Editing Rolemaster (section)

==Description==
[[Image:2D10.jpg|thumb|''Rolemaster'' uses two ten-sided dice]]
''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.<ref name=swan />

===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 appropriate chart to determine the result. 

===Combat===
An attacking combatant rolls percentile dice, adds their Offensive Bonus to the total, adds modifiers, and subtracts the defender's Defensive Bonus. The total is then applied to a table for the attacker's weapon. The attack total is cross-indexed with the type of armor (if any) worn by the defender and the result will be a number of concussion hits dealt, which are then subtracted from the defender's running total. If sufficient hits are dealt, the defender may become unconscious.

In addition to concussion hits, some dice rolls will result in a critical hit, which can vary in type and severity. The system of tables details what part of the body has been damaged, describing, as one reviewer noted, "various horrific wounds in graphic detail."<ref name=arcane />