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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) 9 Rods: Young Lad or Child; a youth perhaps too young to know the danger he faces by conversing with the powerful (and always unpredictable) players. This Patron does not represent another (that's another selection); he is alone without Finances and in need of help. He may seek the players because of a family concern, but his father and mother will do not know and would not approve of his actions. Inverted, Orphan or Bastard; a child who is alone. Only in rare cases will the child be the heir to a fortune yet to be claimed ("this isn't a romance novel, and besides that correctly would be an Heir to Fortune pick"). Helping such a Patron may earn a Friend for life, and who knows what power and riches he may later obtain -- many a warlord king, began life with tragedy ("that's the stuff of legends and fantasy epics").
- Emperor: Patron is skilled soldier, sapper, siege craftsmen or commander. He has led groups of men into battle. Inverted, Patron was once famous, but his fame faded or lost importance over time.
Mission:
- (Inverted) 10 Rods: Scout for an army. Inverted, spy in foreign lands.
- Hermit: Patron withholds or remains ignorant of one crucial aspect of the Mission. Inverted, players will find this out early in the Mission, usually by end of the first Setting of the scenario (see Encounter pamphlet for details on Settings).
Obstacle:
- King Swords: Opposition will outnumber and outclass the players' forces in ever battle. Inverted, only in surprise engagements will the players be completely victorious; every other engagement will be won only at great cost.
Motivation:
- Ace Swords: Insane, distraught, obsessed with action. Inverted, visibly apparent to all he meets that he is obsessed.
Finances:
- Knight Rods: Patron pays no coin wage, but all provided items may be kept. Inverted, Patron will not pay a wage, but he tells the players they may keep whatever items and equipment he provides (these he'll steal back after the mission).
Rival:
- Queen Rods: Powerful Woman. Inverted, Notorious for Crimes.
- (Inverted) Fool: Person is really a front (posing in place of) a person that truly makes all the decisions. Inverted, impostor will play role all the way to death, insuring true Rival survives.
- (Inverted) Temperance: Person is marked by a very distinctive feature (i.e. scars, hair color, missing fingers, etc.); anyone seeing the person will remember him. Inverted, not a physical appearance, but mannerism or accent that people can't forget.
- (Inverted) Death: Person is currently wounded or ill. Inverted, will die from wound sometime during scenario.
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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