Once more thank you for your responses.
And I thank you for the questions. Without people asking about things that are not clear, I would never know which features are obvious to use and which require improvements.
Q: Next to the line were you associate a weapon classification to a crit table, there is a box called modification, what is this used for?
A: This is for those weapons that use a certain table at a fixed modifier. Whatever number you put in the modification field, will be assigned as an item bonus to the combat skill of the character. Of course this can be manually edited later.
Warning: there is not "crit table" during this step. The field next to the category is for the Attack Table to use with the skill.
Since you are using RMC, the critical is determined only after an attack is made.
Q: Rolemaster manuals have weapon styles, but I could not find a pull down to select the weapon combat styles.
A: Weapon styles, as defined in the Combat Companion, are not available in the current public version of ERA due to the fact that it is no longer supported by ICE. You may have seen it in some of the tutorial videos, since I do have a version for my RMFRP group that uses them.
If you are referring to some other version of Weapon Styles (from Martial Arts Companion, or some other RM2 book) let me know how you handle it in your group by posting in the
ERA advanced customization thread and I will help you tweak the application as far as I can to accommodate for it.
If you would rather have native support for Combat Companion weapon styles, we would have to ask ICE about how to handle it, since it would require offering a large portion of a book that they no longer offer.
Q: When I associated each weapon class to a crit chart, there was no confirmation they system took the setting.
A: You need to click on the Plus icon next to the skill name in order to confirm it. Maybe
this moment in the tutorial video helps.
Q: In weapon crit tables, it appears to be incomplete, for instance its missing the "Longsword" critical chart
A: The longsword is not included in the RMC weapon tables. It is listed as using the Broadsword attack table, with some modifiers depending on the target's armor. The current version of ERA does not include a way to make this adjustments automatically, so it would be up to the GM to make them on every attack. You could create a file based on the Broadsword table. Please post in the advance customization thread if you would like a detail on how to do that.
Q: When watching the tutorial video, I noticed that the video had considerably more races and professions than what I have installed. Are there more ERA modules that would provide these?
A: The tutorial videos are mostly based on the version I use for my RMFRP group. It includes almost all RMFRP professions and Shadow World races. If there is enough interest, those configuration files could be offered for sale, but first I would need to create the ones that are still missing. For example, if no one has played an Outrider in my campaigns, then I most likely do not have that file prepared yet.
Q: The tutorial shows ERA with 5 sections, mine does not have No Manage Inventory section, also in the ERA I have the weapon display are different, and I have no adolescent screen, perhaps I downloaded the wrong ERA?
A: The only version of ERA available at RPGNow so far is for RMC. There is another thread with a first beta for RMFRP, which you are welcome to try. The other steps seen in the tutorials rely heavily on house rules that I use, so they are not yet available in the public version. Eventually I plan to release a version where the configuration files allow advanced users to choose whichever steps they like, even mixing RMC/RMFRP/RMU, but that lies in the future.
Warning: The inventory is not a part of the character creation. Is it accessible via the adventuring module. You need to click on the cog icon to the right of the adventure name ("Wading the Webs" by default) and then click on the Inventory button. I think it is not featured in any of the tutorial videos so far, but I could prepare one if it helps. Give it a try and let me know if it is straightforward enough to use.
