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The sun is shining in the bright blue sky, and the weather is warm and breezy, not overly hot. Samanayrs are crowded around the central hotspring at the Song of the Rainbow Hotsprings, where bright banners flutter from poles that have been erected here and there, and the air is loud with excited chatter and songs.
Most prominent is the pair of poles that support a bright white banner with "START" written boldly across it. Nearby, another pair of polls support a narrow red ribbon at Samanayr chest height, just waiting for the winner to burst through. Beneath the starting banner, a group of Samanayrs trot in place and stretch, preparing themselves for the course ahead.
Watching over all of the activity on a slight rise, the Glint of the Ice Prism stands ready with a silver Sharian, bundles of gold, silver, and bronze medals and a cluster of modiems on a blanket before them. The little Kirin is puffed full of pride as he sees his planning unfold before him, and is still absolutely tickled that he came up with such an activity to bring the various Songs together in play and competition.
The Samanayrs are off to the races!
How racing works
There will be two different courses, one on the ground and one in the air. Each course is 30 spaces long, and has several obstacles the racers must get through, over, around, or under.Every round, a d6 (six-sided die) will be rolled for each racer. The number rolled determines how many spaces the racer goes forward, and the first Samanayr to the finish line is the winner! There are also prizes for the second and third Sams.
I will be running the races in a thread on PI and will post the results of each round as they happen, so that you can keep an eye on the action!
Obstacles
Each course will have anywhere from two to four obstacles to get through. When a Samanayr reaches an obstacle, a d20 (20-sided die) will be rolled for them. Each obstacle has a number from 1 to 20, based on its difficulty, and the racer's roll must match or beat that number to successfully cross the obstacle.Until the Samanayr is able to pass the obstacle, they will not move forward. If they successfully pass the obstacle, they will get a regular movement roll that round. If they encounter the obstacle in the middle of regular movement and successfully pass it on the same turn, they will continue forward normally.
If a Samanayr isn't able to pass an obstacle after three tries, they will pass it automatically after the third attempt and keep moving forward on their next turn.
Traits matter!
A Samanayr's features and traits can give it bonuses or penalties to regular movement and obstacle rolls. The trick is that you won't know what affect your Sam's traits will have before the race starts! Here's some examples:- A Samanayr with the 'fluffy' or 'extensive tufts' trait will be encumbered by that extra fur, and receive a -1 penalty to each regular movement roll.
- A Samanayr with very long legs is able to leap over obstacles easily, and it will receive a +5 bonus to obstacle rolls that require going over something.
- A Samanayr with the 'butterfly wings' trait will need to be careful going through a dense bramble patch, and will receive a -10 penalty to the roll for that obstacle.
- A water Mystic would be able to gauge the currents and depths of a stream easily, giving it a +10 bonus for any obstacles requiring crossing water.
In the future, you might learn what the obstacles are before a race and be able to choose your Sam accordingly, but for now they're going into the courses blind. Good luck
Terrain
Although these races are pretty straightforward, in the future the terrain itself will play a part in a Samanayr's movement roll. For example, if a course was over sandy terrain, the Desert Samanayrs would have a clear advantage and receive a +1 bonus to each roll.
Prizes!
The best part, of course Prizes will be assigned to the first, second, and third place racers in each race. The main prize for each place is a gold, silver, or bronze medal. You'll receive a pixel version of your medal for your Samanayrs webpage inventory, but if you choose to equip your medal, it will also appear on your Samanayr's image! The medal itself will be the color they placed, but you can choose the ribbon color.Medals are special items and can only be equipped to the Samanayr that won it. If you're borrowing a Samanayr from someone else, you'll receive the pixel medal image for your inventory, but you won't be able to equip it to the winning Samanayr unless you give the medal to the Samanayr's owner.
For now, a Samanayr can only wear one medal at a time, but medals can be equipped and unequipped. There is also no limit to how many medals a Samanayr can win!
First place
- Gold medal (25% chance any offspring will be twins)
- One modiem of choice
- One random modiem
Second place
- Silver medal (gives a 20% bonus to breeding)
- One modiem of choice
Third place
- Bronze medal (gives a 10% bonus to breeding)
- One random modiem
Rules
Is your Samanayr all pumped up and ready to race? Good! Just make sure you read this important information first:- Each person is allowed to enter one Samanayr per racing event (not one Samanayr per race).
- If 24 hours have passed from the time applications were opened and all of the races aren't yet filled, each person may submit one more Samanayr to race.
- Please do not edit your application post.
- If you don't own a Samanayr but would like to participate, you may apply using someone else's Samanayr as long as you have the owner's permission. Please see the information under 'prizes' for what will happen if your borrowed Samanayr receives a medal.
- In the event of a tie, both Samanayrs will receive the same place and prizes.
- When submitting your Samanayr, you can choose which race you would like it to be in. If that race is full it will be entered in the next most suitable race (for example, if a Samanayr applied for the Ground 1 race and it was already full, but Ground 2 race still had open spots, it would be entered in Ground 2). If no other suitable races are available (for example, if only a flying course is available, the Samanayr cannot fly), the Samanayr will not be able to race.
- Each Samanayr can only be entered in one race.
I'm sure I'll think of more, but that's it for now XD
Apply to race
There are four races to choose from:Ground 1, Ground 2, Ground 3
The three ground races will all be run over the same course. The terrain is hard-packed earth and grass. Samanayrs who want to enter the ground races must be able to move along the ground. Flying is not permitted on this course.There are 10 spots open per race.
Flying 1
There is one race for flying Samanayrs. The air is fairly calm and the weather is fair. Samanayrs who want to enter the flying race must be able to fly.There are 10 spots open per race.
Racing applications will open on July 6, 20:00 PI time (that's July 6, 12pm PDT). When applications are open, please send a PM to this account with the subject being the course type you would like your Samanayr to race on (Ground or Flying) and the following filled out:
Samanayr name:
Samanayr ID:
Which race would you like to enter your Sam in (Ground 1, Ground 2, Ground 3, Flying 1)?
If the Samanayr is not yours, do you have permission from the owner to use it?
If the Samanayr is not yours, do you understand that any medals won cannot be equipped to it unless they're given to the Sam's owner?
Remember, applications open on July 6, 20:00 PI time (that's July 6, 12pm PDT). Any applications sent before then will be deleted.
I'm off to bed shortly, so I won't be able to answer any questions until tomorrow morning XD However, I will be around three or four hours before applications are open, so there'll be plenty of time to have questions answered before then!
