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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) King Coins: Traveling Foreign Noble; landowner or baron, but one who is away from his jurisdiction. Mission often places the Patron in direct violation of the laws of the area. Inverted, Ambassador or Emissary; a person who represents the interests of a foreign monarch or powerful personage in another land. Mission may not relate to intrigue (though that's often the end result), and instead the Patron may be busy in counsel and needs players to handle personal matters.
UnderWorld Mission:
- (Inverted) Knave Swords: Defeat a beast ("defeat" is used, because beast itself may be as indestructible as Dark One) by performing some deed or ritual in underworld. Inverted, slay the great beast's offspring, which may take a form other than a diminutive beast (use some imagination -- Beowulf's Dragon had a son that was a Troll).
- (Inverted) World: Part of the Mission will involve the destruction, both extermination of denizens and physical collapse, of part of the underworld. Inverted, destruction will be caused by accident or a secondary event that happens after the Mission. In effect, underworld will no longer exist after this Mission.
Obstacles (UW):
- (Inverted) 4 Swords: Undead Beast. Creature that originally was a mere animal (though perhaps large one), but it did not stay dead; risen form of such animals are needless to say more powerful. Inverted, Experiment Beast. Creature that originally was an animal, but a twisted user of magic turned the innocent into the deadly; such can be an experiment out of control or a guardian whose purpose expired before its lifespan.
Motivation:
- 2 Cups: Enraged by something that happened. Inverted, divinely motivated or magically controlled.
Finances:
- (Inverted) 4 Cups: Normal wages and all borrowed items must be returned. Inverted, Patron provides old or damaged items to meet players' requests; however, he expects new and undamaged ones upon return.
Rival:
- (Inverted) Ace Rods: Innkeeper. Inverted, Barfly or Drunkard (usually minor rogue or hero fallen from grace).
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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