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The spy on the crowd

Environments Designed by Bruno Deri
Tier
2
Type
Social
Difficulty
13
Impulses
Sneak Gather information Find suspects

Environment overview

A place full of people, one of them is a traitor

Potential adversaries

Spy Commoner Folk Merchant

Features

Passives

passive
  • Trouble in the Crowd

    Traversing a crowded amphiteater is extremely complicated when you don't want to be the center of atention. A PC must succeed on an Finesse Roll or an Presence Roll to move to move unnoticed through the crowd, and can only go up to Close range on a success. On a fail, mark a Stress.

    Questions
    • Where the suspect is?
    • There is more than one?

Actions

action
  • The distraction
    Fear 1

    Many things can happen within the multitude. At the start of the encounter you may spend as many Fear as you want to create that many number of distractions
    Spend a Fear to create a distraction such a fight in the crowd, a new suspect appears or a theft is noticed by someone.

    Questions
    • Are they going to ignore the mission?
    • Trouble at the crowd! Is there a theft? a fight?
    • If there is a new suspect, are you discarding the last one?

Reactions

reaction
  • The objective is moving
    Fear 1

    If the suspect notice something unusual, you can spend a Fear to move they until they are out of the PC's line of sight.

    The PC can do an Instinct Roll to find the new location.

    Questions
    • Is they doing something suspicious?
    • Did they noticed you following their tracks?

About this environment

The amphitheater is full of people and one or more of them is a traitor, many things can happen in the multitude, is the party going to ignore them all or focus on following the target?

The spy on the crowd

Tier 2 Social

A place full of people, one of them is a traitor

Impulses: Sneak, Gather information, Find suspects

Difficulty: 13

Potential Adversaries: Spy, Commoner Folk, Merchant

Features

Trouble in the Crowd - Passive: Traversing a crowded amphiteater is extremely complicated when you don't want to be the center of atention. A PC must succeed on an Finesse Roll or an Presence Roll to move to move unnoticed through the crowd, and can only go up to Close range on a success. On a fail, mark a Stress.
  • Where the suspect is?
  • There is more than one?
The distraction - Action: Many things can happen within the multitude. At the start of the encounter you may spend as many Fear as you want to create that many number of distractions
Spend a Fear to create a distraction such a fight in the crowd, a new suspect appears or a theft is noticed by someone.
  • Are they going to ignore the mission?
  • Trouble at the crowd! Is there a theft? a fight?
  • If there is a new suspect, are you discarding the last one?
The objective is moving - Reaction: If the suspect notice something unusual, you can spend a Fear to move they until they are out of the PC's line of sight.

The PC can do an Instinct Roll to find the new location.

  • Is they doing something suspicious?
  • Did they noticed you following their tracks?

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