Morturi: Heavy Roles
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This page describes the various Heavy Roles.
Heavy Roles include:
- Andabatus - An exceptionally heavily armoured fighter, that wears a helmet without a visor and fights blindly.
- Bustuarius - A "funeral fighter", armed with a weapon plus scutum, and skilled in entertaining the crowds.
- Hoplomachus - The basic "heavy fighter" class, representing a warrior with heavy armour plates and a single double handed weapon.
- Large beast - An animal, such as a bear, which combines unmatched strength with superb toughness.
- Samnite - A version of the Hoplomachus armed with spear and shield, trading defensive power for tactical versatility.
Andabatus
- Move: 3
- Attack: Double handed weapon - Roll 5+ to deal 5 damage.
- Life Points: 8
Andabatus Special Rules
Blind - An Andabatus has the persistent condition blinded. A blinded character has a +2 to their to-hit numbers on attacks they make (e.g. 5+ to hit becomes 7+ to hit). The Andabatus cannot remove the blinded condition by any means. Note that by default, the Andabatus is incapable of hitting opponents with a normal attack!
Andabatus Tricks
Novicius Gladiators have 0 tricks. Palus Gladiators select 3 tricks. Primus Palus Gladiators gain all 7 tricks.
- Toe to Toe
The gladiator may spend 3 movement points to make a melee attack against an adjacent enemy. This is on addition to his normal attacks this round.
- Will to Live
The gladiator receives a +1 bonus to the dice roll on Survival checks.
