Roughly half of his ‘friends’ laughed at him. Lots of laughter. Were they all on something?
Honestly, considering who they are, chances of that are good.
What, though? Could they be using a drug that might actually be a combat advantage?
The remaining four people hurried to his side and tried to claw the masses of bugs away from him. As they got bitten and stung in retaliation, they backed away, brushing the bugs off of their arms and legs, leaving him to his fate.
Nice.
The bugs I had in the area coalesced into another vaguely humanoid shape. Then another. In moments, I had a half-dozen figures in a loose ring around the group.
This is exactly the kind of ominous shit you need to do to really intimidate them. First show them what you can do with one of these things, then pop up a scary number of them.
Good job, Skitter. 🙂
I moved them forward, and my enemies backed away from them. I used this to herd the Merchants until they stood back to back in a tight circle, surrounded.
Niiice. Now it’s pretty much just a matter of coming down on that circle, isn’t it?
They had their weapons raised, but they had to know how ineffectual the baseball bats and guns would be.
Sometimes people just like to hold weapons because they feel safer with them, even if they know the weapons are ineffective. A toy gun can be surprisingly comforting.
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