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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:
- 5 Coins: Invalid; person injured or magically cursed so that he is physically handicapped -- no longer can walk, hands feeble, disfigured. Mission will almost always have a Motive of revenge, so do not pick a card for Motive (or ignore picked card). Inverted, Blind Man; a person who has lost his sight. He may have overcome this weakness by ability or magic.
Mission:
- (Inverted) King Rods: Perform a ridiculous or insulting task. Inverted, perform a seemingly suicidal task.
- Sun: Mission should be simple and direct, take place in the immediate area -- do not use the Encounters, go straight to the Climax. Inverted, still use the Encounters, but almost all Encounter that aren't directly caused by the Patron's problems or Rival's actions (i.e. Mission Inconsequential Encounters as described in the Encounters pamphlet) can be ignored.
Obstacle:
- 8 Rods: As scenario develops, Patron will become more and more untrusting of the players. Inverted, Patron eventually tries to replace players' group with loyal agents.
Motivation:
- 10 Rods: Prove a point, make an example or show by deed. Inverted, wishes to outsmart his better in social position.
Finances:
- (Inverted) Ace Swords: Transfers ownership of his lands and property to one of the players for a length of mission or possibly permanent ("I will make you heir to all my wealth if you succeed"). Inverted, Patron fakes ownership of certain property and lands; these he gives to one player. Patron knows the true owner will be away for a certain amount of time. Hopefully not to return until long after the mission is done and Patron has fled.
Rival:
- 4 Rods: Magistrate or City Judge. Inverted, Justice Appointed by Monarch.
- (Inverted) Moon: Person is really not Rival, but Patron thinks he is (pick an extra card to discover real Rival. Real rival is "WHO??"). Sometime in the scenario, the players will learn the truth. Inverted, sometime in the scenario, the players will think they face the wrong Rival or search for the wrong person; this of course is incorrect.
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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