You are the leader of small criminal organization. Now after years your gang has saved up enough money and resources to perform a big Heist. If sucessful you'll finally gain the money and reputation to truly make a name for yourself. If you fail you'll be lucky to escape with your life.
Now it time to go over the [[details]].The job is a truly daring plan. Your town's mayor happens to be a collector of rare and valuable pottery. The kind of thing that could be quickly sold to the right buyer for a massive profit. Normally the mayor's manor house would be too well guarded for you to get in, but tonight the mayor is holding a massive party to celebrate their recent re-election so security will be much lighter.
Now the only thing left to do is choose your [[approach]].There are three main ways you could go about this job.
You can go in with [[force]].
You can go in with [[social stealth]].
You can go in [[sneaky]].Going in full force fighting your way in right through the front door.
Pros: Simple, quick, will definitely earn you big rep.
Cons: Loud, most likely to end in casualities, you'll gain a lot of heat and make some powerful enemies.
Go in with [[Full Force]].
or rethink your [[approach]].Hiding in plain sight. Slip inside as one of the party goers then find your way to the valuables.
Pros: Its quiet, shouldn't draw much attention, youll get to attend the party at least for a little bit.
Cons: Very risky, one wrong move and the whole thing comes crumbling down around you, also pretty tricky to pull off.
Go ahead and slip in as one of the [[party goers]]
Maybe rethink your [[approach]] You and your gang charge the front gate guns blazing.
Several of your men fall immediately beneath a hail of bullets. Things are starting to look kind of bad.
[[Push through]] it's too late to back down now.
Retreat now, at the very least you'll get away with your [[life]].You continue to fight as bullets continue to fly and people fall on both side you begin to feel tired.
[[Leave now]] while you still have the strength left.
[[Keep going]] you've almost made it.You escape with your life but after the abysmal failure of this heist your gang is finished and your personal reputation in the underworld is complete in tatter so your life as a criminal is over. Better go find a new profession I guess.
Go back to the [[Beginning]] and try again.You keep fighting and finally you and the remains of your gang manage to breach the manor house. Also after all the fighting your pretty sure you've eliminated all of the security. However you can already hear the sounds of the police closing in so you better move quick. You could quickly locate the [[pottery]] collection or just grab [[anything]] of value that isn't nailed down.As soon as you turn to flee you feel unbearable pain shoot through your body as several bullets tear into you.
You fall to the ground and begin to bleed out. It looks like this where your going to die but at least you went out in a blaze of glory.
Go back to the [[Beginning]] and try again.You frantically search the house and finally manage to find the pottery collection you were looking for, but the cops have arrived and completely surrounded the building. There is no way your going to manage to sneak out now so your left with only two choices:
[[Fight]] your way out or [[surrender]] to the authorities.You and your crew quickly ransack the house grabing anything of value you can carry and leave before the police arrive. While you didn't get anywhere near as much money as you hoped and lost many of the members of your crew your gang's reputation has skyrocketed meaning you had no problem finding new jobs and recruiting new members.
Go back to the [[Beginning]] and try again.You ready yourself and valently try to shoot your way out. Unfortunately having lost most of your men just fighting in here you are quickly find yourself overwhelmed and gunned down where you stand. It looks like even brute force has its limits.
Go back to the [[Beginning]] and try again.You surrender and are quickly arrested by the police. You then spend the rest of your life in prison. Honestly you don't know what else you were expecting to happen.
Go back to the [[Beginning]] and try again.You approach the party as it starts you can see security stopping guests and checking them for invitations, so how will you get in?
We'll have to try and steal an [[invitation]] from one of the other guests.
Just try and [[bluff]] your way past the guards.Slip in unseen and leave with the valuables without anyone even knowing you were there.
Pros:Its quiet and clean
Cons: Getting in will be dificult, its a little boring I mean this is your big heist maybe you should try something flasier.
Go in sneaky no reason to cause unnecessary trouble. Better to handle this [[clean]].
Rethink your [[approach]].You walk up full of confedience and try to talk your way past the guards. Unfortunately the guards are having none of it and when you can't show them an invitation they immediately demand that you leave. You try to argue with them but it quickly becomes clear that they aren't going to let you in and now you've drawn too much attention to yourself for you to be able to sneak in any other way, so I guess you have no chose but to go [[home]].
Or try to break in with [[Full Force]] .Welp nothing left to do but go home you didn't get in but you also didn't lose anything. Your just back where you started this day.
Now to plan a new heist!!!
Go back to the [[Beginning]] and try again.It takes some work but you manage to pickpocket an invitation from one of the guests. Looking at it you see it also allows you to bring plus 4 which means you can bring your 4 best men in with you.
Showing the invitation you are quickly allowed in and enter the manor's [[foyer]].The foyer is filled with guest eating, drinking, and chatting as well as servents caring trays of drinks and hors d'oeuvres. Now that your in the party the only thing left to do is try and find your target.
The best thing to do would be to [[look for it yourself]].
[[Mingling]] with the guests to find information would be the best course of action.You start to look around but are quickly found by serving staff. You are beaten by security and kicked out but at least you kept your [[life]] .You start to mingle and look around for anyone who might have information you seek. Their are two groups that look promising. The first is a group of what look like [[art affecianados]] surely they would know where the mayor keeps thier exsquisite collection. The other is a group containing the [[mayor]] themself. No better person to get information than them but talking to them could be risky.
However you couldn't help but notice a familar face amoung the crowd. That of your rival who also runs a rival gang. If their here that must mean trouble maybe you should [[confront them]].You strike up a conversation with them. After listening to them talk about a bunch of boring art stuff you finally get them to mention the location of the mayor's [[pottery collection]].You decide to be bold and go right up to the mayor. They are extremely busy surrounded by many people and don't seem at all interested in speaking to you.
You'll just have to [[make them]] talk to you.
Best just to be [[patient]].You confront them and your conversation quickly devolves into an extremely loud argument that blows both your covers and forcing you to flee for your life. The heist was ruined but on the plus side your rival was caught and thrown in prison so small victories right.
Go back to the [[Beginning]] and try again.You finally make it to your target. Suprisingly other than some glass cases there is no security to guard the valuables. I guesss the mayor didn't think any potential thieves would make it this far. You and your gang quickly snatch up everything and slip out without being seen.
[[Victory]]The heist was a complete success. Your gang now has more money than they know what to do with and your reputation has never been higher. Now other than celebrating their is only one thing left to do.
Plan your next Heist!!!
Go back to the [[Beginning]] and do it again.The mayor find your pushy attitude extremely rude and with a little questioning of thier own quickly find out you weren't invited. They immediately have you beaten and detained by their security who then turn you over to the authorities. Looks like the only thing you gained was a cell in prison.
Go back to the [[Beginning]] and try again.You decide to wait and talk with the mayor when you can. While you don't get to talk to them yourself you do happen to overhear them talking with someone else about exactly what you were going to ask. The mayor talks about thier favorite pieces, the value of thier collection , and most importantly the location of their [[pottery collection]].Your group is positioned near the manor and has identified two likely points of entry that would allow you to get in without being seen. The old basement door leading to the cellar doesn't seem to get used at all and would be good if you can get it open. The other is a large window on the roof that seem to lead to the attic, if you can get up their getting in will be easy.
Let's try the [[cellar]].
It has to be the [[attic]].It takes a while but you and your crew manage to force open the cellar door quietly. Inside it so dark you can't see without lighting a lantern. Once you have some light you can see that the cellar is being used as a storage area for old furniture which explains why no has come in here for a while. You make your way up some stairs and find youself in a hallway you can hear the sound of the party coming from the foyer. Now that your in its time to search , but you actually have no idea where to look and the longer you take the more chance that you might be caught. Maybe it would be a good idea to join the pary and ask around with so many people they won't notice a few more.
Just keep [[look for it yourself]].
Go join the party in the [[foyer]].Using some DIY grappling hooks you and your crew mange to get up on to the roof. The large window isn't even locked and you easily enter the attic. The attic seems to have been converted into some kind of servant quarters and lucky for you it seems all the servants are on deck at the party meaning no one is there to see you enter. You head down a flight of stairs and find yourself in a second floor hallway. This seems like a likely place to find that pottery collection so maybe you should start [[checking rooms]]. Althought it might be a good idea to check [[another floor]].You and your gang start methodically checking every room on this floor. Its starting to look like you were wrong but just as your about to give up and check the first floor JACKPOT!!! You find your target the [[pottery collection]].As you make your way down towards the first floor you run right into a patrol of guards. They quickly draw thier weapons and having not expect any fighting you and your gang are helpless as they gun you down.
Go back to the [[Beginning]] and try again.