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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 Swords: Outcast woman with child; players are approached by someone in dire need, often defenseless. This card can also apply to any Patron who has a weakness or vulnerability that must be protected. Inverted, Fugitive; someone who is sought for crimes. The crimes may be long past, but Patron is still pursued. The justice may not be of this world; fugitive may have escaped a cult or ritual that employed demonic forces.

Mission:
- (Inverted) Knave Rods: Rescue someone kidnaped or imprisoned. Inverted, rescue someone kidnaped or imprisoned, but not to free; instead to hold for higher ransom.
- Judgement: Mission will cause a secondary event which must be corrected in order for the primary Mission to succeed. Inverted, Mission will cause an event that is both bad or distasteful to the players; but, it must be ignored in order for the primary Mission to succeed.

Obstacle:
- Queen Coins: Notorious demi-human stronghold or underworld is the site of Climax. Inverted, Rival is secretly the ruler of a notorious demi-human stronghold.

Motivation:
- 7 Cups: Formalize his position and status. Inverted, prove his capability under duress.

Finances:
- 2 Cups: Planning to marry and use dowry to fund mission. Inverted, Patron plans to marry after the mission and use his dowry as a reward, but he loathes impending marriage; failure of the mission may also annul the event (i.e. players must succeed or their failure means no chance of payment).

Rival:
- (Inverted) King Rods: Monarch's Wizard or Vizier. Inverted, Independent Magician.

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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