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[Rolepgeek]

Oooh, you take requests?

Could I make a request for advanced level ups for Goblins available past certain levels? Just relatively simple stuff, and not huge stat increases, mostly there to allow variety, like Goblin Berserker, Goblin Tamer, Goblin Shaman, etc.

[TCM]

Thanks Nerjin, even if I never get in, this looks like it'll be lots of fun to watch.

Spoiler: LAAAAAAAAAADIES AND GENTLEMEN! AS WE PROCEED, TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED! (click to show/hide)

Lord Name: Vincent McMahonious
Lord Type: Ex-Gladiator
School Name: Worldwide Gladiatorial Entertainment - The W.G.E.
School History: The W.G.E. is known for turning street punks and beggars into full-fledged gladiators. The Gladiators from the W.G.E. are among the most flamboyant in all the land. Frequently before matches, they'll publicly stage promotions of their matches where they'll boast about their own strengths while insulting their opponents. Their fighting styles emphasize much more running and aerial attacking than other schools. In addition to all this, in-between matches, the school is open to (and actually encourages) visitors to see mock combat between the Gladiators. This serves both to train the Gladiators before their real matches, and raises the school's presence in the public's eye.
Personal History: McMahonious was a Gladiator from birth, having been born into slavery after his parents had been taken prisoners from their homeland in a great war of the past. He was selected due to his physicality, and pompous personality. In battle, he focused almost on much on winning over the crowd as he did fighting. He would taunt his opponent, and throw out novel and unorthodox moves. McMahonious was in fact the founder of the Flying Elbow Drop Finisher, a technique whereupon incapacitating his opponent, Vincent would climb upon an object in the ring like a crate or a chair, and land on his opponent's face or chest, elbow first, ending the match. After earning enough money to free himself, McMahonious founded a school to teach his techniques to aspiring young men and women.

[Nerjin]

Playergamer > Wernher Von Braun the Peasant [Unpopular, From the Coast]
Kj1225 > Bucky the Imp [Contemplative, Well Humoured]
GUNINANRUNIN > Leon the Peasant [Boring, Undisciplined]
MOWE > John the Peasant [Fast Learner, Popular]
Rolepgeek > Jig the Goblin [Undisciplined, Debaucher]
Ozarck > Ugly Jerry the Peasant [Contemplative, Cheater]

Spoiler: Playergamer (click to show/hide)

After spending several moments talking with on particular man you decide that you want him to be your first gladiator. You find that he grew up on the coast which is nice considering all the sea monsters and wizards that participate in the games. However as you leave the arena you think back to some of the jokes he was making. They were… not very nice for most people. You get the feeling Wernher might not be so popular with the audience but… You take what you can get.

Name: Wernher Von Braun the Peasant [Human]
HP: 40/40
Wards: Water
Purchase Cost: 30gp
Revive Cost: 10gp
XP Next: 0/35
Initiative: 30
Attack 1: Pitchfork (-15)
Levels Into: Mercenary, Thug
Personality: Wernher is unliked by the crowd. Wernher has lived on the coast all their life.

Description: Simple farmers and laborers, some Peasants enter the arena in an attempt to better their station.
 

Spoiler: Kj1225 (click to show/hide)

An Imp was an… interesting choice. Most gladiator schools ignored them entirely due to their habits of… mischief. Never-the-less you had heard some… interesting stories about corpulent imps whom grow to from their less than impressive stature to twice the size of a human adult male. Even better, they become so corpulent that they are usually unable to fit through doors.

Though you don’t understand his language perfectly you are able to make out the fact that Bucky rarely gets sick. In fact he seems nearly immune to sickness. Furthermore he seems quite contemplative for such a lesser demon. Still, as it stands you can’t resist the temptation of hiring the Imp so you hand the money to the Registrar and spend several moments talking with Bucky until you decide to go home to rest up for tomorrow.

Name: Bucky the Imp [Demon]
HP: 50/50
Wards: Mind, Death
Purchase Cost: 60gp
Revive Cost: 50gp
XP Next: 0/50
Initiative: 30
Attack 1: Scratch (-20)
Levels Into: Fat Imp
Personality: Contemplative, Well Humoured
Personality: Bucky is highly contemplative.. Bucky seems to never get sick.

Description: Having more in common with annoyances than actual threats, the Imp is sent by a Demon Lord to sow chaos within the realm of mortals
 

Spoiler: GUNINANRUNIN (click to show/hide)

Leon… Ugh… Leon… The simple sound of his name annoys you to no end. He’s so boring to talk to and he made it perfectly clear that he wants to “Do my own thing.” Bah… He’s an idiot in your opinion… Still, he was the only gladiator willing to work for you so  you purchased him and went home cursing his name at the top of your lungs until you fell asleep.

You dreamt of Leon getting torn to shreds by an Ogre… It was a good dream.

Name: Leon the Peasant [Human]
HP: 40/40
Purchase Cost: 30gp
Revive Cost: 10gp
XP Next: 0/35
Initiative: 30
Attack 1: Pitchfork (-15)
Levels Into: Mercenary, Thug
Personality: Leon is boring to talk to due to his lack of attributes. Leon doesn’t follow orders well

Description: Simple farmers and laborers, some Peasants enter the arena in an attempt to better their station.
 

Spoiler: MyOwnWorstEnemy (click to show/hide)

John seems odd to you. Not really anything wrong. In fact, too much right. This uneducated peasant seems to be… educated despite the fact that he stated his family is dirt poor. Literally, his family was made entirely of dirt farmers. How did he know everything he does? Even more, he seems particularly charismatic. Almost as if he was classically taught. You feel like he’s hiding something from you in this regard but you absolutely cannot pass up the opportunity.

As you go back to your home you ponder your new gladiator. He still seems… odd to you.

Name: John the Peasant [Human]
HP: 40/40
Purchase Cost: 30gp
Revive Cost: 10gp
XP Next: 0/35
Initiative: 30
Attack 1: Pitchfork (-15)
Levels Into: Mercenary, Thug
Personality: John is a fast learner. John is popular with the crowd.
Description: Simple farmers and laborers, some Peasants enter the arena in an attempt to better their station.
 

Spoiler: Rolepgeek (click to show/hide)

Goblins don’t usually last long in the arena. Most people say it’s because they’re savage and feral beasts of a race with no civility. You never bought into this sort of thing. You’ve known a few goblins in your time and each of them were articulate and well-mannered. If only Jig was the same.

Oh, the first impression was nice. He stood perfectly still. Seemed incredibly willing to do what you asked. Then you hired him…

The damn bastard immediately started howling and throwing his items around in joy before getting into a fist fight with another goblin not too far away from him. You didn’t stick around to see the ending as quite a few other gladiators began joining in.

As you listened through the door to the ruckus inside the Registrar seemed nervous as she said “He does this, Jig does… He loves partying… He never follows orders, he simply… He is a beast. You made a poor choice.”

“You didn’t say anything!?”

She blushed as she stammered out an excuse to the effect that Jig had shown some improvement. Bah… Whatever, hopefully his history of fighting would prove to be beneficial to you in the long run. You hope…

Name: Jig the Goblin [Goblin]
HP: 50/50
Purchase Cost: 50gp
Revive Cost: 50gp
XP Next: 0/50
Initiative: 30
Attack 1: Spear (-15)
Personality: Jig loves parties and brawls, though their constant lawbreaking does drain your coffers somewhat. Jig doesn’t follow orders well.

Description: Feral and savage, Goblins are thought, correctly, to be good for little more than annoyances.
 

Spoiler: Ozarck (click to show/hide)

Ugly Jerry is certainly… Aptly named. His nose… His eyes… His back… Ugh… You can barely stand to look at him. However, after a while of talking to him [unwillingly but he was persistent] you realized that he was quite intelligent! Even better, a comment made in passing, absolutely made you sure of his talent.

“I’ve always been a fan of Iocane.”

Iocane… A powerful poison. Outlawed in the games. However there were plenty of legal poisons that were allowed in the Arena. Since Ugly Jerry was already familiar with their usage, maybe you could make the most of his skills.

You fall asleep that night with a smile on your face.

Name: Ugly Jerry the Peasant [Human]
HP: 40/40
Wards: Mind
Purchase Cost: 30gp
Revive Cost: 10gp
XP Next: 0/35
Initiative: 30
Attack 1: Pitchfork (-15)
Attack 2: Poison (-10)
Special: Poison deals its damage before the enemy is able to act. It lasts until the end of the battle or until cured.
Levels Into: Mercenary, Thug
Contemplative, Cheater
Personality: Ugly Jerry is highly contemplative. Ugly Jerry is a cheater who enjoys coating their poison with poison.

Description: Simple farmers and laborers, some Peasants enter the arena in an attempt to better their station.
 

Your Gladiator schools have been updated. The Merchants might be thinking “Why am I also paying 2gp a turn?” Well you’re technically paying 1.80 or so… I round up. If the decimal is at or above .50 the number will be rounded up. .49 or lower, is rounded down.

Also, some of you guys got screwed over on the personality traits. I considered allowing you guys to pay a small fee to change the personality but… I don’t think that’s fair to those who got good rolls so I’m afraid it stays.

The first turn will start sometime tomorrow or wednesday. But for now I'll give you guys the chance to do whatever with the gladitors you have.

[Toaster]

Interesting that only one merc came out with a positive and negative trait.  Maybe you should stack the odds toward that happening in the future?


EDIT:  Or not, really.  Are there traits that are both positive and negative?

[Playergamer]

"Nice to meet you Wernher, it'll be my job to make you a warrior."

Try to give Wernher some very basic training myself. Basically, make sure he knows which side you stab the enemy with.

[kj1225]

"I think I'm going to have to hire more of your kind Bucky... or maybe I should get a fairly even spread... What do you think Buck?"

Get opinions on the course of action I should take in teh future.

[Nerjin]

Interesting that only one merc came out with a positive and negative trait.  Maybe you should stack the odds toward that happening in the future?


EDIT:  Or not, really.  Are there traits that are both positive and negative?

There are currently 16 Positive Traits, 7 negative traits, and one neutral trait [Boring. Which you might consider negative]. I thought that 2/3 Positive, 1/3 Negative [if we assume Boring is negative]. I suppose I could work for a more.... +/- balance but... I dunno.

[Nerjin]

"Nice to meet you Wernher, it'll be my job to make you a warrior."

Try to give Wernher some very basic training myself. Basically, make sure he knows which side you stab the enemy with.

Wernher seems to be somewhat competent at fighting. He's nothing spectacular. He wouldn't last a second against a Manticore, or even a wolf. He probably wouldn't even last against an Imp for very long, though he'd have a shot. Still, he seems pretty competent for what his profession is.

"I think I'm going to have to hire more of your kind Bucky... or maybe I should get a fairly even spread... What do you think Buck?"

Get opinions on the course of action I should take in teh future.

Bucky seems to ponder it for several moments before he mutters some gibberish you cannot understand. This whole language barrier might not be too helpful. Still, after a while you get the idea that he wants more Gladiators to be on the team.

[kj1225]

"Yes. That would be a good idea... I'm going to have to get some more money though. Just so it's financially sound."

[Playergamer]

"Well, my friend, it's time I showed you your new home."

Show him around whatever building I have for my school, and ask him for his thoughts.

[TamerVirus]

PTW!

[Parsely]

Take Leon to have some practice with his pitchfork against the trainer. Mock him whenever he screws up. Can our gladdys gain new traits through social interaction?

[Rolepgeek]

Speaking of Upkeep, I will pay High Upkeep. As I get a 10% discount, I still only have to pay 2 gp, unlike non-merchants.
Can personality traits ever change?
Can we buy new equipment for our gladiators?
Can gladiators gain experience outside of combat, like from getting into drunken brawls?

Try to find ways to focus Jig's feral nature and ferocious qualities into an effective fighting style, get him to train(pay homeless people to be training dummies if that's what it takes. With non-lethal weapons, of course...usually).

[Nerjin]

"Well, my friend, it's time I showed you your new home."

Show him around whatever building I have for my school, and ask him for his thoughts.

Wernher seems to be rather impressed by the small building your school occupies. However, this has more to do with his occupation of peasant than any actual impressiveness that your building exudes.

Take Leon to have some practice with his pitchfork against the trainer. Mock him whenever he screws up. Can our gladdys gain new traits through social interaction?

Trainer: "Before I begin training this... gladiator how much are you paying me?" [[For every gold piece you pay Leon will gain 1xp up to 34. You cannot level him. See my response to RPG below this to see the answer to your question.

Speaking of Upkeep, I will pay High Upkeep. As I get a 10% discount, I still only have to pay 2 gp, unlike non-merchants.

Alrighty, lemme write that down somewhere.

Can personality traits ever change?

Usually? No. Even if they class change they will usually stay the same forever. However there are some rare instances where a personality trait can be added or removed or just changed.

Can we buy new equipment for our gladiators?

Can you? No. Can MOWE? No. Can Gunin... Well you get the idea. You might see that implies that equipment is available later on right? Well it is. You have to reach a certain fame level before you can purchase potions, then even higher fame to buy equipment. Basically, you're stuck with just gladdys for a little bit.

Can gladiators gain experience outside of combat, like from getting into drunken brawls?

Yes, special events and trainers are some ways of outside combat training. Trainers cost money. Higher leveled units can cost quite a lot of money to get even a single EXP point. For example, a Paladin requires 5gp for 1xp. BUT your guys are basically losers so they learn quickly [1xp=1gp]. Furthermore you can't level a gladiator through training. They have to actually fight somebody to level up.

Try to find ways to focus Jig's feral nature and ferocious qualities into an effective fighting style, get him to train(pay homeless people to be training dummies if that's what it takes. With non-lethal weapons, of course...usually).

Homeless Man: "Uh... I guess... How much are you giving me again?" [Training Jig: 1gp = 1xp]

[kj1225]

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