The Adventure Upstate

Caper

Diary

New York

The Adventure Upstate
Location	New York
Number of Parts	2
Max Stats Gained:
Attributes	+2 Charm, +2 Wits, +2 Knowledge
Skills	+1 Awareness, +2 Stealth, +1 Resolve +1 Leaping, +1 Courage, +1 Tolerance
Depending on Choices	+1 Patience or +1 Charm +1 Poise or +1 Moxie
Relationship Stats	+1 Relationship with Aunt Evelyn
Stress Stats	Minimum +5
Adventure Progression:
Route	Side Caper
Soundtrack:
Songs Heard	Classy Joint Dinner for Two Shall We Gypsy Girl The Strip Vegas Horn When You Want It Right Way

[Brace for a Trip Upstate]

At least I'm getting time away from Aunt Evelyn's pet urchin.

• Skill: +1 Relationship with Aunt Evelyn
• Rest

[Brace for a Trip Upstate]

I wonder if I can stow Johnny as luggage.

• Decision:
  1. Time to ignore him
     • Skill: +1 Patience
  2. Let's play a little game. It's called, 'Who Can Stay Quietest the Longest!'
     • Skill: +1 Stress
  3. Be quiet!
     • 1st Obstacle: E23/N46/H69 Courage/Moxie
       • Success:
         • Skill: +1 Charm
       • Fail:
         • Skill: +1 Stress
• Decision:
  1. You're going to hit a kid? (She shades her eyes to peer up the road.) With a police car coming right this way?
     • Skill: +1 Poise
  2. (raises her fists) Nobody beats the tar out of this brat but me!
     • Skill: +1 Moxie
  3. Help, police! I'm being attacked!
     • Skill: +1 Poise
• Skill: +1 Stress
• 2nd Obstacle: E24/N48/H72 Awareness/Listen
  • Success:
    • Skill: +1 Wits
  • Fail:
    • Skill: +1 Stress
• Decision:
  1. Investigate?
  2. Move on
     • Skill: +1 Stress
     • Skill: +1 Tolerance, +1 Stress
     • 'Move on' converges with 'Investigate?' here
• Decision:
  1. It's not
     • Skill: +1 Stress
  2. It so is! How amazingly cool and deadly!
     • Skill: +1 Stress
  3. Actually, if you look carefully at the markings you can see the alternating bands of white and black, which indicate-
     • Skill: +1 Knowledge
• Skill: +1 Stealth
• Decision:
  1. (Whispering) Wait! That's crazy!
     • Skill: +1 Stress
  2. Just wanted to wish you luck! Enjoy!
     • This option gives no stress, but it sounds reeeally bad
  3. Jonathan McMurray, don't you dare!
     • Skill: +1 Stress
• Skill: +1 Knowledge
• Skill: +1 Stress
• Skill: +1 Resolve
• 3rd Obstacle: E25/N51/H76 Repair (-1 hard difficulty if you chose 'Just wanted to wish you luck!')
  • Success:
    • Skill: +1 Wits
  • Fail:
    • Skill: +1 Stress
• Skill: +1 Stress
• Skill: +1 Leaping
• Skill: +1 Stealth
• Skill: +1 Stress
• Skill: +1 Courage
• 4th Obstacle: E27/N55/H82 Deception/Moxie (-1 hard difficulty if you chose 'Just wanted to wish you luck!')
  • Success:
    • Skill: +2 Charm
  • Fail:
    • Skill: +1 Stress
• Skill: +1 Stress
• 5th Obstacle: E26/N53/H79 (-1 hard difficulty if you chose 'Just wanted to wish you luck!')
  • Negotiation
    • Success:
      • Skill: +1 Stress
    • Fail:
      • Skill: +1 Stress
  • Moxie
    • Success:
      • Skill: +1 Awareness
      • This option seems to have a better outcome
    • Fail:
      • Skill: +1 Stress
• Inspiration: The Spear in the Cave
• END

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