Because I've been having difficulty deciding between Overcome and Create an Advantage actions, this is going to be the general guideline I use:<br/><br/>If there is an Aspect/Character opposing you from doing the thing, it's an Overcome action.<br/>If there isn't an Aspect opposing you, or you're trying to change an existing aspect, it's Create an Advantage.<br/><br/>Currently, information gathering is the tricky part for me. I<em>think</em>I'm going to start ruling them as Overcome actions if you don't have an explicit goal for them. So, digging info to find out what to do is an Overcome. Digging for info so you can blackmail/ambush someone is CaA.<br/><br/>For this particular set of posts, I'm just going to set them all to CaA, but I'm gonna be more picky from now on.<br/><br/>From now on, please try to include the Aspect you'd like created when you roll.<br/><br/>I'm gonna be experimenting with difficulties more from now on. +2 will still be the 'default', but expect to see +4s and +6s in the future.<br/>In general:<br/>+0 anyone can do it, but might fail in interesting ways. Typically, this is if the player can't decide if success or failure is more interesting.<br/>+2 is a typical challenge.<br/>+4 if I think you should be an expert. (+4 skill or +2 and a relevant Aspect).<br/>+6 if I think you should be a specialist. (+4 skill and a relevant Aspect).<br/>+8 if I think you need an expert an a lot of preparation (+4 skill and multiple relevant Aspects).<br/><br/>Alternatively, if you're trying to estimate for your own rolls:<br/>+2 if anyone in the group could do it.<br/>+4 if the party specialist should do it.<br/>+6 if the party specialist will need help or a lot of effort to do it.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">And with that she was back to work reaching out her virtual arms in all directions to find out various pieces of information regarding the Night Cartel.  Recent activity was paramount, of course, but also any contacts that they may be working more exclusively with was also something she was looking into regarding their current status.<br/><br/>At 2016-02-23 18:21:40, Re Z L - Anima (uid: 39480) rolls: 4d3m-2 Result: 0<br/>+4 Investigate<br/>+2 Boost<br/><br/>Total:  6</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>That's success with style. You create an Aspect with two free invokes.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">At 2016-02-21 13:50:39, Forklifts Muse (uid: 56505) rolls: 4d3a-8 Result: -1<br/>-1 + 2 + 2 +2 = +5<br/><br/>Adding in the free use of Subverted Panopticon to boost the search high enough hopefully for a buggy!</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Yeah, that's enough to get a buggy. It'll need an Aspect, and you get 1 free invoke.<br/><br/>If you like, you can describe what you find in your next post. If you give yourself too much, I'll introduce additional wrinkles, if you give yourself too little I'll introduce unexpected boons.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Roll Result: wander rolled: 4d6<br/>Comment: Muse investigation +2<br/>Result: 4, 1, 4, 2<br/><br/>Ugh, that's two blanks and two minuses. For a +0 result.<br/>I'd like to either get the free invoke on the Panopticon for the view on their locale or if that's a no go, use a FP to invoke my High Concept (the Hacker element of it), representing Mark's supervision over his Muse and generally using less than legal methods... That should bump me up to a +2 then.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Subverted Panopticon is out of free invokes. You'll need to pay the Fate Point.<br/><br/>You get an Aspect with 1 free invoke.<br/><br/>So, currently have:<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Boost: 'James Yao, Triad Negotiator'<br/>Boost: Triad Intel<br/>Boost: Subverted Airlock<br/>Boost: Patchy Coverage of Aug Parlor<br/>Scene Aspect: Overwatch (4 Free Invokes)<br/>Scene Aspect: Subverted Panopticon<br/>Scene Aspect: Fresh Exploit Software (2 Free Invokes)<br/>Scene Aspect: Sexy Little Lin (1 Free Invoke)<br/>Scene Aspect: Faked Hypercorp Worker IDs (2 Free Invokes)</div></div><br/>Anima's Night Cartel Aspect with 2 free invokes.<br/>Forklift's Buggy with 1 free invoke.<br/>Puppeteer's Yakuza Aspect with 1 free invoke.<br/><br/><strong>Drop</strong>is targeting the abandoned souk.<br/><strong>Mark/Puppeteer</strong>is digging up info on the Yakuza.<br/><strong>Antimony</strong>is interrogating Zhang.<br/><strong>Krysta/Hachi</strong>is getting turned on by Antimony/Zhang.<br/><strong>Anima</strong>is digging up info on the Night Cartel.<br/><strong>Forklift</strong>is looking for a buggy.<br/><br/><strong>Zhang </strong>is being interrogated by 'Lin'.<br/><strong>Slitheroid</strong>is waiting for ? ? ?<br/><strong>RSD </strong>is prepping to attack the Night Cartel.<br/><strong>Night Cartel</strong>is prepping for a deal.<br/><strong>Experia </strong>is prepping to record a deal gone bad.