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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:
- 5 Cups: Suspicious Figure; a person who will offer a Mission, but the players will not fully trust or believe the Patron. Such concerns may be unwarranted, yet the players suspicion will add difficulties to both Encounters and Climax ("I knew this here job was too good in truth to ring so foul; our employer must be plotting again' us" -- sorry for the accent, but it does make for great color). In most cases, choose an additional card to answer the question "WHO??" and more fully detail the Patron; or else, leave this fact vague (even to Referee) to amplify the suspicion ("hey guys, I only flip the cards; I wasn't the one who accepted a deal from such a strange dude"). Inverted, Obscure Identity; a person who deliberately hides his identity or has an identity that the players can not place. The Patron will not answer inquiries about who he is (often responding to such questions with half-answers, a shrug, an extra purse of gold or a partly drawn dagger). Draw an addition card to answer the question "WHO??" to fully detail the Patron, but keep this flip a secret from the players ("it stirs up tension if you laugh, then bury the card in the deck").
UnderWorld Mission:
- (Inverted) 4 Cups: Follow a map to a powerful item. Inverted, not a map, but a complex puzzle, set of clues or diving rod of sorts ("funny how it seems to take the hardest route through all the monsters").
Obstacles (UW):
- 9 Swords: Dog-Men with Swords and Shields. Freaks of regular fighting men that appear possibly with animal or inhuman faces. These creatures lack strength, but add to their power by fighting in number. Inverted, Ghostly Swords and Shields. Phantasm of warriors that appear usually only as swinging weapons without holders.
Motivation:
- (Inverted) 8 Rods: For various reasons, time is short -- this is Patron's final request or adventure. Inverted, he will collapse and die during course of scenario.
- Magician: Patron sees opportunity now, because an overshadowing important event has brought a chance of success. Inverted, event is in another land.
Finances:
- (Inverted) 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.
- 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.
Rival:
- (Inverted) Knight Coins: Exchequer of Mint (person in charge treasury and the minting all coins in a land). Inverted, Monarch's Chief Tax Collector.
- Wheel of Fortune: Reshuffle the deck and continue.
- (Inverted) High Priestess: Person controls great magic. Inverted, by reputation only, really has no ability out of the ordinary.
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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