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Games Workshop Group PLC (often abbreviated as GW) is a British manufacturer of miniature wargames,...
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Middle-Earth Role Playing (MERP) is a 1984 tabletop role-playing game based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit under license from Tolkien Enterprises.
Iron Crown Enterprises (I.C.E.) published the game until they lost the license on 22 September 1999.
The rules system of the game is a streamlined version of I.C.E.’s generic fantasy RPG, Rolemaster.
Characters have Attributes and Skills rated between 1 and 100 on a percentile die (d100) or two ten-sided dice (2d10). Skills can be modified to a rating above or below these limits (i.e. under 1 or over 100, with open-ended MERP options to add or subtract additional d100).
An attack roll consists of a percentile roll, to which the attacker’s skill rating and appropriate attribute rating are added and the defender’s dodge rating is subtracted.
The result is compared to the defender’s armor type and looked up on a table to determine success or failure. A separate critical table is used in the initial chart result called for it.
Spellcasters learn lists of ten spells as a unit. Each of the spells is based on a theme (e.g. healing spells).
Games Workshop Group PLC (often abbreviated as GW) is a British manufacturer of miniature wargames,...