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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:
- 3 Coins: Heir to Fortune; a person who one day will inherit great riches or lands, but for the moment is without money. Do not pick a Finance card (or ignore pick), unless players speed along the process of inheritance. Often these Patrons are noble dilettantes who have never known true hardship or terror ("let me introduce you to the players"). Inverted, Person in Line to Throne or Command of Land, person whose future inheritance will be a formidable kingdom. Pick a card for Finances, but such is only the tip of the iceberg that will follow one day. His father the king or Queen Regent often does not approve of the reckless adventure ("recruiting of players"). Other times a warlord king has cast his son out to learn some discipline ("experience life and battle"); the players are the Patron's first acquaintances.
Mission:
- Ace Swords: Act as a witness on behalf of an event. Inverted, act as a witness on behalf of an event that was not observed; players will be asked to fabricate details and lie about such in ruler's court.
Obstacle:
- (Inverted) 9 Cups: Must traverse many unexplored or rugged-arduous miles of both land and water before entering Climax. Inverted, accidentally cross an area where a wizard conducts powerful conjuration that changes physical laws over nature -- "why don't my arrows fly straight?"
Motivation:
- (Inverted) 10 Coins: Needs trusted outsider, since traitor suspected in his own troops or companions. Inverted, seeks to discover traitor and force him to action.
Finances:
- 6 Coins: Carries simplest of items, but knows contacts and Friends to acquire anything else. Inverted, though having many contacts and friends, Patron dislikes using favors; he can get anything, but players' need better be justified.
- (Inverted) Empress: Nobles provided the Patron his finances. Inverted, finances were provided from peasants or humble city craftsmen or tradesmen.
- (Inverted) Devil: Patron's troops, equipment and finances are exaggerated, broken, faulty, unloyal, poorly organized and disciplined, etc. Inverted, Patron's troops, equipment and finances are exaggerated, broken, faulty, unloyal, poorly organized and disciplined, etc; this becomes apparent at the worst of times.
- (Inverted) Magician: Finances will seem adequate, but in play will never be enough. Inverted, finances will seem meager, but will always be enough.
Rival:
- (Inverted) 8 Rods: Notorious Gambler. Inverted, Speculator or Prospector.
- (Inverted) Emperor: Person backs pretender to a monarch's throne. Inverted, instead, is himself a potential usurper of a throne.
- (Inverted) World: Person is ordained leader of secret group, troop, convoy, band, etc. Inverted, army, fleet, country, cause, etc.
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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