advantage of a recent situation created earlier by his illegal actions.
Finances:
- (Inverted) 3 Cups: Father or spouse is powerful and wealthy; however, no guarantee anything can be obtained. Inverted, family is rich, but requires prior mission to extort or steal from home.
- Sun: Another source of wealth becomes available to the Patron after the start of the scenario (pick an extra card to reflect this new finance. Treat second pick as "FINANCES??"). Inverted, another source of wealth becomes available to the Patron after the mission; this might be given to the players as a bonus reward for success.
- (Inverted) Moon: Some (maybe a fourth) Patron's troops will be disloyal. Inverted, most (maybe three-quarters) of the Patron's troops will be traitors serving the Rival.
Rival:
- (Inverted) 2 Swords: Gentleman. Inverted, Foreign or Exotic Traveler.
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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