I've only seen the tiniest fraction of EfU, but --
When Sicily was beaten to a pulp and captured by the Order, and put on trial before de Villiers and Blackhearth. She was a pathetic, sniveling, sobbing wreck throughout the ordeal - partly an act, partly the truth - and ultimately somehow managed to avoid the pyre. In the end, her flesh was branded with hot irons.
I truly had no idea whether she would live or die, whether they would believe her or not, and nor did she.
Everything about that scene was fantastic: the suspense, the feeling of being on death row, the ambience of the area itself, the creepiness of the Order and of Agravain, the beautiful, realistic and human RP by the Ordersmen present and the subtle differences and dynamics between them, the length and seriousness of it, the effort and skill of the DMs, and just the concept of a 16-year-old girl facing the prospect of being burned alive for her crimes.
That scene made me in love with EfU. (And even now I would like to take the opportunity to thank the players and DMs involved in that occasion.)
EfU is at its best when it's at its most serious, mature and dark, and when grave and permanent consequences, like death and mutilation hang in the balance.
More maturity! More darkness!
When Sicily was beaten to a pulp and captured by the Order, and put on trial before de Villiers and Blackhearth. She was a pathetic, sniveling, sobbing wreck throughout the ordeal - partly an act, partly the truth - and ultimately somehow managed to avoid the pyre. In the end, her flesh was branded with hot irons.
I truly had no idea whether she would live or die, whether they would believe her or not, and nor did she.
Everything about that scene was fantastic: the suspense, the feeling of being on death row, the ambience of the area itself, the creepiness of the Order and of Agravain, the beautiful, realistic and human RP by the Ordersmen present and the subtle differences and dynamics between them, the length and seriousness of it, the effort and skill of the DMs, and just the concept of a 16-year-old girl facing the prospect of being burned alive for her crimes.
That scene made me in love with EfU. (And even now I would like to take the opportunity to thank the players and DMs involved in that occasion.)
EfU is at its best when it's at its most serious, mature and dark, and when grave and permanent consequences, like death and mutilation hang in the balance.
More maturity! More darkness!