New Gladiatorial Followers

The new rules for gladiatorial followers were designed after some thought into the reasons why gladiators receive followers in the first place. Namely students who have come to study under a 'master'. I decided also that there would be a number of individuals who would wish to gain by helping or being employed by a 'rich'/'famous' gladiator.

To use the following tables first read the paragraph below. Then roll on Table 1 to see how many followers are gained. Roll again on Table 1 to determine the level of each follower and check to see if that follower is a special situation. Once this is done roll on Table 2 to determine what type of follower each individual is (unless that follower is a special situation) and follow the links to the specified tables.

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All gladiators get one follower at 9th level. This is a gladiator of the same kit and similar background as the PC gladiator. The follower is of d3+1 levels and is more loyal than any other followers in the future and gains in experience along with the PC.

Table 1: Gladiators Followers

Gladiator's Level	Number of Followers	Followers Level	% Special Situation*
10	1d3+1	1d4+1	0
11	1d3+2	1d4+2	5
12	1d4+1	1d6+1	10
13	1d4+2	1d6+2	15
14	1d6+1	1d8+1	20
15	1d6+2	1d8+2	25
16	1d8+1	1d10+1	30
17	1d8+2	1d10+2	35
18	1d10+1	1d12+1	40
19	1d10+2	1d12+2	45
20	1d12+1	1d12+3	50

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* Roll the given percentage or less; if successful, check for type of special agent against Table 6: Special

Table 2: Follower Type

D10 Roll	Type	Roll on Table:
1-4	Gladiator	3
5-7	Other Classed	4
8-10	Special	5

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Table 3: Gladiator Type

D100 Roll	Type	Notes
1-30	Same as Player Character
31-38	Beast Trainer
39-43	Blind Fighter
44-51	Arena Champion
52-60	Convict	(ex)
61-69	Professional Gladiator
70-74	Jazst
75-82	Montare	D5 Roll
		1-3	Montare
		2-5	Char-Montare
83-90	Reaver
91-100	Gladiatorial Slave	(ex)

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Table 3a: Gladiator Race

D100 Roll	Race
1-11	Dwarf
12-20	Elf
21-30	Half-elf
31-42	Half Giant
43-45	Halfling
46-71	Human
72-89	Mul
90-92	Pterran
93-100	Thri-kreen

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Table 4: Other Class'

D100 Roll	Class
1-9	Bard
10-20	Cleric	D4 Roll
		1	Air
		2	Earth
		3	Fire
		4	Water
21-29	Druid
30-33	Defiler*
34-49	Fighter
50-54	Preserver
55-64	Psionist
65-80	Ranger
81-89	Thief
90-100	Trader

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*Accepting this follower is considered an evil act and the DM is free to toast the PC in any way his evil imagination can devise.

Table 4a: Other Class' Race

D100 Roll	Race
1-5	Aarakocra
6-14	Dwarf
15-26	Elf
27-39	Half-elf
40-46	Half Giant
47-49	Halfling
50-75	Human
76-92	Mul
93-95	Pterran
96-100	Thri-kreen

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Table 5: Special Type

D100 Roll	Type of Follower
1-9	Masseur
10-18	Trainer
19-27	Weapon smith
28-36	Bowyer
37-45	Armorer
46-54	Bookie
55-63	Agent
64-71	Patron	(offer)
72-80	Healer
81-90	Groupies
91-100	Fans

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Table 6: Special

D100 Roll	Type
1-15	Gladiator and followers (if any)	Roll for type on Table 3
16-25	Multi class Character	designed by DM
26-35	Gladiator or Other Classed + 1d6 levels
36-45	Very skilled individual	Roll on Table 5 twice, ignoring 81-100
46-55	Dual classed Gladiator	Roll on Table 3 then Table 4
		Roll levels separately for each class
56-65	Tarek
66-75	Giant
76-80	Belgoi *
81-90	Braxat	(the big furry thing, not the pit bull)
91-96	Gith *
97-100	Exceptional Situation **	Roll 1d20
		1-4	Friendship of a Slave Tribe
		5-8	Friendship of an Elven Tribe
		9-12	Favour from a Veiled Alliance
		13-16	Favour of a gladiatorial official
		17-19	Another Gladiator will throw a fight or something similar for the PC in the future
		20	Service of a Planar Creature	Why? Don't know. ***

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*Accepting this follower is considered an evil act and the DM is free to toast the PC in any way his evil imagination can devise.
** Subject to DM approval (ie BIG bribes)
*** Once and only once or just ignore it and have the planar creature eat the PC for lunch

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