Rolemaster Unified: Core Law

For over four decades, Rolemaster has been the definitive fantasy role-playing game that combines realism and depth without sacrificing playability. Rolemaster Unified is the next evolution drawing upon the best elements of previous editions to create a streamlined and consistent game.

Rolemaster Unified: Core Law for FoundryVTT

Bring the full depth and gritty realism of Rolemaster Unified to your virtual tabletop. This official FoundryVTT system delivers the complete Core Law ruleset as its foundation, with optional expansion modules to extend your game with magic, creatures, and treasure.

• Rolemaster Core Law ruleset - faithful implementation of the rules for character creation, skills, combat, maneuvers and level advancement. Enjoy Rolemaster’s signature detail and gritty realism!
• Automation - skills, combat, maneuvers, criticals, fumbles and combat resolution
• Searchable journals – rules, charts, and tables for fast GM reference.
• Your adventure - create custom professions, cultures, races and more.
• Optional rules - includes support for optional rules in Game Settings.
• Compatible with many modules including: JB2A (free and Patreon), PSFX (free and Patreon), Argon - Combat HUD (RMU), RMU Complementary Skills Calculator, Visage, Polyglot and Dice so Nice.

Rolemaster Unified Shadow World Conversion Guide (FoundryVTT compendium included)

The world of Kulthea, or Shadow World, was developed continuously since the 1980’s, primarily by Terry Amthor, and has included support for multiple editions of Rolemaster. However, the available Shadow World materials do not include support for the more recently released Rolemaster Unified.

In this conversion guide, we offer guidance for converting between the various editions of Rolemaster , as well as for the particular features of Shadow World.

• Journals and Compendiums for conversion from older editions to RMU.
• Shadow World Races and Cultures.
• New Talents.
• Astrologer & Seer spellcasting professions
  • Starlore and Spell Lists are included in Spell Law for FoundryVTT

Rolemaster: Core Law

Rolemaster Core Law is the cornerstone of Rolemaster Unified and is is divided into three parts:

• Character Law: A wide range of character creation choices – 22 professions, 23 races, 10 cultures, and a comprehensive system of talents and flaws. A system of 10 temporary and potential stats determined by using both assigned and random elements. A skill development system that allows a character to improve their skill capabilities without absolute restrictions. Complete, consolidated and streamlined guidelines for resolving actions, magic and attacks.
• Arms Law: the highly acclaimed combat system. Complete rules for melee, ranged and spell combat, with new effective mechanics for battling large and small monsters. 39 attack tables for weapons, animal, monstrous and spell attacks. 15 critical strike tables – Acid, Cold, Electricity, Grapple, Heat, Holy, Impact, Krush, Puncture, Slash, Steam, Strikes, Subdual, Sweeps, and Unbalance – providing injuries with explicit effects and descriptions.
• Gamemaster Law: Helpful guidance on running the game with rules for healing, social skills, fear, and morale as well as environmental hazards, poisons and diseases. Rules and guidance on creating races, cultures and professions using the fully balanced mechanics employed across Rolemaster Unified.

Official Expansion Modules

Rolemaster Unified: Spell Law

• Complete Spell Law ruleset available in Journals.
• Thousands of Spells!

Rolemaster Unified: Treasure Law

• Complete Treasure Law ruleset available in Journals.
• Alchemy professions, spell lists, herbs and additional equipment and more!
• Create your own Magic Items

Rolemaster Unified: Creature Law I

• Complete Creature Law I ruleset available in Journals.
• Every Creature variant available from Creature Compendium and ready to use.
• Token Art preset file included for users of Forgotten Adventures tokens.