Prime for Dark Sun Gladiators

[Mark Hall]

So, I was thinking about Dark Sun recently, and wondered:

What attribute should be prime for Dark Sun Gladiators?

As I see it, there are 3 possibilities. The first is Strength, as it is a "beaty" class. The second is Con. The third, and one that works almost as well, is Charisma.

[serleran]

Intelligence. For three main reasons:

1) they are not fighters. They're entertainers.

2) they are proficient in every weapon and armor, and can improvise as needed, and actually improve their capabilities.

3) I thought it would be funny.

But, disregarding that, I would go with Con or Cha. Probably Cha for me, since I remove both Knight and Paladin as playable classes.
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[Rigon]

For my adaptation, I gave Gladiators a Con prime. Just seemed right to me.

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[Mark Hall]

serleran wrote:
But, disregarding that, I would go with Con or Cha. Probably Cha for me, since I remove both Knight and Paladin as playable classes.

That was another consideration. I'd probably rename "Bard" into "Noble", and maybe use the 2e psionics system (if you define the powers as a check against Con, Int or Wisdom, with a DC determined by the power, they actually become somewhat reasonable).

[Keolander]

Mark Hall wrote:
So, I was thinking about Dark Sun recently, and wondered:

What attribute should be prime for Dark Sun Gladiators?

As I see it, there are 3 possibilities. The first is Strength, as it is a "beaty" class. The second is Con. The third, and one that works almost as well, is Charisma.

Depends on the type of Gladiator, I suppose. I have 2 types in my games: Pit Fighters (natch for Barsoom/Dark Sun) and Arena Champions (based on the Palladium Fantasy's Gladiator and Caramon Majere from DragonLance: Time of the Twins novel).

Pit Fighters, I'd go with STR, CON and DEX. The idea is to survive since you're lifespan is measured in days at most. You're a slave and your life is going to be ruled by 'We who are about to die salute you!'

Arena Champions, I'd go with STR, INT and CHA. You're not in a Life & Death scene. You need to know how to play the crowd and get them to love you and cheer for you (hence CHA).
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[Rigon]

Mark, if you would like to see my 2e adaptation of psionics and my DS adaptation, just PM me your email and I'll send it out to you.

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