everyone stunned by the first mattlebat in a while? On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> holding ... >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> *To:* "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> *Sent:* >> *Subject:* [satanworship] Re: Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into >> the depths, yet again] >> >> swamp follows the crabsters out of the tunnel. they turn left as one, and >> go charging up the tunnel at full bore for about 50m or so, before taking a >> rapid left turn into a dead end cave littered with crabster shells. the >> live ones vanish into a small hole in the wall ahead. >> >> swamp manages to stamp some stragglers and declares the battle won, but >> the war still going. >> >> backtracking, he discovers another tunnel offshoot, sloping downward a >> little. something about the air in this tunnel gives him a little shiver. >> >> hold on, mattlebat coming through... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> arfa takes off in pursuit of the cast of crablets. a few seconds after >> his torch fades off to the left there is the distinctive sound of chitin >> cracking. >> >> search of the cave reveals nothing at all beyond scorpion man detritus. >> if he lived here, he owned nothing. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >> so that didn't work... >> >> search the cave with the dead scorp-man in it for clues - troll >> footprints and the like >> >> tracking? >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> *To:* "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> *Sent:* >> *Subject:* [satanworship] Re: Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into >> the depths, yet again] >> >> what is the exact thing you're trying to assume? >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >> do I have a 'sense troll' skill? >> >> if not, I'll take a guess using mapmaking >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> *To:* "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> *Sent:* >> *Subject:* [satanworship] Re: Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into >> the depths, yet again] >> >> well since you volunteered that Hadarim was in the caves, the assumption >> was that the trolls might be here too... somewhere >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >> so we are looking for the remains to two dead trolls - or we are to find >> them in jail somewhere ... >> >> and we chose to explore some caves for some reason... >> >> Lets gather moss >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> *To:* "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> *Sent:* >> *Subject:* [satanworship] Re: Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into >> the depths, yet again] >> >> :-) >> >> all hail the mighty Stan! >> >> ok so... tl;dr... Humph took some dark root beer up to the grogge shoppe, >> and was imprisoned when someone sensed chaos on it. the party went up there >> to argue his case, and mostly succeeded thanks to their Mapmaking skills. >> the deal with the trolls is that they will release him on receipt of >> quality information as to the fate of two trolls who were accompanying >> Hadarim the Lhankor Mhy priest from Crabtown back to Alone. >> >> (Hadarim was originally imprisoned with you when SW started, and >> mysteriously died shortly thereafter in the tunnel before the fight with >> Karvik.) >> >> ring any bells? thought not. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >> Stanworship >> >> :) >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Roger Nolan <rog@xxxxxxxxxx> >> *To:* satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> *Sent:* >> *Subject:* [satanworship] Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into the >> depths, yet again] >> >> So Humph is in a jail in crabtown (where it took us around 4 years to >> wrestle a troll) - and we have to do something to prove he is innocent of >> the chaos beer I think? >> >> >> I flippantly said something about moss earlier but wasn’t there something >> about moss used to flavour the beer? Should we scrape some off then head >> back? >> >> I’ve tried dredging the Stanworship archives but it’s about 90% trying to >> debug Pete’s mail and then most of the the rest is kittens dressed as >> Cuthulu. >> >> r >> >> On 2 Sep 2014, at 17:51, Pete (Redacted sender " >> tadcastervalentino@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >> cat sized then? >> >> or cow sized >> >> I'd suggest cow sized for a herd >> >> ... >> >> So Humph is in a jail in crabtown (where it took us around 4 years to >> wrestle a troll) - and we have to do something to prove he is innocent of >> the chaos beer I think? >> >> close? >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> *To:* "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> *Sent:* >> *Subject:* [satanworship] Re: descent into the depths, yet again >> >> they *are* larger, so they're a herd >> >> if they were *even* larger, they'd be a club-sized gig >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Roger Nolan <rog@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> And if they were larger? >> >> r >> >> >> On 2 Sep 2014, at 15:54, Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> if they were smaller, they'd be a swarm >> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Pete Ford <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >> Do insects come in herds then? >> >> >> On September 1, 2014, at 4:18PM, Jason Proctor wrote: >> >> the second left turn goes round a sharp right-hand corner and gradually >> starts to slope downward. as you carefully proceed, the air becomes drier, >> and the stench of ripe chaos fruit begins to give way to another, much >> fainter but no less putrid aroma - rotting flesh. >> >> fortunately the party's ace Mapmaking skills confirm that the smell is >> faint because it's distant in time rather than space, and shouldn't get >> much worse. these skills also allow Chump, Splut, and Arfa to assume that >> the cave at the bottom of this slope is the site of the defeat of the >> scorpion man guard during the original incursion. >> >> after some discussion you decide to proceed slowly. beyond the torches, >> the blackness is total. beyond heavy breathing and the occasional forced >> fart from Chump to lighten things up, the silence is similarly absolute. >> after a few minutes of cautiously edging down the passage, the floor levels >> out. >> >> eventually the torches illuminate the crushed and splintered body of a >> scorpion man in the small cave at the foot of the passage. his chest has >> been caved in by a succession of blows from a blunt instrument, and he is >> missing several legs. the expression on the remains of his face is one of >> anger and frustration. >> >> as the torch grows nearer, a herd of smallish shiny multi-legged insects >> rapidly abandons the corpse. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >