http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/ Discussion group for the HeroQuest RPG. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:44:33 GMT L C http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34570 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34570 Ian. It does seem the consensus. And certainly race 1 has this element, as it is all about the woman who has replaced him as being beyond Slick and flat-out Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:54:28 GMT ian_hammond_cooper http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34569 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34569 ... I'd look to cinema with HQ for inspiration. If you think about race scenes such as Ben Hur or Phantom Menace's Pod Racers, then races tend to be one-on-one Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:12:14 GMT bethexton http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34568 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34568 I don't know how well this would work under the HQ2 rules, but what sprung to mind for me was actually a series of simple contests, with "carry over" (or Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:28:49 GMT L C http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34567 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34567 Flashback racing? Curious approach. I could see it being useful in a final meeting, but not for their first encounter. ... [Non-text portions of this message Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:03:41 GMT Undead Trout http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34566 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34566 That's it in a nutshell, yep. But at the same time, you can also have instances where the two directly compete. Frame the contest as Kris and Lilly jockeying Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:46:24 GMT L C http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34565 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34565 Well, yes. Or rather, no. Complete loss is rocky outcropping in an enormous fireball. Other losses are not finishing for various reasons. (Unrelated actions Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:26:46 GMT Nick Eden http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34564 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34564 I wouldn't bother with Loss gives you no points. Each contestant would have to maintain their own score against the course, but if the course gets to 5 points Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:05:27 GMT L C http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34563 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34563 I'm still a bit confused, you are proposing a contest where they both roll against the course's resistance, otherwise racing to 5? So stage 1 is something like Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:44:09 GMT Undead Trout http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34562 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34562 They are still in the contest against one another, the course doesn't earn points toward victory unless you want that to represent the chance that one or both Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:25:01 GMT L C http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34561 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34561 So give each an extended contest against the course itself, best margin of success wins. That's certainly do-able as well. Thanks all, for the suggestions. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:10:14 GMT Undead Trout http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34560 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34560 Another thought would be to have Kris and Lilly make competing rolls against a target based on different sections of the course. It might be an obstacle, a Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:46:44 GMT L C http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34559 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34559 *nod* I do think the dark horse needs to be in there, though. It feels right given the tone. It is, of course, primarily about Kris vs Lilly. I like the Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:40:38 GMT Jeff http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34558 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34558 ... It sounds like you have framed this as a contest between the player and the hot-shot upstart NPC. Any other racers are just color (as they usually are in Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:37:31 GMT Paul King http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34557 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34557 ... Given the description (dangerous course etc.) "people dropping out" sounds right to me (the last few could simply be dropping out of contention for Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:35:45 GMT L C http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34556 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/34556 Extended contests have been rather radically overhauled in HQ2. Hopping from opponent to opponent doesn't really make sense as I read the new rules.