Topic: RM Creatures -- Relase comments

[Arioch]

I don?t understand very well the Speed Chart in Creatures and Treasures 1, which comes reprinted in the Rolemaster Classic Creatures as the Speed Table, some great supplements!

If you read the second row of the table in C&T it says that all mods given below are "Defensive Bonus Modifications". In the paragraph above it is stated that MS Base is used to find out a creature's base DB, while the Charge/Lunge modifiers is used as a penalty to a creature's DB when the creature charge.
So a Blindingly Fast animal would have a base DB of 50 (in C&T description this is already calculated), would get a -20 modification to its DB when charging (because it cannot use his agility to evade blows) and a +25 bonus to its DB when concentrating on evadins its enemies blows.

[Marc R]

The rules for charging are laid out in RMC Arms law, and don't match the rm2 rule you reference.

Charge/lunge and flee/evade are DB modifications. . .the DBs listed already have creature quickness modifications built into them, but if the creature chooses to make either of those two actions, then modify their DB by the amount listed.