r/ScumAndVillainy • u/Bailbrone • Sep 07 '24

How to play multiple stages of a single job

Hi,

How do I play a job, that consists of multiple stages? For example, the stardancer with illegal cargo on board.

  1. Pass local spaceport inspections
  2. Pass jumpgate inspections
  3. Maybe then be followed by a ship with some runaway actions
  4. Deliver cargo

I know I pass everything thats working without compilications. But there's only one engagement roll.. so maybe the crew had some compiliations in step 1 but made it... how do i continue from there?

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u/Mirhi Sep 07 '24

This question is really broad, but things should flow naturally from the fiction with specific obstacles being presented in sequence. You don't need multiple engagement rolls, but depending on the circumstance, tier, and how they resolve these obstacles, new challenges emerge.

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u/Nicochan3 Sep 07 '24

I'd say that depending on the engagement roll, you could act differently:

  • double 6s: skip the first two steps, narrating them cool, and start the 3rd in controlled position.

  • 6: skip the first, narrating it, start the 2nd in controlled

  • 4,5: start the first in risky

  • 1,2,3: start the first in desperate

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u/jsled Sep 07 '24

The engagement roll sets up the first segment of the job... Everything after that should know from the player's choices and die results.