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Spacegamer.com - Barony Underworld Mission:
This uses the Tarot Card to Generate a "Underworld" Mission on the Fly as described in Designing Fantasy Missions as part of the Barony Set. (Underworld means it is focused 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.
Mission Title:
Party Leader:
Patron:
- (Inverted) 5 Rods: Brigand or Bandit; a person who leads an organized force of thieves. The Patron's "occupation" may remain unknown to the players, but his Missions will tend to be more base. This type of man maintains order among people that live by the simple code -- "only the strong survive". Inverted, Leader Street Gang or Union; a leader of a group of common workers. The guildmasters by law control trade, but that doesn't mean a few ambitious men from the working class don't exist -- "do I hear the theme music from Dr Zhivago?" Before I appear too "socialist", the union leader can be treated like an urban bandit. To be blunt, he incites riots for personal gain. Since freedom to assemble is not a right, his actions are illegal and just like the bandit he is sought for crimes. Association with this person, even briefly, can lead to players' heads resting on blocks ("awaiting the axeman's stroke"). Players are often forced to aid and accept the task, after a spy reports their meeting ("we're now all in the same pot trying to keep it from boiling").
- Hierophant: Patron is deeply spiritual, a person of prayer and worship. Inverted, his belief and practices tend toward the dark, demonic, necromantic or perverse, and thus he may conceal his devotion to a forbidden religion.
UnderWorld Mission:
- (Inverted) 2 Swords: Discover lost knowledge on an event or curse. Inverted, prevent Rival from finding such, by destroying all remnants of this knowledge in this one underworld.
- (Inverted) Empress: Underworld connects to another more dangerous or notorious crypt or acts as a portal into another dimension; players may not have been told, but their quest must take the party to this place. Inverted, Mission will start in the underworld, but eventually will continue above ground into the plots of the campaign's Barons. Perhaps choose a Baron's Mission (with same Patron and Motive) that follows this one.
Obstacles (UW):
- (Inverted) Ace Coins: Demon from Broken Pentacle. Signs that a ritual went awry, and presence of evidence that a demon survives in the world. Often the summoning man is taken prisoner (tortured for an eternity) by the demon. Demon wishes to return, but it lacks the ability, and trusts no mortal action. Inverted, Man Possessed. Demon has entered the body of a man (or child) and from its new sanctuary it seeks to spread misery on the world.
- (Inverted) Moon: Terrible things can be found in small packages, usually implies small creatures with nasty tenacity or prowess. Otherwise, seemingly simple objects have been enchanted to cause dire consequences to their holder.
Motivation:
- (Inverted) 2 Coins: Control a regional area. Inverted, dominate a port's trade or shipping.
- (Inverted) High Priestess: Patron believes he is invincible and rightly so; mere mention of his name brings terror to opposition. Inverted, Patron is a fanatic-zealot to his cause.
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:
- 4 Swords: Dwarf. Inverted, Demi-Human or Monster.
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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