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Core Ru leb o o k

AN EMPIRE

WITHOUT END

Leonardo Colovini, Dario De Toffoli, Marco Maggi, and Francesco Nepitello

Corebook Design and Development, second edition:

Marco Maggi and Francesco Nepitello,

with advice of Leo Colovini

Additional design and supervision:

Michele Garbuggio

Adventures by:

Giacomo Marchi

Historical consulting:

Francesca Garello

Editing:

Paul Baldowski, Kevin Chapman, and Michele Garbuggio

Creative Direction:

Andrea Angiolino

Project Manager:

Valerio Ferzi

ARTWORKS

Artistic Direction:

Valeria De Caterini

Cover artist:

Antonio De Luca

Cartographer:

Francesco Mattioli

Character Sheet:

Fabio Porfidia

Illustrations:

Antonio De Luca, Alberto Besi, Alessandro Paviolo, Andrea Montalto, Daniele Solinene,

Federica Costantini, Mattia Rangoni, Mauro Alocci, Michele Esposito, Mirko Failoni, Fabio Porfidia,

Giorgio Donato, Andrea Piparo, Michele Parisi, Roman Kuteynikov, Daniel Comerci, Gianluca Rolli,

and Angelica Donarini

Layout:

Simone Peruzzi, Matteo Ceresa

Mistype hunters:

Kevin Chapman, Simone Maurilli, Bernd Mayer, Ty Larson, João Talassa,

and Michele Garbuggio

Special thanks to:

Giovanni Caron, Gregory Alegi, Livia Alegi, Nicola DeGobbis, Sergio d’Innocenzo,

Paolo Fedeli, Mauro Longo, Alessandro Marmorini, Marco Munari, and Matteo Pedroni

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www.facebook.com/groups/LexArcanaFan

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Printed in Lituania

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Prelude:

The Emperor’s Speech ......................................................................... 6

PART IV: CHARACTER CREATION

Custos Creation Summary ........................................................ 30

PART I: INTRODUCTION

Prologue ......................................................................................... 10

Where to start ........................................................................... 10

What is a role-playing game? ..................................................... 10

Adventures in the ancient world ..................................................... 10

476 CE: Our World .................................................................. 11

1229 Ab Urbe Condita: An Alternate World ............................. 11

Example of play .......................................................................... 11

Part 1:Using the Worksheet ............................................................ 30

Step 1:Determine Basic Virtutes ................................................ 30

Male and female Custodes ........................................................... 30

Step 2:Choose Province ............................................................. 31

Offices and Virtutes .................................................................... 31

Languages known by Custodes ..................................................... 31

Provinces .................................................................................... 32

Peritia Modifiers......................................................................... 32

Step 3:Determine Peritiae .......................................................... 33

Step 4: Determine Age and Final Virtutes ................................. 35

Step 5: Compile the Character’s Sheet ....................................... 35

Part 2: Using the Character sheet ................................................... 35

Step 1: Choose Background Specialties...................................... 35

Age Modifiers ............................................................................. 35

Step 2: Choose Office................................................................ 36

Combat Talents ......................................................................... 36

Cursus and Peritiae..................................................................... 37

Divine protection ...................................................................... 38

Step 3:Tirocinium ..................................................................... 39

Step 4: Calculate Hit Points and Pietas ...................................... 39

PART II: THE CUSTODES

The Cohors Auxiliaria Arcana ........................................................ 14

The Contubernium ................................................................... 14

Character Sheet .............................................................................. 14

Personal Data ............................................................................ 14

Specialties................................................................................... 15

Creating new Specialties .............................................................. 16

Hit Points and Pietas ................................................................. 17

Experience................................................................................. 17

Equipment ................................................................................ 17

Getting Started ............................................................................... 19

Sample character: Gaius Valerius ................................................. 19

PART III: HOW TO PLAY

Dice ............................................................................................... 22

Die Rolls ........................................................................................ 22

The Fate Roll ............................................................................ 22

Dice Points ..................................................................................... 22

Using Specialties........................................................................ 23

Choosing a Dice Combination ..................................................... 23

Specialties Descriptions ................................................................ 24

Action Resolution........................................................................... 26

I. Choosing the appropriate attribute ......................................... 26

II.Determining the Difficulty Threshold (DT) .......................... 26

III.Making the roll .................................................................... 27

Opposed Actions ............................................................................ 27

Degree of Success ........................................................................... 27

Difficulty Levels and Thresholds................................................... 27

Degrees of success ......................................................................... 27

Step 5: AssignExperience Multipliers ......................................... 39

Office Modifiers.......................................................................... 39

Step 6:Choose Equipment ......................................................... 40

Standard Gear ........................................................................... 40

War Gear................................................................................... 40

Experienceand Curriculum.......................................................... 40

Encumbrance ............................................................................. 41

Weapon Specialties (De Bello) ...................................................... 42

Melee Weapons ........................................................................... 46

Ranged Weapons ......................................................................... 46

Armor ........................................................................................ 46

Shields ....................................................................................... 47

Optional: Background Specialties Method ..................................... 47

Birthplace .................................................................................. 48

List of Birthplaces ..................................................................... 49

Special: The Assassin ................................................................. 56

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