GladiatorSource Advanced Player's Guide pg. 175The roar of the crowd and thrill of competitive combat drive you to become the best—and the fame isn't bad either.
If there are sapient creatures observing a combat encounter, and these onlookers are neither engaged in the combat themselves nor allied or affiliated with either side, the combatants have spectators. The GM is the final arbiter.
ArchetypeDedicationSource Advanced Player's Guide pg. 175Archetype GladiatorPrerequisites Impressive Performance
You know how to turn combat into a form of entertainment. You become trained in
Gladiatorial Lore; if already trained in Gladiatorial Lore, you instead become trained in another Lore skill of your choice.
At the start of a combat encounter, if you have spectators, you gain a number of temporary HP equal to your character level for 1 minute and you can roll
Performance for your initiative.
Special You can't select another dedication feat until you have gained two other feats from the gladiator archetype.
ArchetypeSkillSource Advanced Player's Guide pg. 175Archetype GladiatorPrerequisites Gladiator Dedication, expert in Performance
You show off your fighting style to discourage your foes. You can use
Performance to
Demoralize.
ArchetypeConcentrateSource Advanced Player's Guide pg. 175Archetype GladiatorPrerequisites Gladiator Dedication
Trigger You reduce an enemy to 0 Hit Points during a non-trivial combat encounter with spectators.
You show off for the crowd. Attempt a
Performance check; the DC is determined by the GM but is typically the standard DC for your level or the DC to
Make an Impression on the spectators, whichever is higher. On a success, choose one of the following benefits; on a critical success, choose two benefits:
- A number of temporary Hit Points equal to your character level; these last for 1 minute.
- A +1 circumstance bonus to AC until the end of your next turn.
- A +1 circumstance bonus to your next attack roll before the end of your next turn.
ArchetypeSource Advanced Player's Guide pg. 175Archetype GladiatorPrerequisites Gladiator Dedication
You pull punches to give a better show. You don't take the usual –2 circumstance penalty when making a nonlethal attack with a weapon or unarmed attack that doesn't have the
nonlethal trait.
ArchetypeSource Advanced Player's Guide pg. 175Archetype GladiatorPrerequisites Gladiator Dedication
You're skilled with flashy weapons. You are trained with the
bo staff,
dueling cape,
spiked chain,
sword cane, and
whip. Whenever you gain a class feature that grants you expert or greater proficiency in a given weapon or weapons, you also gain that proficiency in the weapons listed.
ArchetypeSource Advanced Player's Guide pg. 175Archetype GladiatorPrerequisites Play to the Crowd
When you successfully
Play to the Crowd, add the following to the list of benefits you can choose from: