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[RoseHeart]

 

FEATURING THE QUIXOTIC ANTICS OF ROSEHEART Played by BlackPaladin99, Fluffe9911, MeimieFan88, King Zultan, Horizon, syvarris, hops "Hang on Jagula, who's side are you on anyway? The cat's or our fellow slave Nerdelium's?" 6 Players • Permadeath • Co-Op • Asymmetry House Tokens and T.R.A.I.T.S. by Man of Paper, Blood of Champions series (Est. 2019) Mural courtesy of foxtrot, Famous Gladiators (2016) Injury Tokens by Immortal, Roll To Dodge - A Crazy Forum Game (2008) Based on the StarCraft: Broodwar map 'Gladiator RPG 4 (final)' (2005) last balanced/tweaked by Babas 40 thievz A.K.A. Murelious GLADIATOR RPG (2002) by INTEGER8

[RoseHeart]

Table of Contents
009 - Prologue: Battle - Auction House
078 - Chapter 1: Prepare - House Constantine Ludus
142 - Chapter 1: Battle - Jungle Hunt


Current Roster: Chapter 1

Gladiators [5/5]

•	Spoiler: PV - 1W/0L - He/Him - Dwarf - The Peregrinate Pontiff, Poltroon Vastan (King Zultan) (click to show/hide) Race: Dwarf Hair: Unknown (bald, mustache) Eyes: Unknown Age: Unknown (old) Career: 2 months Appearance: a bald old man with a mustache Pronouns: He/Him Wounds: None
•	Spoiler: Bk - 1W/0L - He/Him - Giant - Bulk Muscles (Horizon) (click to show/hide) Race: Giant Hair: Bald (shaved?) Eyes: Unknown (oblivious) Age: Unknown Career: 2 months Appearance: Quite frankly his magnificently idiotic expression is all that needs to be said for this beautiful creature. Pronouns: He/Him Wounds: None
•	Spoiler: Gk - 1W/0L - He/Him - Elf - Grindak (BlackPaladin99) (click to show/hide) Race: Elf Hair: Unknown Eyes: Unknown Age: Unknown Career: 2 months Appearance: indescribable Pronouns: He/Him, Grindak, Elf, with action/context adjectives Wounds: None
•	Spoiler: Sb - 1W/0L - He/Him - Elf - Scrambles (Fluffe9911) (click to show/hide) Race: Elf Hair: Unknown Eyes: Unknown Age: Unknown Career: 2 months Appearance: a average looking guy Pronouns: He/Him Wounds: None
•	Spoiler: Ow - 1W/0L - He/Him - Human - Ohwell (MeimieFan88) (click to show/hide) Race: Human Hair: Unknown Eyes: Unknown Age: Unknown (teen) Career: 2 months Appearance: a teenage boy slave Pronouns: He/Him Wounds: None

Gladiator Manager

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Spoiler: SM - 0W/0L - She/Her - Kemonomimi - Miss Scintilla Malison (syvarris) (click to show/hide) Race: Kemonomimi Hair: Blond Eyes: Unknown Age: 11! Career: 2 months Appearance: A young blonde girl with pampered skin, wearing a very fancy and high-quality dress that implies great sums of money... as well as the girls' own disregard for its value, considering it's flecked with dirt and mud, matching her unruly and often tangled hair.  She has an unquenchable sparkle in her eye, a carefree and happy child who takes joy in everything she does.  Even if those things are deeply traumatic and painful experiences for her human toys that her very powerful family bought her as a birthday gift. Pronouns: She/Her

Opponents

•	Spoiler: Raptors (click to show/hide) 2 raptors. Very good at team play, one is severely weakened after a recent dominance dispute. Entry Fee: 1 Favor | Reward: 4 Fortune (doubled)

Arena

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Spoiler: Jungle Hunt (click to show/hide) Jungle Hunt is an event put on by mostly elf politicians. They accept completely inexperienced gladiators and and the prizes are as great as the danger. The animals must first be found, and gladiators can spread out and engage in separate encounters. You keep the carcass of any animal killed. They can either be displayed to increases your fame and reveal stats in the bestiary, or can be harvested to make enchanted bone equipment. The crowd likes strategy and cooperation.

Auction House: PM Slave Résumé to join waitlist.

[RoseHeart]

Arena Manual
Version 1.0
 
 
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Slave Résumé

Spoiler: PM Your Slave's Information. (click to show/hide)

-Random if field is blank.
-Name can be changed by manager.
-Birth Month not January or February.
-For Race see humanoid races in the Encyclopedia.

Code: [Select]

Name:
Race:
Hair:
Eyes:
Age:
Birth Month:
Appearance:
Pronouns:


Encyclopedia

Spoiler: Criminals and Creatures. (click to show/hide)

Humanoid Races
Standard Humanoid: Yellowgreen skin. Hair in a variety of colors. Some common branches exist, such as Human, Elf, Dwarf, Hobbit, Goblin, and many more. No unique natural defenses or parts, such as tusks, tails, horns, or scales. Custom Request are allowed. I'm not really opposed to fantasy humanoid races that have no natural advantages a human doesn't (horns, tusks, scales, etc.) in combat. Many of the mentioned races are player requested.

Human: The most common humanoid. They make-up the majority population of Rome and many other empires.
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Dwarf: A stout humanoid. They were formerly persecuted by Rome for their worship of Armok, the religion is now embraced by many Romans in the land of bloodsports. Being too plump for crosses, those to be put to death often fought as Gladiators, where they earned respect and some, their freedom. Dwarves now make up a modest portion of Roman citizens. Frequently seen in roles of merchants and shop owners.
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Elf: A thin humanoid with pointy nose and ears. Often found in prominent positions in Roman society, such as philosophers, House nobles, and members of the Senate. They oversaw the transition away from chopped wood to grown wood as a building material. They only make up a small population of Rome, and mostly gained power and influence by being biologically immortal. They have learned to embrace and even help expand man vs beast bloodsports, though insisted on more even fights than in the past.
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Giant: Hailing from England, these larger humanoids have difficulty with many common entrances, though they are much more "domestic-sized" than true giants. Smarter due to generations of family ties with humans, they are still quite dumb. Despite being part human, they often find the smell and taste of their blood quite appealing, especially humans with roots in England. Giants that are unable to suppress their more primitive impulses are often sold into slavery, where the value of their labor is unmatched.
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Kemonomimi: A human-like race that have furry ears resembling cats, dogs, or some other animal. In Japan, elves have always served an honorary role as their matchmakers. This was a deal made long ago, when goblin-humans with large fluffy ears sought their help to join civilization. Elve's slowly divided them into animal-themed clans based on appearance and behavior, and their bloodlines now possess their distinctive ear features. Many human marriages lessened their goblin features over the generations. Elves don't usually bother to write a will, but those that do often include a cherished Kemonomimi servant in them.
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Gremlin: A twisted descendant of hobbits, these cave dwellers have been spoiled on a diet of blind fish, found in abundance deep within mountain caverns. They appear as a decrepit hobbit with bald spots, a hunched posture and poor teeth, regardless of age, with spindly fingers and exaggerated ears and eyes. They can be obsessive over shiny and rare enchanted artifacts. Like elves, they are biologically immortal, though perhaps gained on an individual basis from magical contamination. They are difficult to civilize due to poor manners and an unbound curiosity for forbidden places. Always mischievous, any unexplainable happenings are quickly blamed on gremlin antics!
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Bestiary
Raptor: Seen.

Essentials: Gladiators

Spoiler: Fighting for your Freedom. (click to show/hide)

Trying to do many actions in a single turn will either be condensed into 1 roll, or parts will be left unfinished as you ran out of time to do it.

A formation is the way each team is arranged. It has two rows, front and back. You can change position for free, doing so does not count as your action.

Flanking is to attack someone on the back row. This requires there is no opponent in front of you. If you are in the back row, you automatically move to the front if no teammate is in front of you.

Gladiator stats form the word TRAITS with their acronym.

All Gladiators have six main stats, which you can easily remember using the very unique T.R.A.I.T.S.
Technique is a Gladiator's familiarity with a weapon or particular piece of equipment should it be unique in some way. There can be multiple Technique (Equipment) skills on an individual Gladiator.
Resilience is a Gladiator's stamina and endurance, and is also taken into account when mounted on a creature. Higher Resilience generally indicates more staying power.
Agility represents a Gladiator's physical prowess and swiftness. Higher Agility often indicates quicker movements and attacks.
Intelligence is a Gladiator's familiarity with invoking or evoking the powers of their various gods. Higher Intelligence means more frequent and potent use of magical equipment of all types.
Theatrics represents a Gladiator's ability to draw in the crowd. Higher Theatrics generally indicates better favor from the crowd, patrons, and more.
Strength represents a Gladiator's, well, strength. Higher Strength means they can hit harder, and with bigger things.

The higher your Agility, the higher your turn priority.

T.R.A.I.T.S. can be increased twice during the Prepare Phase, and once after the Battle Phase.

Pain injury tokens penalizing using specific body parts. A part can get a second one. Bleeding injury tokens accumulate for the whole body. If you have 2 or more you could eventually die.

Reputation Points are earned by impressing the audience, and are represented by '♥'s. At 50 Reputation, a gladiator that impresses the Emperor may earn their freedom.

Essentials: Manager

Spoiler: The Business of Bloodsports. (click to show/hide)

The Noble (You) belongs to House Constantine. The house color is yellow.

The Gladiator Manager can obtain and spend tokens to influence the story.

Tokens come in a variety of types, and can often be used interchangeably. The type of token used will affect how the action plays out and events further down the line, but will not impact your overall ability to win the game. Token types as of now are as follows:

Fortune Tokens represent sums of money leaving your hands and entering someone else's. As wealth is a universal language, there's almost no opportunity for using a Fortune Token and having events turn on you. Almost.
Favor Tokens represent favors both owed to you by others and others by you. Using a Favor Token to do something will often put you in someone's debt in order to achieve your goal. You will usually be asked to do a favor in return, with the debt being forgiven on completion. A Favor Token can also be used sans objective on a person of interest (PoIs will be listed in a spoiler as you meet them) in order to attempt to get them indebted to you - sometimes without needing to do anything yourself! You can call in these favors with varying degrees of success based on relationship status, family standing, and a whole slew of minor factors.
Fame Tokens represent your mere presence acting to further your goals. Fame Tokens usually don't come with drawbacks, however you may see less significant success or side events occur if you're not known at all or if your target outFames you or doesn't care for popularity.
Fate Tokens represent the will of the Gods guiding your family. While these tokens will see the greatest level of success, they may also have massive unexpected impacts not just to your family, but across Rome as a whole.

Advanced Stuff

Spoiler: Know Thyself. (click to show/hide)

Magic Formula
G1 SlamStabSlice G2 AT
0+0 -0Advantage +0Disadvantage +0Technique 0=HITMISS;

(MISS)
-1 TorsoMiss -0LiteWepMiss =0;
[b]G1 Adjective SlamStabSlice G2 AT[/b]

(HIT)
+0Defense +0Blocking -0HevyWepHit -0WepTierV -0ATSlamStabSlice =0;
[b]G1 Adjective SlamStabSlice G2 AT[/b]


A critical roll of 2 or 12 will ignore modifiers.


Dice Rolls / Tables

Roll to Dodge
12 Overshoot - Opening -1 for both if natural 12. Opening -1.
11 Success - Opening -1
10 Success - Miss
09 Success - Near Blow
08 Success - Glancing Blow
07 Fail - Superficial Injury +Pain
06 Fail - Trivial Injury +ExtremePain
05 Fail - Minor Injury +ExtremePain +Bleeding
04 Fail - Major Injury +ExtremPain +HeavyBleeding
03 Fail - Mutilation +SuperHeavyBleeding
02 fail - Gear Clash if natural 2. DEATH.
Specific outcomes may be altered based on the weapon, injury location and armor, intention, etc.

Misc. Action Difficulty
The more either subtle, or outlandish, the attempt is the easier or harder it will be. 2d6, 8+ = Success.
++ Trivial (Auto-Success)
+2 Very Easy
+1 Easy
+0 Normal
-1 Hard
-2 Very Hard
-- Impossible (Auto-Fail)


General Modifiers
Technique: -1 enemy dodge for every 10 Technique. A Job has associated gear, Technique level is tracked separately for each job. Jobs that share some gear will train twice as fast, up to matching level.
Advantage: +1 if prepared. Not attacking or blocking, until you go again or are attacked.
Disadvantage: -1 if overextended on your last attack, until you go again or are attacked. -1 if using a weapon to perform a bunt attack that wasn't designed for it, like the hilt of a blade weapon.

Dodge Success Modifiers
Light Weapons: If DODGE, -1 to enemy dodge roll for every 10 Agility. Includes unarmed attacks. (Unarmed, Crude Dagger, Raptor Claws)

Hit Success Modifiers
Heavy Weapon: If HIT, -1 to enemy dodge roll for every 10 Strength. (Improvised Giant Meteor Hammer, Raptor Teeth)
Material Bonus: If HIT, Improvised/Training +/-0, Crude/Bone +/-1, Magnusite/Mythril +/-2. Armor adds to Defense bonus, Shields adds to Blocking bonus.
Blunt Damage: +1 head HIT. (Unarmed, Improvised Giant Meteor Hammer)
Slice Damage: +1 limb HIT. (Crude Dagger, Raptor Claws)
Stab Damage: +1 torso HIT. (Crude Dagger, Raptor Teeth)
Defense: If HIT, +1 for every 10 points of Resilience. Improved with Armor.
Blocking: If HIT, +1 for every 10 points of Strength. Improved with Shield. Active when you block instead of attack; stacks with Defense.

Special Modifiers
Enchantment: Bone and Mythril gear can have enchantments that can cause additional effects or stat increases, although a trait can't be boosted above the wielder's Intelligence. Bone gear gets an enchantment based on the animal carcass that was used. Bone gear is sacrificed to transfer enchantments to an empty Mythril gear.
Durability: If different tier gear clash, the weaker will be destroyed on a critical dodge fail. Defending gear loses a tie. Improvised weapons break after battle.


Rapport for Mistake Findings
+1 Non-Consequential but Helpful: Such as formatting errors, or typos and grammar errors that could be confusing. (delayed 3 turns; more found reduces delay)
+1 Low Consequence: Such as an item disappeared for no reason.
+2 Medium: Such as an action was skipped for no reason.
+3 High: Such as a unit disappeared for no reason.
(triple, if it helps the enemy)

Patch Notes
Version 1.0
- 9/3 Arena Manual updated up to Pop Quiz 2. Please see update 15(post #203) and beyond for newer information.

[Devastator]

Wrong subforum.

[RoseHeart]

Wrong subforum.

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| Thanks. Yeah this isn't a part of ER lol.
_{I don't leave general FGRP often.}

_{Roman gambling die, lead, 12m³, found in Leicestershire, England}

 
 
 


Introduction
One player is the gladiator manager, the rest are the gladiators. HUGE DISCLAIMER: I really have no belly for describing gore, so expect most of the bloody details to be glossed over. That being said, injuries will be tracked in a more specific manner than a health bar. Minor injuries cause pain, major injuries take multiple matches to heal, and some wounds can't heal or are fatal. That is why this is a team game. This is PVE, at least for now with some light story elements.

I plan to use two d6 dice for a bell curve. Weapons and equipment your manager lends to you will modify these outcomes in certain situations. A fair bit of this game will be improvised, but the main gameplay loop is simply to schedule fights, fight, and buy upgrades to take on bigger fights.


Thread Rules

• Finish what you Started.
  Please participate to the end of a chapter you sign up for, with 'Prepare' being the first half of the chapter, 'Battle' second. Re/sign-ups will only be between chapters. You can waitlist to receive a PM when a chapter is starting. If there are extra, the manager chooses who will fight. Players who participated in previous chapters are welcome to return as the same or a new character.
   
• Don't Hold Up the Game.
  If you're not going to do anything for a turn, say 'I pass'. If you're going to be unavailable for awhile, let me know. If you're going to leave, say 'I quit'. I'd much rather you leave the game, than hold it up for all the other players. I can respect that sometimes people lose interest, but please respect me and others who haven't.
   
• Know What you're Getting Into.
  Resources are limited. Mistakes are costly. Things can go from good to bad in an instant, and bad things tend to snowball. You are joining a cruel world, where slaves must fight for the entertainment of the masses, and profits of their master. This might be a tale of glory and liberation, if you stick with it, but it will definitely be one of brutality, either inflicted by you, or on you.
   
• Anything that I deem as relevant to Your Character, Goes In.
  Gladiator Manager does not separate IC and OOC. This is because IC roleplay is no more important than OOC gameplay discussion—which makes the distinction blurred. Anything game related you post in this thread/PM me is up for grabs. I'll squeeze just about everything into the story I can. This is to make it exciting and relatable, and to some degree, authentic. IE: If you throw a tantrum, your character will too.
   
• This is a Team Game, play it like one.
  To promote discussion and cooperation, and accommodate mixed availability, actions will be locked-in only after at least 7 days have passed. Please make the most of this time to strategize with your teammates. If everyone who submitted an action last turn, did so again, the manager can lock-in actions early. The manager should encourage cooperation for best results(and highest profits!).
   
• This is Game is a Bastard. (Or, if you prefer, 'I' am.)
  I will lie, I will present false information, and I will try to take from you everything you hold dear. You've been warned! Bastard Game = Partial Information. There may be times I withhold information your character wouldn't know, or give you false information that would appear true to them. The game is, however, winnable.
   

Tip:

By the way, every update, except for the first (which is a few posts below this), contains the words [dice magic], so if you type that into the thread search function, it will pull up all updates without any of the posts in between.

[hops]

I'm in as a gladiator.

[syvarris]

Admuttedly I'd have no idea this exists if it weren't misposted.

Manager.  37.  I'll try gladiating if someone else gets it.

[RoseHeart]

The Elven Archer throws their hat in the command, interesting, interesting...

[Horizon]

Gib me gloree or gib me deth

[RoseHeart]

Alrighty, time to throw a few tutorial/prologue punches at you. hops and Horizon may choose the gender and appearance of their gladiator slave. You have no possessions and are garbed in tattered rags. You haven't eaten anything resembling food in as long as you can remember, which admittedly is quite blurry. A piece of bread drops down from the bright grate in the ceiling. You share a portion with each other, and extend some for the other two. They are the new arrivals, they haven't starved as long as you two. The nearest one sees the frail outstretched limb and scoffs. They mutter to each other and turn with gleaming grins. After cracking knuckles and spitting at the floor, they close in to take the food. You each swallow it before they can take it from you, and they are furious. Defend yourself!

Formation
Both sides will take a formation, the standard one is to each be in a line. You can also have one person move infront of another during the enemy's attack. Changing formation does not use an action.

Action
Try to attack or defend, you can use punches, kicks, or anything you could reasonably do. This is the fight of your life!

Aside: Man of Paper actually made some really cool meta level stuff I want to borrow from Blood and Sand/Blood of Champions. I asked, we'll see. Either way, this is an improvised game, so let's get started. We'll focus on the combat right now.

[King Zultan]

Is it to late to join?

[RoseHeart]

Not at all. If you are applying for manager please wait. Otherwise you can follow the same instructions and help the other two players.

[King Zultan]

I'll be one of the fightin guys!

And I shall be a bald old man with a mustache, and my action is to punch them guys in their faces!

[RoseHeart]

Perfect!

[MeimieFan88]

I'd like to join too. I will be a teenage boy slave. My action will be to try to dodge the bad guys' attacks and maybe throw a counterpunch.