Action Phase"Now that he has a green shell I should try to put distance between him and me, because even driving defensively I can't guarantee I'll dodge it."
Drive agressively and aim for an item box
Meta Knight leads the charge into the shallow ford at the western edge of Zephyr Lake, aggressively skirting the deeper eastern edge of the path! [6] He expertly skips and splashes over the deeper dips in the uneven lake bottom, staying above water and maintaining his breakneck pace as he gains
THREE Momentum and takes a
-1 Penalty to Hazard Checks!
So he fired it at Meta Knight.
Decided to Powerslide.
Powerslide at an item box.
And probably to pass the fight.
Shy Guy isn't about to let Meta Knight get away that easily, however, and fires his Green Shell at the escaping warrior! [4]
-1+1vs[1]
-1 The Green Shell slams into the side of Meta Knight's Halberd, sending it flipping! He loses
TWO Momentum as he lands atop a partially submerged boulder, the jagged rock scraping the underside of his chassis!
[3] Various metal bits of Kart that are probably important begin dragging behind the Halberd,
Slowing the Kart as Meta Knight struggles back on track!
With Meta Knight struggling, Shy Guy swings into a Powerslide, [5]
+1 surging through the shallow surf with
ONE Momentum and a
+1 bonus to Pass Checks!
powerslide through the turn, shoot for an item box.
Seeing Shy Guy's excellent example, Pikachu also goes into a Powerslide, [2]
+1 but sadly cannot quite get a spark! His cheeks crackle with angry energy!
"I hope you're not thinking of smoking that shroom"
Olimar rolled his eyes. Another set of item boxes bobbed on the horizon. He fed the mushroom into his kart's input valve, hoping the extra fuel would allow a pass. He then swung into a power slide.
((I'd like to use a mushroom, attempt a free pass, then do a power slide and attempt another free pass. That works, right?))
Olimar uses his
Mushroom, immediately gaining
TWO Momentum as he blasts into the breakwater and moves to squeeze past the sliding Pikachu! [3]
+3vs[6]
+2 The alert Pokemon abandons his futile slide to cut off Olimar's pass attempt, however. Reacting quickly, Olimar goes into a Powerslide of his own, [6]
+1 his engines crackling with another burst of speed that sends him back at Pikachu with TWO Momentum and a +1 bonus to Pass Checks! [4]
+5+1vs[4]
+2 Pikachu simply does not have the speed to get back outside to block Olimar, and the spaceman blitzes by, taking
THIRD PLACE and losing
ONE Momentum!
Power Slide into the item boxes!
Oomph goes into a Powerslide as he enters the water, [5]
+1 surging ahead with
ONE Momentum and a
+1 bonus on Pass Checks! He does not quite have the Momentum to try and pass Pikachu, however!
(.... Well only one thing left to do the exact same thing I tried to do earlier.)
Drive aggressively and try to snag an item box.
Conker hopes to duplicate the earlier success Meta Knight had on the inside of the curve (ideally without the Green Shell Hiccup that followed!) [1] Unfortunately, he almost immediately blunders into one of the deeper pools peppering that side of the track, losing
ONE Momentum as he struggles back to shallow water!
Oh well looky here. A red shell. Unfortunately Falcon has very little targets ahead of him that would be worth the shot, So he deiced to hang on to the shell until something more interesting got in the way
Drive aggressively
Seeing that Conker is already out of Momentum, Captain Falcon elects to hold his Shell until he gets a better target! [6] He blazes into the inner curve, perfectly following the trail that Meta Knight blazed as he recklessly pushes forward, gaining
THREE Momentum and suffering a
-1 Penalty to Hazard Checks!
Aggressive driving, try and get an item box.
Back in
RED, Link is desperately trying to make up lost ground! [5] He clips forward with
TWO Momentum and a
-1 Penalty to Hazard Checks, heedless of the threatening apples ahead!
Movement PhaseMeta Knight screeches out of the lake, his broken Kart sending sparks flying as he takes off down the asphalt! He attempts to Pull Ahead, [2]
-6+5 but remains too shaken from his aquatic encounter!
Shy Guy follows Meta Knight onto dry land, lacking the Momentum to Pass!
Olimar breaks out of the water immediately after Shy Guy, looking to pass the masked racer! [4]
+4+1vs[2]
+3+1 His aggressive maneuvers easily take him into
Second Place as he loses
ONE Momentum!
Pikachu lacks the Momentum to pass Shy Guy!
Oomph exits the water right on Pikachu's bumper!
Conker has no Momentum, struggling his way out of the water!
Captain Falcon looks to begin climbing back up the Leaderboard, [2]
+4vs[2]
+0 effortlessly passing Conker and taking
Sixth Place! He loses
ONE Momentum as he looks to pass Oomph, [5]
+3vs[6]
+2+1 but the canny Koopa remains just out of reach!
Link swerves wildly to dodge the falling apples in
RED, [5]
+2-1 veering between the plummeting produce as he looks to catch up with the others! [5]
-6+5 HE SUCCEEDS, quickly traversing the BLUE shallows and coming up fast behind Conker, losing
FOUR Momentum!
Cleanup PhaseMeta Knight takes aim at the Item Boxes at the end of
BLUE, [3]
+1-1 but just misses them! The Damage he suffered
Slows the Halberd down to
FOUR Momentum!
Olimar is next in line, [6]
+1 absolutely crushing his Item Box [1]
+2+2 and picking up a
Banana, dragging it behind the Rocketeer!
Shy Guy lines up on his Item Box, [6]
+1 taking it with ease [9]
+4 and picking up another
Green Shell!
Pikachu hopes for an Item to improve his fortune, [6]
+1 smashing through the leftmost Item Box [3]
+6 and deploying a
Triple Banana behind his Kart!
Oomph [6]
+1 wonders why Meta Knight had so much trouble up ahead- these Items are really easy to hit! [9]
+8 The Koopa picks up a
Mushroom!
Captain Falcon [5]
+1-1 has no difficulty grabbing his new Item, [4]
+10 and adds a
Bob-omb to his inventory, ready to be deployed once his Red Shell is fired! (No, you can't use them both in the same turn)
Conker [3]
+1-1 just misses an Item in his haste to get back up to speed, accelerating toward the next segment and setting his Momentum to
ONE!
Link blazes toward the Items in
RED on his way through, [3]
-1 but is going way too fast to care about a little thing like Items! As his frantic dash concludes, he has another shot at an Item Box [3]
+1-1 but wiffs by the narrowest of margins!
Momentum- 4
Item- Bob-omb (Inventory) Red Shell (dragged)
Status- Normal
Segment- Entering
PINKBlue Falcon-
Compensator
Momentum- 3
Item- Banana(dragged)
Status- Normal
Segment- Entering
PINKRocketeer-
Item Bonus,
Poor Handling
Momentum- 4
Item- None
Status- Normal
Segment- Entering
PINKHalberdKart Damage-
Slow
Momentum- 1
Item- None
Status- Normal
Segment- Entering
PINKModule Installed-
Speedy,
Sticky Wheel
Momentum- 2
Item- Triple Banana (dragged)
Status- Normal
Segment- Entering
PINKModule Installed-
Speedy,
Rubber Band Back
Momentum- 3
Item- Green Shell (dragged)
Status- Normal
Segment- Entering
PINKModule Installed-
Speedy,
Faulty Weapons
Momentum- 2
Item- Mushroom
Status- Normal
Segment- Entering
PINKBasic Kart
Momentum- 1
Item- None
Status- Normal
Segment- Entering
PINKModule Installed-
Free Item,
Not AerodynamicModule Installed-
Faulty Compensator
PINK ->
GREEN ->
RED ->
BLUEThree Laps
PINK- Powerslides +0, Drafting +1, Item Boxes (+2, each hit imposes -1)
GREEN- Powerslidse +1, SHORTCUT- Use Mushroom and succeed on +1 Hazard Check to immediately Pull Ahead, fail and Fall Back
RED- Hazard (+2) or Spin Out, Item Boxes (+0)
BLUE- Powerslide +1, fail on a Powerslide and +1 Hazard or Spin Out, Item Boxes (+1)
As always, it amuses me to look at how people are doing at the new lap start compared to the beginning of the race. Notably, Oomph and Conker have slid a few places while Olimar has jumped right up into contention with the leaders- half of that was just this turn, but hey, who's counting?
...I am. I am the one who is counting O.O
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