Kaz

Kaz
Pronouns	he/him
Occupation	Ranked Coach

Kaz is the coach of the Raging Blazes, the Ranked Team of Jasper.

Personality

Kaz is outwardly full of bravado, speaking loudly with multiple exclamation marks. However, he reveals insecurities, believing that the people of his hometown hate him and recognizing that he loses Beastieball matches often. Although he became a coach to seem cool, he feels like an outcast and spends most of his free time volleying a ball with his Beasties.

Story

When the player visits Jasper's Beastieball Center, they find Kaz standing in the lobby. Upon interacting with him, he immediately challenges the player to a match. However, nobody has shown up to watch, leaving Kaz upset. He asks the player to find the three most bored-looking people in Jasper, and convince them to come watch.

After convincing Kenta, Caroline, and Eda to watch, Kaz is excited to see how many people showed up and reschedules the match immediately.

During his match with the player, Kaz opens up a bit about the pressure he feels to be a good coach, and how hard it is to be bad. He claims that beating the player will make the town like him again.

Upon losing, Kaz is extremely disappointed, having hoped to win now that people were watching. To his surprise, though, the spectators shout words of encouragement. After being validated by his hometown, Kaz seems to brighten up and regain his boisterous demeanor.

Hangouts

After defeating Kaz, the player can speak with him in the lobby. He will be uncharacteristically nervous, and awkwardly gives the player his contact.

The player will have already earned a Level 1 bond with Kaz by defeating him in a Ranked Match. By spending 1 Social Battery, the player can invite Kaz to hang out.

First Hangout

Despite initially being the one to suggest it, Kaz is surprised by the player actually wanting to hang out with him.

Kaz meets the player outside of Jasper, near the southern entrance. He tells them that this is where he normally goes to get away from the stress of living in a town where he feels hated. Then, remembering that they're supposed to be having fun, he explains that he usually likes to volley a ball with his Beasties. He then suggests playing with the player instead.

This begins a minigame in which the player must throw a Beastieball at Kaz, who will volley it back on contact. The player must jump with proper timing to keep the volley going, and the number of volleys will appear nearby after each one. After letting the ball hit the ground, Kaz will comment on the number and start a short conversation.

First, he will ask why the player became a coach. After reacting to the player's answer, he will reveal that he became a coach to be cool, since all of his heroes growing up were Ranked Coaches. Unfortunately, he has realized that being a coach does not make him feel cool at all, especially when he is losing.

After the second round of volleying, Kaz says that he heard about the League coming for the Rutile Nature Preserve, and was relieved that it had not been Jasper. Still, it had put more pressure on him to raise his rank. He admires how the player is able to start from the bottom and climb up the ranks, making Kaz feel like he can do it, too.

After the last successful volley, Kaz points out that he had not realized how good his own skills had gotten, and seems determined to practice even harder.

After this, the player’s bond with Kaz raises to level 2, and they unlock his first set of favors.

Second Hangout

Kaz's second hangout is only available after Celia returns to the Beastie Research Society. Upon calling him, he asks to meet in Begonia.

Kaz says that he had intended to challenge Celia to a match, but is now afraid to do so for real. He insists that the player go and challenge them for him.

After scheduling the match with Celia and returning to Kaz, he asks the player if they'll watch the match.

On the court, Kaz boasts about being a powerful coach who will take Celia down. Celia dismisses him and swiftly wins the match by wiping out his Cherry#11 in a single turn. Kaz seems shaken, and disappears before the player can talk to him again.

Favors

Through the Contacts menu, you can ask Kaz favors to teach to any Beastie of your team one Play in exchange for 1 Social Battery, as long as the Beastie can learn the Play either via level or friendship.

Kaz Favors
Name	Description	Pow	Type	Favors
Set	VOLLEY. Ally feels 1 JAZZED (POW x1.5).	--	Volley	❤️2
Faith	VOLLEY. POW to ally.	--	Volley	❤️2
Rally	Entire field gets 3 RALLY (POW +50%, POW -25%).	--	Support	❤️2
Raw Fury	ATTACK. Ignores target's shields and BOOSTs.	65	Spirit	❤️2

Trivia

• In Kaz's first hangout, he implies that humans playing sports together could be a strange and new concept, showing that Beastie-oriented sports like Beastieball (and potentially Basketjam) may be the uncontested norm.
• If the player loses to Kaz, he will tell them to "take the L" and go home, that way they won't beat him.