<div class="floatleft">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/a5/12/17/a5121791078186cc5742da0bb14ba15e.jpg)</div>With a skip in her step and a broad grin on her face, Ayca begins to gesture people outside, "Come one, come all!  Step right up!  Try your luck on the sleds!  You'll want to step lively to get the shell you want!  Ooo, excellent choice, that was last year's winner!  That coat's only going to get in your way, M'Lord, may want to leave it aside-"<br/><br/>Her chattering and talking continues as she ushers people out, giving them little pats and pushes as they go.  As she moves past Nuria and Phelypsis, she gives an especially wide grin and stands on tip-toe to give each of them a quick kiss on the cheek.  "Mwah, mwah, best of luck, Delvers!" she cheerfully exclaims before twirling past them and moving back into the bar, throwing open a window and calling to those inside, "Anyone who wants to watch from inside, here's the place to do it!"  Then the barmaid begins moving between tables again, taking care of things and getting ready for the very moment in which the race starts.<br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/karnione1/images/4/46/Dwarf.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140916022600])</div>Outside, Burnus is at work making sure the last touches are ready.  He's a large man, barrel chested with a broad bulbous nose and an impressive red beard.  It seems that most of Ayca's look came from her elven mother, the fellow being large and broad.  "Alright, racers!" he bellows out, his voice deep and resonant, "We'll have a clean race.  No weapons.  No oars.  That said, grabbing and pulling's just fine.  You may notice, there's not much space between the starting positions.  You're gonna be jockeying for position."<br/><br/>He gestures with one massive hand down towards the play-field, a long muddy sledding hill which has been alchemically altered to stripes of various colors.  Each stripe is a theoretical lane, but certainly it'd be tough to keep a sled from going into someone else's lane.  Indeed, if last year was any indication, they are counting on it.<br/><br/>"Feel free to take your positions, grab a shell, and get yourself ready!"<br/><br/><strong>Custom Move</strong>: When you<strong>try to win a shell race</strong>, describe how you try for an advantage and roll + the appropriate stat.  The number rolled is added to your total race score, the race goes to 20.  In the case of two people getting to 20 in the same round, the higher number wins.<br/>On a 10+, choose one:<br/>-Add an additional +1d4 to your distance<br/>-Slow an opponent by -1d6<br/>-Muddy or strip an opponent<br/>On a 7-9, choose one:<br/>-Lose -1d4 distance<br/>-Muddy or strip yourself<br/>-Become entwined in grapple with an opponent<br/>On a 6-, you are going down into the mud. Describe how it happens.