Scene 3: The Ceremony

so you can choose to roll up to 3 dice. The number of dice you roll matches the effort you put on the action: greater effort = more likely to succeed.

However, of you roll a double, you pushed too far and get exhausted (loose one die) or, in the case of 3d6 which is a supernatural effort, also get further consumed by your curse (gain a new mark).

A key point is that the dice you roll don’t need to match the action. It could be 3 of anything you have to roll. The only difference is if they match, the 6 counts as "critical" basically.

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Because all actions are about avoiding risks and getting rewards, I asked the players to try to tell me what they want to achieve with the action and how they may mess up. Then I set the risks and rewards and you decide what to roll

Got it, thanks! In this case, the reward would be finding out who is making all the noise downstairs. The risk is being spotted, but if that's not specific enough, the risk is that being spotted skulking about will likely draw allegations that Alexander had something to do with Roderick's' petrification.

Sounds good. This means that each success can be used to either avoid being seen (risk) or identifying the source of the noise (reward).

If I can roll any stat I want -- I seem to have Brawl 3 and Guile 2 and Weird 0. But I'll roll Guile, as that makes most sense to me.

Looks like I can either see who's down there or avoid being detected? I want to know who's down there, which I would have seen anyway had I not rolled, I presume? Unless you're suggesting that this noise-maker is trying to be stealthy?

So the way it stands, you can either see who it is and be seen, or you can go unnoticed but took just a second too long and only get a glimpse of who it is as they move into a different room. That's sort of out I interpret the results here :D

I guess I'll be seen, then.