Well, interesting, I cannot even download it, it's an exe file and my virus software blocks it, says it's a virus. I know I could turn off the antivirus to get it but should not have to. Follow up. I have manged to download it on another device. it is a exe file in a zip file, no idea why I had problems. I will test and update

Tested and completely approved. Like the RMU Character Law that is a game changer tool. Having all RMU spell lists is so useful and I was able to create new spell lists too. With Era core system + RMU CL + RMU Spell Law you have every you need to manage your game sessions.

Tested and completely approved. That is a game changer tool, as a GM you can save a lot of time with it. I was able to customise it (new races, new professions, new cultures, new skills, etc...). When you get accustom to it, it is easy to create PC, NPC and monsters, to manage fights with weapons and spells. Same with manoeuvres...

I'm convinced that RMU has combined the best of RM2 with RMFRP. The rules are vastly more clear than in prior editions.

I'm giving the re-birth of Rolemaster in it's Unified form a 9.5 out of 10.

BUT . . . come on, y'all; I need a character sheet that doesn't require me to tack some skill "specialties" onto the last page. If that means providing a free excel sheet (or something else) where I can add AS MANY SPECIALTIES AS MAY BE NEEDED under the skill heading, then so be it.

Otherwise, plan out every possible specialty (Grace, for example for EVERY spell list learned), and pre-label them on the .pdf version of the character sheet. It will eat up some space but it keeps everything together where it should be.

Some of us can't program worth a darn. Make it easy for us, please.

Been looking all over for detalis on firearms such as ranges, but the only mention I find is in the Equipment book and that one only has mussle energy and clip sizes. No idea what book I have missed to buy. Also, there seems to be no books about alien fauna, so the only bad guys I get stat blocks for are average NPC character classes.

It's rather jank. On the one hand, I truly do laud them for trying to make a compex character creation process easier while allowing exports to printable format but, on the other hand, I can't muster the forgiveness for the act of charging for the additional packages when it essentially hooks you up to some unknown server via direct port link. You've got to just trust them, I suppose, to use this tool.

Sell a package for roll20 and/or foundry. It might be a smidge better if character creaton followed the same process of the books but, as it is, you get lost trying to follow both. If you have a form fillable sheet for RM, you're better off and safer. This 'tool' is amateur, invasive and risky.

I've just checked, the roll20 sheets are a busted mess too.

A great update of a classic module. New maps of all the districts in Rhakaan plus resolution of the troubles from 6050.

Before ERA was published and FGU had his own FRPG ruleset, it was a pain to DM Rolemaster and only the most devoted players invested the many hours of time you need for a new character creation. The time changed and self made worksheets sufficed no more and players Today expecting more modern approaches.Today many people play online Rolemaster and it is quiet easy to get players for this detailed and extremely flexible Role-playing game. Thanks to ERA you have all rules online, can cast spells and make attacks and get crit results without ever needing a table to lookup. Not very intuitive sometimes and graphical oriented more as a tool, but lightning fast, you save many hours during character generation because you need not read all rules before you can start. Highly recommended, this product line lead for us to a renaissance of shadowworld and Rolemaster pen&paper activities, having no more need for long table searching time or looking where you have to find certain rules because you have all at your fingertips.

You love the shadowworld from T.Amphor? You are using ICEs Rolemaster Role-playing game? Then this is the right product for you. FRPG\RMSS users will get PC races, monsters and prominent NPCs of shadowworld in ERA like Andraax, Navigators or the Dragonlords fully usable in ERA in combat for your role-playing game. I have waited a long time for this product making it now possible to play Rolemaster in shadowworld online without much need for another onlineboardsystem or preparation. Using herbs searching routines, combat routines or spellcasting routines. All using the FRPG\Rules together with Navigator Spelllist or the Laserpistol, Andraax uses as Lord of Esaence. You could combine it partly with Spacemaster privateer material if you want more science in your high fantasy world. Highly recommended, this product line lead for us to a renaissance of shadowworld and Rolemaster pen&paper activities, having no more need for long table searching time or looking where you have to find certain rules because you have all at your fingertips.

The rules are generally an improvement over previous editions... Especially RMSS and RMFP. I like that casters get spells every level and that the semi spell users have been tweaked... In a very good way.

As far as rules content... This is a solid improvement in the Spell Law series, worthy of a true improved 5th edition... Even over my beloved 2nd Edition.

I won't go over every item here... It is very worth buying for content.

However... Brace yourself for poor layout and page design. The art is weird to just ok... But I give a lot of credit to ICE for having it all bebe full color. That isn't cheap... But the art is definitely not a selling point... But welcome as no RM book (outside Germany) has color art.

It's the layout. Holy cow. It's not well done. Whoever did this looks like they have a tenuous grasp on how Microsoft Word works... Has never designed a technical document... And has never been to a design class. (3 pieces of 1/8 page art on a single page??)

In summary... RMU is a great progression of RM rules... Presentation seems more like a fan effort... Much love, but needs a professional touch... Don't let this keep you from laying down the money though... Good read, great new edition. Just wish they'd hire a better designer and less weird art.

The updated book is much better with formatting vs. before. They've done a better at presenting info with a more concise presentation. The art in the covers are much better. The art inside hasn't changed, which isn't bad except for that very odd art on page 52 (please ask the artist explain the scene in the background). I'm happy with thier last product. I'd give a four star except for the fact that they didn't provide creatures + treasures, and spell law in a reasonable time. However, I'm looking forward to those. The three sections (Character Law, Arms Law, and Gamemaster Law) do provide enough info to have a group of players around the table/computer to have a low-mid fantasy game. Other than the better formatting there are only a few of actual changes but the updated pdf is free to people who already own the first edition.

We started a new campaign with RMU two weekends ago as I introduced my wife and son to Rolemaster. They have played many rpgs from the world's most over-hyped game to Hackmaster and prefer a crunchier system. They loooooove RMU. The combat system and crits force the combat to be cinematic. My wife commented today that the magic system, and her magician, is the best system she has played. She giggled maniacly when she added waterbolt to her spell list. Her and our son both still talk smack about the one-shot death crit she pulled with a shock bolt on my large alligator chasing them in the canals of the abandoned city.

Yup, RMU requires the ability to add and subtract double digit numbers and add up to triple digit results...in two sessions all of our basic math skills have noticable improved.

We got rid of the grid maps and pulled out mini terrain and rulers, that combined with the cinematic nature of the crit system and phased combat has made fight scenes go from the boring "I swing...(roll) and hit for 5 hit points of damage" that the world's most over-hyped game offered, into combats that play like an epic Star Wars lightsaber duel, or an old Errol Flyn swashbukler movie.

Using the beta-test spell law and creature law is easy, and I am running an epic low-fantasy hex crawl inspired by the classic Isle of Dread.

In a time when it seems every new TTRPG is competing for the title of reigning rules light champion, we are all so happy to play a rules crunchy system that still plays quickly with glorious combats and amazing memory making criticals.

While I am pleased that Rolemaster is getting some attention, I can't say that RMU is a product that I see myself using. The somewhat inconsistent writing, formatting, and art notwithstanding, the core of what I want out of a Rolemaster game has largely been bled away for something entirely simpler and, quite frankly, less interesting. This book may suit people who are looking to get into Rolemaster for the first time and it might well appeal to modern gamers who demand a degree of streamlined straighforwardness, but for me, RMC or RMFRP already do exactly what I want them to do and manage to stand on their own merits all these years later. I'd have much preferred proper reprints of these books over what we got from Core Law. Further, it's not really possible to run a proper game without the currently non-existent Spell Law, let alone Creatures and Treasures. Perhaps once those books come out, the new "RMU" system will deserve a higher rating from me, but for now, I've landed on 3 stars.

Rolemaster was my introduction to the world of TTRPGs and I played and GM'd it for years. I bought this PDF with the hope that I'd be able to show my players (who are accustomed to newer TTRPGs like D&D 5e, Lancer, Blades in the Dark to name a few) a new and updated version of the system and perhaps entice them to give it a try, but looking at the art I cannot imagine any one of them not being immediately turned off from the idea of playing a Rolemaster one-shot, let alone a full-on campaign.

I should perhaps have taken the cover art as a warning and stayed clear, which I imagine is what many potential buyers - especially those with no previous experience with Rolemaster - are doing. With so many TTRPGs out there, a system cannot sustain itself on nostalgia for long.

The system update itself seems fine enough. The book contains three of the Law books in one. Character Law, with plenty of options for creating interesting characters but in some cases downright terrible art. Arms Law, which looks like they wanted to keep the number of pages down and decided that the best way of achieving this was making the tables very small. I am glad to have the PDF, which allows zooming in, but am imagining that this will be a challenge to read properly if you get the printed book. Perhaps it would've been better to only have the Medium tables and give a formula for translating the result into a Small or Big attack. The critical tables should have been printed across two pages each, considering the amount of information in each cell. Lastly, Gamemaster Law includes helpful tips for homebrewing races and cultures, and provides what you need to handle extreme environments, injuries and death in-game.

All in all, I had hoped for something better, something which would do the system justice and help entice in new players.

Art work and pdf design should have been better and I'm concerned with price policy. Overall, I am disappointed by the product.