Cinema 8 - Solo Play - Sully Needs the documents...

Wanted to test out how solo play would work with my Cinema 8 rules that I've adjusted. Here is the story!

So this was my first attempt at using my new Cinema 8 and I did a quick scene of my 1930s Detective Jack 'Sully' Sullivan trying to get into a building, and find some documents. I used Game Master Apprentice Cards for my Oracle. I put a summary and then my notes below as I took them.

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On a cold, rainy night in Philadelphia, Jack 'Sully' Sullivan, a gritty private investigator, stands outside the Smith Washington building. Sully, described as a 38-year-old male with stark dark hair and blue eyes, aims to sneak inside the building to gather evidence for a client. Using wits and deception, he ensures no one is watching before heading to the building's front door, which, surprisingly, is unlocked. Inside, the building is dark and devoid of any security guards. Sully methodically checks for signs of a break-in, finding no broken glass or footprints but notices the door was left open. Despite the absence of security or a reception desk, Sully finds a directory chart showing his client's office on the fifth floor.

Eschewing the elevator, he takes the stairs, where he hears a close, scraping sound—a man working on a safe. Sully quietly approaches and successfully knocks out the intruder, discovering the safe already unlocked. Inside, he finds the documents he needs and quickly pockets them. Before leaving, Sully finds the intruder's wallet, identifying him as Karek Blackmetal. Though unsure why Karek was trying to access the same documents, Sully decides to leave, confirming the man is still breathing, and escapes back to his office, ending his nighttime endeavor.

Session Notes:

• Night time, 1am and its raining.

Sully looks around and makes sure if anyone is around before heading to the building.

Is anyone around, 50/50 - NO

Sully proceeds to the front door of the building, the lights are out and no one is around, is the front door locked?

Is the door locked? Highly Likely - No

Opening the door with suspicion, Sully looks around for broken glass

Is there any broken glass? Unlikely - No

With no broken glass, Sully looks around to see if there is a security/reception desk around?

IS there a Security Desk? Likely - NO! (extreme)

With no security desk or reception desk, Sully looks around to see if there is a security guard wandering around, thinking maybe he opened it to head outside and forgot to lock it on the way back in.

Is there a security guard around? Very Likely - No

With no security guard around, Sully quietly walks in and checks the floor suite directory on the wall and sees that he needs to head to the 5th floor. Deciding to skip the elevator and use the stairs as it was a safer bet to sneak around.

Upon reaching the door of the 5th floor, Sully decided to listen to make sure no one is on the floor.

Does Sully hear anything? Unlikely - Yes - Description Sound - A metal scrapping sound close by.

Peering into the room, Sully sees a man, busy trying to get into a safe, which is the very office he needs to get into. Why was this man here?

Sully decides to sneak up on the man.

Sneak roll - Fail by 2.

Does Crook hear Sully? - Fail listen check, too busy and too noisy at the safe to hear him walking up.

Sully makes some noise and stops, but the man does not notice him. Sully decides to use the end of his gun to knock the guy out.

Attack Roll - Success rolled 5, which is under 6, man is knocked out.

Sully checks the safe and sees if its opened?

Is the safe open? 50/50 - Yes

The man seems to have opened the safe right when Sully knocked him out, what luck! Sully reaches in the safe and grabs the documents he needs. Sully before leaving checks the man for a wallet.

Does Sully find a wallet? 50/50 - Yes - Name Check Card - Karek Blackmetal

Sully wonders who this man could be and why was he after the same documents? Before leaving Sully checks to make sure the man is breathing still.

Is the man still breathing? Very likely - Yes.

With the man still breathing, Sully heads back down stairs and gets into his car.

/End Scene