I hate to do that, but lest this is the kind of embarrassed silence
that reigns when nobody grasps the pun...
An earth spirit (according to Anaxial's Roster) is no more called a
Gnome. It's a Gata. So a small earth spirit is a Gatling...
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> This one sprung in my mind this morning while driving to work...
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> A lone herd mother meets an Iron Mostali in the middle of Prax.
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> The Mostali has a *huge* automatic musket, a rotating halberd, a
> forked pistol and a hundred frammentation grenades and is protected
> by a 3 inches enchanted iron armor.
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> The herd mother is accompanied only by a small earth spirit.
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> She says: "If you had encountered me in the old days of RQ1, RQ2 or
> RQ3, my dear dwarf, I would be doomed. But this is HeroQuest!"
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> "So what?", sputters the Iron Mostali in a cold, metallic voice.
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> (...)
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> "This is a Gatling!", says the Eirithan, smiling in a soft tone.
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> Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat!!!!
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> Ok, your not requested to laugh...
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> Ciao,
> Gian