Narosia is a fantasy setting tailored for Hero System 6th Edition. It is written to only require the Basic version of the rules, although most game masters will probably want to have the full rules.

The key elements of Narosia are to provide a fantasy setting that is both familiar and new. The familiarity is found in the common fantasy elements that have been a part of classic fantasy roleplaying for many years. This means many things to many people, but the goal is to take many of the tropes of fantasy gaming and put them into a context that makes some amount of sense.

Adventurers are a lauded professions, dungeon crawling (including traps, greater challenges based on depth, etc.) is common source of adventure, magic has influence on the economy, and the gods walk the land. This is not the extent of Narosian gameplay, but illustrates the extent of the familiar.

The uniqueness of Narosia as a setting lies in the history, the geography, and the integration of the familiar. The uniqueness of Narosia as a gaming supplement lies in focus on game utility. Every section of the material strives to present as much game-useful material as possible. Cultures, races, economy, skills, talents, perks, spellcraft, channeling, divine interaction, the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Narosia is also as complete a setting as we could make for the Hero System. As such it takes all of the options presented in Fantasy Hero, the main rules, as well as other supplements, and defines which options are in play. It is hoped that this will increase the accessability of Narosia and Hero to potential players that have never experienced the Hero System before. The rule options chosen create a specific feel for the world and also eliminate the need for a potential game masters of the setting to make those decisions for their groups. Obviously, Hero System being what it is, it would be trivial to change this, but the goal here is to create a baseline for the game, making it easier for newcomers to get a hold of it.

Hopefully this provides enough of a philisophical overview to understand what the product is from a gaming point of view. Please review the preview material in the Downloads section.