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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:
- Knight Swords: Insane Hero; person who has lost sense of reality and seeks only the completion of his Mission. Whatever Motive is selected will take on fanatic obsession. Players will sense the uncontrolled desire in the Patron; but, depending upon the reward, they may become such themselves. Inverted, Hero Feeble from Age; person of past honor or legend who returns for a final request. Patron himself can not take part in the deed, but he implores the players to accept. All Finances of Patron are offered; as said this is a final request. If the players are more wickedly minded, they found the perfect sap for deceit ("he's givin' us the money; let's flee").
Mission:
- King Swords: Deliver a debt to a creditor. Inverted, prevent a debt from being repaid.
Obstacle:
- (Inverted) Knight Coins: Many different interest groups have banded together to oppose the mission. Inverted, the most unusual of people oppose the mission.
- (Inverted) Fool: While on the mission, all gambling bets will be lost (even bets made by skilled characters). Inverted, a loyal NPC will prove a detriment somehow to the mission.
Motivation:
- (Inverted) 3 Swords: Thinks player is competent and trustworthy. Inverted, knows players are the only ones able to complete the task -- controls prime position or can recruit another having the right troops.
Finances:
- Knave Coins: Private cache of a thousand coins hidden close by. Inverted, Patron has a private cache of coins in a base currency - copper - maybe one-thousandth the value of gold; he'll claim he has plenty of coins (and he does), but will pay only after the deed is done.
- (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.
- Temperance: Patron's funds are controlled or held by an overseer; players must first perform a task or act of intrigue to free up these funds, before continuing with the primary mission. Inverted, Patron's funds are controlled or held by an overseer; players must first perform a whole mission (complete redraw of the Tarot to describe the mission desired by the overseer), before acquiring these funds.
Rival:
- 2 Rods: Whore or Harlot. Inverted, Adulteress or Noble's Mistress.
- Star: Person is someone that one of the players knows from past dealings (former employer, Friend, Enemy, distant relative, etc.). Inverted, at least he thinks so; person is in fact a stranger.
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!!!
Come on Back and maybe we'll have a generator in for you. Otherwise, use the Temple and Castles from our Legacy tools. (Hey, or buy the books!!!!!)
Epilogue:
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