Forgive me if this has been asked before, a quick search didn't pop anything up but I may have missed it.
So...what's up with gladiators? I never really messed with the class before so I have a feeling most of these questions can be answered with just 'do the damn Gladiator quests, dummy' but I figured it could be fun, RP wise, to have my Au Ra go into gladiator stuff.
Basically I'm just not solid in what the deal with gladiators, as a concept, is. It's a pretty brutal thing for a major civilized city state to have as a core feature. I assume they don't go full on Roman with slaves involved and all, and it's more a 'voluntary bloodsport' thing than 'I bought this dude and now he has to fight for me'? How bloody does this bloodsport get, though? Does signing up to go into the arena mean you could wind up dead, or is it a 'ok you kicked his ass, you won' thing?
I know from other quests that in their city gladiators are respected, seeing 'gladiator fangirls' and all, but how do the other cities view it?
Along with that, how 'open' is gladiator stuff? Like obviously in game a 'gladiator' is someone with a sword and shield and heavy armor but we know historically speaking there were many kinds of gladiators and many kinds of gladiator events beyond 'two men with swords walk into the ring and fight eachother while we cheer'. Is there an example of another kind of gladiator than the actual game mechanics' version in the fluff?
So...what's up with gladiators? I never really messed with the class before so I have a feeling most of these questions can be answered with just 'do the damn Gladiator quests, dummy' but I figured it could be fun, RP wise, to have my Au Ra go into gladiator stuff.
Basically I'm just not solid in what the deal with gladiators, as a concept, is. It's a pretty brutal thing for a major civilized city state to have as a core feature. I assume they don't go full on Roman with slaves involved and all, and it's more a 'voluntary bloodsport' thing than 'I bought this dude and now he has to fight for me'? How bloody does this bloodsport get, though? Does signing up to go into the arena mean you could wind up dead, or is it a 'ok you kicked his ass, you won' thing?
I know from other quests that in their city gladiators are respected, seeing 'gladiator fangirls' and all, but how do the other cities view it?
Along with that, how 'open' is gladiator stuff? Like obviously in game a 'gladiator' is someone with a sword and shield and heavy armor but we know historically speaking there were many kinds of gladiators and many kinds of gladiator events beyond 'two men with swords walk into the ring and fight eachother while we cheer'. Is there an example of another kind of gladiator than the actual game mechanics' version in the fluff?
