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[Dwarmin]

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=178963.0 <--OP
Discord---> https://discord.gg/HsaCCmyztB (come in and chat!)

Rookie Codecs
Rocket Starts: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=178983.msg8311593#msg8311593

...

A fine day for racing, Bob!
Indeed, Jim!
I could wax on about the nostalgia of kart fumes, the squeal of rubber, the clinking of shells being loaded into the box-a-ports...
But how about we get to the race, Jim?


Not Shit Map still courtesy of freeformscholar (with some additions by me!)

Let's go over the newly designed track piece by piece! After the rocket start, our racers enter the RED SEGMENT, the first straight. You're going to notice the entire track was designed for power sliding-you'll get a no penalty to power sliding here, and when you hit the broad line of Dash Panels your speed will pick up!

It should be noted, any explosive attacks that send a racer flying have a chance to send them over the edge into the water-this is a hazard shared over the entire track.

Here's the first tricky maneuver, Jim-the entire waterway of this side of the track is filled with Red Cheep Cheeps, who rise to the surface when there is a race to watch the fun and occasionally leap over the track in a glistening arc. Racers can attempt to snatch one with a high jump!

This maneuver is known as the new STUNT action!

But why do you catch fish? Well...next up we'll meet an old friend! Oh wait, he's already here! Chompy will extend his chain at max length to bite the 1st place racer!

It pays to be careful, Bob! While easy to avoid, it is quite frightening...on the return lap, racers will notice a new pit stop area-making a check in here will allow your crew to cure one mid race hiccup a race, but the lost time will cause you to fall back! It also has some other benefits-allow you to shuffle your inventory, rerolling for better items, or removing bad ones. It also makes you temporarily invulnerable and unable to be targeted!


RED SEGMENT

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Segment Tags
Safety Rails (For a reason): If hit by a knock up item or hazard, roll an unmodified hazard check-on a nat 1, fall back.
Straightaway: No penalty to Power Slides
Broad Dash Panel: +1 Momentum to all passing racers
Cross-Targeting: Projectile and thrown attacks can be targeted at racers in the green section
Pit Stop: At the cost of falling back, cure a single mid-race hiccup (one hiccup a race) and shuffle your inventory-rerolling for any held or reserve items, swapping reserve to drag/dragged to reserve, or removing them from your inventory entirely. Racers cannot be targeted and are considered invulnerable while in the pit stop. Can only be done when entering this segment from Blue. Counts as another segment if pulling ahead or taking a shortcut, and spits you onto RED next turn.

!!Hazard!!: Maximum Chomp
Opposed Hazard check vs 1st place racer. +3 to roll! If hit, flipped and lose two momentum! Only affects those entering to purple. Only occurs if no racer is in the Purple Segment.
!!Hazard!!: Cheep Slime
Set Hazard check If hit, spinout and lose one momentum! Counts as a Trap tag item. On first hit, remove one count of item. For every three cheeps that jump on track when racers pass, generate another count. (Count: 1)


RACING Action: Every round, 1+1d4 Red Cheeps jump over the track
Snatch the Red Cheep Cheep!

Make a racing check without modifiers
On a 4+, add a Red Cheep Cheep to your inventory as a special item! If two or competing racers qualify racers try to snatch the same cheep, or the last one, higher result wins. Matched results are settled with coin flip.

On a fail, spinout and lose 1 momentum!

....

The PURPLE curve has 2 paths-drivers who stick to the inside loop will hit the course's Item Boxes, and Power Slides always allow a free Pass Attempt, even if the slide fails! However, drivers can also swing wide to the outside loop to hit long series of Dash Panels! Choose which loop you wish to during your action, otherwise you'll default to the inside!

Don't forget about Chompy! He'll attack everyone in this segment, and it's a closer shave for anyone in the inside loop-anyone who fails gets flipped! Anyone carrying a tasty Red Cheep Cheep (His favorite food, aside from karts) gives chompy an incentive to bite them!

Cunning racers will notice there is no fences or barriers in Chompys yard-attempting to cut through will shave off precious seconds, but if Chompy catches you you'll be knocked airborne-possibly landing in the drink! Build up speed before attempting this!

PURPLE SEGMENT

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Segment Tags
<--Split path-->
Outer Curve:
---Safety Rails (For a reason): If hit by a knock up item or hazard, roll an unmodified hazard check-on a nat 1, fall back.
---Broad Dash Panel: +1 Momentum to all passing racers
---Broad Curve: +1 to Power Slides
---!!Hazard!!: Ol' Chompy gonna get ya
Opposed Hazard check. +2 to roll. If hit, flipped and lose two momentum!

Inner Curve:
---Tight Curve: +1 to Power Slides, Gain a Free Pass Attempt against anyone who took the outer curve (even on power slide fail-Free passes cost no momentum. If your momentum is higher than the driver ahead and you succeed, you can make TWO free passes!)
---Item Boxes (Easy Line of 5): 5 total item boxes up for grabs
---!!Hazard!!: Too close to Ol' Chompy!
Opposed Hazard check. +1 to roll. If hit, flipped and lose two momentum!

---Hazard Modifier---
Feeding Chompy a red cheep will keep him from attacking you!
NOT feeding Chompy a red cheep, now gives you a -1 bonus to your hazard check against his attacks!

Chompy will not attack the following racers:
Jack Frost

Chompys Pillar can now be attacked, but to what end does this madness lead?: 3/3 HP

SHORTCUT action
Hazard check. If fail, go airborne and lose 5 momentum. On nat 1, fall back
On a success, gain a free pass attempt against all who didn't try-superseding those who took the inner or outer curve, and a +1 to pull ahead.

...

This is similar to the red segment! Use your bonus to power sliding here, and Dash Panels to get +1 Momentum!  Be careful about any racers too far back, though! Projectile attacks can be targeted from red to green and vice versa.

Be warned-if denied easier karts, Chompy will take a final passing nip at any racer in this segment except for the one in 1st place. It pays to be out in front, Jim!

Cheep Cheeps will also again jump over the track, but these ones are a different coloration-as most cheep cheeps are intolerant, and only school in the same colors. Green Cheep Cheeps are a bit meatier, and Ol' Chompy doesn't like their taste at all-having one in your kart will actually make him less likely to attack you!

GREEN SEGMENT

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Segment Tags
Safety Rails (For a reason): If hit by a knock up item or hazard, roll an unmodified hazard check-on a nat 1, fall back.
Straightaway: No penalty to Power Slides
Broad Dash Panel: +1 Momentum to all passing racers
Cross-Targeting: Projectile and thrown attacks can be targeted at racers in the red section

!!Hazard!!: Maximum Chomp
Opposed Hazard check vs a random racer NOT in first place. +3 to roll! If hit, flipped and lose two momentum! Only occurs if no racer is in the Purple Segment.  Only affects those leavingpurple.
!!Hazard!!: Cheep Slime
Set Hazard check If hit, spinout and lose one momentum! Counts as a Trap tag item. On first hit, remove one count of item. For every three cheeps that jump on track when racers pass, generate another count. (Count: 1)

RACING Action: Every round, 1+1d4 Green Cheeps jump over the track
Snatch the Green Cheep Cheep!

Make a racing check without modifiers
On a 4+, add a Green Cheep Cheep to your inventory as a special item! If two or competing racers qualify racers try to snatch the same cheep, or the last one, higher result wins. Matched results are settled with coin flip.

On a fail, spinout and lose 1 momentum!

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The final BLUE curve again has 2 paths, acting exactly the same as the purple curve but with some differences-the outer curve is unchanged, while the inner curve contains a dangerous edge without railing that slips you into a small deep lake known as 'Weegees Watering Hole'-an inescapable mud pit that drowns racers dreams right before they reach the finish line. This course feature was designed by Luigi himself, Jim!

But, with a Cheep Cheep in tow, you can bypass BOTH curves and use them to flutter right over the gap and hop forward to the red segment! A sure way to win, Bob-and it allows you to scoot cleanly into the pit stop if you're ailing!

Either way, the finish line is right in view! Punch it!

BLUE SEGMENT

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Segment Tags
<--Split path-->
Outer Curve:
---Safety Rails (For a reason): If hit by a knock up item or hazard, roll an unmodified hazard check-on a nat 1, fall back.
---Broad Dash Panel: +1 Momentum to all passing racers
---Broad Curve: +1 to Power Slides

Inner Curve:
---Not MOSHA compliant: If hit by an item that causes momentum loss, roll an unmodified hazard check-on a nat 1, fall back. Racers can attempt to ram each other into the pit-on a successful ram, the unmodified check succeeds on a nat 1 or 2.
---Tight Curve: +1 to Power Slides, Gain a Free Pass Attempt (even on power slide fail)
---Item Boxes: Loots!

SHORTCUT action
If you have a Cheep Cheep in your inventory, lose it and bypass the shortcut.

Pull ahead!

Hidden Mechanic
Cheep Cheep War: How many Cheeps have been thrown into Weegee's Watering Hole? They might not be friendly to each other...

Reds: 0
Greens: 0

Finalized item Table and Special Race Items

Spoiler: Loot Table: Mushroom Kingdom/River (click to show/hide)

Tier One
0- Doom Shroom
1- Poison Shroom
2- Banana
3- Fake Item Box
4- Triple Banana
5- Green Shell
6- Cheep Cheep Rod *new!*
7- Red Shell
8- Super Leaf
9- Boo Buddy OR Trick Boo (Only one active Buddy Boo on the track)
10 One Up Shroom
11+ Fix one Mid-Race Hiccup and roll again

Tier Two
0- Poison Shroom
1- Phanto Key OR Mini-Mushroom (One phanto!)
2- Green Shell
3- Mushroom
4- Bob-omb
5- Blooper
6- Red Shell
7- Triple Green Shell
8- Triple Banana
9- Fire Flower
10 Ultra Shroom
11+ Choose one item from this tier

Tier Three
0- Phanto Key OR Mini-Mushroom (One Phanto allowed)
1- Mini Mushroom
2- Mushroom
3- Red Shell
4- Triple Green Shell
5- Blue Shell
6- Star
7- Thunderbolt
8- Pow Block
9- Bullet Bill
10 Golden Shroom
11+ Choose any Item! From any track, from any previous race!

Spoiler: New Items and Track Items (click to show/hide)

Cheep Cheep Rod
Support: Single, Special, Self
Specials:
[Reel em' in] In Green or Red segments of the track, snag a free Cheep Cheep regardless of how many are on track and without having to roll.

A Cheep Cheep rod doesn't need a hook, these fish are stupid enough they'll bite anything and won't let go. All Cheep Cheeps prefer cheese as bait, oddly enough.

Red Cheep Cheep
Support: Single, Special, Hazardous
Offensive: Slippery, Thrown
Damage: Spinout
Specials:
[Tasty] +2 to Ol' Chompys Hazard check against your kart
[Free Cheepy] Free Shortcut in Blue Curve, expends item
[Intolerant] If hit by a thrown Green Cheep Cheep-lose your cheep and get flipped (-2 Momentum)
[Baited] If hit by Ol' Chompy, he eats your Cheep Cheep!

Red Cheep Cheeps are tiny, but delicious, fish who are capable of incredibly high fluttering jumps. They are intolerant of Green Cheep Cheeps. Cheep Cheeps (are you tired of this word yet?) can be used to flutter over certain watery gaps, and used as a weapon in a pinch-they're most effective against Cheeps of a different color. Reds are smaller, but slipperier.

Green Cheep Cheep
Support: Single, Special, Hazardous
Offensive: Thrown
Damage: Flip
Specials:
[Awful Taste] -2 to Ol' Chompys Hazard check against your kart
[Free Cheepy] Free Shortcut in Blue Curve, expends item
[Intolerant] If hit by a thrown Red Cheep Cheep-lose your cheep and get Bolted (-3 Momentum)

Green Cheep Cheeps are big, but bad tasting, fish who are capable of incredibly high fluttering jumps. They are intolerant of Red Cheep Cheeps. Cheep Cheeps (are you tired of this word yet?) can be used to flutter over certain watery gaps, and used as a weapon in a pinch-they're most effective against Cheeps of a different color. Greens are heavier, but a little less easy to throw.

[Dwarmin]

So, final thoughts on the racers?

I'd give them all even odds!

Bower and Waluigi are both driving unmodified karts-no help, but no harm either!

Rotom and Karate Joe both decided on the same double modification, an armor shell and an item boost. Start of a new trend? Both of them will suffer some kart performance issues to be sure.

Jack Frost is getting some odd glances from the Inspectors Booth!

Cranky Kong is riding a classic Diddy Kong kart-designed for drafting, but loses a bit of grip on the track!

Crank still prefers a high acceleration module, as is tradition. His Kart seems to be in superb order otherwise, aside from that horrible sound!

Olaf is, as predicted, carrying a huge shield around. He'll be a bit slower to the good items, but that's fine if he doesn't get hit!

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Let's get this race started!

Finally! I'm so sick of talking!

Action Phase!

The only decision you have now is to make now is to attempt a ROCKET start or play it safe!

STARTING LINE:

Waluigi (Fluffe9911)
Momentum- 0
Items- None
Status- Normal
Segment- Starting Line

Mid-Race Hiccups: None!

Karate Joe (SirAston)
Momentum- 0
Items- None
Status- Normal
Segment- Starting Line
Module Perks: Item Boost, Armor Shell

Module Hiccups: Grounded, Signal Interference
Mid-Race Hiccups: None!

Olaf the Stout (Devastator)
Momentum- 0
Items- None
Status- Normal
Segment- Starting Line
Module Perks: Shield Box

Module Hiccups: Low Loot
Mid-Race Hiccups: None!

Crank (Toaster)
Momentum- 0
Items- None
Status- Normal
Segment- Starting Line
Module Perks: High Acceleration

Module Hiccups: Deathrattle
Mid-Race Hiccups: None!

Bowser (SuperDino85)
Momentum- 0
Items- None
Status- Normal
Segment- Starting Line

Mid-Race Hiccups: None!

Rotom (Naturegirl1999)
Momentum- 0
Items- None
Status- Normal
Segment- Starting Line
Module Perks: Item Boost, Armor Shell

Module Hiccups: Poor Handling, Ghost Kart
Mid-Race Hiccups: None!

Cranky Kong (monk12)
Momentum- 0
Items- None
Status- Normal
Segment- Starting Line
Module Perks: Streamlined

Module Hiccups: Poor Handling
Mid-Race Hiccups: None!

Jack Frost (Egan_BW)
Momentum- 0
Items- None
Status- Normal
Segment- Starting Line
Module Perks: Dirty Weapons

Module Hiccups: Featherweight
Mid-Race Hiccups: None!

[Egan_BW]

(Unlike before the race, Jack Frost seems calm and focused. Well, he seems as calm and focused as it's possible for a Jack Frost to seem.)

Rocket!

[Naturegirl1999]

Rocket

[Fluffe9911]

Rocket WAAAAAA!!

[SuperDino85]

Rocket start!! Gwaahahaha!!

[monk12]

Cranky Kong putters up to the starting line, glaring disapprovingly at the course while he waits for the green flag to drop.

	Cheep Cheeps? Special Loot? A Pit Lane? Back in my day, if your Kart lost its front bumper, you made darn sure your opponents could only target your rear!
	Pop Pop, in your day Karts didn't even have bumpers- they hadn't been invented yet!
	Don't you "Pop Pop" me, you insolent whippersnapper! What are you doing out on the course?
	I'm your Pit Crew chief, of course! You think anyone in the Mushroom Kingdom knows the first thing about maintaining a Kong Country Kart? I'm the one who put that new spoiler on Speedy Pete for you!
	And a fine job you did, too- this Kart handles like a TNT Barrel rolling across Gorilla Glacier!

And it's nearly as safe! The race is starting, so get out there and show everyone what Great Grandpappy Kong can do!

Before he can further berate the impudent Diddy Kong, Cranky Kong sees that the race countdown has indeed begun! He revs his engine at the last minute, trying to perfectly time his Rocket Start!

[Toaster]

ROCKET start!

Why have good acceleration if you're not going to use it?

[Devastator]

Rocket Start!

[Dwarmin]

((Ooc: Someone asked for a bit of help and reminded me not everyone played this game ten years ago and not everyone is fond of reading through me and monks stuff lol)) 

Spoiler: Rookie Codec: Rocket Starts (click to show/hide)

Hey there,  race fans! It's a-me...Colonel Campbell. Do you want to be an elite kart racing operative? MKL has offered me a lot of money to provide racers with accurate Intel on your mission. So listen up!
 
Every race begins with a ROCKET START
...at least conditionally.  Your first decision,  your only decision, is to choose how much you're willing to risk to see this misson through to success.

At the start of the race, all karters can make a racing check, which is an unmodified D6 roll.  You can choose to attempt an advanced maneuver known as a ROCKET START! On a Nat 6, gain 3 momentum! On a result of 4-5, you gain 2 momentum! On a result of 2-3, you gain one momentum. If you really mess up and roll a 1, you're stuck at 0 momentum, cleaning toilets in Leavenworth Prison.

Or you can choose to risk nothing. A good soldier knows when to cut his losses. An otherwise ordinary start requires no roll, and results in a gain of 1 momentum, nothing more, nothing less.

It's a question about mitigation of risk vs the potential reward. Odds are at least a few racers will roll a 1, the rotten bananas of any bunch of dice. Are you willing bet you won't be one of them? If you would have rolled low,  a safe start would have helped you gain an incalculable tactical advantage to account for the fog of war.  On the other hand, if you rolled high, you just threw away your best chance to win. But a mediocre roll results in nothing gained or lost.

With my help, I trust you'll make good decisions in the heat of battle-remember to calculate probability before you act, and be decisive. Campbell out.

[monk12]

Spoiler: Some Further Notes on Rocket Starts and Racing Checks (click to show/hide)

Note that, as a Racing Check, a roll of 6 gives an additional One Momentum, and a 7+ (if you have a module providing a bonus to this roll, e.g Quickfire Start) would provide an additional Two Momentum. So to spell it out for any given result:

0- You start the race with 0 Momentum, and you gain a mid-race hiccup (only possible with a negative modifier, e.g Cold Start hiccup)
1- You start the race with 0 Momentum (playing safe or failing would give you 1, but a natural 1 costs you that momentum)
2- You start the race with 1 Momentum
3- You start the race with 1 Momentum
4- You start the race with 2 Momentum (your rocket start succeeded)
5- You start the race with 2 Momentum
6- You start the race with 3 Momentum (successful rocket start +1 Momentum bonus from 6 on racing check)
7+ You start the race with 4 Momentum (successful rocket start + 2 Momentum bonus from 7+ on racing check)

Since the Rocket Start is its own special turn, you can't fall back immediately from starting with 0 Momentum- you'll have your first turn to try and pick some up. On some courses this is a bit of a pickle, but on Luigi's Circuit there will be a Dash Panel on that segment to give you a boost- barring unforeseen circumstances you'll still be at the back of the pack, but you won't fall back an entire segment.

Basically, with 8 racers and no modifiers, if everyone had a Rocket Start we'd expect 1-2 sad karts who rolled the nat 1 and start with 0, 1-2 happy karts who succeeded and are in front with 3 momentum, half of who's left to have 2 and the other half to have 1. If you choose to play it safe, you're choosing to start with that group who only have 1 at the back of the pack, but you're definitely not going to be the racer at the very back who needs to race clean just to minimize the chance of falling back on the first lap.

Spoiler: Some General Strategy (click to show/hide)

So! Should you Rocket Start?

Well, it depends on what you want to accomplish on your first lap. If you want to jump out to an early lead and maybe Pull Ahead of the pack, Rocket Starting is a good idea. If you want to hang back, pick up some better items, and then make your move, playing it safe may be the call (or if you fail your Rocket Start, this is the strategy you'll end up adopting.)

Stunt Rolls are modified by your Momentum, and Cheep Cheeps are a limited resource, so if you're eyeing that shortcut at the end of the lap you'll want to get to the front of the pack with Momentum quickly in order to maximize your 2 chances at catching one. I went for the Rocket Start because not only am I okay with the consequences of starting this race in last place, but if I catch a 6 I think I'm going to immediately try and catch a Cheep Cheep (which is itself risky since I'll probably be out in front, and thus immediately chomped. The sane option would be hold that momentum until the back stretch and catch a Green cheep.)

As long as I've got you here about Racing Checks, I'd like to chat quickly about the riskiness of various actions. Driving Aggressively and Power Sliding are both Racing Checks, and are thus inherently risky since a 1 will lose momentum, though this risk is removed for Power Sliding on Luigi Circuit curves due to the +1 bonus. Conversely, they can also gain you additional momentum on a 6+, and since Power Slides have that bonus on the curve it's extra reward and no risk. Drafting, Driving Defensively, and Stunts are not Racing Checks, and so are not going to affect your Momentum. Ram checks are also not Racing Checks, so the dice won't directly affect your momentum, but all outcomes for that check involve losing Momentum anyway.

Success in MKL is often about knowing when to try and build your Momentum, and when to use it or hold on to it for a purpose.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk. If you thought this was helpful, let me know, I might do some fluffed up designer commentary in the main thread if there's interest.

[SirAston]

Rocket Start

[Dwarmin]

Luigi's Waterway - Turn Two

All racers entering RED!

Spoiler: Segment Tags (click to show/hide)

Safety Rails (For a reason): If hit by a knock up item or hazard, roll an unmodified hazard check-on a nat 1, fall back.
Straightaway: No penalty to Power Slides
Broad Dash Panel: +1 Momentum to all passing racers
Cross-Targeting: Projectile and thrown attacks can be targeted at racers in the green section
Pit Stop: At the cost of falling back, cure a single mid-race hiccup (one hiccup a race) and shuffle your inventory-rerolling for any held or reserve items, swapping reserve to drag/dragged to reserve, or removing them from your inventory entirely. Racers cannot be targeted and are considered invulnerable while in the pit stop. Can only be done when entering this segment from Blue

!!Hazard!!: Maximum Chomp
Opposed Hazard check vs 1st place racer. +3 to roll! If hit, flipped and lose two momentum! Only affects those entering to purple. Only occurs if no racer is in the Purple Segment.

RACING/STUNT/SHORTCUT? Action: Every round, 1+1d4 Red Cheeps jump over the track
Snatch the Red Cheep Cheep!

Make a racing check without modifiers
On a 4+, add a Red Cheep Cheep to your inventory as a special item! If two or competing racers qualify racers try to snatch the same cheep, or try to rob each other, higher result wins. Matched results are settled with coin flip.

On a fail, spinout and lose 1 momentum!

TIED
https://youtu.be/iFgrerDaAdo <--Track Mood Music
Player Action

(Unlike before the race, Jack Frost seems calm and focused.
Well, he seems as calm and focused as it's possible for a Jack Frost to seem.)

Rocket!

Jack Frost is first off the starting line with a hee-ho!

[5]The Hi-Ho Speedster (we named it because he didn't give us anything else!) bursts forward in a puff of snowflakes, and gains Two Momentum!

Rocket

Rotom is right behind!

[2]Rotom mistimes the boost in a burst of electric blue plasma sparks! A shocking development! But they manage to recover pretty quickly, and they gain One Momentum!

Rocket WAAAAAA!!

Waluigi's Kart jerks forward suddenly!

[6!]With the power of WAH!, Waluigis Kart jumps forward in a gout of garish purple fire! Because of the Nat 6, he gains three Momentum!

Rocket start!! Gwaahahaha!!

The Koopa King mashes on the accelerator [1], but his evil laughter is cut as short as if Mario had spun him around and tossed into an aerial landmine! He gains NO momentum! So long King Bowser! Oh wait, the race is just starting...

Before he can further berate the impudent Diddy Kong, Cranky Kong sees that the race countdown has indeed begun! He revs his engine at the last minute, trying to perfectly time his Rocket Start!

Distracted by his Pit Crew, Cranky Kong still attempts a rocket start!

[1!]It seems the Old Apes clock is a off a few seconds! His engine sends forth a gout of rotten banana colored smoke into the air and stalls on the starting line-he gains NO Momentum!

ROCKET start!

Why have good acceleration if you're not going to use it?

Crank has always been quick off the line!

[2]But it seems something is off with his booster! The Kart makes a horrible deathrattle and hops forward with a wet plop, rather than a satisfying flame boost! He takes off from the starting line with a gloombas determined forward march!

His karts high acceleration kicks in rather fast, though, gaining him an additional momentum-he gains TWO Momentum!

Rocket Start!

Olaf's Kart [6] blasts forward, preferably while yelling some sort of viking gibberish, gaining THREE momentum!

Rocket Start

Karate Joe's Kart is utterly unmoving! He's not even moving an inch! In the moment of greatest peril he stays absolutely still, and...
[6]
Wow! How did he get over there? His kart moved so fast off the line no one saw it! He gains a well balanced three Momentum!

Perfect Start!

...









Tie-Breaking

Waluigi, Olaf and Joe are neck and neck! [6] vs [6] vs [5]

All three front place racers contest furiously!

The power of the WAH and Viking war gibberish are just enough to disturb the subtle currents of the flow! Waluigi and Olaf break out into a leading position, with Joe just behind in 3rd!

Waluigi and Olaf face off! [3] vs [4]

Olaf's impressive weight manages to nudge Waluigi away, and he takes first place! But Waluigi is just behind and he's probably not happy!

...

Jack Frost and Crank duel for a distant 4th! [3] vs [4]

The canny Gloomba manages to accelerate past Jack Frost, just barely cutting him off!

...

Rotom's shaky start is uncontested-they smoothly move into 6th!

...

Bowser and Cranky Kong bring up the rear of the pack! Make way for the old-timers! [4] vs [2]

The King of Koopas refuses to back down, and Cranky falls to the back!

Both of them accelerate to their cruising speed of 1!

1st Place!!! (https://youtu.be/wGLRgg0k2rQ)
2nd Place!
3rd Place!
4th Place!
5th Place..!
6th Place..?
7th Place.
8th Place... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvFjpJpGk9A)

...

An exciting start to an exciting race!

We're heading into the red section of the track now!

Here's where the race really begins-our races are about to hit their first dash panel, which will boost everyones momentum! Maybe they'll make use of the wide straight to power slide at no penalty?

And maybe they'll snatch a cheep-cheep! They're fluttering over the track! Can the racers get them into the water bowls we've helpfully installed on their karts?

[4+1]...There's FIVE Red Cheeps up for grabs!

It's a fish frenzy! Who's going to go fishing, and who's going to race to the front?

They better be careful! Chompy is getting agitated!

He's always agitated! I wonder if he remembers Crank? It's a historical fact, on Cranks first lap Ol' Chompy's first bite was him! In a way that was the start of two long, successful careers...

Chompy is indeed, bouncing around angrily-indeed, the only way a chain chomp can bounce-he pounds an old busted kart flat in agitation, and spits out a kart wheel he was chewing on into the nearby river. The yard itself is barren dirt, pounded flat by his bouncing movements, and littered with fish bones and the detritus of old karts-it's a veritable junkyard of smashed steering columns, flattened wheels, spoiled fenders and defiled spoilers. The junk possesses an odd pattern. Closest to the chain peg-as if collected there, trophy like-are chunks of blue Kart metal.

...



Shortly before the race...a handful of Lakitu track personnel on their racing clouds carefully lower a bulging net full of wiggling Red Cheep Cheeps into a giant bowl-a few feet away is the biggest Chain Chomp you've ever seen (especially if this is the first one you've seen), attached by a heavy metal chain to a peg stamped into the middle of the grounds.

"Steady...steady! And drop! Good, now play the dinner bell!"

One of the Lakitus bothers with controls-his clouds audio system plays the unmistakable sound of accelerating karts, bringing the Giant Chain Chomp to wakefulness-he springs up with a loud barking noise, eating the entire bowl in one chomp.

"Aw, look at him go! He's sure nice to watch from us being safe up here at a minimum league distance, plus ten wiggler feet!"

"Yeah, he's learned to get a lot of range, it pays to be safe! You know, he never chomps the same place twice. He's testing his chain for weaknesses, systematically..."

"Well we sure showed him-we put in that new chain link just this morning. That should keep him attached."

"Let's get outta here. I gotta see a toad about a bet against Cranky Kong."

"Get me in on that! I doubt the Old Kong will even get off the starting line!"

As the Lakitus flutter away in their clouds, we pan to the new peg that attaches the metal chain (Which is actually part of a chomps body and fairly indestructible) to the post, and zoom in to a large paper placard which seems to be a letter of sale.

(KREMKROC INDUSTRIES-KHOMP CHAIN)
(MADE FROM: KROCANIUM STEEL-RECOVERED FROM OLD TOXIC BARRELS)
(INSPEKTOR KLUMP INSPEKTED THIS KHAIN AND WAS NOT BRIBED)
(RATED: K+ FOR EXTRA KROC)
(COST: 3 KOINS-BARGAIN BIN BONUS APPLIED)

...

(Quick Turn Rules)
Cheep Cheeps can be snatched in one of two ways-either as your action(this was supposed to be the stunt roll, but w/e-it's the equivalent of taking a shortcut) or any Cheeps left will be attempted to grabbed automatically in the cleanup phase as per item boxes. As a direct action, you lose out on normal action bonuses such as aggressive driving or drafting, but you can claim one no matter your placement in the segment, as rolls are done at the end of the movement phase and successful rolls are rewarded in posting order.

You can also try to steal another races cheeps-in this case you'll target a random racer ahead of you who has one. You can choose a specific target-if you target someone specifically I'll assume your priority is making sure they don't get one, as opposed to getting one yourself.

The automatic grab is done in race order of racers without one, but there's no penalty as the fish are flopping all over the track. It's important to note, grabbing a Red Cheep in your action phase will leave you vulnerable to Chompy, as he hits in the phase right after that-while picking one up afterwards will not.

Spoiler: Racer Info (click to show/hide)

Waluigi (Fluffe9911)
Place: 2nd
Momentum- 3
Items- None
Status- Normal
Segment- Entering RED

Mid-Race Hiccups: None!

Karate Joe (SirAston)
Place: 3rd
Momentum- 3
Items- None
Status- Normal
Segment- Entering RED
Module Perks: Item Boost, Armor Shell

Module Hiccups: Grounded, Signal Interference
Mid-Race Hiccups: None!

Olaf the Stout (Devastator)
Place: 1st
Momentum- 3
Items- None
Status- Normal
Segment- Entering RED
Module Perks: Shield Box

Module Hiccups: Low Loot
Mid-Race Hiccups: None!

Crank (Toaster)
Place: 4th
Momentum- 2
Items- None
Status- Normal
Segment- Entering RED
Module Perks: High Acceleration

Module Hiccups: Deathrattle
Mid-Race Hiccups: None!

Bowser (SuperDino85)
Place: 7th
Momentum- 1
Items- None
Status- Normal
Segment- Entering RED

Mid-Race Hiccups: None!

Rotom (Naturegirl1999)
Place: 6th
Momentum- 1
Items- None
Status- Normal
Segment- Entering RED
Module Perks: Item Boost, Armor Shell

Module Hiccups: Poor Handling, Ghost Kart
Mid-Race Hiccups: None!

Cranky Kong (monk12)
Place: 8th
Momentum- 1
Items- None
Status- Normal
Segment- Entering RED
Module Perks: Streamlined

Module Hiccups: Poor Handling
Mid-Race Hiccups: None!

Jack Frost (Egan_BW)
Place: 5th
Momentum- 2
Items- None
Status- Normal
Segment- Entering RED
Module Perks: Dirty Weapons

Module Hiccups: Featherweight
Mid-Race Hiccups: None!

[Egan_BW]

Aggression!

[SuperDino85]

Drive aggressively