The Rolemaster Blog

It is so long since I last looked at this that I thought I would post a bit of a recap for anyone who missed the original posts. So here goes, if you want to refresh your memory…

• Part 1 https://www.rolemasterblog.com/city-of-forgotten-heroes/
• Part 2 https://www.rolemasterblog.com/scary-monsters-and-super-creeps/
• Part 3 https://www.rolemasterblog.com/q-what-has-a-spine-but-no-bones/
• Part 4 https://www.rolemasterblog.com/brokedown-palace/
• Part 5 https://www.rolemasterblog.com/roll-call-of-horror/
• Part 6 https://www.rolemasterblog.com/crowd-sourced-adventure-weapons-and-goodies/
• Part 7 https://www.rolemasterblog.com/load-up-the-loot/

So I was thinking about this over the weekend and I was thinking about how human centric I am when it comes to ghosts.… Read the rest

It’s been quite a long time since I delved into my BASiL project and in the interim there has been several interesting threads over at the Forums that have made me reconsider (again) the scope and nature of spells in Rolemaster and FRPG’s in general.… Read the rest

Of all the features of HARP that stand out, it is the magic system that seems to get the most admiration.

There are some similarities with Rolemaster but a lot of differences.

Most obvious is that there are no realms. There are two suggested sources of magic in the core book although more are hinted at in College of Mogics.… Read the rest

the journey continues…

Greetings! It feels like it’s been some time since I’ve blogged and certainly since I’ve blogged consistently. Now that I have had a little break and refreshed my creative batteries I’m going to focus almost exclusively on adventure content and let the rules focus take a back seat.… Read the rest

So this is completely off topic and probably of little interest to Rolemaster players but…

I have been mucking around with my Playing Card powered wild west game. Well, this week I have released the public play test version. What I need is constructive criticism.… Read the rest

I am going to start with a summary, taken from the rules of the HARP combat sequence…

1 Make an attack roll. This is an open-ended percentile roll.
2 If the initial roll is within the fumble range for the weapon,
the attack stops and you roll on the fumble table.… Read the rest