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Hi Strazz - yeah fair question. I think the way it is explained in Creatures & Treasures is that many animals (& by extension monsters) tend to be faster and more intricately built for combat & can therefore attack more than once in a round. It hasn’t come up in one of my games that I recall but likely if there was a monster that was wielding two weapons rather than a natural attack I’d likely apply the two weapon combo rules

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Nice one thanks Strazz! Yep we had fun recording this - shame the sound isn't great but hey. Three more in-person videos (1 Hero & 2 Twilight) to edit and then back to "normal service"/better audio quality of remote games 😀

Love it!! 😆

Hi Chris thanks for the kind comments - yeah its not great I know sorry. The good news it its only for x4 episodes for each of the two campaignes that we are playing and then we are back to playing online and much better sound quality. It is the second year that we have recorded our in person games and I had an issue with the mics this year and yes the sound isn't as good as the previous year. If we can encourage you to stick at it (or even fast forward through these episodes) our online games will start again soon. :)

Thanks :). He's fun to play but sometimes gets a bit frustrating!!! And much as in life, he's just got to roll with this luck....

Nice one Strazz thanks ☺️

Heya - yes, Holding Bands is a 4th level Mentalism spell from the Air Mastery list. :)

Any thoughts on this in person episode by the way @strazz? I think the sound is a bit ropey in places. Curious to get any thoughts or feedback 😊

@@GrahamStride Air Mastery list?, what sourcebook is that in, I'm not familiar with the list. As ever Graham you make this viewer just pause and listen, even if it was in the middle of a fight or just brewing a cuppa to hear those words you belt out! :)

@@ofhorrorsandheroes Yeah the sound was ropey and did make some of the interaction tricky to hear. Because there was less graphic display of the characters in play and the wonderful slides that normally go with the sounds it did take me out of the story and I lost some of the continuity of it. Also the length was quite long for me and I watched it in stages, I skipped the quiz as a whole at the end. What little I sampled of the quiz seemed to be more for the benefit of the players as they recalled past event of their character(s) and what other players recalled from past times. As an event, it was nice to see more of the players in person, as well as their interaction with one another and their GM. It did bring home some realization that now that players are scattered across the land or globe, the classic notions of playing round a table with lots of combat tables, dice, figures and scenery have likely done its day in most cases (Unless the group are local to one another). I do have to add I believe the adventure being played has been played out before by another group I was watching sporadically (It was recorded a few years back). I recalled a session I watched (I stopped watching as I realized some of the names were still the same as played here and I clicked to what the adventure's name was. Also it reminded me about one thing, it is definitely more deadly in a rolemaster adventure than it is in a DnD one. The lead up encounters before you get into the meat of the adventure can really suck the enthusiasm out of a party as they soldier on and perhaps its because the healing is harder from the combat effects (Crits) that party's endure. To be fair the group is as much about socializing, with strong characterization as well as playing while tactical roles do take a lower priority. But every so often the group does display moments of deadliness to their foes which they overwhelm quickly when they pull together and support one another. If I had some advice for the players, follow the combat and listen to the GM. When an attack has no effect on the target and a magic item does change your attack to a magic weapon or spell because if your character can see what happening with other characters attacking then they know when non-magic doesn't work. Also was Demos there ?, if so if his spear was magical could attack from a second rank with minimal chance of being hit due to reach. There's more but I can imagine Chris saying shut-up at this point lol. Happy gaming folks!

@@GrahamStride Closest I've come to this spell list is in RMFRP Fire & Ice Elemental Companion Pg 27 Spell List - Air Control. 4th Lvl Spell Force Binding. It looks like a Base Attack Spell, so that means a resistance roll for the target to resist the effect of the spell. In general my opinion would be it follows the usual procedure of these spells (Like Sleep V) if they make the resistance roll the spell fails and the target doesn't roll again. Another thing it mentions is for every 5 levels of the caster you can attack a man sized target , so Niathanel could take on 2 man sized target within range. But duration is 1rd/lvl with Caster concentration(Interesting would that mean 90% or 75% activity for the caster). All other effects of the spell still apply.

Thanks again for your kind words Dud1m0us 😊 Yep I remember having fun coming up with that wee side mission. We got together in person recently which was fun! So much better playing in person. Happy gaming to you & delighted you are enjoying the story/stories 😊👍🏻

Good question Strazz - we use the optional rule in RM Companion I p.7 in terms of prep for spells (same as MERP).

I'd also add that when facing multiple opponents, the character does need to split and direct any "parry" between them, though not necessarily equally.

I can answer some of this as I asked the same question. This group include 95 as part of their open ended roll for attacks. Its not unusual for groups to develop their own take on the rolemaster rules, especially if you consider all the options that have come along that a group could use and also what version of rolemaster they play from, MERP, Rolemaster 2, RMSS, RMFRP, Harp to RMU. Yeah parrys an interesting one as it says you can parry one or multiple attack depending on OB a character has, ability for a particular profession feature(Monk comes to mind) or just a plain house rule. And as for shield, I recall reading in Arms Law a shield can block a opponent attack(s) . I guess you could ask 2 questions, if a main gauche (+15DB vs melee) is not used to attack and get the DB, if also parrying with it as well is the parry for one attack ? and any other attack to it is just the main gauche DB?

@@Strazz1313 If the biggest issue, well, in most rpg's, is that of the use (and effectiveness) of things suach as off-hand weapons and shields (in particular). From my experience, I'd say the shield is both a static asset to the player, provding cover (regardless of the skill of the wielder), and becomes an active asset in the hands of a skilled user. Using a main-guache is somewhat different, so I'd say it's use is more "active" than passive, thus giving a bonus to DB only when OB is dedicated to parry.

Yep this is correct as far as I am concerned too. The character parrying suffers a 10% penalty in action (spilt focus) as a result. Two is the max that a character can parry in a round. Pretty sure this is RM RAW though I may be wrong.

thanks @Strazz for stepping in and yep exactly as you say RE the 95+ for open ended. It was just a house rule we started playing from the 1980s which has stuck. 01 - 05 for an Low Open Ended/fumble/failure and 95 - 100 for an High Open Ended. Just a quirk of our games. Yeah the parry question is an interesting one and yes you are right @GrinnenBaeritt (still an excellent user name IMHO) about the whole: “Rolemaster's combat is based, more or less, on the principle that a character's activity is spread throughout the round, with any rolls being the net result of a period of time within which, conceivably several actions are performed, not just one. What this means is that the result of a "Strike" is actually the sum of several attacks. This makes sense to me... as the combat, is by necessity, an abstract” I hadn’t actually thought about applying this to parry, but yes, on reflection I guess that does make sense right? If you are attacking its in abstract and yes your point makes sense it should be the same with parry. Hence in the combat in question Severin should have been able to parry both the main sword attack and the left hand attack. Thanks - I’ll adjust our rules and tell the players. As to the shield’s DB I’m pretty sure I have read someone in the RM rules (ie RM RAW) that a shield in combat can only be used against one foe in a round (can also be used for missile parry too by sacrificing OB). I guess in my head it has always been that, yes while a shield’s DB is not simply going to vanish after one attack rather than the person using the shield in melee against a melee opponent, the shield user is actively trying to block a blow to them with the shield. Should a second foe attack sure the shield is still there but the shield’s user has spent all of their time/round blocking someone else and the second foe can attack around/over/past the shield. Ie the shields user has devoted their action to actively block one attack and a second or third attack might well get past the shield. Potentially an argument could be made for a partial DB from the shield “just being there/being passive” but I think that starts to get messy. That is the way it works in my head and my games anyway.

Yep that table is gonna ruin your day. I think it actually IS the most deadly table from memory.

I must say that Etienne’s soliloquy was brilliant. Overall, the roleplaying was very enjoyable. 😊

@@valenciajones7742awwww thanks! We had a great in person game the weekend just been. It might be a few days till the 1st of those 4 videos are up! A LOT of editing!

Yep & aided by some GREAT rolling from the NPC guides always helps too right? 😊 It’s our Hero in person game this coming weekend in AKL which we are all excited for. Will likely be a few days till the x4 videos from these two days come out BTW Stay tuned.

@@ofhorrorsandheroesIt’s going to be epic!! I’m excited for the in-person dynamic.

Sure 🙂. My two in Twilight. Severin: resident tank, sees his role as leading from the front - ie: first line in combat, taking the lead in negotiations, concerned about strategy and urges the party to work closer together in fighting as a unit. Principled, and all about the mission. But likes the sound of his own voice and can be overbearing. Taenya: a sneak with outdoor skills, acts as scout. In combat, best with range weapon, so can take out foe ahead of melee, but will step into the fray when things get tight. Rather blunt and often spiky, so best kept out of communications. Morally fluid, so can take on tasks others may not stomach.

Jaeda's role is to stay alive long enough to heal people (when they remind her to do so) and she likes to come up with ideas but is still learning the game mechanics to be able to carry them out. She's paranoid and extremely shy and occasionally she feels her role is convert the others to her religion. She has a very dark sense of humour which must be constantly held in check to avoid offending others.

@@GrahamStride I agree Severin comes across as tactically experienced, not sure about the spikey but I'd have thought plain spoken and pragmatic in outlook. And that OB with the sword is something to be feared! Taenya does seem to say little but maybe more a actions speaks louder than words sorta character - Thanks for the insight.

@@StaraTrifonova Tactically made some very insightful decisions during combat I noticed. Can't wait to see the dark humour and enjoyed some of the character play!

Great question thanks @Strazz and nice one RE the answers from Graham and Stara below. Perhaps the other players may add their thoughts in due course too.

Dammit! Yes thanks @Strazz1313. I knew when that combat was happening that I had missed something about how the characters were running in and out of the doorway to attack ... and that was it! The disengaging from melee maneuver you rightly point out. Thanks for the catch! Playing Episode 150 for Twilight tomorrow (Sun 13 Oct) so lets see how the confrontation with the big critter goes!

Yep Rolemaster is an old crunchy game from the 1980s & as with games of that vintage game designers, without access to the internet etc, were a bit looser with terminology. Both a broadsword & a longsword in RM are considered one handed weapons as a result A “two handed sword” in the game is just that & a bastard sword can be used one or two handed RM is a vicious deadly game & a shield is often a very good idea!

@@ofhorrorsandheroes I've been playing since the late 70's. So mostly Twilight 2000, early D&D verzions, paranoia, runequest, Call of Cthulhu,and others. I only have MERP and the Standard rules physically. Got others digitally, but barely played them because of others not interested.

@@ofhorrorsandheroes I can see what you mean by loose definition with the sword types.

All great games for sure! Hope you get to have a go with the ICE stuff assuming you can find interested players!

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😆 Yeah either way that is gonna ruin your day!! Excuse my ignorance but what does ESIV mean? Hope you are enjoying the story 😊

@@ofhorrorsandheroes It's short for Elderscrolls (iv 4 is Oblivion).

Aha! Got it thanks

Oopps! Actually Arrow to the Knee Is from ESV Skyrim. .

Fantastic Dudm0us! Great to have you as a regular viewer & thanks for your kind words 😊 Yep I think the TTS graphics work pretty well and totally agree about the team. They are a great bunch. The Hero team & I are getting together for our annual in person weekend (19/20 Oct) & the Twilight team are doing the same two weekends after that! Hope you enjoy the videos with the players faces behind them 👍🏻😊

Nice one - do you still play much MERP?

@@ofhorrorsandheroes tbh, i've never tired it! i am in a classic traveller, a swords and wizardry and a twilight 2000 campaign right now

Nice one @Strazz1313! Great suggestions thanks. Hopefully Aidan's mic is better for the next session, Wed 16 Oct - just before our weekend session by the way.

Great thanks for the heads up. What did you think of the video?

@@ofhorrorsandheroes good demonstration

Yep it was a pretty good session for the team .... till it wasn't! Being up high though can make you an obvious and clear target .... Lets see what happens! Next game Wed 2 Oct NZT 😊

Super thanks for this too - I think the main issue was what to do, as happened in this game when there was an "over kill" over the top result role (ie open ended?) Maybe there simply are no open ended rolls for Area attacks??

​@@ofhorrorsandheroes Interesting point, found this in Spell Law under 8.1 or 8.14 depending on what version you're looking up. Its listed under Unmodified rolls. 8.14 Unmodified Rolls (UM) Certain results on some rolls indicate an immediate effect and no modifications are considered. These rolls are marked on the appropriate charts with a UM. For example, all spell attack rolls of 01-02 indicate immediate spell failure, regardless of target, caster, or any other considerations. This implies for UM rolls, any DB mods (Elemental Attack Roll Modifications Table) are not considered as long as there's a line of sight to target for the spell to go to, to explode at the target point. In fact the whole of Section 8 of Spell Law is an interesting read. Here's a snapshot of stuff relevant to what you may have been wanting to know about: 8.4132 Shields A shield which faces the caster gives the target a bonus indicated on table 10.3 (this DOES NOT apply to area spells such as fireballs or coldballs). +++++ I find this interesting if the center of the ball is before the shield (Such as the Wall Shield). 8.4133 Cover and Position At times, the target may be in an advantageous position (e.g. partially behind a tree) and this should be reflected in a subtraction from the EAR (to be determined by the Gamemaster). Note that, at times, the defender's position may be so advantageous that he cannot be affected by the attack (use common sense). 8.4134 Items and Spells See 8.4126. 8.414 Area Spells Certain elemental attack spells are area spells (fireball, coldball). These spells attack all targets in their radius. Normal modifications (8.412, 8.413) do not apply. Modifications that DO effect area EAR's are: + 5 for no helm - 5 for a full helm (with face covering) + 20 for the target at the center point of the spell and the quickness bonus modified for armor OR 0 to - 60 for cover (not both). These modifications are summarized in 10.93. A Gamemaster may require only one roll to be applied to all targets or individual rolls, whichever he deems appropriate for the given situation (but only the first of these could result in spell failure; a roll that would normally result in spell failure that is subsequently encountered is treated as a "no effect" result, without prejudice to any previous or subsequent rolls that the Gamemaster might require to resolve this spell). Saw some of the cheat sheets your group have, some of the above was there too. And handy to have.

Great minds think alike huh? ;)

Awwwwwww ... thanks. This one was one I found and modified on Steam. It was originally a river in a forest and I turned it into a swamp.

Nice one thanks Strazz - some great suggestions. BTW I dropped you a follow up line in Discord :)

Nice one Valencia and yep the team had the dice god's favour for that session! A Chakhram?? Hmmmmm ... to be honest I haven't thought about it. I'm sure there are stats for it somewhere in RM. Yeah I guess it would be as good as any ... though two things: once you throw it, it could be gone and secondly the humble sling allows you to fire and reload in one round! Also slings are portable, concealable and your ammo can be pretty easy to find (a rock). Just a thought there ... for sure a pure spell user is wise to keep their distance in a fight!

@@ofhorrorsandheroes Thank u!! Excellent advice abt the chakhram; i’ll think abt it a bit more. 🤔

Thanks Valenica - I quite like how the two maps turned out (noting built on others original maps) ... as to the grossness ... yep it was a bit yuck for sure. Suspect that more of that (and worst?) will be coming as they head into the Green Fester of the Ala-Meng ... Twilight game tonight 🙂

@@ofhorrorsandheroes I cannot wait for Twilight!! I’m addicted!!😺

Listening to ur group makes me excited to experience Rolemaster as a player.

Excellent thanks Valencia! What did you think of the episode? I think it was just all a bit easy RE their fight with the spiders …. Too easy??? 😈☺️

That is so kind. If you are still searching for a group to play with I’d be happy to put out a public service announcement saying that we have a viewer who is super keen to play & is looking for a group? Lemmie know 😊

Nice one thansk @Strazz1313 🙂

We use Discord for communication, Tabletop Simulator for the maps and Rolemaster Combat Minion for combat. Dunno if you know the software but if you haven't seen it its worth checking out. The following is a link to a video overview I did for it - super handy ua-cam.com/video/a7cYZyhO1J4/v-deo.htmlsi=3F6STZvPNiWmDAwJ Tabletop Audio and Ambient Mixer for sound. Oh and Kenku Audio to pipe the audio effects into Discord - its free and works pretty well I think. Lastly Xnview (also free) to share images in full screen. Hope that helps? 😃

Likely lesser ghouls because of the resistance roll.

Excellent! Glad you you enjoyed ... next session starting in 30 mins ... lets see what happens :)

@Strazz1313 I can neither confirm nor deny (but yes) (grin)

Learnt something new, I hadn't realized from this video, shields are effective only against one attack / rd. I stand corrected, I misread it. It said - "A shield bonus may only be used against one opponent's attack(s) per round.

Nice one RE the the shield rule - yep I saw that relatively recently (in Rolemaster Classic I think) and it seems to make sense right?

House rule dating back to 1980 something or other ... 01 - 05 are open ended low and 95 - 100 are open ended high. Dunno why but its something I have been playing for 40 or so years and its stuck. Will follow up on your question about listening to our game live in a tick

Nice one! Also see my other message RE timings if you wanted to sit in on one of our games for a listen sometime :)

@@ofhorrorsandheroesI can sit in for an hour or so Saturday, the 7th. 😊 By the way, I hate spiders. (Cringe) Have u heard of an Arcist? If so, what is the difference between an Arcist and an Archmage?

Super - we look forward to chatting to you our Sunday/your Saturday Can you please either drop me a line via email so I can share an invite to our Discord server privately or let me know your Discord handle and I’ll invite you 😊

Yep have heard of an artist but don’t really know what the difference is between them and an archmage sorry. I’ve never had anyone play either in my games

@@ofhorrorsandheroes Arch Mage - Source RMC1. Are old magic, played one before. They have all 3 realms as their realms, Chaneling, Essence and Mentalism. I enjoyed it. Arcist is a variant of the Arch Mage - Source RMC4. The breakdown of the Arcist explains the difference between the two. Interesting to note the party didn't try Firebolt to clear an escape path back out once the spiders started closing, especially once they realized while fire was effective against the web but not necessarily highly combustible. Then again the heighten sense of danger can do that to a group. I'd also be interested to listen to sessions live as well as I'm in the same time zone, if that's possible.

Thanks Sfefane. Hope your Tabletop Simulator is coming on well 😊

Nice one thanks Tomde! 😊👍🏻

Hey Valencia - thanks for your note. Taenya is not squeamish at taking the life of a foe. To her rationing, both soldiers were in the pay of the TPP, an organisation that tortured her father to death, murdered her godmother, and has designs on destroying much of civilization. She and her companions are also known targets of the TPP, so in her head it’s also a case of kill or be killed. But, yes, the act could certainly be seen as unnecessary and callous. I’ll try having a word with her… :)

@@GrahamStride Thank u for the insight!! Her decision makes more sense now. I have to agree with her because it is better to err on the side of caution.

Hi Valencia - yep indeed Jaeda is a Lay Healer (despite being quite religious & could have chosen to be a religious Healer, in terms of profession) 😊

@@ofhorrorsandheroes if she chose religious healer, wouldn’t she take on the wounds from the person she was healing? If this is the case, she could be incapacitated for days, right?

Hai, by the way!! 😺 I was too excited to reply. ☹️

😊 Fair to say they don’t all stay pretty … check out what happens to Karios in a few more episodes! Hope you are enjoying the story Badger557 👍🏻

(grin) ... yeah the Hero party is going to be spending a LOT more time in a swamp! Sure thing about the reading material and pleased you found it interesting. RE the "Blueskins"certainly some of them were evil though some aren't. Nicholas from the Twilight game is a (semi) Blueskin. His people are "domesticated"/living under Thraycian rule but originally his people were the same blue tattooed tribespeople that are mentioned in the anicent lore. You can read more about Moon Mages in Rolemaster Compaion 3 p.12 and Elemental Healer in Elemental Companion p.19. Both are pretty hard to find hard copies of but you can find .pdfs of them around I beleive. Out of interest where did you see those professions mentioned in my material? Or did you seem them elsewhere? If you are interested see the two links below - a couple wee projects of mine to pop all the RM professions in one place and the same with the RM spell lists. Lastly in this world elves actually aren't imortal living to between ~600 - 700 years. Half elves have a life span of about half that. Hope that is all is useful and delighted you are enjoing the game and lore etc. Twilight game this evening! drive.google.com/file/d/1_cnzbvYM4aZdnVowRIkFW9dDbDvsKPKJ/view?usp=sharing drive.google.com/file/d/1kUOw6FeK2E8KV7P2GBhzArefIoNkNGVi/view?usp=sharing

@@ofhorrorsandheroes Quite useful!! Thank u again!!😊 I ran across the Moon Mage and Elemental Healer when I was looking at the spell lists for the characters in the campaign actually. I wasn’t sure what magic realms they were tapping into so i research. (I am nosy that way.) I had no idea Nicholas was connected to the Blue Skins. I guess that’s why he could understand their language…🤔

Since I plan to join a campaign, I have been on the lookout for possible professions.

Nice one. Hopefully you find those two documents of use to help with your thinking. RM is such a great game but its spread over so many books and these two .pdfs are my attempt to put all the options for professions and spell lists in one place

Also too I'd always be very happy to connect up and have a chat over Discord if you still had any questions or wanted to bonce any ideas off me in terms of deciding what character to play. I dunno how timezones would work based on where you are but I can make either evenings or mornings work with a bit of notice during the week and can chat on weekends. Have a think and let me know :)

Thanks @valenciajones7742 😄 We pick up the story in 6.5 hours time this evening! Lets see what happens ... It will be interesting to see how they go in their little wander in the jungles of the Green Fester! Hey just a thought, if you (or any other viewers for that matter) would be interested in some of the lore documents I provide to the players I'd be very happy to provide them if you fancy a read. Ditto too (with the players permission) if you ever wanted to get a copy of some of the character sheets too ...?? Perhaps of interest for more of a "peak behind the scenes" ... or perhaps not?

I’d LOVE a good read!!😺 I’m so invested in the campaigns and mechanics. Thank u so much!! 🤩

The Twilight party already used the teleport stone, right?

@@valenciajones7742 Sure thing (though I dunno how good this read will be ... grin). Have a look at the following link, which I will I now include in the description of all videos from now on too. Would love any feedback or further thoughts too 😄 drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RwvU8J3U52_yBFIYyUcVi1Kc4xNQxc3P?usp=sharing

@@valenciajones7742 yep both parties have now used them. Twilight used for the first time to travel from Osot to Ras Garret. Hero used them to to travel to Hathor and then on to Kel-ty-Mon and back again to heal Karios

Yep he did @valenciajones7742!! But quite honestly no fiddling of the results/story by me (tho maybe a bit generous in terms of the thugs not spotting him after he teleported). It was close ... very, very close! (phew!)

Excellent! Totally delighted that you are getting value out of these! Great stuff (and plese do tell your friends!). 😃 As to Tarquin he is playing a Sleuth and only has Destractions to 5th level unfortunately (A pick). He has got Self Healing to Level 10 (A Pick first & then C pick). 😃 BTW I didn't fudge anything as the GM in this session! ... That was all totally the players idea and a LOT of luck! Well maybe went a little bit easy on him RE not being spotted by the thugs but otherwise the player just managed to fluke it all. Who would have thought that the Stillness spell could be so useful huh?

@@ofhorrorsandheroes Interesting a Sleuth, never seen them in action before. Just had a quick read up on them. Arms and Channeling? Yeah the Nightblade base lists did throw me lol. Never doubted your even handedness in-game, its a feature of your play style which I enjoy.

(grin) ... lets see what happens next time!

Yep so that came as a shock to myself and the Tarquin's player for sure! BUT ... Tarquin's player has been doing a bit more reading about Tarquin's spells and thinks he has a plan! Tune in next episdoe which we are playing and recording this Sun 11 Aug 😃 Thanks as always for your kind support Valenica.

Very, very good call about visiting the temple on New Years Day! I'm going to be interested to see when (if) Karios gets around to going ... and what may happen if she doesn't :)

@@ofhorrorsandheroes I hope that she doesn’t forget rntirely. So much was going on and she was a little down abt her diminished physical capabilities.

@@valenciajones7742 Yep here Valencia 🤞Next Hero game is tomorrow at 10am (Sun 11 Aug) in Auckland so lets see .... Check out what happened to Tarquin too by the way! I didn't fudge anything as the GM ... that was all totally the players idea and a LOT of luck! 🍀

Thanks @strazz1313 good idea. 😊Because Rolemaster is such a lethal game each character gets x3 life levels/death saves, assuming, at least till now, that there was some kind of plausible way in the story that they could survive. This session with Tarquin has given me pause for thought on how to handle character deaths. One thing to note though … Tarquin isn’t actually dead but rather “just” paralysed! Watch this space! I’ve seen fate points work quite well in other games so something to think on. Thank you ☺️

He was looking for gear to get into the temple of Hera for a good old poke around.....

Tune into the next episode to see what happens ..

Yeah …. some totally rubbish luck there for Tarquin! What is gonna happen next?? 🤔

Hello @GrinnenBaeritt - thanks for these generous comments! They quite made my day! Really pleased that you like what you have seen of us (don’t forget to check the other story too, the Ain't no place for no Hero game. Always good to hear from a fellow RM fan and yep we play all the M/M and static action rules (homebrewed to a certain degree, as everyone does, as you say). While we mainly play RM Classic/RM 2nd Edition I do think the way that RMSS handled skills with categories as well as induvial skills was quite a good way to go and I’m thinking to do something similar with our games. In due course at least. We did used to do the 3-part initiative/action system (declare actions, roll initiative and then resolve actions) but found that the declare and rolling initative slowed things up a tad. As I used Rolemaster Combat Minion which can automatically roll initiative for everyone we just jump straight to the actions. If you don’t know Combat Minion it may be worth you checking it out … its has dramatically sped up our games Havea look at the following for more info ua-cam.com/video/a7cYZyhO1J4/v-deo.htmlsi=ru8b3FLo5-Q55XCH Again, thanks for the kind words and enthusiasm and please if you haven’t subscribed we would love you to do so. Also maybe share with your RMSS group who may enjoy it? Hope you don’t mind the shameless self-promotion. Any other feedback would be most welcome and happy gaming to you and yours.

@@ofhorrorsandheroes Re: 3 part initiative system. Yes, it does incur quite some planning to make it work smoothly. and is probably easier done "face-to-face" rather than online. It actually makes a second "game" of sorts, and can be quite fun and suspenseful, and realistic... especially since ALL the actions are meant to represntive of a 10 second period of time. It's been awhile since I've Gm'ed RM at all, (about 5-6 years now), but I created some cards with actions (like Movement, Melee, Missile, spell etc) and Pace cards. These I put in "Card protectors". Each player had a copy of them for their characters to use, and I'd several different sets for the various opponents. There would be three areas in front of me (snap, normal, and deliberate). Once the encounter got to a point where an initiative would be required, I'd generally lay my cards down on snap phase first (face down) , then the players would do the same...then repeat for normal, then deliberate.... then everybody rolls for initiative. I'd order the cards, still face down, then we'd resolve the actions in turn. If someone wanted to change an action card, they could, but resolving a different action (rather than just doing nothing) would incur a -20 penalty. Once I'd laid my inital card/s on snap, I gave the players 30 seconds to decide/discuss what they wanted to do before laying theirs in each phase, thus it'd be quite frantic, failing to do so simply meant they didn't act, and after the Snap phase meant they were just parrying/or dodging.

Nice one! As you say almost a mini game within a the game! For sure easier to do face to face as opposed to how we play (with different players in different cities & countries) Thanks for the subscription 😊 and would have to get any further feedback as the games progress 👍🏻

Sure thing! The VTT is Tabletop Simulator by the way. Hope you enjoy the rest of the story ... and please tell your friends if you think they could be interested! :)

I haven't messed with TTS in at least a year. I found the interface so much better with R20, but R20s map functionality can't match this. This is beautiful

What is the rest of your platform if I'm not asking trade secrets

@@dud1m0us Awwwwww .... thanks for the kind words. Pleased you like it. I think that TTS works really well and the 3D element really adds to the game. Really kind of you to comment thanks 😃

@@dud1m0us No not at all RE trade secrets! We use Discord for communication, TTS for the maps as mentioned above and Rolemaster Combat Minion for combat. Dunno if you know the software but if you haven't seen it its worth checking out. The following is a link to a video overview I did for it - super handy ua-cam.com/video/a7cYZyhO1J4/v-deo.htmlsi=3F6STZvPNiWmDAwJ Oh and Kenku Audio to pipe the audio effects into Discord - its free and works pretty well I think. Lastly Xnview (also free) to share images in full screen. Hope that helps? 😃

Sure thing. Now done 😊 I’d always thought that having the newest episode first made sense but several others have made the same request. Any other thoughts or feedback on our stories? 😊

@@ofhorrorsandheroes Thank you. If anything leaps to mind, I will be happy to leave a comment.

Super thank you & enjoy the story 😊