It's been a little under a week since I got through the application process and joined the little community at UL and let me tell you, I almost wish it had taken longer! There's so much lore and so many systems to learn and figure out before you jump in! I agonised over what kind of character I would be for days! The system is an amazing array of choices. You pick class (and subclass, in many cases) to give you your base build and basic spells but, after that, you can do whatever you like!I love the combat system, honestly. I was so tired of 'round based combat' where you just type 'kill (whatever)' and let it all scroll while you just monitor health.

In UL, you control every action. It's a RoundTime based system, with rolls of offense vs. defense with every attack. A wide array of weapons with different styles (and verbs) of attack, and a wound system that actually includes limbs, bleeding, etc. It feels like a more fleshed out Gemstone, all around, even though UL is still in its testing stages. The players I've met are friendly and helpful and, individually, so interesting!

I highly recommend dropping in on the website (and forum) and checking things out.

As a warning, the community is pretty sparse, at the moment. They're under new management and also migrating to a new engine. But character info and stats, etc. won't be lost from what I gather so jump on in! Get lost in Thrael with us!