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Every player picks a name (pseudo-Latin sounding are very nice ;p), two weapons and two abilities, and then fight against other on a sandy area.

4 Players, two pairs.

Each of weapons have a small array of 'actions'.

Actions cost % of Energy. Actions vary from simple attacks to special attacks that can lower opponent's energy, or deal Critical Wound.

Every player have 120 Hit Points, and almost every attack lowers HP by some amount.

Also, every player have 22 Coins to spend on equipment.

There's base Evade of 40%. An action called 'Evading' raises it by another 40%

At start, every player have 100% of Energy, and at end of every turn, 40 Energy is replenished.

Every game 'turn' consists of 3 players' actions sent to GM VIA PRIVATE MESSAGES.

At the start of every turn, GM tosses a coin to determine the player in 'offensive' - that player will perform actions before his opponent.

GM then does calculations, scribbles a short story and voila, game is progressing!

About Critical Wounds:

First Critical Wound lowers base Evade to 5%.
Second Critical Wound disables base and action Evade (shield still works, though) and disables all combat actions of the crippled player that have cost equal or higher than 25% of Energy.
Third Critical Wound kills the player.

The winner of his first match waits for the other pair to finish. Every turn of wait increases HP of the waiting gladiator by 1.

And just to make sure: YOU SEND YOUR 3 ACTIONS TO GM VIA PRIVATE MESSAGES! Do not post them in the thread!!! In real combat, you never know what your opponent might be up to, and I try to emulate this in-game as well :]

Feel free to point out mistakes/problems or just chat! Or write non-spoilerific IC messages.

Example gladiator:

Name: Haspenius
Weapons: Axe, Shield
Abilities: Battle Cry, Dirty Tricks
Action: GM will list them here so the player don't have to check what every of his weapons can do.

***-Means that you need certain Ability to perform this Action.

Fists - Every gladiator have two healthy (at least for now...) hands. They are weapons themselves.
Price: None, you have them at start.
Actions: Straight Punch, Uppercut, Punch in yer Nose, Critical Point***
Damage: 1-5
Additional: -

Dagger - Small and cheap blade. Often carried by those who want to have some quick attacks in their sleeve.
Price: 4 coins.
Actions: Quick Stab, Stab, Slash
Damage: 1-10
Additional: -

Short Sword - Blade of medium length, with few varying attacks.
Price: 8 coins.
Actions: Slash, Stab, Vertical Blow
Damage: 1-15
Additional: -

Long Sword - Very long sword, made for slashing. It's a bit heavy, though.
Price: 14 coins.
Actions: Slash, Stab, Vertical Blow, Broadband Slash
Damage: 5-20
Additional: -5% to wielder's Evade.

Axe - Rather heavy weapon with broad blade.
Price: 10 coins.
Actions: Slash, Vertical Blow, Chop!
Damage: 5-20
Additional: -5% to wielder's Evade.

Heavy Axe - An axe with two blades on opposite sides of the handle. Very heavy.
Price: 16 coins.
Actions: Slash, Vertical Blow, Chop!, 180-Slash
Damage: 10-30
Additional: -10% to wielder's Evade.

Morning Star - Heavy club with long, spiked ball on top. Devastating, but very heavy.
Price: 16 coins.
Actions: Smash, Vertical Blow, Thunder from Heavens
Damage: 10-30
Additional: -10% to wielder's Evade.

Spear - Pointy stick.
Price: 10 coins.
Actions: Poke, Quick Stab, Stab
Damage: 5-15
Additional: Long reach; Gladiator attacked with this weapon's have base Evade lowered by 20% during said attack.

Trident - Look! A stick with three sharp points. Who would guess.
Price: 14 coins
Actions: Poke, Quick Stab, Stab, Tri-Poke
Damage: 10-20
Additional: Long reach; Gladiator attacked with this weapon's have base Evade lowered by 20% during said attack.
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Special:

Brass Knuckles - A weapon equipped on fists. Good for brawling!
Price: 6 coins
Actions: -
Damage: -
Additional: Adds +3 damage to Fist actions. Does NOT count toward 'two weapons' limit!

Net - A fishing net with small weights on loose ends. Enemy caught in this will have hard time untangling from it.
Price: 6 coins
Actions: Net Swing, Catching Fish
Damage: 1-5
Additional: -
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Other:

Shield - Metal buckler. Used for defense, obviously.
Price: 6 coins
Actions: -
Damage: -
Additional: When the first Evade roll is failed, it is re-rolled with base 40%, no matter the modifiers used in first roll.

Name of the action - Description
Energy: %cost in Energy
Dmg: Usually in the weapon Dmg range.
Evade.Mod: Influences enemy's Evade. Negative value decreases enemy's Evade chance, while positive value increases Evade.
Other: Stuff that didn't got placed anywhere above. Also mentions what Abilities are needed, if any.
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180-Slash - Horizontal, devastating slash that makes a full arc.
Energy: 45%
Dmg: Weapon +25
Evade.Mod: +10%
Other: -

Broadband Slash - Long diagonal slash. First mastered by now-retired, famous gladiator Ethernetus.
Energy: 40%
Dmg: Weapon +15
Evade.Mod: -
Other: -

Catching Fish - Net throw onto an opponent, to trap and immobilize him.
Energy: 20%
Dmg: -
Evade.Mod: 10%
Other: Caught enemy has 20% of escaping in first action after getting caught, 40% in second action and automatically escapes at third action. While caught, base Evade is 0% and actions cannot be performed. Owner of the Net gets it back at the end of action on which his/er victim frees itself.

Chop! - Like a woodcutter!
Energy: 30%
Dmg: Weapon +5
Evade.Mod: -
Other: 30% to deal a Critical Wound.

Critical Point - Ancient punching technique from the East, can put the victim into state of shock.
Energy: 25%
Dmg: Weapon +10
Evade.Mod: -
Other: Lowers enemy's Energy by 15% on hit. Ability needed: Kung Fu and Others

Crotch Kick - Dishonourable kick straight into your opponent's vulnerable area.
Energy: 20%
Dmg: 1-10
Evade.Mod: -
Other: Cancels enemy's next action on hit. Ability needed: Dirty Tricks

Dust Attack - Sandshrew uses Dust Attack!... Err, wait a moment...
Energy: 15%
Dmg: -
Evade.Mod: -
Other: Opponent's base Evade is lowered to 5 to the end of turn. Ability needed: Dirty Tricks

Net Swing - Gladiator swings the net in a way that makes the weights hit his opponent.
Energy: 15%
Dmg: -
Evade.Mod: -
Other: -

Poke - With a stick. Or spear. What have you.
Energy: 15%
Dmg: Weapon
Evade.Mod: -
Other: -

Punch in yer Nose - Not very-honorable-but-very-useful punch that can stun and tire down your enemy.
Energy: 20%
Dmg: Weapon
Evade.Mod: -
Other: Lowers enemy's Energy by 10% on hit.

Quick Stab - Very fast stab that is quite hard to evade.
Energy: 20%
Dmg: Weapon
Evade.Mod: -10%
Other: -

Slash - Diagonal slash with an edged weapon.
Energy: 15%
Dmg: Weapon
Evade.Mod: -
Other: -

Smash - An attack with blunt, heavy object.
Energy: 20%
Dmg: Weapon
Evade.Mod: -
Other: -

Stab - Forward thrust with something sharp. Can dig deep into one's flesh.
Energy: 20%
Dmg: Weapon
Evade.Mod: -
Other: 15% to deal a Critical Wound.

Straight Punch - You know... a punch?
Energy: 10%
Dmg: Weapon
Evade.Mod: -
Other: -

Thunder from Heavens - Tremendous blow with blunt weapon that have potential of shattering opponent's skull.
Energy: 45%
Dmg: Weapon +20
Evade.Mod: +10%
Other: 15% to deal a Critical Wound.

Tri-Poke - A volley of three, very fast pokes. Can be devastating - sometimes.
Energy: 45%
Dmg: Weapon (rolled three times)
Evade.Mod: -
Other: Roll to hit is also rolled three times.

Uppercut - Heavy blow delivered straight onto your opponent's chin.
Energy: 20%
Dmg: Weapon +5
Evade.Mod: -
Other: -

Vertical Blow - A blow delivered from above one's head, but it takes a little time to perform it.
Energy: 30%
Dmg: Weapon +10
Evade.Mod: +10%
Other: -

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Actions independent from weapons:

Evading! - Increases base Evade by 40% during enemy's next attack in this turn.
Energy: 10%

Rest - Equals to idling, really.
Energy: +10%

Skills, passive and active, that help during the fights.

Passive:

Adrenaline - When you fight for your life, you get a boost of energy...
Description: When your HP is lower than 100, you receive additional 10% of Energy at end of the turn.

Coordination of Hand-and-Eye - Not only brute strength is important!
Description: Your enemy has 10% lower chance of evading your attacks.

Dirty Tricks - Some ugly tricks and kicks sometimes can save your life.
Description: Allows using 'Crotch Kick' and 'Dust Attack' actions.

Kung Fu and Others - Mastery of the Fist!
Description: Fist actions (Straight Punch, Uppercut, Punch in yer Nose) get +5 Dmg. Allows using 'Critical Point' action.

Swordmaster - Finesse of fighting with short blades.
Description: +10 to Evade if you fight with either Dagger or Short Sword.

Toughness - Few people are just a bit more tough.
Description: +30 to base HP.

Active (use like Action):

Battle Cry - Scream, roar! Yes! Free your inner rage!
Description: Next two Actions get +10 Dmg. Energy cost: 10%