Sounds to me like stamping on bugs might help. Arfa will go after a couple with his size 10 steel toe caps. > On 2 Sep 2014, at 21:25, Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > :-) > > 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. >