''Claw Law'' is a supplement published by

Iron Crown Enterprises Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) is a publishing company that has produced role playing, board, miniature, and collectible card games since 1980. Many of ICE's better-known products were related to J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth, but the ''R ...

in 1982 for the fantasy role-playing game ''

Rolemaster ''Rolemaster'' (originally ''Role Master'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game published by Iron Crown Enterprises in 1980. The game system has undergone several revisions and editions since then. Description ''Rolemaster'' is a fantasy ...

''.

''Claw Law'' is a supplement to ''

Arms Law ''Arms Law'' is a supplement published by Iron Crown Enterprises in 1980 for the fantasy role-playing game '' Rolemaster''. Contents ''Arms Law'' is a combat system initially designed for melee combat in fantasy role-playing games, utilizing onl ...

'' with 12 new tables for attack forms including bite, talon, and sting. Shannon Appelcline explains that "''Claw Law'' (1982) extended ''Rolemasters combat rules to beasts."

Reception

In the October 1982 edition of ''

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'' (No. 56), Richard Wolfe, Jr. was ambivalent about the book, saying, "If you own ''Arms Law'' and like it, this is for you. If you are pleased with the combat system you use now, or you don't like the idea of killer rabbits, you can live without it." In the August 1984 edition of ''

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'' (Issue #88), Arlen Walker criticized the lack of descriptions of the animals covered in ''Claw Law'', saying, "The animal descriptions have little if anything to do with animals. Calling them descriptions, in fact, is probably overstating the case dramatically... We are told nothing else about the animal, including what it looks like, where it can be found, and how it will behave if found."

References

{{reflist Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1982 Rolemaster supplements