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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) Queen Cups: Enchantress or Witch; a female that understands and uses the sciences of magic. Note: in some game systems, the term Priestess may better apply; a Witch worships goddess earth (nature) and prowess of women; they have no relationship with the psychotic forces that worship the Dark One. The female reference is important, because the chauvinism of most societies makes this woman a practitioner both despised and feared. If her ability is not kept in strictest secrecy, she has acquired incredible power that flaunts the fearful ignorance of the populace; such a person the players too should respect ("or will learn to respect"). Inverted, Whorehouse Madam or Common Street Pimp; without belaboring the obvious, in most fantasy worlds, vices like sexual services are an important trade item, especially when illegal and untaxed. The profit from such activities is worth greater risk. Treat this Patron like a guildmaster over illegal trade item vices (prostitution, gambling and potions) .
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) 8 Cups: Climax automatically fails on first attempt. Inverted, both first and second attempts at Climax will fail; mission may well be impossible.
- High Priestess: Other opposition (but perhaps not principle Rival) is completely aware of the players and mission. Inverted, players know all opposition (even non-person types).
Motivation:
- King Rods: Hiding from an unidentified person or past action. Inverted, because Patron is hiding from his past, he stays incognito or assumes a role not his own. Pick another card "WHO??" to determine the past identity of the Patron.
- Wheel of Fortune: Reshuffle the deck and continue.
Finances:
- 10 Cups: Recent catastrophe exhausted wealth; funds are meager. Inverted, Patron covers the fact a personal disaster has consumed much of his wealth; he feigns a rich lifestyle.
Rival:
- 8 Rods: Notorious Gambler. Inverted, Speculator or Prospector.
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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