Roman Empires D20

[Banshee16]

Are there any D20 products/settings out there that deal with the empire of Rome? Testament and Trojan War by Green Ronin appear to be the closest thing, that I know of....but isn't there one called FMCLV or something like that?

Banshee

 

[GMSkarka]

Are there any D20 products/settings out there that deal with the empire of Rome? Testament and Trojan War by Green Ronin appear to be the closest thing, that I know of....but isn't there one called FMCLV or something like that?

We've got one---a D20 version of the alt-history RPG, FVLMINATA:

http://www.adamantentertainment.com/fd20.html

Should be out this month...finally.

 

[Krieg]

We've got one---a D20 version of the alt-history RPG, FVLMINATA:

Let us know when it is out. You have a definite customer here.

 

[johnsemlak]

Can someone tell me about the original FVLMINATA? I'm not very familiar with it.

 

[shady]

James Wyatt wrote some rules and a setting - nothing formal but you can find it here:

http://aquela.com/roleplaying/SPQR/index.html

There's also the GURPS setting book, plus the AD&D setting book which is available as a chargeable download here:

http://svgames.com/tsr9425esd.html

... but neither of those two are D20.

 

[ephemeron]

Can someone tell me about the original FVLMINATA? I'm not very familiar with it.

The setting is an alternate-history 248 AD in which the Roman Empire is doing very well indeed, thanks to the invention of gunpowder in 96 AD and Marcus Aurelius choosing a more than capable successor. There's also a magic system inspired by actual ancient magical writings.

The whole thing is very well researched and very cool.

 

[HellHound]

Gareth - remember how you get weirded out by me stalking you electronically - well, FVLMINATA is the big reason for it. I am REALLY looking forward to the d20 release, but mainly because my play group isn't interested in running non-d20 games these days.

 

[trancejeremy]

While it's set just before the Roman period, I found OGL Ancients to be the pretty decent basis (rules wise) for a Roman era campaign.

 

[MerakSpielman]

At first I thought this was a new post about that Roman d20 they found.

 

[smilinggm]

Paradigm Concepts' "Arcanis The World Of Shattered Empires" Has a very definate Roman feal to it. Admidittly the campaign is not set in Rome, but one of the dominate Empires is called the Coryani Empire.
The Coryani Empire has Strong ties to Rome. Complete with an Emperor, A Senate, Legions and Legionairs. There are detailed rules for Lorca Segmentata, Gladius, Pila, and Pugio. The Coryani Empire is one of several Empires in Arcanis, several of the other Empires have a definate historical basis. The Altherian Republic is an advanced Nubian Empire, the Theocracy of Canceri has a Babylonian feal, and there is Even an Egyptian Empire - The Myrantian's, (The Myrantian;s don't have a Current Goverment of their own, they are Currently a Protectorate of the Coryani Empire. There is More to Arcanis that just the Coryani Empire but it does play a major roll in the Settings Meta-Plot.

There are two essential books that are needed to play in Arcanis:
Codex Arcanis and the Players Guide to Arcanis.

Arcanis is also one of the RPGA's Living Campaings, but you do not have to be a member of the RPGA to play. But There are nearly 50 free Modules that are free to Download and Play For Members of the RPGA.

There are Several Websites Dedicated to Arcanis and A Lot of Yahoo Groups for the Living Arcanis Campaing.
The Main LA Yahoo Group is LA Talk
and the Best Arcanis Site is WWW. onaraonline.org.

Arcanis is a very Richly Detailed World and it is the best Romanesque campaing that I have found.