Was playing EfaE last night with a new group and thay are currently investigating the staff around the lodge. We have the obilgatory dwarf and elf in our party and they have the obligatory dwarf/elf relationship; the dwarf can berate, shout and threaten to decapitate the Elf, but no one else can!
After reaching the library, and taking an interest in Otto's book, the majority of the group left the library and headed to the study, with Otto's Bestiary, to try and decipher what he may have been writing.... they had spend a fortune point for a narrative lucky effect and so Otto's scribblings have left faint press marks on the bestiary pages, while leaving the Elf to look for books on history in the library (he loves that sort of thing..).
The elf made the necessary roll to find the heretical books, but also rolled a chaos star, which I decided meant that when the Elf discovered the books, he let out a little yelp of concern, alerting Otto to the fact that the books had been found.
Otto did what any good librarian would do against a single skinny elf trying to take some books; he tried to stop him.
Upon hearing raised voices from the library the rest of the group decided to return, only to see Otto and the Elf struggling over two books (the Elf had made his str roll to keep a tight hold on them so they were going no where)...
At seeing this, the dwarf did what any good dwarf would do upon seeing his Elven friend in trouble, he cried out a battle charge and ran head long into Otto, taking him clean off the floor and across the rooom, landing on top of him and completely winding poor old Otto!
The group then proceeded to intimidate poor Otto, confiscate his books, and got some pertinent information from him regarding how Piersson had got everyone to cover up Von Bruner's disappearance (he didn't spill the beans too much on the current situation, but the group think that Von Bruner's whereabouts is relevant to the story, so mentioning that was enough to stop the threat of violence.. for now!)
By the time they left, where they were going to find a fire into which to chuck the aforementioned books, Otto was nothing more than a sobbing mess in the corner....
When the enevitable fight breaks out later during the ritual, I don't fancy Otto's chances much!
The Dwarf player didn't get it all his own way last night though, during a long an protracted scene, where i had spent the last 10 minutes whispering a conversation between him and the Sister, as to the whereabouts of Korden's hammer and what she thought was going on around the manor, with the player whispering back his response and everyone else around the table sitting quietly and attentively to hear the whispered conversation, I suddenly shouted one of Korden's ramblings at the top of my voice straight at the guys face... he almost jumped up out of his seat (which considering the chits all over the table, could well have been catastrophic!
Korden, who had been quietly dreaming, lying between the two of them, had just woken up, it seems....
Good games.
