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    Daniel McSorley
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    Questions,Rome

    >1) I wanted your oppinions on how Magic wauld fit into a Roman Campain.

    The Romans were very, superstitious isn't quite the right word, maybe
    accepting people. They not only had their own copious pantheon, they would
    incorporate the religions of people they conquored. They believed you could
    tell the future of a new city by having a priest examine the entrails of a
    rabbit (pheasant? some critter) killed in the area. Every citizen followed
    a plethora of gods, depending on the endeavor they were partaking in at the
    moment. Priestly magic would definintely fit in with the setting.
    I don't think the Romans had as much of a concept of wizardly magic and
    the things of fae as later Europeans did. But, they conquored all kinds of
    people, including arabs, germanic tribes, and africans, who had strong
    traditions of magic, IIRC. I'm sure that their great libraries would have
    included something on these practices. A magically inclined roman could
    have travelled to a different part of the empire to learn the arts, so I
    suppose it would be possible, though it might be more interesting to have
    any mage characters be foreign in origin.

    >2) From what I know the Roman army used conscription, so how do PC's
    > wanting to adventure get around it?
    I don't believe citizens were conscripted, except maybe in times of war.
    Their armies were professional, all volunteers, and well paid at that. Like
    I mentioned in an earlier post, the foreigners had extra incentive to
    enlist, to gain citizenship. So, it shouldn't be that hard to not be in the
    army if you don't want them to be.

    Daniel McSorley
    mcsorley.1@osu.edu

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    E Gray
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    Questions,Rome

    - -----Original Message-----
    From: Dragon Peaks Park
    To: birthright@MPGN.COM
    Date: Tuesday, January 13, 1998 9:07 PM
    Subject: [BIRTHRIGHT] - Questions,Rome


    >Let me just thank all of you who responded to my questions on the Roman
    >setting, it's saved me a tone of research.


    Since you chose the final days of the republic, you have lots to go on,
    especially
    in the style of political struggles, grabs for power, and possibly mad
    Emperors,
    like Tiberius...

    >Time for some more questions:
    >
    >1) I wanted your oppinions on how Magic wauld fit into a Roman Campain.


    Easy as pie, for the Romans were not exactly fanatics about who to worship,
    in fact they could be considered broad-minded..

    >2) From what I know the Roman army used conscription, so how do PC's
    > wanting to adventure get around it?

    Well after 100 BC, the legions were all professionals and no longer
    conscripts,
    so it shouldn't be a problem....in fact as evidenced by the mobs of the
    capital,
    who were entertained by Bread and Circuses paid for by the ambitious men,
    avoiding the press gang was easy..

    >3) Those of you who have read TSR's Glory of Rome sourcebook, is it worth
    buying?
    > Sadly for us RP's in South Africa, it costs an arm an' a leg to get
    sourcebooks, so i
    > need your oppinion first.


    You should probably get it, as it is the best source for this period..

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    Dragon Peaks Park
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    Questions,Rome

    Let me just thank all of you who responded to my questions on the Roman
    setting, it's saved me a tone of research.

    E. Gray, you said i should choose my time setting as it would change my campain setup, well
    i thaught that the time around the late Republic\early Empire wauld be appropriate. This would
    sertainly be a period of some termoil *good for PC involvement* aswell as a time of expansion.

    James Ruhland, you offered to expand on the titles on the Roman civil structure- i would appreciate it.

    As to PC's with their love for long swords - i'm shure i could fit them in as auxillaries..

    Time for some more questions:

    1) I wanted your oppinions on how Magic wauld fit into a Roman Campain.
    2) From what I know the Roman army used conscription, so how do PC's
    wanting to adventure get around it?
    3) Those of you who have read TSR's Glory of Rome sourcebook, is it worth buying?
    Sadly for us RP's in South Africa, it costs an arm an' a leg to get sourcebooks, so i
    need your oppinion first.

    Thanks Again.

    Glenn Tungay
    dpp@futurest.co.za

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