Heist in The Heights [OOC]

Yeah if a 6 "cancels" the threat alarm, then it's a good bet, rolling 4d6. can still go really bad :D

A 6 means only the Effect comes into play (Full Success), only on a 4-5 (Partial Success) does the Threat also activate. 1-3 means only the Threat and no Effect.
Would it surprise you to learn there is like a 48% chance of bad happening? :)

that's a bit higher than expected but to be fair, not surprising

To Assist requires them to spend 1 Stress, and gives you an extra +1 dice.

What we had in the description was more of a setup action to give you an Edge, but that time has passed and the die is cast. We can treat is a pure fiction with no mechanical effects --since that is all it was-- so your description of using the advice to your success is enough.

With your 6 (and twice close to a Crit): you managed to take it out before it could call home. Go ahead and narrate that, then I might add a bit about why the kid reacted as she did.

yeah I though so, just checking :)

Agreed, his plan is to quickly find something to offer them to keep them as lookouts on this entrance--perhaps with a promise of giving them "control" of it once the team quits the job.
Let's say he hasn't introduced himself yet, lol.
Exactly this!

Would C.A.K.E. have a shared highscore where they would have seen your name (or the blank space that represents it in speculation-fueling manner)? Or would you have to find a machine and prove it?
It was not 'stakes' that needed building, rather it was fiction that we needed.

If by 'stakes' you mean Threat and Effect: they don't apply to a Gather Information roll. We might need to chat about what you hope to learn from a Gather Information, but...
I can tell you this for free:

They have already been promised that they can come with. Breaking that promise and leaving them behind (unsupervised) will not lead to them keeping any promises to you. They will seek their own angle to secure some fame from this discovery.
Ah. I have not made picked up on that. Thanks for clarifying. That may or may not help, as the dice dictate in other moves going forward.
Well, yes. But isn't everyone? Winston is an outlier, a fossil of a previous age. :)

It sure would have a shared board showing score, and if this universe has some sort of personal jack system he could prove his virtual identity on the fly!
OK then yes the goal is to have some if their people keep watch.

But if there is nothing to mine here, or it conflicts with what we established, it's understandable and we can roll with not worrying about guarding the entry, necessarily.

Cool. They will have seen it and been both impressed and envious. Having, now, met you they will still be envious but it is up to you how impressed they are. :)

• What does the board say?
Does it list the name 'Blank' or is there a '       ' there which no one else can work out how to replicate (they all have to enter at least three letters), or did you use some other name?
Depending on how much you want to play with this fame, they could either just believe you ("how ever did you get past the ...?" or something); or dismiss your claim and make you need to work to back it up; or it could be trivial to prove. Were is me, I would be inclined to avoid proof and have most believe and some doubt/deny.
Guard against what, though?
If their parents or friends come along they are not going to side with you strangers.
If something from the other side comes along, what are they going to do? Die? Their best chance of survival (baring 'going home') is for you to keep them safe.
You can work on your relationship with them. A little chatting will quickly reveal the above facts to Blank (no roll needed), and some ongoing work can even turn them into trustworthy companions... and you may even learn their 'strengths', enough to make the useful.

Indeed. Very true. :)

Unless Dunko dissents, it looks like the plan is to move quickly, but not actively do anything about the cameras. That makes sense (no judgement, either way).

That sounds a lot like a Group Action.
Which makes mechanical sense for Blank to lead (and can also make in-fiction sense, with him --the social one-- needing to manage the hangers-on (who do not roll)). Blank has the most Stress to burn, and moving past the cameras seems like Caution and Mobility --giving him the best stats as well.

If we are interested in trying this, them we can work out the details.

sounds good to me ! anything to keep the stress away from D.

Hehe, yeah. A Group Action here could bring up to 3 Stress, would be too much for him to handle. :)

D. leads the group into the higher levels but those kids just get on his nerves and he freaks out into a murdering spree... leaving only E. untouched. Ah! Nothing like the slaughter of nuisances to relieve some stress...

This sounds like a good plan to me!

Do we understand how Group Actions work? (I don't see them listed in the SRD). Feel free to ask for more details if you need.

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Dunko would narrate what they are doing to get everyone through, maybe first, maybe last, maybe first and last. Everyone else would narrate what their character is doing.

Everyone would roll the same Approach and Skill (Caution and Mobility, I assume, but we need to agree first).

We take the highest result from all the rolls.

If anyone rolls 1-3, the Leader take Stress. (1 Stress per 1-3 roll, including themself, the leader's roll is not special).

The stakes are: 'getting out of this level' versus 'being noticed'. on a 4-5 both happen, in a Crit we will work out what your bonus is.

Two players getting 6s is still just a 6, since we take the single highest result, which, in that case, is a 6. For a Crit we need the player to get a Crit of their own, and, I think, only Blank can do that, since everyone else might only have 1d?

We can not Assist, since we are all already involved in the action and the consequence, but anyone can Push to get themself extra dice.

Consequences can be resisted by anyone, as usual.

I think that all makes sense.

So again, other than the cameras, there doesn't appear to he anyone about, right?

I was thinking the approach at this point is just walking through like we own the place--projecting a "nothing to see here, we've got our business so mond yours"--a bit of Empathy and mobility perhaps.

And to clarify, success would roll in any potential encounters we did have, like we'd give them the don't mess with us vibe and both groups go on their way.

Correct. No one ever comes down here. They appear to have forgotten about this place.
If you choose to go that route rather than avoiding the cameras then the type of risk will adjust accordingly. It should not affect the Level of the Threat, just their nature.
That could make sense for what you describe, but remember that everyone has to roll the same set, so, while Empathy gives you an extra die, it takes one away from the rest, leaving them rolling 0d. (If we do the group action).

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The benefit of the Group Action is that you only have one 'roll' so only one set of consequences. If you want to each do your own thing, you can each roll whatever stats work for you, but it will be three sets of rolls and potentially three sets of consequences. But you save the direct Stress risk of a Group Action.

Your individual actions still have to make sense in the fiction. It might be hard to have one person strolling along as though they own the place while another creeps around trying to stay hidden.