>As it is, then a "group" of
> 1 has a better chance of success than a "group" of 40. Certainly,
the group
> of 40 is going to have good odds of having a "1" as their roll,
assuming
> average skills of 12 (just as a random example) they are going to
also have
> 16 failures and 2 critical failures, for a total value of 61. No
matter
> what the single guy rolls, he wins. What am I missing?
The 40 thieves are sneaking up on Ali Baba. One of them gets a
critical failure, does he realise there is someone coming?