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<p>Dopefish: Updated weapons to reflect 0.17's choices</p> <hr /> <div>{{version015}}<br /> {{flavour|The Gladiator has been trained to fight in the ring, and so is versed in the arts of fighting, but is not so good at anything else. In fact, Gladiators have never learned anything except bashing monsters with heavy things. They start with a nasty weapon, light armour, headgear and some nets or darts.}}<br /> '''Gladiators''' are combatants who fight monsters and other gladiators in the arena to entertain bloodthirsty spectators. Their fighting style is more mobile (read: flashier) than more straightforward warriors, and they especially enjoy using their [[throwing net]]s to trap hapless opponents. They are thus adept in killing anything - and anyone - that gets in their way, but have little background in anything else.<br /> <br /> Gladiators differ from the very similar [[Fighter]] in that they favor mobility (light armour and [[Dodging]] skill) over heavy armor, and are trained in [[Throwing]]. By contrast, Fighters favor heavy armor (and the [[Armour]] skill to use it), but lack any background (or equipment) for ranged combat.<br /> <br /> ==Preferred Races==<br /> <br /> [[Deep Dwarf]], [[Hill Orc]], [[Centaur]], [[Merfolk]], [[Minotaur]], and [[Gargoyle]] are the recommended races if you pick a Gladiator Background.<br /> <br /> ==Starting Equipment==<br /> Some [[species]] may receive different items based on their unique restrictions.<br /> *+0 [[weapon of choice]] ([[rapier]], [[flail]], [[war axe]], [[trident]], [[long sword]] or [[quarterstaff]])<br /> *+0 [[leather armour]]<br /> *+0 [[helmet]]<br /> *3 +0 [[throwing net]]s<br /> *[[Bread ration]]<br /> <br /> ==Starting Skills and Stats==<br /> Adjusted for your species' aptitudes:<br /> *[[Fighting]]: 2<br /> *Chosen Weapon's Skill: 3<br /> *[[Throwing]]: 2<br /> *[[Dodging]]: 3<br /> <br /> Choosing Gladiator adds 7 to your starting [[Strength]] and 5 to your starting [[Dexterity]].<br /> <br /> ==Strategy==<br /> Those [[throwing net]]s are handy for making your enemies helpless, but they may be destroyed before you can reach it - throw them when your enemy is only two tiles away to give it less time to struggle.<br /> <br /> Also bear in mind that [[ooze]]s can slide right through nets, [[jelly|jellies]] can eat them, and small monsters (like those [[kobold (monster)|kobolds]] and [[goblin]]s near the surface) can often slip out from under them.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Prior to [[0.14]], most gladiator starting weapons were of a lower tier: [[short sword]] instead of cutlass, [[mace]] instead of flail, [[hand axe]] instead of war axe, and [[falchion]] instead of long sword. Also, [[size|small and little]] characters would receive [[stone]]s in place of throwing nets. They also started with 20 gold.<br /> <br /> Prior to [[0.10]], gladiators could not select a quarterstaff as their starting weapon.<br /> <br /> Prior to [[0.12]], gladiators started with a buckler.<br /> <br /> {{backgrounds}}<br /> [[Category:Backgrounds]]</div>

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