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. >> >> >> > >