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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) 6 Cups: Master of Illusions or Spell-caster; a person (or creature) who uses the simpler forces of magic. Unlike Enchantress, sex is irrelevant to the Patron's position in society. This person can be assumed to be known for his (or its) abilities; that doesn't mean their practices are legal or not feared (only that spell-caster's abilities are known by all). Inverted, Scholar, Sage or Alchemist; a person, though often also a user of magic, who has spent his life trying to understand the forces of man and nature. A scientist, of sorts, or a historian, understanding the patterns of nature or the ways of man. In almost all cases, the Patron's work is related to the Mission (a discovery or event has prompted the Patron to leave his normally sedate lifestyle and seek the aid of adventurers).
Mission:
- (Inverted) 2 Cups: Locate a missing person. Inverted, locate a person lost in an ill-fated expedition into the underworld, but rumored to survive.
Obstacle:
- 7 Rods: Counter scheme of equal magnitude brews against Patron. Inverted, opposition will murder the Patron before players complete their mission.
Motivation:
- (Inverted) 3 Rods: Raw power and advancement in social position. Inverted, usurp rule of the land for himself or aid another pretender.
- (Inverted) Lovers: Patron's reasons are that of another; his motives are unimportant. Inverted, although Patron supports another, he has his own motives (pick an extra card "WHY??" to represent his own motives).
Finances:
- Knight Coins: Gives only an amulet and says "gods will provide the rest" (Referee decides to what degree the amulte "provides"). Inverted, Patron gives only a "word of magical power" and says magic forces will protect the players (whether they do is at Referee's discretion).
Rival:
- (Inverted) 5 Cups: Fortune Teller or Soothsayer. Inverted, Leader Society of Watchers.
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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