Gladiator

The Gladiator is a role that appears in SlashTHEM, and is based on a role idea created by Fyr.

Gladiators can be a human, dwarf, orc, ogre or giant of any alignment.

Guidebook entry: Gladiators are professional fighters, trained and equipped to combat ferocious beasts and one another as a form of entertainment.

Starting equipment

• a +1 silver spear
• a +0 shield of reflection
• a cram rations

Intrinsics

• Exp Level 3: speed
• Exp Level 6: stealth
• Exp Level 10: aggravate monster
• Exp Level 15: warning

Techniques

At XL 3, gladiators learn how to shield block.

Prize money

If your alignment is non-negative, killing any human that starts out as hostile (i.e., when such killing is not murder), dog, jackal, wolf, lynx, panther, tiger, mumak, or mastodon adds 50+(1d20*XL) zorkmids to your inventory. (These types of animals would be hunted and killed in the arena for the amusement of the spectators.)

Rank titles

The status line shows you to be one of the following ranks when you reach the specified experience level. The names are taken from gladiatorial styles, and when using weapons appropriate to their current rank (indicated in parentheses), gladiators receive a +4 to hit bonus and, if Unskilled, hit as if at Basic proficiency.

• XL 1-2: Velite (spear, sling)
• XL 3-5: Thraex (scimitar)
• XL 6-9: Dimachaerus (two-weapon, longsword)
• XL 10-13: Venator (polearms)
• XL 14-17: Murmillo (short sword)
• XL 18-21: Hoplomachus (short sword, javelin)
• XL 22-25: Retiarius (trident, dagger)
• XL 26-29: Secutor (longsword)
• XL 30: Centurion (two-weapon, longsword, saber)

Skills

Valkyrie skills
Max	Skills
Basic	Weapons: pick-axe, crossbow
Skilled	Weapons: saber, knife, javelin, polearms, scimitar, flail, broadsword, two-handed sword, morning star, hammer, lance, whip Combat: riding
Expert	Weapons: unicorn horn, long sword, short sword, dagger, spear, trident Combat: two-weapon combat Spells: attack, body

Gladiators start with Basic skill in saber and bare handed combat. The gladiator's special spell is cause fear.

Gladiator Quest

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Attacks	Weapon 16d2, trample 16d2 stun, Gaze random breath weapon, Claw 1d4 steal Amulet

@ The Champion of Pompeji File:The Champion of Pompeji.png
Attacks	Weapon 16d2, trample 16d2 stun, Gaze random breath weapon, Claw 1d4 steal Amulet
Base level	25
Speed	12
Base AC	-10
Base MR	10
Alignment	-20 (chaotic)
Frequency (by normal means)	unique
Genocidable	no
Weight	1450
Nutritional value	400
Size	medium
Resistances	poison, stoning, death, disintegration
Resistances conveyed	poison resistance
The Champion of Pompeji: can fly. has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. can see invisible creatures. is omnivorous. is not a valid polymorphable form. is a human. is normally generated hostile. can follow you to other levels. is nasty. is strong. can pick up weapons and food. can pick up magical items.
Reference	monst.c, line 7074

The gladiator's quest leader is Tutor (a homunculus whose dialogue is humorously modeled after Burgess Meredith's role in the film "Rocky" as fight trainer Micky Goldmill).

The quest sees you fighting the Champion of Pompeji for the Imperial Token, an artifact gold ring. When worn, the Token has whatever randomized effect gold rings have in your game. In addition, when carried, it conveys drain resistance and hungerless regeneration. For Gladiators only, #invoking it acts as the “aggravate monster” monster spell (wakes up all monsters on the level and has a one-fifth chance of unparalyzing paralyzed monsters on the level, with the message: "You feel that monsters are aware of your presence.").

The quest goal level is the Colosseum, a large circular arena populated with several werecreatures and "prize money" animals (as listed above). The entire arena is always affected by conflict which cannot be turned off.