>>5927104Botches and Embarrassment
Any time a character botches a roll, they lose a piece of suit from strings coming undone, or a dive into the sand pulling down something, or just spilling out of the suit. You can still dive to make a save. This counts as 2 successes on your roll, but the round continues with you in an embarrassing state.
If you botch a roll, you lose one die from all rolls for the rest of the game due to embarrassment. This penalty is cumulative, to a maximum of 5.
Swimsuits
Players receive bonuses (and sometimes penalties) to their volleyball rolls, depending on what they are wearing. In general, more revealing suits give a bonus to defense (you're so pretty it distracts the other team), while more modest ones benefit offense (you're less worried about people staring at you, and can focus more).
Women's Suits
One-Piece: This modest swimsuit is designed to be practical, but not particularly revealing. A player in a one-piece receives 2 bonus dice to all offensive rolls (serve, spike, and return).
Thong One-Piece: Similar to a regular one-piece, a thong one-piece has a more provocative cut. It adds one die to all rolls, offensive or defensive.
Shorts over One-Piece: For those who feel the one-piece is not modest enough, the addition of shorts results in a garment not much more revealing than regular clothes. In addition to granting a 1-die bonus to all offensive rolls, it causes spikes to add two extra successes instead of one.
V-thong: This extremely revealing one-piece just covers the essentials; its name comes from the fact that it looks like a V. A player wearing a V-thong enjoys a 2-die bonus to all rolls. However, due to the suit's skimpiness, any dive counts as a botch for purposes of embarrassment rules.
Bikini: The bikini is the basic two-piece suit; more revealing than a one-piece, but not so much so that the wearer is in danger of falling out. A player wearing a bikini receives a 2-die bonus to all defensive rolls (save and block).
Thong Bikini: A skimpier version of the bikini. It adds three dice to save rolls only (it does not give any bonus to blocks).
String Bikini: This suit consists of no more fabric than is necessary for a semblance of decency. It adds 4 dice to all defensive rolls. Like the V-thong, this suit's flimsiness causes any dive to count as a botch for purposes of embarrassment.
Skirt Bikini: This two-piece suit has a skirt-like bottom to it. It increases the wearer's base initiative by 3, in addition to granting a 1-die bonus to all defensive rolls.
Shorts over Bikini: This is about as practical and modest as bikinis get. In addition to granting a 1-die bonus to defensive rolls, it causes dives to add 3 extra successes instead of 2.
Clothes: No bonus, but botches only mean you get dirty.
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