Secundus the Gladiator

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Secundus the Gladiator

• STR 17___Hit: +1, Damage: +1, Weight Allowance: +500, Open Doors: 1-3, Bend Bars: 13%
  
• INT 11___Spells: Add'l Languages: 2 Spell Chance: -- Min Spells: -- Max Spells: --
  
• WIS 11___Mental Attack Adj: 0
  
• DEX 14___Reaction Adj: 0 Def Adj:0
  
• CON 17___ HP Adj: +3, System Shock: 97%, Resurrection Survival: 98%
  
• CHA 11___ Max Hench: Loyalty: Reaction Adj:
  

statistics

• AC:-3
  • (unshielded side:-1),
  • (rear:-1)

HP: 79
Level: 7 (75,000xp)

Paralysis	Poison	Death Magic	Petrification	Polymorph	Rod, Staff, or Wand	Breath Weapon	Spell
10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13

Age: 28
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Weight: 5'8"
Height: 184lb
Weapon Proficiencies: Short Sword (Double Specialised), Dagger, Trident, Net (as 'Whip')
Prior skill: Fisher (Hook and Line)

special abilities

• none

Equipment

Weapons

Weapon	Bonus: Attack	Bonus: Damage	Total Damage S or M	Total Damage L	Weight	Length	Speed Factor	Attacks per Round
Short Sword of Dancing	+4 to +8	+4 to +8	1d6+(+4 to +8)	1d8+(+4 to +8)	35gp	2'	3
Short Sword +3	+6	+6	1d6+6	1d8+6	35gp	2'	3
Dagger	-	-	1d4	1d3	10gp	15"	2
Trident	-	-	1d6+1	3d4	50gp	6'	6-8
Net	-	-	1-2	1	25gp	12'	5-8

Kit

• Sword +3 Int 12 Ego 4 Semi-empathy AL:N Detect shifting room and walls 1" radius
• Sword of Dancing Int 13 Empathy AL:N Detect Large Traps 1" radius, Detect Magic 1 " radius
• Plate +4
• Buckler +1
• Scroll of Protection Cold
• Scroll of Protection Traps
• Ring of Truth (left hand)
• Ring of Invisibility (right hand)

• money
  • None as yet

Backstory

Secundus was a tribal man taken in battle and, as a POW, sold as a slave to a Gladiator lanista (trainer/owner). Narcissus, his owner, and he loathed each other for from the beginning and he was frequently over-matched. He would have died early except one of his barrack-mates, the famous Pallas the Thraex, showed him how to survive. Eventually, Secundus (he named himself 'Secundus Pallas'; 'Second only to Pallas') was warned by an 'admirer' (gladiators are also sex slaves to high-bred women) that he was to be matched against Pallas in in a 'sans mensa' match; 'no mercy'. That night Pallas killed himself. The next morning, at training, Secundus armoured himself as in a dream. He walked over to Narcissus and drove his wooden sword into the man's throat. During the ensuing riot and fire the surviving gladiators fanned out and tried to escape. As far as Secundus knows he's the only survivor, and is still hunted by the empire as an escaped slave.

Secundus is armoured in a hodge-podge of gladiator armour which is essentially plate mail. His dearest possession is the Thraex helm of Pallas.