I remember Rolemaster used to be called Roll-master because of the amazingly dangerous rule system.
Astonia (plucking a name out of the air): *cough*
GM: Did your character just cough?
Astonia: Er, yep.
GM: Okay, you know what comes next...roll your percentile dice against the bodily malfunctions table.
Astonia: *rolls*
GM: What did you get?
Astonia: Shit, 99%. This is going to be bad isn\'t it?
GM: Oh yes. Roll again for an outcome...
Astonia: I got 37. What does that do?
GM: Your character coughed so stongly that her heart fell out of her mouth causing immediate death (unsurprisingly).
Astonia: Shit, we only started 3mins ago. Can I roll another character?
GM: Nope, rules is rules and I\'m a jobsworth.
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Now that is the kind of RPG I avoid
