The Arundel Information Caper (OOC)

Not a big deal. Just wanted to clarify if you had a reason you wanted it to be that way.

If you want to do that it will need a roll.

The cost will probably be that it is pretty obvious afterwards that you broke in. Something will break with such a direct approach.

Okey dokey! I added the roll to my post (it was a failure :P)

Not good. :)

What do we think happens?

• Maybe this is the wrong statue and you get an opportunity to notice and react in time to avoid making an obvious mess (by rolling Keep Your Cool, but making things much worse on another Miss and a bit worse on a Partial Success).

• Or Maybe this is the right stone, but there are social consequences... now or later.

• Or maybe there is an alarm and you have only moments to act.

• As always: Maybe something else completely. I am open to sugestions. :)

I think it would be better if it’s the right stone and something goes wrong (like you suggested, some kind of alarm or trap maybe, or Benji accidentally breaking something) to keep the story moving forward. I’d rather leave the specifics up to you though, if that’s okay. It’s more fun to be surprised! :)

So, as it was a miss, I thought that Jacob would be attracted to some dangerous item that may attract unwanted attention on him if/when he takes it. For example, something belonging to Elliott, or someone equally dangerous. Would that work?

I have also thought about the Night Sisters, but that's maybe too many artifacts related to them.

That's what I figured. This is the GM Move: 'Propose an Opportunity With a Cost'.
I assume any item you might filch would belong to the Arundel people rather than Elliot or the Night Sisters, especially since this stuff appears to have been here a long time. But we would link it back to someone active in the local London area so it can see play.
Which could present a good reason why it is them. :)

If you decide to have Jacob take something then we will find out soon enough who comes looking. Do you want to know beforehand who it will be?

If you decide to show some constraint and not touch the 'treasure', there is more to the consequence (alarms and time pressure), but I did not want to have those overshadow the Opportunity, and what you do will influence how much we care about that.

Now obvious is it to your friends that you are being tempted?

I'd say it is quite obvious, yes. The object is literally whispering in Jacob's ear that he should take it, and he has this kind of unfocused sight, not paying attention to anything else apart from the dagger.

... and Jacob could be like: ¬¬'

I am not seeing how anyone can avoid the staff coming to check [ref], but if you have ideas I am all ears.

There is, indeed, no way to stop them noticing the hole.

If you go up there is no way to avoid being 'captured' by them. They will have questions that might be hard to answer (especially with no one powerful backing you up). Are you sure you want to do that? There may be another way out at the far end of the tunnel.

OK.

Maybe we can use a Keep Your Cool roll to see how much you can stay in control? It will never be a lot of control, but we may be able to avoid the worst of your fear.

Emma expressed a dislike for the Servitors... but it is probably them, right? Is that what you most want to avoid, or do you want to avoid being 'arrested', or something else?

I know, right.
Let's go with that, then. See how it goes and deal with the fallout.

Let's assume it is Servitors. They were the closest and are the people who work here. Go ahead and describe what you encounter and what you do. Roll Mislead, Distract, or Trick when you are ready.

If Emma were to try to stall them before they enter the chapel, would it be possible for Benji to try to put the stone back into place while she’s distracting them?

Sure, why not. Though it would take an inordinate amount of coordination and planning. And I will add another detail in the RP that was waiting to see what else happened.

@Delirium: Would you like me to try put the stone back while Emma is stalling or would you prefer to handle it on your own? Benji has a negative 1 to Let It Out so I'm a bit worried that I might accidentally make things worse for you...