Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[darkpaladin109]

So do we currently have a Gladiator thing going on? I know a few have started and died. I've been thinking of trying to throw my hat into the ring of Gladiator games.

Not really, though I've been thingking of making a game based off of the final part of Bionicle. Mostly basing it off of the web games they released, since those work well enough as a base to build off of.

[Nerjin]

Essentially it's squad based with each battle taking place between 2 sides of 1-6 people. I'd handle all the direct combat while the players would worry about leveling and managing who fights who. Right now I'm thinking max Gladiator amount is based on how much fame the school has. Exciting fights [close ones] land fame while boring ones [One hit kills and the like] can lose fame.

One: You might want to give more thought as to what exactly a school is and how it improves or lessens. Is equipment or money a thing, for instance? What about influence beyond their fame score? Other than the whims of the dice, what determines if they succeed or fail?

Well right now... Schools have a couple of stats such as their Ranking, Fame, Money, Upkeep, and Lord Type. Basically, Ranking determines how the league views them, Fame is the publics view [results in more money due to increased audience size], Money is... money, Upkeep is the amount of money you lose a turn due to expenditures associated with running a school, and finally Lord Type determines the bonus your school gets [Increased Health Regeneration between turns, Increased Income, Increased Fame, etc. etc.]. That's all I have right now for that. It's very basic for now.

As for the whims of the dice thing: Each gladiator will have Personality and some will have Clauses. Personality would be something like "Hot Headed" which gives them a bonus to X or a deficit to Y. Clauses would be for higher up Gladiators which is basically something you have to do for them to keep fighting at peak strength. For example: Lortrec the Fighter has a Clause that he won't go into combat without a Acolyte on the team. Therefore if you have no Acolyte he simply won't be available for a fight. Stuff like that. Personality and Clauses are more recent additions so I'm not sure if they'll make it in the final product.

Another thing is that each gladiator has an experience amount. Once they gain enough experience they "Level Up" into a new unit type. Squire > Knight. However, taking [stealing?] an idea from the Disciples series [Heavy Influence] there are branching paths.

Two: You might want to map out what exactly each decision means. It can certainly be interesting to add knights and archers and cabalists and half-siren swashbucklers just because, but it can have unexpected design results. You might want to ask yourself what, aside from "be cool," a knight does or means. Is an all-knight team supposed to be strong against archers and weak against swordsmen? A really bad idea that should get stomped by anything? A hardy team that's slower but not any better or worse than any other composition?
[/quote]

Can do, Can do.

[Nerjin]

Here's the VERY basic points I have for school and unit stats. I may need to add more later on but... Right now I think it seems pretty decent.

Spoiler: School Stats (click to show/hide)

School Name – This is the name of the gladiatorial school you manage. It affects nothing other than your personal choice. Choose wisely, there is a 100 gold fee to change the name due to the paperwork involved.

School Titles – A list of tournaments you’ve won. This helps you keep track of what tourney’s you still need to complete in order to qualify for certain higher ranked tournaments.

Fame – The Amount of Fame your school currently has. Exciting fights and winning tournaments increase this number while boring fights or losing too often will decrease it. Fame is very important as it affects random events as well as money earned from fighting. Most importantly though your Fame Level will go up with this number.

Fame Level – Determines the amount of Gladiators you can have in your school as well as the caliber of gladiators you can recruit.

Money – The amount of cash you can dedicate towards your school that week. As long as this number is positive you are in good hands. If it becomes negative though your gladiators might start deserting. You gain money by winning battle and tournaments as well as a small amount that you dedicate from your personal account each week. It goes down as your purchase gladiators or deal with upkeep.

Upkeep – The amount of money you lose each week due to pampering your gladiators, maintaining their equipment, and buying them food. Higher numbers of gladiators can increase upkeep but this is usually offset by your being able to enter more battles at once. You also choose Low, Medium, or High upkeep. Lower upkeeps might make certain members of your school desert though High upkeep requires you to win matches pretty consistently. The upkeep you choose can also affect random events.

Lord Type: This is your profession outside of the gladiatorial arena [which is more of a hobby for you than anything] and it grants a certain benefit to your school throughout its life cycle.

Surgeon – You are a reknowned surgeon and medical professional. As such your gladiators regenerate an extra 10% health per week, on top of the regeneration they already had.

Merchant – You are a very wealthy merchant who knows how to allocate their money in the most efficient way possible, as such upkeep is lessened by 10%

Military – You are excellent at teaching others the art of war and formations. As such each gladiator gains an extra 5% experience per battle.

Blacksmith – You work long and hard on weapons and armor for your gladiators. While the arms usually go to the army, you manage to sneak some of your better armors to your gladiators to give them the edge. Each gladiator of yours gains +5 bonus to armor.

Philosopher – Your gladiators all study your personal ideals and incorporate them into their own lives. Whether your way of life is healthier or your gladiators are just very nice and let you pretend it is doesn’t matter. What does matter is that all of your gladiators gain +10% health.

Rancher – Early to bed, early to rise, early to eat, early, early, early. You do everything earlier than other people and your gladiators are forced, pretty much, to do the same. As such each gladiator of yours gains a +10 to initiative.

Spoiler: Gladiator stats (click to show/hide)

Fame Level – the lowest fame level required to hire this unit. [Units can upgrade past your current fame level (and often will) but cannot be hired “out of the box”]

Unit Name – The Name and Class of the unit. You can pick a name or get a randomly generated one.

Size – Only six units may be on your team in any given battle, Large units take up two of those spaces.

HP – If a unit reaches 0 HP they are in critical condition and taken out of the fight. If not revived by the end of the next week they will die and be lost forever.

Armor – All damage this unit receives is lessened by this percentage [30 armor would mean that: 100 damge – 30% = 70 Damage received]

Immune – This unit takes no damage from these sources, ever.

Ward – This unit takes no damage from the first attack of this source in a battle. Damage from this source outside of combat never affects this unit.

Regen – Percentage of Health regained every week.

Purchase Cost – If you want to buy this unit “Out of the Box” this is the price in gold you must pay.

Revive Cost – A unit in critical condition requires medical care. This is the amount of money you must pay in order to revive them.

XP Next – The amount of XP this unit needs to class change/level up. When they reach this number you select what unit they will become. If they are at their highest unit type they simply get a small increase to all stats. Likewise you can choose to have the unit simply get an increase to stats instead of leveling, though this is usually less beneficial.

XP Killed – The amount of XP this unit gives away when it is defeated in combat. This amount is split evenly between all enemy party members.

Initiative – This amount shows, roughly, the place in the initiative order your unit will go.

Attack[1/2] – The name of the attack the gladiator uses in combat. If the unit has two attacks both attacks will target the same unit.

Source – The source of the attacks damage. [Weapon, Earth, Fire, Wind, Water, Mind, Death, or Life]

Chance – The chance that an attack has to hit.

Reach: Adjacent/Any/All. Adjacent means that the unit can only attack units who are in the adjacent section [see battle for more details], Any means they can attack a single enemy unit regardless of relative positions, while all means that all enemies are targeted. Certain abilities, like Heal, target allies instead though the same rules apply.

Levels Into: These are the units that this unit will level into if they survive the arena long enough. If the unit is relisted here it means they will simply gain a small boost to stats upon leveling. [Peasants level into Peasants, for example]

Personality: Every Gladiator is a person/person-like entity and has a personality all its own that affects its performance. Unfortunately, when recruiting, you’re unlikely to know what their personality is like. Every gladiator has two personality traits that are revealed once you’ve bought it. Everything from wards, to extra health, damage, armor, and initiative, as well as certain special abilities that help your school exist. Unfortunately, on top of not seeing what they are prior to purchase, there are also negative personality traits each unit can have.

[[There are roughly 27 personality traits. I'm still tweaking them a bit so I'm not gonna post them yet. ANy thoughts on the stats I have so far?]]

[Kadzar]

I feel like you could trim some of those stats, or at least make them traits. Immune and Ward I'd say definitely only need to be listed if that unit has them, and you could also assume most fighters are medium sized make unusual sizes be their own trait.

Also, I don't really see why you need Revive Cost as a stat, as I would think would be something that would be dependent on what injuries they suffered or there would be a set amount of money to heal any character a certain amount or something like that. Frankly, it just seems weird to me that different people have a certain monetary value specific to them that's needed to heal them if they get critically injured.

[Nerjin]

I feel like you could trim some of those stats, or at least make them traits. Immune and Ward I'd say definitely only need to be listed if that unit has them, and you could also assume most fighters are medium sized make unusual sizes be their own trait.

Immunities and Wards are only going to be listed if they are part of that unit, same with armor and everything else. If you don't have it, it's not listed. There are only two sizes: Normal and Large. Normal takes up 1 space in the party, while Large takes 2. The size of the gladiator is dependant on their class so it's sorta stuck not being a trait [traits as in personality... by the way?

Also, I don't really see why you need Revive Cost as a stat, as I would think would be something that would be dependent on what injuries they suffered or there would be a set amount of money to heal any character a certain amount or something like that. Frankly, it just seems weird to me that different people have a certain monetary value specific to them that's needed to heal them if they get critically injured.

Because health is very basic. You pay more to heal/revive higher level units because they're more powerful so it makes hiring a lower level unit a bit more desireable if you lose a higher level one.

[Nerjin]

Spoiler: School Stats (click to show/hide)

School Name – This is the name of the gladiatorial school you manage. It affects nothing other than your personal choice. Choose wisely, there is a 100 gold fee to change the name due to the paperwork involved.

School Titles – A list of tournaments you’ve won. This helps you keep track of what tourney’s you still need to complete in order to qualify for certain higher ranked tournaments.

Fame – The Amount of Fame your school currently has. Exciting fights and winning tournaments increase this number while boring fights or losing too often will decrease it. Fame is very important as it affects random events as well as money earned from fighting. Most importantly though your Fame Level will go up with this number.

Fame Level – Determines the amount of Gladiators you can have in your school as well as the caliber of gladiators you can recruit.

Money – The amount of cash you can dedicate towards your school that week. As long as this number is positive you are in good hands. If it becomes negative though your gladiators might start deserting. You gain money by winning battle and tournaments as well as a small amount that you dedicate from your personal account each week. It goes down as your purchase gladiators or deal with upkeep.

Upkeep – The amount of money you lose each week due to pampering your gladiators, maintaining their equipment, and buying them food. Higher numbers of gladiators can increase upkeep but this is usually offset by your being able to enter more battles at once. You also choose Low, Medium, or High upkeep. Lower upkeeps might make certain members of your school desert though High upkeep requires you to win matches pretty consistently. The upkeep you choose can also affect random events.

Lord Type: This is your profession outside of the gladiatorial arena [which is more of a hobby for you than anything] and it grants a certain benefit to your school throughout its life cycle.

Surgeon – You are a reknowned surgeon and medical professional. As such your gladiators regenerate an extra 10% health per week, on top of the regeneration they already had.

Merchant – You are a very wealthy merchant who knows how to allocate their money in the most efficient way possible, as such upkeep is lessened by 10%

Military – You are excellent at teaching others the art of war and formations. As such each gladiator gains an extra 5% experience per battle.

Blacksmith – You work long and hard on weapons and armor for your gladiators. While the arms usually go to the army, you manage to sneak some of your better armors to your gladiators to give them the edge. Each gladiator of yours gains +5 bonus to armor.

Philosopher – Your gladiators all study your personal ideals and incorporate them into their own lives. Whether your way of life is healthier or your gladiators are just very nice and let you pretend it is doesn’t matter. What does matter is that all of your gladiators gain +10% health.

Rancher – Early to bed, early to rise, early to eat, early, early, early. You do everything earlier than other people and your gladiators are forced, pretty much, to do the same. As such each gladiator of yours gains a +10 to initiative.

Spoiler: Gladiator stats (click to show/hide)

Fame Level – the lowest fame level required to hire this unit. [Units can upgrade past your current fame level (and often will) but cannot be hired “out of the box”] [*Note: This stat is only shown while purchasing gladiators]

Unit Name – The Name and Class of the unit. You can pick a name or get a randomly generated one.

Size – Only six units may be on your team in any given battle, Large units take up two of those spaces. [*Note: Will only be shown if the unit is large.]

HP – If a unit reaches 0 HP they are in critical condition and taken out of the fight. Units will be unable to partake in fights until they are ‘revived’. Units who are in critical condition still take up space in your school.

Armor – All damage this unit receives is lessened by this percentage [30 armor would mean that: 100 damge – 30% = 70 Damage received] [*Note: This stat is only shown if applicable]

Immune – This unit takes no damage from these sources, ever. [*Note: This stat is only shown if applicable]

Ward – This unit takes no damage from the first attack of this source in a battle. Damage from this source outside of combat never affects this unit. [*Note: This stat is only shown if applicable]

Regen – Percentage of Health regained every week. [*Note: This stat is only shown during purchase.]

Purchase Cost – If you want to buy this unit “Out of the Box” this is the price in gold you must pay. [*Note: This stat is only shown during purchase]

Revive Cost – A unit in critical condition requires medical care. This is the amount of money you must pay in order to revive them. [*Note: This stat is only shown if the unit is in critical condition or during purchase/level up.]

XP Next – The amount of XP this unit needs to class change/level up. When they reach this number you select what unit they will become. If they are at their highest unit type they simply get a small increase to all stats. Likewise you can choose to have the unit simply get an increase to stats instead of leveling, though this is usually less beneficial.

XP Killed – The amount of XP this unit gives away when it is defeated in combat. This amount is split evenly between all enemy party members.

Initiative – This amount shows, roughly, the place in the initiative order your unit will go.

Attack[1/2] – The name of the attack the gladiator uses in combat. If the unit has two attacks both attacks will target the same unit.

Source – The source of the attacks damage. [Weapon, Earth, Fire, Wind, Water, Mind, Death, or Life]

Chance – The chance that an attack has to hit.

Reach: Adjacent/Any/All. Adjacent means that the unit can only attack units who are in the adjacent section [see battle for more details], Any means they can attack a single enemy unit regardless of relative positions, while all means that all enemies are targeted. Certain abilities, like Heal, target allies instead though the same rules apply.

Special: Certain attacks and units have special attributes not shared by most of their competition. If this is the case they will show up here.

Levels Into: These are the units that this unit will level into if they survive the arena long enough. If the unit is relisted here it means they will simply gain a small boost to stats upon leveling. [Peasants level into Peasants, for example] [*Note: This is only shown during purchase or Level Up]

Personality: Every Gladiator is a person/person-like entity and has a personality all its own that affects its performance. Unfortunately, when recruiting, you’re unlikely to know what their personality is like. Every gladiator has two personality traits that are revealed once you’ve bought it. Everything from wards, to extra health, damage, armor, and initiative, as well as certain special abilities that help your school exist. Unfortunately, on top of not seeing what they are prior to purchase, there are also negative personality traits each unit can have.

Spoiler: Battle (click to show/hide)

This is a real rough outline of how Battle will be handled. Each squad of Gladiators [up to six] fill in a grid that will look something like this.

[[Back 1 – Front 1 / Front A – Back A
Back 2 – Front 2 / Front B – Back B
Back  3 – Front 3 / Front C – Back C]]

*Note: Large units can take up a back/front or two adjacent fronts.

Adjacent, Any, and All
Anyway, units who must attack adjacent can only attack units who are adjacent to them. For example imagine the following playing field:

[[Armbrust – Fighter / Apprentice – Archer
Empty – Empty / Paladin – Empty
Armbrust – Knight / Empty – Archer]]

The Fighter, Knight, and Paladin all have the Adjacent attack tag, The Armbrusts and Archers have the Any tag, while the Apprentice has the All tag.

When the Apprentice’s turn comes up he makes his attack an it targets “All” the enemy units. So it would target the two Armbrusts, Fighter, and the Knight regardless of where they are.

Next the Archer [doesn’t matter which] goes. The Archer, having the Any tag, may attack a single enemy no matter where they are. So the Archer decides to attack the Armbrust. Seems easy enough.

The trouble is the Paladin, Fighter, and Knight have the Adjacent tag meaning they can only attack units that are adjacent to them on the map. Should be rather self explanatory but let’s make this a better diagram. A’s will stand for “Available Target” while N will stand for “Not Available. We will be assuming we’re doing this only for the Fighter.

[[N – Fighter / A – N
N – N / A – Empty
N – N / Empty – N]]

That should clear up any confusion but… What if the Paladin and Apprentice [who should never be in the front row, by the way] are dead or Critically Injured?… Is the Fighter useless? Not at all! Instead the Field changes, figuratively, to look like this:

[[Armbrust – Fighter / Archer
Empty – Empty / Empty
Armbrust – Knight / Archer]]


So the fighter can attack the top row archer, while the knight can attack the bottom row archer. But what if the Paladin had died? Could the Knight attack the [theoretically] still living Apprentice? The answer is yes. If there are no valid targets for an adjacent attacker in a row the adjacent attacker is allowed to attack anyone, so long as they are in the front row. The same applies to the back row when all the front row units are dead.
But how does combat work?
[[to be filled in later]]

Spoiler: League Types (click to show/hide)

Leagues are tournaments Gladiators take part in for fame and glory. Thankfully, victorious schools, as well as runners up, will earn money and fame as well as a title for their victory. There are three types of Leagues:

Round Robin: Every School will compete against every other school a single time. At the end of the Round Robin the number of wins is counted and the victor decided. If there is a tie between an equal number of schools the schools will partake in a single elimination tournament until only one remains. If there is a draw between an odd number of schools then all schools will split the prize. Various rules can apply to this sort of League.

Tourney: Every school competes in a single elimination tournament with the winner of each match facing the winner of another match until only one school remains undefeated. Various rules can apply to this sort of League.

Scramble: Similar to the Tourney this is a single elimination tournament, however after the teams are picked the two teams are randomly scrambled. This means your Fighter can be replaced for the opposing teams Paladin, or vice versa. This leads to more entertaining matches. Do not worry, you will receive your gladiator back at the end of the match regardless of outcome.

Unique Rules
Some leagues have unique rules that are posted before sign-ups. Some examples of this are:

Death Matches: Leagues that have these do not allow Gladiators to leave until their opposition is dead. This is highly exciting for the crowd and often has high rewards. Unfortunately if your gladiator falls in a Death Match you cannot revive them, and they are lost forever. These can be good for getting rid of particularly annoying opponent “Star Players” or even Gladiators that you have tired of. After all, if they win you get big money, if they lose you don’t have to pay them anymore.

Exotic: Leagues that have these do not allow certain types of units such as “Humans” or “Ferals”. This requires for a decent variety of gladiators to keep from being banned from these leagues. Another popular name for these leagues is “Racist” due to the fact that some only allow a single type of race to participate.

Tiered: Leagues that have this tag do not allow units above and/or below a certain level to participate. This is usually done to allow weaker gladiators a chance to get their bearings.

As well as many more.
[[Add more later]]

[[This is the stuff I have so far on the Gladiator game… Thoughts? Sorry if I'm posting too often, I just want to make sure that I'm not making any HUGE mistakes.]]

[kj1225]

I'm sure it'll be great. Your games always are. That said I may want a spot in it.

[Remuthra]

Same.

[Nerjin]

Well the way it's shaping up I should be able to handle a near infinite amount of players. It shouldn't be too hard. It's pretty basic math and stuff... Hm...

[Remuthra]

Well the way it's shaping up I should be able to handle a near infinite amount of players. It shouldn't be too hard. It's pretty basic math and stuff... Hm...

The highest of follies.

[Parsely]

The highest of follies.

[Nerjin]

Yeah, hence the "Hm..."

[Parsely]

Well reserve me a spot too on the gladdy game if you go through with it.

[TCM]

Me too, Gladiatorism sounds fun.

[Nerjin]

[[Here's a slightly updated draft of the rules. Any thoughts/additions? Furthermore, we're kinda just waiting on me to flavor the world and finish up some more units. I figure I can add more later on, but for now I'd like a pretty good roster.]]

Spoiler: School Stats (click to show/hide)

School Name – This is the name of the gladiatorial school you manage. It affects nothing other than your personal choice. Choose wisely, there is a 100 gold fee to change the name due to the paperwork involved.

School Titles – A list of tournaments you’ve won. This helps you keep track of what tourney’s you still need to complete in order to qualify for certain higher ranked tournaments.

Fame – The Amount of Fame your school currently has. Exciting fights and winning tournaments increase this number while boring fights or losing too often will decrease it. Fame is very important as it affects random events as well as money earned from fighting. Most importantly though your Fame Level will go up with this number.

Fame Level – Determines the amount of Gladiators you can have in your school as well as the caliber of gladiators you can recruit.

Money – The amount of cash you can dedicate towards your school that week. As long as this number is positive you are in good hands. If it becomes negative though your gladiators might start deserting. You gain money by winning battle and tournaments as well as a small amount that you dedicate from your personal account each week. It goes down as your purchase gladiators or deal with upkeep.

Upkeep – The amount of money you lose each week due to pampering your gladiators, maintaining their equipment, and buying them food. Higher numbers of gladiators can increase upkeep but this is usually offset by your being able to enter more battles at once. You also choose Low, Medium, or High upkeep. Lower upkeeps might make certain members of your school desert though High upkeep requires you to win matches pretty consistently. The upkeep you choose can also affect random events.

Lord Type: This is your profession outside of the gladiatorial arena [which is more of a hobby for you than anything] and it grants a certain benefit to your school throughout its life cycle.

Surgeon – You are a reknowned surgeon and medical professional. As such your gladiators regenerate an extra 10% health per week, on top of the regeneration they already had.

Merchant – You are a very wealthy merchant who knows how to allocate their money in the most efficient way possible, as such upkeep is lessened by 10%

Military – You are excellent at teaching others the art of war and formations. As such each gladiator gains an extra 5% experience per battle.

Blacksmith – You work long and hard on weapons and armor for your gladiators. While the arms usually go to the army, you manage to sneak some of your better armors to your gladiators to give them the edge. Each gladiator of yours gains +5 bonus to armor.

Philosopher – Your gladiators all study your personal ideals and incorporate them into their own lives. Whether your way of life is healthier or your gladiators are just very nice and let you pretend it is doesn’t matter. What does matter is that all of your gladiators gain +10% health.

Rancher – Early to bed, early to rise, early to eat, early, early, early. You do everything earlier than other people and your gladiators are forced, pretty much, to do the same. As such each gladiator of yours gains a +10 to initiative.

Let’s take a look at an example school:

School Name: The Example School for Exampler Examples
School Titles: [The ESEE has won no titles, so this wouldn’t usually appear, but it is shown here for example purposes.]
Fame: 0/1000   Fame Level: 0
Money: 100gp [-1gp] [The Starting amount… The ESEE hasn’t done very much at all…[Upkeep: The Minimum amount… The Arena does charge some money in order to maintain its facilities from ALL schools.]]
Lord Type: Philosopher
Roster: [0/1] [This is the [Amount of Gladiators/Max Amount] that your school can, and hopefully will, possess]
None [This is where the Gladiators of your school will appear. If you mouse over them you can see their stats! Furthermore, Green names are above 50% health, Red is at or below 50%, and Grey’d names are in critical condition.]

Spoiler: Gladiator stats (click to show/hide)

Fame Level – the lowest fame level required to hire this unit. [Units can upgrade past your current fame level (and often will) but cannot be hired “out of the box”] [*Note: This stat is only shown while purchasing gladiators]

Unit Name – The Name and Class of the unit. You can pick a name or get a randomly generated one.

Size – Only six units may be on your team in any given battle, Large units take up two of those spaces. [*Note: Will only be shown if the unit is large.]

HP – If a unit reaches 0 HP they are in critical condition and taken out of the fight. Units will be unable to partake in fights until they are ‘revived’. Units who are in critical condition still take up space in your school.

Armor – All damage this unit receives is lessened by this percentage [30 armor would mean that: 100 damge – 30% = 70 Damage received] [*Note: This stat is only shown if applicable]

Immune – This unit takes no damage from these sources, ever. [*Note: This stat is only shown if applicable]

Ward – This unit takes no damage from the first attack of this source in a battle. Damage from this source outside of combat never affects this unit. [*Note: This stat is only shown if applicable]

Regen – Percentage of Health regained every week. [*Note: This stat is only shown during purchase.]

Purchase Cost – If you want to buy this unit “Out of the Box” this is the price in gold you must pay. [*Note: This stat is only shown during purchase]

Revive Cost – A unit in critical condition requires medical care. This is the amount of money you must pay in order to revive them. [*Note: This stat is only shown if the unit is in critical condition or during purchase/level up.]

XP Next – The amount of XP this unit needs to class change/level up. When they reach this number you select what unit they will become. If they are at their highest unit type they simply get a small increase to all stats. Likewise you can choose to have the unit simply get an increase to stats instead of leveling, though this is usually less beneficial.

XP Killed – The amount of XP this unit gives away when it is defeated in combat. This amount is split evenly between all enemy party members.

Initiative – This amount shows, roughly, the place in the initiative order your unit will go.

Attack[1/2] – The name of the attack the gladiator uses in combat. If the unit has two attacks both attacks will target the same unit.

Source – The source of the attacks damage. [Weapon, Earth, Fire, Wind, Water, Mind, Death, or Life]

Chance – The chance that an attack has to hit.

Reach: Adjacent/Any/All. Adjacent means that the unit can only attack units who are in the adjacent section [see battle for more details], Any means they can attack a single enemy unit regardless of relative positions, while all means that all enemies are targeted. Certain abilities, like Heal, target allies instead though the same rules apply.

Special: Certain attacks and units have special attributes not shared by most of their competition. If this is the case they will show up here.

Levels Into: These are the units that this unit will level into if they survive the arena long enough. If the unit is relisted here it means they will simply gain a small boost to stats upon leveling. [Peasants level into Peasants, for example] [*Note: This is only shown during purchase or Level Up]

Personality: Every Gladiator is a person/person-like entity and has a personality all its own that affects its performance. Unfortunately, when recruiting, you’re unlikely to know what their personality is like. Every gladiator has two personality traits that are revealed once you’ve bought it. Everything from wards, to extra health, damage, armor, and initiative, as well as certain special abilities that help your school exist. Unfortunately, on top of not seeing what they are prior to purchase, there are also negative personality traits each unit can have.

Endorsement: Each gladiator has a chance to catch the eye of a high ranking organization. This brings certain benefits such as reduced upkeep cost, increased armor, increased health, wards, and even immunities. These function much like personality except that you may change them as more offers come in. Each Endorsement has three levels [Bronze, Silver, and Gold] that increases the effect. You start with the Bronze rank in each endorsement however, and must work your way up towards Gold. Choose wisely though, if you give up a higher ranked endorsement and then go back to it you will start back at bronze.

Spoiler: The Turn (click to show/hide)

To be announced!

Spoiler: Battle (click to show/hide)

This is a real rough outline of how Battle will be handled. Each squad of Gladiators [up to six] fill in a grid that will look something like this.

[[Back 1 – Front 1 / Front A – Back A
Back 2 – Front 2 / Front B – Back B
Back  3 – Front 3 / Front C – Back C]]

*Note: Large units can take up a back/front or two adjacent fronts.

Adjacent, Any, and All
Anyway, units who must attack adjacent can only attack units who are adjacent to them. For example imagine the following playing field:

[[Armbrust – Fighter / Apprentice – Archer
Empty – Empty / Paladin – Empty
Armbrust – Knight / Empty – Archer]]

The Fighter, Knight, and Paladin all have the Adjacent attack tag, The Armbrusts and Archers have the Any tag, while the Apprentice has the All tag.

When the Apprentice’s turn comes up he makes his attack an it targets “All” the enemy units. So it would target the two Armbrusts, Fighter, and the Knight regardless of where they are.

Next the Archer [doesn’t matter which] goes. The Archer, having the Any tag, may attack a single enemy no matter where they are. So the Archer decides to attack the Armbrust. Seems easy enough.

The trouble is the Paladin, Fighter, and Knight have the Adjacent tag meaning they can only attack units that are adjacent to them on the map. Should be rather self explanatory but let’s make this a better diagram. A’s will stand for “Available Target” while N will stand for “Not Available. We will be assuming we’re doing this only for the Fighter.

[[N – Fighter / A – N
N – N / A – Empty
N – N / Empty – N]]

That should clear up any confusion but… What if the Paladin and Apprentice [who should never be in the front row, by the way] are dead or Critically Injured?… Is the Fighter useless? Not at all! Instead the Field changes, figuratively, to look like this:

[[Armbrust – Fighter / Archer
Empty – Empty / Empty
Armbrust – Knight / Archer]]


So the fighter can attack the top row archer, while the knight can attack the bottom row archer. But what if the Paladin had died? Could the Knight attack the [theoretically] still living Apprentice? The answer is yes. If there are no valid targets for an adjacent attacker in a row the adjacent attacker is allowed to attack anyone, so long as they are in the front row. The same applies to the back row when all the front row units are dead.
But how does combat work?

Combat is entirely out of your hands… You’re a manager remember? Still, you have some control. First off, you get to choose who competes in each fight your school is a part of. If you have twelve Gladiators in your school you can have them join in any number of fights so long as there is at least ONE gladiator participating and you meet the requirements for every fight. After that you can choose which gladiator participates in the fight and where. What do I mean by where?

Let’s say that you have Gladiator’s named: Al, Bob, Carl, David, Ernest, and Freddie. You get to choose where they will stand on the field. So you can have it look like this:

[[Al – Bob / Enemy Top Row
Carl – David / Enemy Center Row
Ernest – Freddie / Enemy Bottom Row]]

Or any other combination that you think will work out in your favor. Your declaration of position can be made public knowledge or secretly sent to the commissioner of the fight.

Well… That’s great and all but what else can I do? Well… One other thing. Your Gladiator’s have a total of two options in their fights: Attack or Defend. Attacking is pretty self explanatory – Your Gladiator will use its ability/attack.

Defend on the other hand simple halves the damage taken after other modifiers. Let’s say Johnny is attacked for 100 damage. BUT Johnny has 30% armor. [100 – 30 = 70 * .5 = 35 damage taken]. DEFEND DOES NOT INCREASE ARMOR!!! But other than that it’s still pretty basic.

So where do you come into this? Well you can set up a Battle Plan which is given at the same time you pick positions. In the Battle Plan you simply tell your Gladiators the general plan you want them to follow. You can be as specific or as general as you want. Both have their advantages. Some gladiators however are unruly and won’t listen to the plan, but most will.
What happens after the battle?

Well that depends entirely on if you won or not. If you won you will be granted prize money and fame. If you lost, you might win some fame, but more likely you will lose it. Both sides, however, are given the option to Revive critical condition fighters. This requires a certain amount of money [displayed by the Critical’s Name] to be paid to return them to a single health point so they may start recovering health naturally. Alternatively you can pay further amounts to heal them instantly. The churches of the gladiatorial games do excellent work, but at a fee.

After that the Turn Order is reset and the gladiators rest for a week until the start of the next games or the continuation of the league.
[[to be filled in later]]

Spoiler: League Types (click to show/hide)

Leagues are tournaments Gladiators take part in for fame and glory. Thankfully, victorious schools, as well as runners up, will earn money and fame as well as a title for their victory. There are three types of Leagues:

Round Robin: Every School will compete against every other school a single time. At the end of the Round Robin the number of wins is counted and the victor decided. If there is a tie between an equal number of schools the schools will partake in a single elimination tournament until only one remains. If there is a draw between an odd number of schools then all schools will split the prize. Various rules can apply to this sort of League.

Tourney: Every school competes in a single elimination tournament with the winner of each match facing the winner of another match until only one school remains undefeated. Various rules can apply to this sort of League.

Scramble: Similar to the Tourney this is a single elimination tournament, however after the teams are picked the two teams are randomly scrambled. This means your Fighter can be replaced for the opposing teams Paladin, or vice versa. This leads to more entertaining matches. Do not worry, you will receive your gladiator back at the end of the match regardless of outcome.

Unique Rules
Some leagues have unique rules that are posted before sign-ups. Some examples of this are:

Death Matches: Leagues that have these do not allow Gladiators to leave until their opposition is dead. This is highly exciting for the crowd and often has high rewards. Unfortunately if your gladiator falls in a Death Match you cannot revive them, and they are lost forever. These can be good for getting rid of particularly annoying opponent “Star Players” or even Gladiators that you have tired of. After all, if they win you get big money, if they lose you don’t have to pay them anymore.

Exotic: Leagues that have these do not allow certain types of units such as “Humans” or “Ferals”. This requires for a decent variety of gladiators to keep from being banned from these leagues. Another popular name for these leagues is “Racist” due to the fact that some only allow a single type of race to participate.

Tiered: Leagues that have this tag do not allow units above and/or below a certain level to participate. This is usually done to allow weaker gladiators a chance to get their bearings.

As well as many more.