Board Thread:Roleplay Ideas/@comment-26863727-20160820051335

... over time, you may come to love it yourself. You are here as punishment. You will almost certainly never receive the rudius, doomed to fight until you die or are too old to continue."

These words will remain etched into your memory for as long as you live. They are what the trainer said to you at your first day in the ludus.

For various reasons, your characters have committed a murder during the reign of Emperor Sextus Nerva Ultimus in the city of Atmora, and in his perverse sense of humor, he has consigned you the punishment of killing some more fellow sapients, and maybe some exotic beasts. For now get used to being called exclusively "slave", "gladiator", "you there", "man/woman" and all the like. If you are successful and receive much glory, you will have your name acknowledged again.

Rules: Give me a normal template(a new character or an old one), and based on what your character used to fight with I will determine your class, either a historical one or one of my own creation. Most of you however will not have any armor on your torso, I'll tell you that. I'll get this out of the way- archers are exceedingly rare in the arena, because, frankly, they're boring to watch.

TIPS ON STAYING ALIVE

You may be defeated and survive. If you fought long and well and the crowd found you very entertaining they might influence Sextus (or whoever is presiding over the games at that location) to have your foe show mercy.

Remember, you can yield at any time. However, you may die anyway if you weren't interesting.

Starting a rebellion isn't entirely out of the question, however, it would be incredibly difficult and would take lots of careful decision making, with death in store for you if you fail. Most likely long and of a nature that makes you wonder how these people can call any group barbaric.

Be entertaining. You may know how to fight on a battlefield, but you're not trying simply to kill, but to look awesome while doing it. The more awesome you looked getting beaten the better your chances of being spared. 