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《 Lex Arcana 》2E,有人关注这个游戏吗?
« 于: 2018-09-16, 周日 20:31:59 »
Join today the Custodes of the Cohors Arcana, the only men and women who can prevent the fall of the Roman Empire!

“Daily dispatches coming from our legions stationed at the borders report mysterious and inexplicable phenomena. Ancient cults reap new victims with increasing frequency. The cities are in turmoil… I ask you to approve the Lex Arcana, a law tasking the Praetorian Guard with the enlistment of six hundred Custodes. These men and women of the Empire will be given full autonomy of action, and they will constitute the first nucleus of the Cohors Auxiliaria Arcana. The power of our ancient heroes will be infused in their veins and the magic of the Empire will be at their service.”

From the speech of Emperor Theodomirus to the Senate, given on the 28th of August, year 1229 ab Urbe condita (from the founding of the City).


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It’s not a great look for a company that wants to represent humanity “in all its beautiful diversity.” Continuing to sell these products–and bear in mind, the original Oriental Adventures is a “mithral best seller” which means it’s continuing to sell–takes a lot of wind out of WotC’s Inclusivity and Diversity sails. They have to do better than this if they want their promise to be more than empty words. Not to say we should pretend these books never existed, but WotC is still actively profiting off of this material.

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The setting: Empire without end
« 回帖 #1 于: 2018-09-16, 周日 20:38:13 »
We are at the end of the fifth century AD, thirteen centuries since the founding of Rome. The Empire has not fallen. In this alternative timeline, Rome has avoided its end by using its haruspices, sages and oracles, escaping the sequence of events which in actual history brought to its fall.

The Empire’s stability has allowed it to strengthen itself for decades and has not suffered any drastic changes, invasions and the breaking up of its territory.

Economic growth has brought greater wealth to all the population and many peoples outside its borders are considered Roman citizens, protected by the invulnerable Pax Romana (the Roman Peace).

But the Empire’s mighty and invincible legions and divinatory rituals are no longer enough to protect the Empire.

Other powers are working, hidden behind the veil of tangibility: ancient demons, dark magic, witchcraft and monsters from forgotten depths.
It’s not a great look for a company that wants to represent humanity “in all its beautiful diversity.” Continuing to sell these products–and bear in mind, the original Oriental Adventures is a “mithral best seller” which means it’s continuing to sell–takes a lot of wind out of WotC’s Inclusivity and Diversity sails. They have to do better than this if they want their promise to be more than empty words. Not to say we should pretend these books never existed, but WotC is still actively profiting off of this material.

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Our Role: The Cohors Auxiliaria Arcana
« 回帖 #2 于: 2018-09-16, 周日 20:38:56 »
The Cohors Auxiliaria Arcana, is a corps of heroes chosen to protect Rome by watching over it covertly and to fight sorceries, horrors and dreadful phenomena.

You are those heroes: you are the Cohors Arcana!

It is you who will take on the role of the members of the most exclusive corps of Rome’s never-ending Empire. Members are selected among the best warriors of the Praetorian Guard, the most promising diviners, the most expert diplomats from senatorial families and the most skilled explorers of the known lands.

This company protects the Empire and acts to ensure that its power remains stable in time.

Rome’s yoke, however, is hard for many to bear. Many Celtic druids, Syrian necromancers and Egyptian priests will soon try to use their twisted arcane magic against the imperial oppressor.

As Custodes, you will have to: investigate forbidden mysteries and hidden conspiracies; defeat supernatural enemies, monsters and secret cults; defend the Pax Romana, the Senate and the Roman people from all threats, non-human and supernatural.

From Britannia, shrouded in mist, to Babylon, land of vast rivers, from Egypt‘s deserts to Italy‘s lovely shores, the adventures awaiting the Custodes are as infinite as the Empire they defend!

Then as now, this is the shortest route to adventure!
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A quick review of the Lex Arcana quickstart
« 回帖 #3 于: 2018-09-16, 周日 20:40:13 »
I feel my quintessential British inability to cope with foreign languages may come to the fore with Lex Arcana. This game is rich in flavour. I’ve argued that good games make sure their mechanics work with, not against, the feel of the game. Lex Arcana takes this a step further with in-theme character sheet attributes. Thankfully a translation is always in brackets afterwards. For example, need to make a reflex check? You will roll Coordinatio (Coordination). Trying to figure something out? Roll Ingenium (Intellect). The other four virtutes are Vigor (Vigour), Auctoritas (Authority), Ratio (Reason) and Sensibilitas (Sensibility) .

The system uses ‘Peritiae’ to measure how good your character is in certain situations. They are De Bello (Combat), De Magia (Magic), De Corpore (Physical), De Natura (Nature), De Scientia (Knowledge) and De Societate (Social).

Most of the time you don’t add these two stats together. A Peritiae roll usually does it.

Your score in a Virtus or Peritia determines the number and type of dice you roll to make a check. The GM or Demiurge determines the Difficulty Threshold (DT). Players have to beat the BT.

There’s a graceful little table that helps transform the number by which characters might have beaten the DT by into a Degree of Success. It looks like a simple yet elegant system.

I like the multiple opponents in the combat system. Even the quickstart is keen to determine whether the melee is essentially a duel or something more deadly. In a many against one situation, the first combatant rolls De Bello as usual. The second combatant in the group rolls their De Bello and then the De Bello of their ally and adds the two values together! That’s a colossal modifier, and yet if they’re attacking someone who is suitably armoured or inhumanly agile, it may not be enough. If there’s a third ally in the attack, then they roll their De Bello, the first De Bello score, the second De Bello score and adds all three results together.

The more you beat your rivals, the more dice you roll for damage (the damage multiplier). Do not let yourself get cornered by a gang of bandits in this game!
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Characters in Lex Arcana
« 回帖 #4 于: 2018-09-16, 周日 20:41:02 »
All characters in Lex Arcana are members of the Preatorian Guard and very well trained. In particular, they Custodes of the Cohors Auxiliaria Arcana, a special chapter devoted to investigating the supernatural. They’re not like Centurians as they think for themselves, are trained to be self-sufficient and not need orders.

Every character has had years of combat training, but on top of that, they will hold an office in the Cohors Arcana which will give one of five specialisms. These five are Explorer, Augur, Scholar, Diplomat and Fighter.

« 上次编辑: 2018-09-28, 周五 01:22:03 由 A球 »
It’s not a great look for a company that wants to represent humanity “in all its beautiful diversity.” Continuing to sell these products–and bear in mind, the original Oriental Adventures is a “mithral best seller” which means it’s continuing to sell–takes a lot of wind out of WotC’s Inclusivity and Diversity sails. They have to do better than this if they want their promise to be more than empty words. Not to say we should pretend these books never existed, but WotC is still actively profiting off of this material.