hmmm these are not good examples of the "sensible orders" i'd hoped for... except maybe the divine intervention On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > it is at all possible for me to change may armour at this point? as i > think I may need to... > > Shame the smell will not scare them off... > > some sort of anti-grapple roll is in order... > > if I could just reach the anti-skeleton bat spray we'd all be fine... > > surely now the referee will intervene? > > prepares divine intervention request... > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> > *To:* "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *Sent:* Sunday, September 28, 2014 2:37 PM > *Subject:* [satanworship] Re: 28 milliseconds later > > the situation for our heroes is... challenging. > > currently Arfa and Chump are flat on their backs with four skallywags each > parked on them, immobilising various parts of their anatomy*. the chaps are > effectively incapacitated at the moment, but in the event of sensible > orders and seriously outstanding dice rolls, they might survive the next > melee round... > > ...a chief component of which is the arrival of 10 armed skallywags. > > meanwhile, Splut arrives in the scorpion man room to inform Ester and > Cynfred that the Army of Darkness is approaching rapidly. > > > > > *these skallys are wicked at Grapple rolls somehow > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 12:20 AM, Roger Nolan <rog@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > *Silence* > > Cheers > Rog > > > On 28 Sep 2014, at 04:18, Gavin Walker <gavinw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Square on my Mac, a turd on the PC. Accurately enough. > > > > So, is everyone else dead then? Dead are they? Dead? > > > > > > > >> On 2014/09/28, at 2:36 PM, Jason Proctor wrote: > >> > >> came through here as a square :-) > >> > >> > >> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Roger Nolan <rog@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I think it was the first time I've ever managed to use an emoji > correctly. > >> > >> Cheers > >> Rog > >> > >>> On 27 Sep 2014, at 18:05, Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> > >>> was that an emoticon summing up the situation? > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 12:14 AM, Roger Nolan <rog@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> ๐ฉ > >>> > >>>> On 27 Sep 2014, at 04:20, Eddie Marsden-Jones < > eddiemarsdenjones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> So is it too tight for scythes now? Are we talking fisticuffs? > >>>> > >>>>> On 26 Sep 2014, at 23:48, Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Arfa and Chump take up their positions on the edge of the pit, and > arrange their stances as their scythe teachers once told them, long ago. > after a nod to each other, they raise their weapons. > >>>>> > >>>>> almost as one, the scythes sweep viciously downward and cleanly > sever the spinal cords of the two closest skeletons. the teachers advised > them to keep their eye on the target, rather than watch the follow-through, > and this turns out to be most satisfying, as the heads simultaneously jump > vertically to almost exactly Arfa and Chump eye-height. > >>>>> > >>>>> the thrill of the triumph is brief, however, as at the very moment > of contact between the scythes and their targets, the skeleton horde > springs to life with mechanical rapidity. by the time the severed heads and > the heroes begin the downward path from the zeniths of their trajectory and > their triumph respectively, said heroes are mobbed by the first row of > cadavers. > >>>>> > >>>>> Arfa and Chump are bowled over by a sea of grabbing, biting, tearing > dead humanity. they try to drag themselves away, but only a second after > the first wave, the second line of skeletons hits, flailing with rusty > weapons plucked from the pit floor. > >>>>> > >>>>> the third and subsequent waves flow around the melee and head for > Splut, who heroically makes his Bottle Out roll and flees back up the > passage. > > > > > > > > > > >