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Spell User's Companion
''Spell User's Companion'' is a 1991 role-playing supplement for ''Rolemaster'' published by Iron Crown Enterprises Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) is a publishing company that has produced role playing, board, miniature, and collectible card games since 1980. Many of ICE's better-known products were related to J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth, but the ''R .... Contents ''Spell User's Companion'' is a supplement in which the nature of magic and its minutiae is detailed. Reception Herb Petro reviewed ''Spell User's Companion'' in '' White Wolf'' #31 (May/June, 1992), rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that "there is a checklist ..of all the options in this product, allowing a GM to more easily summarize what he will and won't be using. I highly recommend this product to all ''RoleMaster'' players, many ''MERP'' players, and anyone interested in the development of the art of magic." Reviews *'' Backstab'' References {{reflist Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolemaster
''Rolemaster'' (originally ''Role Master'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game published by Iron Crown Enterprises in 1980. The game system has undergone several revisions and editions since then. Description ''Rolemaster'' is a fantasy role-playing game system that has been characterized as highly complex, with a large number of charts and tables to be consulted for every action. Character creation and development ''Rolemaster'' characters have ten attributes such as physical strength, memory, self-discipline, and agility with scores between 1 and 100. These scores can be determined either through a point-buy system or randomly. Each attribute is then used to relevant skill bonuses. Skills are purchased in Ranks; the more ranks a character has in a skill, the more able they are at actions covered by that skill. Task resolution When a player wishes to attempt an action, the player rolls percentile dice, applies relevant modifiers, and looks the result up on the appropri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Crown Enterprises
Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) is a publishing company that has produced role playing, board, miniature, and collectible card games since 1980. Many of ICE's better-known products were related to J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth, but the ''Rolemaster'' rules system, and its science-fiction equivalent, ''Space Master'', have been the foundation of ICE's business. History Early years and ''Rolemaster'' Pete Fenlon was running a six-year ''Dungeons & Dragons'' campaign set in Middle-earth while he was attending college in the late 1970s, when he started developing unique house rules with S. Coleman Charlton and Kurt Fischer (game designer), Kurt Fischer. When most of them graduated from the University of Virginia in 1980, they wanted to make a business out of their special game rules, so they founded Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE), named after a regalia from Middle-earth. Aside from Fenlon and Charlton, ICE originally included Rick Britton, Richard H. Britton, Terry K. Amthor, Bru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
