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Rolemaster Core Law

For over four decades, Rolemaster has been the definitive fantasy role-playing game that combines realism and depth without sacrificing playability. Rolemaster Unified is the next evolution drawing upon the best elements of previous editions to create a streamlined and consistent game.

Rolemaster Core Law is the cornerstone of Rolemaster Unified.

Rolemaster Core Law is divided into three parts:

Character Law: A wide range of character creation choices – 22 professions, 23 races, 10 cultures, and a comprehensive system of talents and flaws. A system of 10 temporary and potential stats determined by using both assigned and random elements. A skill development system that allows a character to improve their skill capabilities without absolute restrictions. Complete, consolidated and streamlined guidelines for resolving actions, magic and attacks.

Arms Law: the highly acclaimed combat system. Complete rules for melee, ranged and spell combat, with new effective mechanics for battling large and small monsters. 39 attack tables for weapons, animal, monstrous and spell attacks. 15 critical strike tables – Acid, Cold, Electricity, Grapple, Heat, Holy, Impact, Krush, Puncture, Slash, Steam, Strikes, Subdual, Sweeps, and Unbalance – providing injuries with explicit effects and descriptions.

Gamemaster Law: Helpful guidance on running the game with rules for healing, social skills, fear, and morale as well as environmental hazards, poisons and diseases. Rules and guidance on creating races, cultures and professions using the fully balanced mechanics employed across Rolemaster Unified.

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Giulio T March 13, 2024 11:37 am UTC
There is any preview of the Arms Law weapon/critical tables?
Those were the parts, in my opinion, in need of a heavy review.
However I can't find any info on what has been changed and how they look now.
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Benjamin S July 23, 2023 7:08 am UTC
Will there be a GM screen released relatively soon?
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Joshua H June 05, 2023 4:42 pm UTC
No preview?
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Nicholas C June 05, 2023 5:07 pm UTC
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It has disappeared and is refusing to appear. I will ask the DriveThru folks to check this.
Best wishes,
Nicholas
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Boris M May 16, 2023 4:56 pm UTC
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Hi, very happy to see a new Rolemaster :) i am an old player and too happy to be able to play with great rules
Do you if they is a character sheet in PDF ? or Excel ?
Thanks
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Ra G May 22, 2023 7:43 am UTC
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There is one but I can't remember the link to it. If you join the ICE Discord or go to the forum on www.ironcrown.co.uk, you will find it there.
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Christoph D April 15, 2023 5:59 pm UTC
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I never played RM (unfortunately!), but I know the rules ... in my opinion RMU is the best version. Well done. (Art is ... mediocre, but not important. Layout: nothing to complain in my humble opinion (final version). I prefer old-school layout over some "new fancy" layout concepts. Rules: finally very streamlined and cohesive! Character sheets may look intimidating, character creation complicated, but actually, it is very streamlined and is done very fast! Some Rolls, a few decisions, done! And the rules are actually kind of lightweight. Of course you have all these attack and crits and fumbles tables (in the end it's Rolemaster!), but aside of these tables ....VERY lightweight and intuitive! I like it very much. (Determination of Stats could have been streamlined in my opinion (similar to Against the Darkmaster; potential max stats could have been skipped), but in the end it's okay (you can use points build fro temp stats; and random rolls for pot. stats are okay; if you don't like it, just skip them)....See more
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Christoph D April 16, 2023 8:01 am UTC
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should have gone into the reviews section - sorry
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James H April 11, 2023 10:42 pm UTC
Is it possible to get a full-size preview including the table of contents? I live on a fixed income and can't afford to make an entirely blind buy at these prices.
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George F April 10, 2023 7:42 pm UTC
For those that have both, how does this compare to the RoleMaster Classic series?
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NB N April 11, 2023 1:48 am UTC
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Skills are a bit more complicated (less complicated then RM Standard System) but everything else so far feels easier.
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Ralph B May 06, 2023 1:06 pm UTC
I was wondering the same. I bought RMSS when it came out hoping to restart a game we loved and hadn't played in years. The new complications of the skill systems just killed it. I might consider buying this edition after all.
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Nicholas C April 07, 2023 2:43 pm UTC
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Dear All,
As others have indicated, you can contact ICE and give us the appropriate email address for us to send you the discount code for softcover and hardcover copies.
It is possible for me to send the discount codes through DriveThru BUT you need to have configured your DriveThru such that you can receive emails from publishers. I know from when I update products that only 30-40% of customers are configured to receive the update emails. As I don't want to spam folks multiple times, I will send two emails for the discount codes on Friday 14th through DriveThru (there will be an email with the softcover code and a different email with the hardcover code), so please either set your DriveThru configuration so that you get our emails or contact us at ICE directly.
Best wishes,
Nicholas
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Chuck D April 11, 2023 2:17 am UTC
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Thank you for the notification.
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karl S April 17, 2023 8:52 pm UTC
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Hello.Sorry to drag this up again but i never received a coupon
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Nicholas C April 18, 2023 7:37 pm UTC
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I have sent the coupons (2 emails one for hardcover, one for softcover) just now.
Best wishes,
Nicholas
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Steffen L April 05, 2023 4:47 pm UTC
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i was under the impression that if we bought the pdf that we would get a discount for the hardcover when it came out. i'm not going to spend another 50 on top of the 25 i already spent. i love rolemaster but not that much, especially if you multiply that out over multiple books (i bought the spell law pdf as well).
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Ra G April 05, 2023 5:57 pm UTC
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contact ICE directly to get your discount
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Stacie W April 05, 2023 7:45 pm UTC
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ICE making it a struggle to get our discount.
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Jeff D April 06, 2023 11:33 pm UTC
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I went to their website 'ironcrown.co.uk' and used the contact us form, they got back to me with a link to use, was super easy, but yeah would have been nice not to have that as on option thru drivethrurpg hopefully they get that fixed.
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normand T April 04, 2023 1:38 am UTC
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Hmm, to buy the hard copy at no discount when I already own the pdf... Think Ill wait for spell law.
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Brett N April 05, 2023 5:26 am UTC
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You should visit the official discord. There is a coupon available if you did.
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Jonathan D March 04, 2023 8:45 pm UTC
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The PDF version has now been updated, taking into account feedback received when it was released. Thanks for that input. The POD version is on its way. The next book to be released will be Spell Law, to be followed by Treasure Law and then Creature Law volume I (of two). For input and questions, we are active on both the ICE forums and our Discord channel.
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Bill E March 05, 2023 10:13 pm UTC
Will there be a discount on the POD for people who bought the pdf?
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Paul A March 14, 2023 5:08 pm UTC
Has Harp Subterfuge been abandoned?
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Chuck D March 21, 2023 4:17 pm UTC
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Repeating the question - will there be a discount on POD for those that have purchased PDF? And same thing for Spell law- dropping $25 then $50 for physical is a chunk of change.
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Narond N March 21, 2023 7:06 pm UTC
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ICE have said yes to that months ago.
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David G April 04, 2023 12:22 am UTC
This has been repeatedly addressed by ICE, answer is no, it's in the queue but they always take their time.
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Ra G April 07, 2023 10:42 am UTC
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@Chuck D : contact ICE directly to get the already stated discount, there seems to currently be no way to do this directly via Drivethrurpg.
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Scott N March 02, 2023 3:52 pm UTC
This thing needs a United Creature & Treasure addition.
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Narond N March 06, 2023 4:11 pm UTC
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Treasure Law, Creature Law 1 & 2 is planned to be made and released.
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Markus G September 20, 2023 10:38 am UTC
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On the ICE Forums there is a Beta Test Creature Law you can download. It is bulky and not easy to use but should work until the actual release of Creature Law. I believe you need to have an account on the forums to get the stuff though.
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Leo P February 24, 2023 6:09 pm UTC
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Is there any ETA for the PoD version?
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NB N February 25, 2023 3:55 am UTC
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The only answer they are giving on the forums is "soon." They have been giving that answer for over a month now and are still collecting errata/typos. That thread on the forum is over 15 pages and growing.
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Narond N February 26, 2023 8:03 pm UTC
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sign up for the monthly ICE newsletter, you'll get the info directly from the source that way. PoD has been delayed to get a lot of error fixes done, this also pushes back a bit Spell Law and other books about to be published.
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Thomas S February 26, 2023 8:31 pm UTC
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An official public update ETA would be proffesional. Without signing up for a message board or some other service. They've apparently tons of inquiries. Is an update on their public facing blog or a Twitter tweet really too much to ask? Or even here, seeing as how 100% of their paying customers are coming here. Just a crazy thought.
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Narond N February 26, 2023 9:44 pm UTC
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@Thomas S tell it to them directly instead of being an angry anonymous dude in a product commenting thread, let them know how to run their small gaming company which they do on their spare time.
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Thomas S February 26, 2023 10:50 pm UTC
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@Narond I can communicate with them here without your permission. I'm also not angry or anonymous.
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Narond N February 27, 2023 9:05 am UTC
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@Thomas S Call it being silly then, venting frustration here when you scroll down and see this thread is virtually not being monitored, a more wise choice would be to contact them directly with your clear concerns
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Thomas S February 27, 2023 2:30 pm UTC
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@Narond I didn't ask. I really don't care what your opinion is. My communication with them is between them & myself. Please go monitor someone else. If I ever need your take on my activities I'll be in contact. The thing is, if you don't like it, there is absolutely nothing you can do - except more foolish rants
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Narond N February 27, 2023 9:11 pm UTC
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@Thomas S yet you felt entitled enough to argument against my advice to sign up for the ICE monthly newsletter in the first place *slow clap*
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Paul A March 17, 2023 10:29 pm UTC
HARP's Subterfuge has been getting the "soon" answer since August last year. Don't hold your breath
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Nicholas C June 05, 2023 5:08 pm UTC
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HARP Subterfuge is available in print.
Best wishes,
Nicholas
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Gabriel M February 18, 2023 7:00 am UTC
Hi. Is there a version of RMU in metrics?
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Narond N February 13, 2024 9:35 am UTC
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No at this point
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wade G February 13, 2023 4:54 am UTC
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Used to be just needed d10's but now d6 are used for stat gains. Good news is that I own about 40 of d6's. But why didn't them simply having a d10 chart for stat gains?
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nathan W January 30, 2023 2:12 pm UTC
I played this when the first bata came out and was not impressed. Still better than Harps, but that's not saying much. The only thing that made this edition better was monsters were given stats. May pick it up at some point, but I'll keep to my older books for now.
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This title was added to our catalog on December 02, 2022.
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