Mystical Rome V 2.0- July Release Morra Universal Cinematic Game System Contents Chapter Eight: Genre: Mystical Rome ................................................................ 4 Mystical Rome Credits .................................................................................... 5 Target Audience ............................................................................................ 5 Rating and Descriptors: R ............................................................................... 5 Mystical Rome Inspiration ............................................................................... 6 Mystical Rome Budget .................................................................................... 7 Mystical Rome Archetypes ............................................................................... 7 Artisan .................................................................................................... 7 Barbarian ................................................................................................. 9 Bureaucrat ..............................................................................................10 Clergy ....................................................................................................11 Criminal ..................................................................................................12 Druid ......................................................................................................13 Gladiator .................................................................................................14 Merchant ................................................................................................15 Legionnaire .............................................................................................16 Soothsayer ..............................................................................................17 Genre Factions .............................................................................................18 Patricians ................................................................................................18 Patrician Gentes Maiores (The Major Patrician Families) .................................19 Patrician Gentes Minores (The Minor Patrician Families) .................................26 Plebeians ................................................................................................31 Liberti ....................................................................................................32 Slaves ....................................................................................................32 Foreign Tribes and Outsiders .....................................................................33 The Collegia ............................................................................................34 Skill Adjustments ..........................................................................................34 Art .........................................................................................................34 Convince .................................................................................................34 Crime .....................................................................................................34 Fighting ..................................................................................................35 Firearms .................................................................................................35 Knowledge ..............................................................................................35 Medicine .................................................................................................35 Science ...................................................................................................36 Technology .............................................................................................36 Transport ................................................................................................36 Wild Card: Magic ......................................................................................37 Human Limitations and Genre Qualities ............................................................37 Archetype Qualities ..................................................................................37 General Qualities......................................................................................45 Story Bible ..................................................................................................49 Story Overview ........................................................................................49 The War of Infinite Regress: Soothsayer’s Conflict ........................................50 The Divergence of the Soothsayer Timeline: The Ides of March ....................... 51 Alexandria: The Eye of the Storm ...............................................................52 The Brutus Stratagem ...............................................................................53 The Return of Magic .................................................................................54 Historical Change Log ...................................................................................54 Reference Material: Theory and Practice of Magic ...............................................57 Mastery of Magic ......................................................................................57 The Origin of Magic ..................................................................................58 Divine Magic ............................................................................................58 Druidic Magic ...........................................................................................58 Soothsayer Magic .....................................................................................59 Magic Ecosystem: Base Difficulty Rating ..........................................................59 Laws of Magic ..........................................................................................59 Available Schools of Magic .........................................................................59 Reference Material: Theory and Practice of Science & Technology ....................... 59 Technology Reference ...................................................................................61 Roman Communication Reference ..............................................................61 Roman Medicine Reference ........................................................................61 Roman Military Reference ..........................................................................64 Roman Construction Reference ..................................................................64 Reference Material: Monsters and Mayhem ......................................................65 Reference Material: A Primer on the Culture and Traditions of Rome .................... 65 Family is Everything .................................................................................66 Roman Virtues .........................................................................................69 Society and Class .....................................................................................73 Roman Naming Conventions: Tria Nomina ...................................................76 Women’s Rights Under the Law ..................................................................8 7 Sexuality ................................................................................................92 Gender ...................................................................................................97 Roman Graffiti: Poetic Warfare ...................................................................98 Night Life ................................................................................................99 Bath Houses .......................................................................................... 102 Economy of Rome .................................................................................. 103 Panem et Circenses – the Arena ................................................................... 106 Reference Material: SPQR: The Legions of Rome ............................................. 114 Citizen Soldiers in the Legions .................................................................. 114 Structure of a Legion .............................................................................. 115 Roman Legionary Ranks .......................................................................... 116 Lesser Officers in the Roman Legion ......................................................... 117 The Rank and File Legionnaires in the Roman Legion ................................... 119 Crime and Punishment in the Roman Legion .............................................. 119 A Walking Civilization and Culture ............................................................. 120 An Insidious Method of Conquest .............................................................. 120 Marian Reforms ..................................................................................... 120 The Triumph .......................................................................................... 121 Reference Material: Gods and Men – Pagan Rome ........................................... 122 The Dii Consentes .................................................................................. 123 Other Gods ..........................................................................................