OOC Discussions

Ah, darn it. That was close. The cursed 1!

Come to think of it, there was a reroll mechanic, right? For extra added Chaos, I believe. Can I do that?

Yep! It's actually the right time to do it because I was just about to narrate our outcomes. So anyone here that wants to do it for more Chaos, should! I'll give folks a few hours (as I have to run errands anyhow).

It's referred to as Get the Blood Running.

Well, I'll reroll one dice then - the one that came up as 1. Edit: there we go! A 6!

I'm not sure how much the "Spooky Behaviour" bit would be applicable since I'm in a car by myself.. Any ideas?

It could be the very last bit about sheer determination and grit.

That said maybe a slow down of time, hyper reflexes, knocking right up against another cat and reaching out to rip a side mirror off.

Okay, to clarify - the second leg does not have the 2 Against the Odds that were present in the first leg, correct?

These two:

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Also, I need to roll d3 Chaos since I succeeded in during the first leg, right?

From "Racing for the Love of It":

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And finally, why is driving in the heavy traffic gives Upper Hand and not Against the Odds?
Ah, also about this -
What does this look like? Does the car glides on air, few inches above ground (in which case how does that help it get around heavy traffic?) or is downright flying, like above other cars or squeezing through on its side, that sort of thing?

Yep! Second leg does not have the x2 AtO's y'all encountered.
Right.
The framing here with the heavy traffic is about damage sustained to your ride, which I would think Duplicity (dex) and Allure (keeping your cool in my mind or similar coloring) would excel at. This is also coupled with, in my mind, the approaches the top racers are taking to the race; while I do not roll for them and they are not officially given Savagery, Duplicity and Allure stats, I have in my mind decided what they are racing with. To me, it is enough that one of the top racers is racing with Savagery, but since I can't place them AtO as I'm not rolling for them, I'll give Upper Hands to you.
It effectively appears to be down right flying, the effect partially obfuscated by the hearse's previously mentioned underglow and by it only being a few inches off the ground.

Oh, boy. A lot of Chaos piling up for Thessa! Sitting at 7 now, and I think now there's another +1d3 for the second leg..

I was thinking maybe the turn was near a gas station and the truck goes right into there was a massive explosion or something. Seems appropriate for such amounts of Chaos gathered during the race. And then it's a face-off between the front-runners as they are dragging themselves to the finish line.

Edit: upon thinking on it and rereading the race rules, I think that Thessa probably chose to take a back position to "play" with the semi (which I think might qualify for indulging a Passion, the "Hold My Beer" one, as she took on a dangerous stunt/challenge without much reward, just for adrenaline kick). So she sacrificed winning for a chance at doing something crazy.

So the top 4 are #1 Perkele #2 Thessa #3 Black Driver & Ally? Is that the order?

Yeah, let's go with that. And we'll have Wrencher finish a few beats behind. Y'all arrive at the finish line, no mysterious semi-truck, no calls of the police sirens. What do you do? There's no crowd to greet you. Only a little drone flitting above, the same from the start of the race.

We arrive at some church, right? Is it like a roadside building, on the outskirts of the city or..? What's the vibe like?

I guess we should start with the winner and go down in order from there?

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Also what other drivers we encounter at this point?
* There is the Black Driver (that's the hearse magician, right? yep, "Last but not least is a rider clad all in black, helmed with their heavily tinted visor brought all the way down. No one knows who this rider is, but they've been decimating the competition these last few races in their clearly supped up black hearse with the green under glow. Some call them the Black Rider, others the Reaper."),
* Wrencher ("Wrencher, a Dead his forties who leans coolly against his red '70s Mustang Boss 429" - had to reread who that was),
* Echo ("younger Dead by the name of Echo who works both the crowd and last minute checks on her engine for her gunmetal Silverado"),
* pink haired driver who Perkele run off the road,
* the semi-truck madman,
* orange Hyundai with two people in it that contemplated shooting Elly

Are these all or have I missed someone?

I have a question about Passion indulgence. Do you gain 1d3 Pulse and 1 Chaos and then have to also pick a prompt (some of which seem to carry extra 1 Chaos) or are prompts just suggestions on how to make a "goddamn mess"?

I fear PBP gaming might not have stuck for our GM! I’ll catch you all in the next game! Really interesting game and concept here. With all the love VtM gets on this site, I think the rulebook is worth a second look!

Thanks for the game folks! Add me back if our GM returns! Bye!

Hopefully that's a temporary absence. @haditbeenwater You heard anything about Flux? Just busy IRL or? All good I hope? And what about the second player he invited, ClericalError87? I forgot if he said if you guys were an IRL group or discord band or what..