“I told you I will find a-a spell.”
“What about until you find a spell?”
“Until then, you and your mother are welcome to ride around with me in my car.”
Passion
Characters in Buffy start generally young and have little access to their own vehicles, though not at the Kids On Bikes level. Xander borrows a car in The Zeppo as an attempt to give himself a niche in the group, even though Giles and Cordelia have cars and Oz has a van. It doesn’t work and nearly gets him killed several times.
The biggest vehicle chase in Buffy is between a Winnebago and knights on horseback.
Angel has a few car chases here and there. And some jousting.
It’s also the kind of setting where a haunted car wouldn’t seem out of place. Or a rollercoaster to a parallel universe. Or four horsemen. Or catching a boat across the Styx. Or an express elevator to Hell. Or a giant bat who’s happy for the slayer to ride around on it. Or...
... Yeah, it’s an odd setting.
My favourite picture in D20 Modern, by Ryan Sook, inspired an adventure hook too...
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| I particularly like the driving skeleton hunching over defensively. |
2.19: Skeleton Crew
Who is using animated skeletons as cheap labour? And are they really qualified to do all the jobs they’re doing?
This is mostly an excuse to have some Harryhausen style animated skeleton fun, particularly with the urban fantasy juxtaposition of monsters in the everyday.
“I don’t think that guy’s licence is up to date...”
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