"Well, I don't know. Like I said, I hope you'll just be putting down a revolt." he shook his head. "But given the severe circumstances of the winter and the fact that we know fiends are involved...we can't rule out the possibility that they might have macros on their side." --to Orev ears, this is roughly equivalent to you or I hearing 'they might have nukes'; it's something one wants to be<span style="font-style: italic">far</span>away from when it gets ugly. Cecil's use of the m-word actually causes a few celebrating micefolk to stop and look fearfully at their commander.<br/><br/>{{macro is an informal term that refers to any very large creature; the term "giant" refers to humanoid macros}}<br/><br/>[knowledge(history) DC: 5; common knowledge] There are many stories of feral macros living in the deep wilderness that attack travelers, but no record of macros ever attacking a city. It's generally understood that this has nothing to do with their being scared of the Pact military, but instead there is supposed to be some sort of mystical property of the valley itself that keeps them away from cities. [you can make a knowledge check for more obscure information]<br/><br/>"You folk are strong...but if you see a macro my advice is<span style="font-style: italic">run and hide</span>like everyone else. Though that might just be the rodent in me speaking." he chuckles. "The dwarves have been fighting giants since the dawn of time; if anyone knows the giant's weakness, it would be them."<br/><br/>He pauses to listen as they discuss whether or not to split up. "In a fight you're stronger if you're all together. But outside of combat, splitting up so that each can do what or or she is best at sounds more efficient than walking around as a single unit. You'd need some way to communicate with each other though."