Sorry. Had to deal with some stuff
So here goes:
I I pry open the dead dog-on-a-stick that I have and rip out any organ I can find. I then throw the organ at the tiger.
You bloodthirstly rip open the corpse and pull out its entrails (5)! Quickly fashioning a lariat out of bowel, you throw it at the tiger (RTD: 5 + 1 with mad butcher help) who is caught by the leg! You now have an intestine lariat, attached to a tiger foot.
Get my ax back. Chances are I'm going to need it
Help Maceris
Lupus looks over to to his teammates. "Any ideas?"
You rip your axe out with a mighty tug (4) and, using your butchering skills for good, manage to patch Cato's chest back together, stopping the bleeding. You retrieve Maceris's bowel
I will quickly untangle everything and then pick up my javelin and prepare to fight.
Flintus works furiously at untangling his weapons, and after a frenzy of activity is lying on the floor, tied together in a big mess. (1, -1 to defense, -2 to attacks)
Throw the dog at Gurt, put my mask back on, and CHARGE!
You rip the dog off your face and swing it by the tail like a crude sling! Launching it (3) at Gert(4), he laughs and snaps his whip at the dog, splitting its skull in midair, but you charge forth!
Take dog head off of my arm and put it on my head
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You remove the dog head off your arm, carefully pulling the teeth out, and plop the bloody thing on your head, though crude it probably will give you some protection.
I follow the first man to charge and protect his back.
Screaming bloody murder, you charge alongside Dragnar. Your attack (3) misses widely (RTD: 5), and Gert draws his gladius, stabbing at you! (4) (Rasihul RTD: 3) He easily stabs past your defenses, and cuts you through your pauldron! You now have a minor wound on the shoulder.
"Rashilix, let's flank and cover."
*Assuming Rashilix comes with me I'll begin flanking Gert and his pet.*
You flank, (2) but now find yourself alone- and have drawn the attention of Rindclaw! The powerful tiger leaps from Gert's side, claws outstretched as the crowd roars for your blood. Seeing the tigers mad charge (2) you use your defensive mind to formulate a plan (RTD: 6+1 for defensive fighter) and sidestep. The tiger smashes into the Arena wall, dizzying it and giving it a big crush on the skull!
Stand up, and turn to face the new threat.
You proudly stand, and your mind takes stock of the situation (5). Calling out a battle plan using your tactical mind, you bellow it out to your friends and you all gain the upper hand! (immunity to critical failures for one turn).
Character ListName: Cato Ambustu
Status: Moderate wound in chest, commanding battlefield (gives the upper hand)
Gender: Male
Age and Background: 24 years of age. When he was 22, his father fell into debt and sold his son into slavery to pay it off, while faking his son's death to save face. He despises his father Duilius, though does not hate the rest of his family. Since he is supposed to be dead, he can not use his true name, Cato Tacitus Flavius.
Height and Weight: 6'2" 174lbs
Traits: Tactician, Counter-Attacker
Deity(optional): Minerva
Items:
Bronze Spear
Bronze Helmet
Bronze Breastplate
Name:Paulus
Status:
Gender:Male
Age and Background:(16 yrs.)One of the germanic tribesman from the northern territories he was taken as a prisoner of war as a young boy.
Height:6' Weight:160 lbs
Traits: Defensive fighter, Herbal lore
Deity:Mother Nature
Items:Hand axe (1), Shield (1), Bronze Breastplate (1), Sandals, Loincloth
Name: Maceris
Status: Has tiger caught with entrail-lariat.
Gender: Male
Age and Background: 27; once Quintus Vitruvius Licinus, he was forced into slavery to pay his debts. His father, a blacksmith, perished three years ago. He was heavily in debt, and that debt was simply passed onto Licinus. He was soon captured, and ended up slave to Gnaeus Hostilius Macer. Unwanted as a slave, he became a gladiator.
Height and Weight: 6'2", 170 lbs
Traits:Can withstand pain, metalworker.
Deity(optional): Ianus
Items: Trident, buckler, breastplate, leather facemask.
Name: Lupus "The Butcher" Prowne
Status: Angry
: Male
Age and Background: 27 year old, Lupus use to live in a outpost town far from the walls of Rome, living a quiet life with a family. Until he went insane. Lupus is charge with the slaughtering of almost a hundred people, the bodies always torn to chunks. By the time he was caught, he was well known in the surrounding area, becoming something of a bogyman. He seems to have a affiliation with the moon.
Height and Weight: 6' 3", 240 lb
Traits: Axeman, Insane, dabbling Chirugeon
Items:
2 Hand-Axes
Leather Shirt
Leather Greaves
Name:Flintix
Status: Minor bite on left calf, hopelessly entangled (-2 to attacks, -1 to defense)
Gender:Male
Age and backround: 32, Flintix was a member of a higher class Gaulic family and was the brother of a highly decorated chieftan. Flintix fought alongisde the great Vercingetorix but was inevitably and to his great shame captured. Now he is a broken man fighting for the entertainment of those he hates and longs for the day he will break out and slaughter all Romans.
Height and Weight:6' 5'', 270 lbs
Traits:Very powerful, Leadership.
Items: Gladius, Javelin, Net. Bronze Breastplate
Name: Rashilix
Status: Scratch on right arm, minor wound to shoulder
Gender: Male
Age and Background: 24, Was captured and taken away when the romans invaded his little Armorican village and burned it down
Height and Weight: 5'7", 175 lb. I notice that almost everyone is tall, even by today's standards
Traits: Well-built, swordsman
Deity(optional): Toutatis
Items: Gladius, Shield, Bronze Pauldron, bloody mongrel head worn on head
Name: dragnar
Status: Minor bite on face, one bleeding minor bite to face.
Gender: male
Age and Background: A man of few words and precise action. He does not speak of why he was brought to the arena, but he has a noble air about him, and he seems to fight for more than just his life.
Height and Weight: 5' 6"
Traits: calm, tactical
Deity(optional): none
Items: gladius, shield, facemask
Area: Arena crowd chanting "GERT, GERT, GERT" (-1 to actions involving morale), Gert the Beasttamer and Rindclaw, the tiger.
You seem to have the upper hand.
Race: Egyptian
Status: Healthy
Traits: Animal Tamer, Cruel
Weapons: +bronze gladius+ (2), leather whip (.5)
Armor: Bronze Greaves(1), -bronze pauldron- (1.5)
Race: Tiger
Status: Stunned, heavy bruise on head, hungry, caught by back foot.
Traits: 'Tamed', Quick
Weapons: Claws (1) Bite (2)
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