Tell me about Rolemaster

[Aroka]

Also, photocopy relevant tables or type them up into a spreadsheet and print those, and put them in a binder with tabs. That way, you don't have to use 3 books and flip through half the book during play to find a table (the XP table, the movement action table, the combat tables, etc.).

Also, unless you're dead set on Rolemaster, can I ask what you're hoping to get from the system? We might be able to recommend a game that does it better. (For gritty Middle Earth action, the answer would be obvious: The Riddle of Steel... too bad it's very hard to find for sale. For cinematic ME action, it would be the Lord of the Rings RPG, but that one's out of print too.)

Edit: Also, character creation is complicated. It took me a while to get it, and my players never did it themselves. I enjoyed the complexity of it, though.