Luigi's Waterway - Turn Nine
Jack Frost and Olaf are entering RED!RED SEGMENTSegment Tags
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: 0)
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!
Segment Tags
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!
Both Curves
!!Shell Barricade!! (1 shells) (3 turns left to bounce)
A deadly green shell randomly dropped by Bowser, bouncing around the track.
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: 1!
<--Track Mood Music
Player ActionWaluigi, Jack, and Olaf get inked!...
 | Hit the dash panel aggressively! |
"Chaos, chaos! Hee hee!"You know the thing about chaos? It's fair.Jack hears the familiar flappy whirring sound he now recognizes as the flying squid-thing (He thinks the announcers called it a Blooba), and judging but it's rude voice, it's the same one.
<~Bloop!~ Who's ready for ROUND 2, you land swimming jerks? That's right, it's A-ME, BLOOPIO! WA YA WAHOO GO ~Bloop!~ YOURSELVES! WHO'S READY TO GET DOWN AND INK-AY?!>The Blooper teleports behind Jack
(<Nothing personal, kid!>) and shoots another ink glob that lands right in his rear engine block, which was just so clean a moment ago.
Inked! -1 to hazard, driving, and pass checks until the end of the next turn!Jack hits the accelerator, now that he knows the dash panels can clean this goop off-hoping he can get there as fast as possible!
[4-1=3]Jack feels a moment of exhilaration as he begins to gain speed, but then his brakes and steering lock up from the ink! Feeling his kart begin a deadly drift into that terrible water pit, he desperately yanks on the wheel to avoid that, scraping up against the wall before straightening out!
Jack gains NO momentum!He sees a green shell randomly spinning in his direction-not sure where it came from, but...no good!
Shortcut! Use the green cheep to bypass the lucky ice-thing! Olaf WILL be in first!
Olaf does not stop to consider his actions-if he can manage this shortcut, the race is all but his! He has just has to dodge Chompy, Cheep Grease, and his own lack of momentum!
Olaf attempts the shortcut-1 momentum (now 0!)
Olafs lack of speed greatly hampers him-he reckons if he jumps with his Cheep too early, he'll be carried right into the water pit. Jump a bit too late, and get chomped. And if he gets hit by the grease, Chompy WILL get him...he saw how fast it moved before...
The viking decides he'll have to jump at the lowest point and power up the slope! Which is about when another
Blekksprut shows up, firing ink shots into his engine and dash. Well, he could have timed this all better.
Aggressive driving and taking shortcuts while inked is...very risky.*Splat!*Inked! -1 to hazard, driving, and pass checks until the end of the next turn!(Rolling vs falling back upon reaching red)
[1-1=0]HICCUP GAINED![14][Kart Hiccup: Slow Start]
Olaf will not tolerate any 'jokes' about his weight, which is perfectly natural for a healthy viking warrior of his height and build. Still, the Green Cheep struggles to carry him! He's forced to jump his kart earlier than he might have wished, dumping the cheep into the water below-he lands on the dry grassy slope with...just enough grip on the track that he feels his kart begin to climb, rather than slide-but to do so, he has to hit his rocket starter, pouring star power into his engine in a way it was not at all designed to. Even then it's tortuously slow, like climbing up the side of a glacier-he can smell his engine making an oddly delicious burning scent! By the time his Kart can climb up the track, Olaf might feel that he might as well just gone around and hit the dash panel...
The burning smell increases as his Kart struggles to reach the gap. It's downright baking bread now!
In a few moments, he's going to realize he really damaged his rocket-booster quite badly here-the price of not falling in the drink is his kart is going to be suffering
Cold Starts from now on...unless he dips into the pit stop and nips the problem right quick, the entrance to which beckons invitingly just ahead and above of him.
Result: Due to having 0 momentum after his jump and flubbing his wipeout roll, Olaf has passed the segment due to the shortcut, but not pulled ahead. He begins the next turn in red!
Waluigi's left eye starts twitching it looks like he is about to blow! "WRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! WALUGI NUMBER ONE YOU CHEATING-" The rest of Waluigi's speech has been censored for the safety of the audience at home. "-MACKEREL! AGH WALUIGI CANT LOSE!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAA! DRIVE AGGRESSIVELY WALUIGI NUMBER 1 WALUIGI NUMBER 1 WALUIGI NUMBER 1!!!!!!!!!!!
<~Bloop!~ ~Bloop!~ ~Bloop!~>Inked! -1 to hazard, driving, and pass checks until the end of the next turn!Waluigis torment never ends, as the cursed flying squid (no doubt in league with the cheep cheeps and cheaters) splats him again, ricocheting a huge ink ball into his kart! He feels his controls begin a familiar 'locking' sensation! Wauigi feels an odd sense of deja vu...he's inked...racing desperately...a green shell whirring ahead...maybe Waluigi is trapped in a time loop, where he has no choice but to get inked, hit a shell, and fall in the river over and over again, forever...
[6-1=5]NO!Waluigi will not allow it! Waluigi WILL be number one! This time, he ignores his controls completely-entering a state of wa-zen where all things are possible if he has but the willpower to see the potential. Having gone so far past rage, he has nearly entered a state of dissonant serenity.
This time, instead of struggling with his controls, he uses his long lanky body to guide his kart forward, like he was sledding on ice! He leans forward and feels the kart pick up speed as the track begins to tilt downward!
Waluigi gains 2 momentum! (Now 5!)
*whiirrrrrrrrrrrr*Waluigi looks in his rear view mirror and is puzzled to see the slow cheating Blue Mushroom is doing something really weird with his driving-well, that's how cheaters drive naturally. As he watches...a green shell is now added behind him, as well as in front of him. His serenity dissolves like one of his tennis rackets in a losing set. His drifting style has increased his forward speed, but he can't evade very well...or at all...
No no no no no! NOOOOOOOO!
[3-1-1=1] vs [4] (vs Waluigi)
-2 Momentum! Waluigi feels his kart begin to tumble again! He can hear the snicker of Cheep Cheeps!
...time loop time loop time loop...
The laughter that haunted Crank's nightmares echoed in his ears.
Fire the blooper! Powerslide! Don't pick up a green cheep cheep!
Crank the Gloomba releases his blooper into the air, trying to bring his attention back to the present-he's been able to hold off Cranky Kong for so long, and he feels the Apes impatience as a tangible thing, as any frustrated racer feels about something in his way. He knows he is lining up to draft past him...or nail him with another shell...
He angles into a risky straight away power slide, aiming to completely avoid the cheeps-he's well aware they'll wreck his kart if put in the same bowl...
[3]The old monkey is just too close-his speed too much of an advantage-and he still has a single whirring green shell around his kart, and Crank would very much like to avoid it...with regret, he pulls out of his power slide right before he can hit a well timed boost, to avoid getting side swiped.
But he has a trick up his...sleeve? Some people say Crank drives with his feet, so let's say socks.
...
His trick barely succeeds in holding the Monkey off, before that last green shell is fired in a deadly straight shot-right to where he is going to be, not where he was.
[5] vs [4] (vs Cranky Kongs green shell)
But it's hard for someone to know where you're going to be, if you don't let on exactly where you are. Crank judges the arc of the shell perfectly-time slows down, as he can almost see the wind flow past the grooves in between the green plates. He notices a slight wobble, which indicates it'll list to the left ever so slightly. And that's how he knows...to dodge it...right.
There.Discord action from Monk12
Draft, then fire Green Shell forward (if I can time it for after the draft resolves.)
Cranky Kong manages to establish a partial draft before the Gloomba can begin doing the serpentine around the track again-just enough speed to cause the Gloomba to pull out of his attempted power slide!
Cranky has now experienced the Legendary Shroom's considerable driving experience first hand, but it's time to end this...he needs to get to the front of the pack and pull away-there's only one lap left!
Cranky the Kong takes a free pass attempt on Crank the Gloomba![6+2=8] vs
[1+5+1=7]He's not sure how it happens, but Crank can only watch as the Gloomba
turns his kart completely around and drives backwards-eye to eye now, a competitors glare if ever was one. He notices the Gloomba has a scar on his face...this has the immediate effects of completely spoiling his draft zone-his karts poor handling immediately kicks in, forcing him to adjust his line. The Gloomba stays ahead, yet again, by just a hair.
Crankys wrinkled hand hovers over the button to launch his green shell...now, willpower meets reality...
it whirs forward in a deadly blur...[5] vs
[4] (vs Green Shell vs Crank the Gloomba)
He is not surprised as the Gloomba dodges the shell, with the barest of margins, somehow someway-really this is getting ridiculous!
Even with his poor hearing, however, he hears it impact that lanky purple fella. Well, sometimes you get the banana bunch, sometimes you just get the peel.
[3-1-1=1] vs
[4] (vs Green Shell vs Waluigi)
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The duel between Crank and Cranky would be an immensely popular topic of discussion among fans after the race-the 'Cranksters' pointing that the old Gloomba Pro hadn't lost a bit of his spark, and the 'Crankies' noting that this '1st time' rookie racing ape just keeping up with him was in itself an amazing accomplishment. Made more amusing by the fact everyone kept confusing their names. Popular agreement was they should settle the issue of their name confusion in a one on one racing duel in Boom Boom Beach, or that MKL could bring back the popular sport of battle karting to three balloons (taking place, naturally, in the nearby Boom Boom Desert).
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Joe, still entranced with his power star, merely retains his position as he listens to the wonderful music of the cosmos...
Joe Drives Defensively+1 to passing, hazards, and attacks!
”That…was…AWESOME!! Good boy, Chompy!! Now as for you, Phanto…catch me if you can! Bwaaahahahaha!
Catch a green cheep without eating it
Bowser is unflappable. He never gives up. Life is but one set of kidnappings after another, an endless line of failures-but only between his amazing successes, where he rocks the Mushroom Kingdom with his very actions. Who else can say they've risked so much? He's lost more in his life than most will ever come close to gaining. Toss him in molten lava, he walks it off. Send him into a bottomless abyss, he'll take the elevator back up. He's won hundreds of power stars and lost them all, over and over. A green cheep flaps in front of him now...he tries to reach over and grab it...
[1]And flaps away! Oh well! Bwahahaha! They don't taste good anyway! His kart rocks unsteadily as he regains his extended balance-Phanto is getting close!
-1 Momentum
....
Rotom downloading Skill.PNG...3%/100% completed...Rotom, abandoned in purple, coasts mindlessly to the inside curve.
Action: Rotom uses defensive driving!+1 to passing, hazards, and attacks!Movement phaseIn Blue...Jack nails the dash panel, clearing the ink from his kart just in time to evade that shell!
+1 momentum! Dooooooooodge![6-1=5] vs Bowsers Orphan Green Shell
Jack realizes the shell is at a really bad angle for him-it'll cut dangerously close to where he can't help but hope to be...well, for any normal racer, this would be the time to reflect on poor driving choices and prepare for impact...
Jack merely draws his sword and cuts through! The sharp point of Zorros rapier always seeks a natural weak spot in any armor-with the effect of causing this shell to rattle away harmlessly. And nobody can see this blade in motion. It's cuts on a level so finely it'll part a bad mood in two! Sure, he might have destroyed the shell if he wanted...but why not let those behind him show off their skills at dodging shells too? Hee ho!
In Green...Bowser, Crank the Gloomba, Cranky Kong, Joe and Waluigi his the broad dash panel-Bowser just picking up enough speed to avoid falling back!
Waluigi attempts to gain control of his kart as he faces a deadly shell sandwich! No no no!
[4-1-1=3]-2 Momentum (now 2)As yet another shell wangs into his front bumper-completing the ridiculousness of having been hit by three cheater shells in one segment of the track-he slides into the dash panel (clearing off the ink) right into collection of cheep droppings...
[4-1=3]-1 Momentum (now 1)The cheep grease is a nice condiment to a shell sandwich!
Waluigi manages to straighten out his kart this time, thankfully-breaking out of the time loop before hitting the fence (he notices at that moment his previous launch into the river has left the ramp like dent that he was just about to hit), but the other racers are speeding up behind him! And he's cleared out all the racing hazards in front of them like some brave hero!
That's right, WALUIGI IS A HERO, THANK WALUIGI!
At the rear of the pack,
Bowser sees a maniacal floating mask getting closer and closer...it's not that fast, right now, but it is PERSISTENT! It'll probably get faster and faster the longer he escapes!
((OOC: Bowser will roll a check with his momentum vs Phantos momentum, which starts at -1 and increases by 1 a turn.))
Bowser vs Phanto
[1+1=2] vs [3-1=2]
Bowser just manages to stay ahead of the spooky mask! He can feel it get dangerously close-the key actually begins rattling, as if Phanto is trying to snatch it back right through the air! Bowser keeps a Koopa Grip on it, though...speeding up would be preferable. The door is getting a little closer...
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Chompy is free!Chompy gets his fill of Red Cheep Cheeps, burping and causing the track to rumble. He's feeling sleepy now...mostly because of the Lakitus around him, sprinkling him with bags of pokemon sleep powder!
Chompy yawns...
[Heads:clockwise/Tails: counter] he moves back to his peg and his yard, maybe hoping to catch some zzz's in his comfortable divot in the ground.
More Lakitus arrive, carrying a huge metal cage on shyguy-wires......
The racers now begin to fight for position!
Rotom has no driver, and thus no fight in him. He continues to coast.
Bowser is just barely staying with the pack-he thinks he can hear rotom putting behind him!
Joe remains still and unmoving, coasting at an amazing speed-Bowser is far behind, Cranky tantalizingly close. But neither can touch him, nor he they.
Cranky the Kong reckons this is the time to pass! [5+3=8] vs
[5+6=11] No more shenanigans! Cranky finally manages to cut past Cranks bumper-his raw speed giving him the edge-and the Gloomba tries one final, desperate trick-to bluff as if he's about to ram. But Cranky has been around the block as well, and he knows it's a trick. The Gloomba is too canny to make a gamble where he stands to lose more than he has to gain...or so he guesses.
Turns out he guesses right.
Cranky Kong takes 4th and loses 1 momentum! The purple plumber is warbling ahead...it's practically a formality, but...
[3+1=4] vs
[3+5=8] Cranky Kong takes 3rd and loses 1 momentum! (now 4!)[/b]Passing Jumpman is easy as tossing a barrel at him down a set of red steel girders. No idea why he is wearing the ridiculous purple suit.
Crank the Gloomba meanwhile, is NOT giving up! While the ape has passed him, Waluigi is now in his sights!
[1+1=2] vs
[1+3=4] It's not a clean a pass as Crank might have liked-he barely avoids colliding with the puttering plumber-but he remains stubbornly on the monkeys tail!
Crank the Gloomba takes 4th and loses 1 momentum! (now 2!)Waluigi can only waa in despair as the pack blows by him!
Olaf finally manages to rumble back on track, just ahead of ice cream man! Well, that's one way to get in first place!
Olaf steals 1st!Jack Frost can neither pull ahead with his speed, nor drive through Olafs solid mass. Drats! Ho!
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Cranky goes for gold and attempts to pull ahead!
[5-6+4=3] But his speed is
just barely not enough!
Cleanup phaseGreen Cheep snatching!Cranky Kong is not about to let to let a fish slip his grip again! Ah, if only he had a cane, this would be much easier...
[6] Yoink! Cranky bonks a fish on the head, pretending he's trying to crack open a particularly squirmy coconut-he drops the stunned fish into the water bowl on the back of his kart.
Crank the Gloomba swings wisely around the bouncing green fish-his Red Cheep seems terrified, and the Green ones seem angry! Who knew fish has feelings.
Waluigi considers knocking a fish into the water out of revenge! If he can't have one (though he already has one and can't load another) NOBODY WILL!
[1] His slap misses by a mile. Waa!
Joe [5] reconsiders his kart ban on fish.
Bowser By the time Bowsers get by most of the fish are gone, but...
[4] one particularly fat Cheep is still struggling! He resists munching on this, instead putting it in the water bowl in the back of his kart!
Rotom [6] Auto-drives into an item box! Their item getter begins to warble!
T3 Loot Roll = [11+1=11]
...Any item!The item box, having granted Rotom ultimate power of an choosing ANY ITEM EVER MADE waits patiently for them to choose a selection.
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Olaf recovers and increases his speed to 1!
Joe kart maintains his speed of 6 due to his
perk!...
Leading pack! 1st Place!!!
https://youtu.be/M3WFk_3MH24Momentum- 1
Items-
[Active: Robotic Shield (3/3)Charges]
2nd Place!!
Momentum- 2
Items-None
Trailing pack! 3rd place!
Momentum- 4
Items-
[Reserve: Thunderbolt][Special:Green Cheep] 4th place..!
Momentum- 2
Items-
[Special:Red Cheep]
5th place...!
Momentum- 1
Items-
[Special:Green Cheep] 6th Place.
Momentum- 6
Items-
[Reserve: Star][Special:Green Cheep] 7th Place...?
Momentum- 1
Items-
[Reserve: Phanto key (Phanto Speed Bonus next turn: +0)[Special:Green Cheep] 8th Place... (
https://youtu.be/fCiHSZzuwdc)
Does anyone have a full restore?Momentum- 3
Items-
[Critical Star: Pick any Loot Item!]
Waluigi (Fluffe9911)
Place: 5ty
Status- WAAA
Segment- Entering BLUE
Mid-Race Hiccups: None!
Karate Joe (SirAston)
Place: 6th
Status- Normal
Segment- Entering BLUE
Module Perks: Item Boost, Armor Shell Broken!
Race Perks: Stardust Charge (Speedy)
Module Hiccups: Grounded, Signal Interference Broken! (but this is good!)
Mid-Race Hiccups: None!
Olaf the Stout (Devastator)
Place: 1st
Status- Normal
Segment- Entering RED
Module Perks: Shield Box Used up!
Module Hiccups: Low Loot
Mid-Race Hiccups: Cold Start
Crank (Toaster)
Place: 4th
Status- Normal
Segment- Entering BLUE
Module Perks: High Acceleration
Module Hiccups: Low Loot, Cold Start
Mid-Race Hiccups: Deathrattle
Bowser (SuperDino85)
Place: 7th
Status- Normal
Segment- Entering BLUE
Mid-Race Hiccups: Greased up
Rotom (Naturegirl1999)
Place: 8th
Status- Normal
Segment- Entering BLUE
Module Perks: Item Boost, Armor Shell
Module Hiccups: Poor Handling, Ghost Kart
Mid-Race Hiccups: None!
Cranky Kong (monk12)
Place: 3rd
Status- Normal, Missing Cane
Segment- Entering BLUE
Module Perks: Streamlined
Module Hiccups: Poor Handling
Mid-Race Hiccups: None!
Jack Frost (Egan_BW)
Place: 2nd
Status- Fine
Segment- Entering RED
Module Perks: Dirty Weapons
Module Hiccups: Featherweight
Mid-Race Hiccups: None!
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...And we're in the final lap!We've got a field full of cheeps heading into blue! Who's going for the shortcut and who's saving it for a rainy day win? An item box at this point could hardly be contested-if it allows you to catch up to the pack, and you've got a cheep in hand, the race is all but yours.Let's hope they build up more speed than Olaf-at least the track ahead is cleared of obstructions!And will Olaf and Jack be able to break away before the swarm flutters after them?...
We saw a lot of movement this round!Cranky finally broke from the back of the pack all the way to the front of his segment-those sorts of comeback we always love to see. And with his thunderbolt in tow...well, it's all up to when he decides to use it.Keep an eye on Joe-his kart has built up amazing speed, and he's still got a star. If he activates it, he can shred through Crank and Waluigi with super star power! They may face the wrath of a true martial artist!Both of them are in a tough spot, for sure-but Bowsers no doubt happy he'll have someone to tussle with-aside from Phanto, of course.1+1=2 Red Cheeps are bouncing!Track Update!
Changing conditions!PURPLE SEGMENTChompy is free!
---Hazard---
Chompy will still attack all racers with a no modifier hazard check bonus. (with obvious exceptions), but now with a -1 to his attack due to the sleep powder. You no longer take a penalty to your hazard check against him.
2 turns til the Track Lakitus get him under control!
BLUE SEGMENTShell Barricade (1 shells) (3 turns left to bounce)
A deadly green shell randomly dropped by Bowser, bouncing around the track.RED SEGMENTChompy is...no longer present!
No grease this time!
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