LEX ARCANA IS THE ALTERNATE HISTORY ROLE-PLAYING GAME SET IN A ROMAN EMPIRE WHICH DID NOT FALL The Emperor needs you! Join the Cohors Auxiliaria Arcana, enter the world of Lex Arcana and dive into the mysteries and dangers of ancient Rome. You and the other Custodes will travel to the four corners of the land, investigate terrifying threats, recover lost relics, unearth forgotten secrets and fight legendary supernatural creatures. Looking to run the "Long Winter Nights" adventure for Lex Arcana. If you are unfamiliar with the game its a bit like X-files in ancient Rome. The players investigate and try to put a stop to supernatural goings on while in service to Rome. Looking for 4-5 players sessions will run from 9pm till 1am EST on Tuesdays starting 9/29 The adventure should take no more than 2-3 sessions New players welcome. Happy to answer any questions. If you are interesting in playing please tell me your favorite color here and then ask to join via the game link HERE ADVENTURE INTRO It is December of the year 1231 AUC, and although the typical war season ended two months ago, the characters are on a mission in the heart of Germania Magna, 100 miles from the Imperial border, led by Aetius Marcellus Pertinax, a Rhaetian, Magister of the cursus diplomaticus. Just three weeks earlier, the Custodes had been at the Divitia castra in Colonia Agrippina, a main colony on the natural River Rhine border of Germania, where they had been urgently summoned to support an operation under way. During their first meeting, Aetius Marcellus had arrived dressed in full Germanic attire, from his clothes - trousers, shirt, and fur coat - to his braided wire jewelry and the style of his beard and hair. “In your eyes I see a hint of surprise, but I suggest, for your own good, that you become accustomed to this type of clothing. You yourselves will have to wear it in the days to come. I, on my part, have often worn these garments, especially in the past year, most of which I have spent outside the Imperial borders, in Germanic lands. There I found the worrying signs of a cult, whose extremism in worshipping their god of war is inciting barbarians to join forces and challenge the power of Rome. The information in my possession indicates that many tribal leaders intend to participate in a great ritual that will be celebrated on the day of the winter solstice. My intention is to penetrate deep into barbarian territory, surprise the acolytes during the ritual, and capture or eliminate the tribal leaders, halting their intentions and impeding their reorganization. To do so, I need a contubernium of the Cohors Arcana — yourselves — to help me with the necessary field investigations, as well as an armed escort. Members of the escort may be recruited from the Germanic legionaries of this castra, but it would be impossible to pass all of you off as locals. To justify your foreign appearance to those we meet along our journey, I shall pretend to be a Marcomannic slave trader traveling from the south with goods to sell — yourselves — accompanied by several escorts. To avoid needing to sell you along the way, I will state that I am trying to keep you for the Angles farthest from the border, where exotic goods can be sold at the best price.”
