On our Rolemaster board one of our forum members asks:
“Do Demons have souls and if not does absolution have any effect on them?”
How do you rule on the use of absolution on demons and how do you deal with angels and demons in your campaigns in general? Have your say and read other forum members’ thoughts on OUR FORUM.
Iron Crown Enterprises’ Newsletter – April 2014
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It has been a huge month here at ICE HQ. After a lot of thought and planning, we have now re-launched the Order of the Iron Crown. The Order is our way of rewarding fans and followers who help in the creation or promotion of ICE products across the globe.
If you want to join the Order of the Iron Crown or if you just want to find out more, you can do so on the Order of the Iron Crown webpage.
Catch up on what you’ve missed with this month’s Director’s Briefing.
ROLEMASTER
This month has seen the beta release of ERA for Rolemaster. ERA for Rolemaster is a brand new e-support package which allows you to create characters and manage adventures quickly and easily.
The beta test includes a limited number of races, professions and spells as well as a couple of attack and critical tables. To find out more about the new software and take part in the beta test, please visit the ERA for Rolemaster thread on our forum.
Don’t forget to revisit the forum once you have tested it and give us your thoughts.
HARP
AutoHARP 1.0.5 will soon be available from RPGNow. For those of you that have already purchased this brilliant e-support package, you will be informed of the update and have to implement it.
You can also give us your feedback on what you would like to see in future updates on the AutoHARP forum thread. If you haven’t already got AutoHARP, check it out HERE.
SETTINGS
Terry Amthor continues work on Emer II and a new adventure module for Shadow World. The adventure modules is now in its second draft and Nicholas (Director of Guild Companion Publications) is hoping to cast his eagle eye over it as soon as possible.
A huge thanks to all those who have bought and reviewed Shadow World: Emer III. The setting book has been brilliantly received and is STILL in the RPGNow top forty nearly three months after its release.
If you haven’t yet got your copy you can get Emer III in hardcover, softcover and pdf versions via RPGNow.
PARTNERS
The XP Tracker, another great piece of support software which helps speed up game play has now been updated to version 1.3 and is available now from itunes.
The new version includes: ios 5.1 – 7.x compatibility, the ability to export and import characters through iTunes on your computer, a help page with streaming tutorials and adjustable hit points and spell points on the main character page.
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The Order of the Iron Crown
JOIN THE ORDER OF THE IRON CROWN TODAY
The Order of the Iron Crown is made up of a select group of fans that have made it their mission to support the development of Iron Crown products and promote the play of Iron Crown products at game conventions and in game stores around the world.
To thank these most loyal and helpful fans, we offer them the ability to earn rewards for their efforts in helping us spread the gaming might and power of Iron Crown Enterprises.
There is a whole range of rewards on offer and we plan to keep adding things based on how Order members want to be rewarded. At the moment rewards include purchase discounts on ICE products, ICE branded merchandise and ICE branded clothing and apparel.
Find out more on the Order of the Iron Crown webpage.
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Happy tabletop day from Iron Crown Enterprises
Happy Tabletop day everyone – May the critical rolls be ever in your favor!
As it is tabletop day I thought I would create a blog post outlining each of our four core games, what makes them different and what makes them great. If you played some of our games in the past, what better time to try one of the others than tabletop day. If you haven’t tried any of our games before, why not have a look and see which takes your fancy. You won’t regret it.
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Rolemaster: A game where mighty warriors, dedicated clerics, infamous thieves and potent wizards are challenged to the limit by the deadliest enemies a Game Master can wield. Rolemaster provides advanced role players with martial and sorcerous combat, invigorated with gritty realism and the great risks and rewards that such players demand! Combat is deadly due to Iron Crown’s open-ended dice rolls which result in extraordinary triumphs and failures. Rolemaster is a role playing game of modular rules where GMs and players can create their version of the rules designed to fit their style of gaming and their fantasy world. |
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High Adventure Role Playing (HARP): Are your fantasy role-playing games epic in scope? Is gritty realism too mundane for your gaming? Are lots of subtle details an unneeded complexity in your games? If you answer “Yes” to any of these, then HARP fantasy is for you. HARP provides a complete set of core rules in a single book, with comprehensive yet swift, “high adventure” play, supported by mechanics such as fate points, a scalable spell system and story-driven character advancement. HARP includes the excitement of critical hits, the extraordinary results of open-ended dice rolls and the full flexibility of a skills-based system. |
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High Adventure Role Playing – Science Fiction (HARP-SF): HARP-SF is focused on swift gaming and clear core rules that don’t require the GM to construct a rule base – it’s ready to play now! Whether your game focuses on events on a single inhabited world in the near future or is a galaxy-spanning epic set millennia hence in the far future, HARP-SF has everything you need. HARP-SF retains all the simplicity and flexibility of the original HARP fantasy game while expanding its reach to a whole new universe of infinite possibilities that is particularly suited for grand settings, characters, battles, powers, and themes of the “space opera” genre of science fiction. |
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Spacemaster: Laser cannons, blasters, alien races, and interstellar war are the game fare of Spacemaster, which is fully compatible with the core rule concepts of Rolemaster. Spacemaster provides the science fiction role player with a realistic and technically detailed skills-based system and a plethora of character choices in terms of professions, species, talents and skills, making it extremely versatile and able to support any futuristic setting an expert Game Master can create. |
In summary, if you want a core set of rules that covers all the bases in a single book, and provides comprehensive but swifter, “high adventure” play, HARP and HARP SF are for you. If, however, you like detail, gritty realism and multiple rule options to craft your own flavour of play, Rolemaster or Spacemaster are the games for you.
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A heart warming tale of blood and guts
One of our forum members talks us through how the new Rolemaster Combat Minion has helped him introduce three newbies to Rolemaster. Read the full thread HERE.
I purchased the Pathfinder campaign Rise of the RuneLords and converted it to Rolemaster. I must say this has been some of the greatest fun my group has had. We are an older group that has been together for some 25+ years. This time we brought in three newbies to Rolemaster, but very experienced in other games.
We have a group of six people, Greater Orc Barbarian, Wolfen Paladin, Half Elf Warrior Monk, Half Elf Rogue, Gnome Magician and Goblin Nightblade. Right away the newbies try to bum rush some goblins, thinking “Hey they are goblins”. We warned them over and over to avoid combat and take it slow and easy.
They didn’t die, but had broken ribs, torn ligaments and blood, oh the blood. After the first combat they just looked at the rest of us and “Why the f*** didn’t you ever make us play this game before.”
We laughed and played into the night. The first session went from 430 PM until 2 AM.. Now we are some old timers and need our sleep, but we powered through. The new guys haven’t missed a session and religiously have come back for six straight weeks. We are all having a blast.
I must say that the one thing that made this possible is Combat minion. No way would we have been able to get through all that we have without it. It has made the play seamless and the action intense. I have time to play out the movement maneuvers and relate stories, tell tales and mess with the group.
No more herding them back to the plot because combat takes so long. Combat minion and the campaign along with Rolemaster, what a great relief from the winter blues. Minnesota was cold this winter, but warmed by the Fireballs and Krushing criticals.
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Director’s Briefing – April 2014
Welcome to the thirty-fourth Briefing and the fourth scheduled Briefing for 2014.
Encroachment in its last throes
The real-world battle has continued. The enemy sent in reinforcements -forty mock exam scripts, ten dissertation literature reviews, and eleven software project reports (where unlimited wordcount meant one of them was 100 pages long -definitely Super Large report). I am, however, still standing. The remaining lecture count is four still to write, with two already in outline form. So it’s now a matter of pressing home my advantage and finishing them – very like a role-playing battle where the final foes of an attacking horde need to be slain and everyone (GM included) wants it done and dusted so that player-characters can get their loot, get in their healing and the GM can get the plot moving again.
(Obviously there will be some future skirmishes when the marking for the summer turns up, but that should be manageable as I won’t be preparing lectures and teaching at the same time.)
Shadow World
Terry has been working on Emer 2 and on an adventure module – I have an initial draft of the latter to download for my first review. I have had an opportunity to do my own editorial review of the new “Shade” module draft from Brian Hanson – it is looking like it will become a great addition to the Shadow World line in due course – and this is now with Terry for his review.
Rolemaster
The RMSS/FRP dataset for the Rolemaster Combat Minion is now live. As some of the tables for RMSS/FRP are in books where we don’t have good build files, the initial set is essentially RMSS/FRP Arms Law but tables from the Armory, Martial Arts Companion, Fire & Ice, etc., will be added to this dataset. Keep an eye on the forums for progress and latest news.
The next software offering for Rolemaster will be the ERA package from Maximiliano Tabacman. This is a character creation, management and inventory program, among other features. It will be going into a public beta test around mid-April, so again watch the forums for the latest news and check out the links to video demos.
The unified RM team are currently shuttling the Arms Law & Character Law and Spell Law drafts around at a very rapid pace so that they can feed in comments and capture knock-on impacts of changes. Very heartening to see.
HARP and HARP SF (and spacemaster)
On HARP, some combat data regarding the new missile and thrown weapons has been discovered to be missing from the enhanced Martial Law. It transpires that this data was never in the original version either, so analysing the weapons to generate the data is now on my todo list.
Some people have already started OCRing old Spacemaster products in advance of me being ready to organise the process (in a way that will avoid duplication of effort yet ensure that we get them all). As soon as I can, I will be getting on top of this. (My commute is great for reviewing work (as long as the apps are happy with the document formatting), writing Briefings and actual rpg material, but not so great for responding to forum posts or emails -there are stretches of the journey where there just is no signal.)
Until next time
Back to the real-world as my train heads in to Ipswich station. The next scheduled Briefing will be in May.
Best wishes,
Nicholas
Director, Guild Companion Publications Ltd.
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Rolemaster Combat Minion (RMSS/FRP) – Out Now!
Rolemaster Combat Minion is the most recent addition to the Rolemaster family and you can now get the RMSS/RMFRP data sets for this brilliant e-support package from RPGNow for just $20. Rolemaster Combat Minion offers a simple & fast way to manage combat encounters.
Buy it now
“Minion” is a free web app to help GMs process and track combat encounters and stats/health/wounds. It streamlines the entire combat process, including initiative, combat calculations, attack and critical tables. It can be used on any desktop PC or tablet with a normal web browser.
This license unlocks the entire set of weapon and critical tables for the RMSS/RMFRP Rolemaster rules for use with the Rolemaster Combat Minion a free web app. You can evaluate the application for free by visiting the site before purchasing the tables from RPGNow.
Features include:
- your own database of PCs, NPCs and monsters (create/edit/clone)
- initiative sequence fully automated
- attack results calculated by the software with full table lookups
- all wounds applied, tracked and saved by the software
- encounter log showing the entire sequence of combat actions
- save & restore your database of PCs/NPCs/monsters
- create and install custom attack and critical tables
- compatible with all current versions of rolemaster
- Free web app includes 6 combat tables: Broadsword, Short Bow, Shock Bolt attack tables, and Slash, Puncture, Electricity crit tables
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Iron Crown Enterprises and Coscon XXVI
Recently ICE supported Coscon XXVI, a three day convention and expo in Butler, PA. By all accounts it was a complete success and the convention managed to raise over $3,000 for charity. A huge thanks to everyone who attended and to the tireless efforts those who put on the con.
Coscon donates to local charities throughout the year with the chosen charities for this event being the Butler Meals on Wheels and the Grace Lutheran Church (the church does community outreach) and there was also a bake sale for the No Kid Hungry charity. Over the years, with this Coscon included, COS has donated over $45,000 to charity in total and Iron Crown Enterprises are proud to help support it.
Message from the organiser: “Coscon went well all three days, with Saturday being the busiest day with games & the auction drawing. Our game conventions feature primarily RPG’s and miniature games, but also hosts a longstanding Vampire LARP. If anyone is in the area but missed the convention, we also hold a fall convention Sibcon (info below) that features the same kinds of events.”
SIBCON XIX 2014
September 19-21, 2014
Days Inn, Butler PA 16001
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Iron Crown Enterprises’ Newsletter – March 2014
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With the exception of a terrible day where I broke my glasses and ended up accidentally super gluing them to my face, March has been a good month. There has been a lot of work going on behind the scenes both in terms of preparing products for publication and improving our website and social media channels.
Catch up on what you’ve missed with this month’s Director’s Briefing.
ROLEMASTER
The RMSS data set for the brand new Rolemaster Combat Minion is now dangerously close to completion and will be available imminently.
If you haven’t got it already, the Rolemaster Classic data set is already available on RPGNow for just $20.
Rolemaster Combat Minion is a web application used by the GM to help track combat encounters. It speeds game-play considerably by performing all necessary dice rolls and table look-ups. It also handles all end-of-round upkeep, keeps track of all PC and NPC/creature wounds, and performs perception, move & maneuver and attunement rolls.
Still not convinced? Try out the application for free before buying.
HARP
Work on the HARP line continues. The results we got from last month’s questions about HARP SF and Spacemaster were very positive and Nicholas (Director of Guild Companion Publications) will be contacting people about taking part in this project as soon as his schedule allows.
SETTINGS
The new Shadow World setting book – Shadow World: Emer III has been doing amazingly well. A huge thanks to everyone who has bought and reviewed it. It is now a silver pick product, STILL in the RPGNow top twenty (nearly two months after its launch), and has had some GREAT reviews.
You can now get Emer III in hardcover and softcover versions via RPGNow’s print-on-demand service. You can even get a discount for buying a pdf and a print version at the same time.
If you have already got your copy of Emer III, please feel free to leave your review/feedback either on RPGNow or on the official ICE forums.
PARTNERS
We are always on the lookout for new ways of making ICE products available to everyone across the globe. Though it is early days at the moment, we are currently investigating an exciting opportunity to release products in Spain.
Watch this space.
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