Produktbeschreibung
The core rulebook of the best-selling Italian RPG of all time, with a unique setting merging history, mythology and the legends of Ancient Rome. An original "historical fantasy" setting with simple and well-crafted rules, by the designers of THE ONE RING and ZOMBICIDE RPG.
Enter the world of Lex Arcana and dive into the mysteries and dangers of ancient Rome.
The Roman Empire in which we live the adventures of the role-playing game Lex Arcana is a Rome that is very different from the one we studied in school.
OUR STORY BEGINS IN WHAT FOR US WOULD HAVE BEEN THE YEAR 476 CE
The year in which the Western Roman Empire fell. Counting the years from 753 BC, when Romulus conventionally founded his village, we’re in the year 1129 ab Urbe condita.
In Lex Arcana, though, the Empire never fell, never divided into Eastern and Western, and is far from declining. The timeline we know was changed in 212 CE, the year in which Caracalla granted Roman citizenship to the whole Empire. From that moment on, a new history has begun, a history essentially based on magic. In this alternate Rome there are magic forces at work that helped the Empire remain strong and stable. An attentive assimilation policy allowed the Empire to learn from every culture it came into contact with during the expansion, making the most of each peoples’ knowledge of magic.
Despite this, in 1129 aUc new hostile magical forces threaten the Empire. Emperor Theodomirus therefore promulgates the Lex Arcana, a law that establishes a unit of explorers of the supernatural, the Cohors Arcana.
From misty Britannia to the immense rivers of Babilonia, from the Egyptian deserts to the beautiful beaches of Italia, the adventures awaiting the Custodes are as numerous as the Empire the Cohors Arcana must defend is large. For the glory of Rome and the Empire without end! |
