Requiem for Rome Errata

Roman Equipment: We’re very proud of Requiem for Rome, but it wasn’t perfect. The one glaring omission we made in the book was the lack of a list of weapons and armor. Many of these could probably be extrapolated from the character write-ups in Requiem for Rome and Fall of the Camarilla,  but for your convenience, here’s a list of weapons and armor available in the time of the later Empire.

 Melee Weapons Type Cestus Ces tus

Damage 0L

Chain Long Sword   Net

1B 3L

Pilum/Spear Short Sword Trident

3L 2L 3L

Size N/A

Cost •

Special spiked boxing gloves; -1 to toDexterity Dexterity dice pools involving use of hands for fine manipulation (eg. Larceny, Crafts)

2 3 0B

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4 2 4

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Adds • two dice to grapple attempts (World of Darkness Rulebook p. 157) +1 Defense +1 Defense

Ranged Weapons Type

Pilum (thrown) Short Bow Trident (Thrown) Sling

Damage

Ranges

Strength

Size

Cost

3L 2L 3L 3B

* 30/60/120 * 20/40/80

3 3 3 2

4 3 4 N/A

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Special

N/A

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* Short range for spears and tridents is equal to the character’s Strength + Dexterity + Athletics, minus size of object, and then doubled; dou bled; medium range is twice short range, and long range is twice medium range.

a RMoR RMoR Type Gladiator Armor (Light)

Rating 1/0

Defense —

Cost ••

Special Leather bands and straps or plates on arms (e.g. retiarius); no helmet

Gladiator Armor (Heavy)

2/1

-2

••

Helmet

2/2

—

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Lorica Hamata (Chain)

2/1

-2

•••

Lorica Segmentata (Banded)

2/2

-2

•••

Helmet and plate, or mask (e.g. mirmillo) Gives protection to called shots against head only Versions worn by most soldiers during Republican and Late Empire periods; includes helmet Classic legionary armor; mostly in use in 1st-2nd centuries CE; includes helmet.

1/1 +2 Defense +1 Defense 2/1

-1 0 0 -1

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Leather Cuirass Legionary Shield Small Shield Tribune’s Armor

requires off-hand requires off-hand Finely made breastplate, helmet and greaves

Requiem for Rome, p.243: The Officer of the Garrison of Rome has Morality 6. His Virtue is Justice; his Vice is Pride.  Fall of the Camarilla, p. 208: The first dot power of Obtenebration was accidentally swapped back to its modern counterpart. In these ancient nights, Night Sight is more potent than it will be in the modern nights, for it has not yet been diluted by generations of Blood or the sorcery of the Striges.

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Night Sight

The most useful power of the Khaibit is the most frightening to them and the most dangerous to the Striges and other spirits. Vampires already see better in the dark than mortals; night sight allows the Asps to see clearly with almost no illumination at all. Even in complete darkness, the vampire can distinguish the many shades of black from each other, ebony from jet from sable. While using Night Sight, the vampire’s eyes fill with an inky, swirling blackness. Cost: 1 Vitae Dice Pool: This power requires no roll. Action: Reflexive The vampire suffers no penalty for acting in darkness, and can see through any non-solid obstruction, such as fog or tear gas. In light, the vampire can see the shadows of spirits as if they were solid beings; in darkness, the otherworldly creatures glow an eerie, diffuse white, like the ghosts of an earlier creation.