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However, the fact that one's opponents also fight using these same rules can make Rolemaster a very deadly game for both PCs and NPCs ; a lucky shot may let Joe-Bob the Ignorant Scullery Boy kill the Mighty Thargad, Orc Warmaster of the North, with a kitchen knife ; and Angar the Strong, 30th-level fighter in full plate with a wide array of combat skills, can die to a lucky kobold fighting with a broken bottle.