>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