[OOC](http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/75574/posts/ooc) The RP has started, but we are always accepting. This would be a gladiator type RP, in a Greek/Roman mythology inspired world. Characters are either slaves, or else willing athletes in the violent, bloody games of the arena. The RP will obviously center around the fights in the arena, which will be between players and each other, or players and creatures. There would also be interactions outside of the fights. Rivalries, maybe even sabotage. I'm trying to work on a dice and stat system to make deciding winners realistic, but uncertain. If anyone has any good plans for this, speak up.

Oohhh....I can an awesome I idea or a character. I am so in!

 Name: Age: Appearance: Bio: We can work with this for now. Some world background: Anaxus Prime is the capitol of the Anaxan empire. The government is a functioning republic, with bureaucratic and military outposts throughout a large portion of the known world. The Prime Coliseum is owned by Cymede, a wealthy aristocrat and daughter of the current chairperson of the senate. Though she is the owner, Auldus Vull is the Master. He organizes the fights, arranges for training and armament, and chooses whether or not to show mercy on arena losers. Auldus is a veteran of t he Coliseum. He started as a slave but bought his own freedom with his winnings. Despite his high position of power, he is something of an inspiration to those slaves sold to Cymede for arena fights. The world has no overt magic, but many classical mythological creatures exist. Feel free to make up civilizations for your characters to come from.

Would it be allowed to make two characters?

Well there's always a possibility of your characters dying, so I expect most players to have spares. Whether you wait until one character dies to make a second, or start out with more than one doesn't matter to me.

Room for another?

Feel free to join.

So do I make a CS now?

Prototype system: Strength Speed Dexterity You start with three points to allocate, and you'll get one point after each arena win. When a character attempts to strike a blow we'll roll for both characters and add speed for the defending player, and dexterity for the offending player. Higher roll wins out. Then the defending player gets a saving roll based on armor level. Higher Armor level gives you a higher chance to save when struck, but will give you a penalty to speed. After the blow is struck, strength determines the severity.

Go ahead, that way we can work out links before we start.

Armor levels will just be 1 2 and 3. That amount will be subtracted from your speed, and added to your armor saving roll.

strength 1 speed 2 dexterity 0

Name: Angelo Degal Ortega Age:19 Appearance: http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.608056211497616365&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0 Bio: From the land Hispania he was a young soldier that got caught and put into slavery now he fights to free himself. Angelo isn't a giant hulk of muscle and as a result Angelo relies more on speed and hitting his enemy with 100 his instead of 1 big swing of a broadsword and prefers light or medium armor Hispania is a land of culture where great crafter's are born and great statues adorn the streets Hispania is traditionally a peaceful place where the people ficus on art then military power

That's a little bare bones. Give some info on who he is, and how he fights and what his culture is like. Also, your picture doesn't work. The new guild format has a different code form. There's a quick button you can press to do picture links, though. Up above the text box, it's the fifth button from the left.

I just followed the link to the picture: minor gripe is that his clothes are out the time period inspiration for this. No big deal, since he'll be equipped by the Coliseum Master.

Name: Alexander Nero Age: 16 Appearance:  Bio: Alexander was captured into slavery from his northern village at the age if 5, and lived in-house for a bureaucrat as a working slave. When he became to old to serve his master, the master sold him into the Coliseum. Alexander was born in the northern town of Helmfirth, where he was the son of the leader of the town. His father was Nero, known as the Black Iron king. The town was on the top of A mountain, known as Ironthorn, and they were primarily known for their mighty fighting force. Ironthorn at large was occupied by the Empire to make use of its vast mineral wealth. Helmfirth got in the way, and so they were subjugated by the invading force and lost. In the escape, as he watched his father struck down by a team of 20 solders, Alexander was captured by a group of slavers. When he was brought back to the Anaxan capital, he drew the eye of an old and coldhearted master. He was sold for the sum of 20 gold peaces, and brought back to the master's house. After years of serving the master, he became to old for the Master, he was immediately sold to the Coliseum and forgotten. Although over the last eleven years he hadn't had the best training, he was still fairly fit from when he was a kid training at Ironthorn. Strength: 0 Speed: 2 Dexterity: 1 Armor: None, level 1.

Uh... the same problems as Jangle had.

Well, I'm not used to creating backstorys in worlds I don't yet really understand.

There's plenty of details you could add without making any assumptions. That said, I don't mind if you make assumptions about the world to build a character. I'll ask for edits if there's anything wrong.

All right. Let the story telling to begin. That's the template x to to spin a good yarn.