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Exodus NDS Era Book · Genesys compatible RPG supplement

Rome DCCIV AUC

The Edge of the Republic, Rome and the provinces in 50 BC

Rome DCCIV AUC: The Edge of the Republic is an Exodus NDS Era Book set in 50 BC, the last year before the civil war. Play a centurion, a senator's daughter, an Aeduan envoy, a freedman moneylender, a gladiator or an enslaved physician, and win favors from people who outrank you. Play runs on patronage and rank, the arena and the games, and legion battles. Maps, adversaries, seven pregenerated characters and a starter adventure are included.

23 chapters, about 105,600 words, free to read here in full.

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Contents

Part 1 Welcome

  1. 1. Welcome "Father, I have put in an offer for a new slave," I said.

Part 2 The Era and Its Powers

  1. 2. The Era In Rome the consuls give their names to the year. In 50 BC, the 704th year from the city's founding (DCCIV AUC), they are Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Claudius Marcellus.
  2. 3. Powers of the Republic In 50 BC a character with a petition needs to know which man holds the office, how he got it and who can stop him. This chapter puts names and places to the offices of the Republic.
  3. 4. Gods and Religion An election can end with a sign from the sky, and a festival closes the courts. The state asks its gods to favor Rome and in return sees that the proper men perform the rites on the proper days.

Part 3 The Places

  1. 5. Rome Begin in Rome when a campaign needs a patron, a court or a crowd. Careers begin and end in the Forum.
  2. 6. Alexandria A Roman who comes ashore in Alexandria answers to the king's officers. His citizenship has no standing here. The Ptolemies rule Egypt from a Greek-speaking capital, the Mediterranean's second city.
  3. 7. Gaul and the Provinces Beyond Italy, a Roman magistrate usually holds a province for a year or more. A governor sent out from Rome can rule as far away as Spain or Syria.

Part 4 Building a Character

  1. 8. Character Creation and Roles Use Core Rules, Character Creation, to build a human. Choose an Origin and a Role in place of a Background and Career, and record your Stake in sestertii (HS).
  2. 9. Skills and Talents Use the Core skills and talents as printed except for the changes below (Core Rules, Skills and Talents). Here you'll also find the rules for spoken tongues and literacy and 27 Era talents.
  3. 10. Gear and Prices Find the prices for arms, armor, animals, medicine, keep, services, bribes and enslaved people here. The essential gear table gives the cited books' stat lines.

Part 5 Rules

  1. 11. Era Rules Use this chapter for rank and obligation, courts, illness, travel, slavery and money in 50 BC. For arena bouts or battles between armies, see The Arena and the Games or Legion Battles.
  2. 12. The Arena and the Games Run a gladiator bout with Core combat and one extra track, Crowd Favor. It helps decide whether the loser survives.
  3. 13. Legion Battles Build the battle around the player characters' unit. Field one to six units a side, with 80 men to a century or 480 to a cohort. In each Clash, roll one Core Opposed Check per engaged pair.
  4. 14. Adversaries Use these people and beasts as opposition in 50 BC. Each uses the Core Rules, Adversaries format and one of its three tiers: Minion, Elite or Nemesis.

Part 6 Running the Game

  1. 15. Places and Campaign Tools Use this chapter to count travel days, set scenes between destinations and build a campaign from 58 to 44 BC. Rome, Alexandria and Gaul and the Provinces cover the major places.
  2. 16. Running the Era Use this chapter to plan a session around patronage, an arena show or a battle. It covers the ledger, the difficult subjects of the era and the choices the approaching war puts before the players.
  3. 17. Historical Reference Use this chapter to check a date, look up an office or see where a story comes from.

Part 7 The Adventure and the Cast

  1. 18. Starter Adventure Begin where the story in Welcome ends. Use the Pregenerated Characters for three to seven players.
  2. 19. Pregenerated Characters Choose from seven characters in the Era Cast. Each follows the seven steps in Character Creation and Roles, spends 110 XP and begins in Rome in Ianuarius 50 BC, as the Starter Adventure opens.

Part 8 Reference

  1. 20. Quick Reference Use this digest to find the rule you need. Each table points to the chapter that owns the rule, explains it and gives examples. If a figure differs here, use the owning chapter's figure.
  2. 21. Sources and Further Reading Start here to check a date or follow a story. The entries point to free translations and explain where each ancient writer helps and where to read with care.
  3. 22. Licensing Only the Exodus NDS Core Rules are published under the ORC License. Everything else Kaosweaver, Inc. publishes, including this book, is under copyright and is not open.
  4. About This Book In the consulship of Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Claudius Marcellus: 50 BC.

The Era Cast

The people who carry the book's art and examples. They are fictional people of the period.

  • Aulus Septimius Crispus, reference sheet Aulus Septimius Crispus Centurion on leave from Gaul
  • Fabia Tertulla, reference sheet Fabia Tertulla Senator's daughter who keeps his letters
  • Banona, reference sheet Banona Aeduan noblewoman and envoy from Gaul
  • Lucius Cornelius Eros, reference sheet Lucius Cornelius Eros Freedman merchant and moneylender
  • Bithys, reference sheet Bithys Thracian gladiator, enslaved
  • Sulpicia Maxima, reference sheet Sulpicia Maxima Vestal Virgin
  • Decimus Papirius Rufus, reference sheet Decimus Papirius Rufus Street-gang boss of the Subura
  • Chryseis, reference sheet Chryseis Enslaved physician and midwife
  • Kallias of Alexandria, reference sheet Kallias of Alexandria Egyptian court envoy

Rome DCCIV AUC is free to read here in full. It is copyright 2026 Kaosweaver, Inc., all rights reserved, and uses the Exodus NDS Core Rules, which are published under the ORC License. To reuse any of it beyond your own table, just ask. Licensing and permission.