Johannes replied to me: > > I assumed that there is a social event before, during and after > > the fight. The gladiator victim would be presented at the party > > before, with a chance for everybody to look him over. Then the > > two 'contestants' go into their locker rooms for arms and armor, > > come out in gladiator gear (full-face helmet?), fight, and then > > they go back for changing. The noble comes out for the rest of > > the party, the gladiator is disposed. > > > > Propably i could do that. Though meeting the double can spoil the > authentic arena experience for thoose, who also know the real gladiators > socially.
For others, it might be the chance to trade thinly veiled witticisms with a dead man walking. Do they get kicks from that? Or drop hints that they could rescue the slave for some service (like putting the sword into the belly of a rival). > > We're talking about a real gladiator vs. a wannabe noble. Is > > there a question that the gladiator can win easily if both > > get sharps? > > > > The noble will have been groomed and propably had a time as Roman army > officer. He will not have actual combat experience, but training. So > propabilities are stacked highly in favour of Tribunus, but bad luck might > happen. I don' know, would that training be relevant? A tribunus laticlavus was a general-trainee, not a frontline soldier. > [...] or who still need personality adjustments. ??? > The life of the other slaves (guards especially, householdslaves) is much > better, and the management relies on them not showing solidarity in > exchange for perks. Human nature is unpredictable. Throw in a kitchen maid with a crush on one of the gladiators, and the worst moment for the plans of the PCs :-) Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
