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Is it possible for designteam to give out some blank charactersheets? best would be to give some layerbased format. together with some basic rules for characterbuilding (maybe some kind of skilltree to pick off) would be cool! would love to build some customcharacters with kindomdeath and warhammerbits.
greets

Seconded!

It seems stupid to say but the only overall rule would seem to be that you would not want someone to just build a gladiator for another ludus.
Say a Micon for Blood Brothers as an example.
I would assume you would want a general rule to make any created gladiator unique (i.e. they do not repeat an existing or created one).
Otherwise the ludus becomes repetitive.

Some ludus are more inclined to have some abilities/skills than others.
For Blood Brothers they'd likely give them Disengage because they wear no armor and because every one so far has it.

OK! I threw together a basic character generation system. In short, it uses Character Points to rough out your stats, abilities, damage and vitality tracks. I've also stat'd out all the Ludus Magnus gladiators using this system to weigh the costs and get a range.

base stats 5/4/1/0
+stat = 4cp
-stat = -3cp

base damage track
{}
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{}
 |
{}
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{}

2 or -> or star = 1
3 or Q or ^ = 2
4 or F= 3
5th {} tier = 1
6th {} tier = 2
extra {} any tier = 1

10 vit [] base track
11[]=1   12=2      13=4      14=6      15=9      16=12   17=16
1st, 2nd F in vit []s = 1each
3rd, 4th, 5th F in vit = 2 each
If the F is in a [][][][][] block that already has an F = +1/+3/+5/+10

Special Ability = 5
Star- or Skull-triggered Ability = 3
Drawback Ability = -3

Lupa 43
Iason 51
Viatrix 51
Urbicus 50
Otho 39
Infelix 45
Hermes 54
Marcus Furious 47
Micon 55
Septimus 50

Average = 48.5

If you were making characters then, an acceptable range would probably be 45-50.

As I was typing this up, it occured to me that you could also use this system to make a campaign-style character growth. Any thoughts to that RRG? *nudge, nudge*

EDIT;
Stat'd out the other Ludii

Aquila 52            Tiet-Khebi 51      Sven 53      Noxius 36
Ban-Luca 57         Ur-Kek 40         Vargr 51
Gaius Pallidus 48      Mago 38         Frigge 63
Urien 49            Zahra 38         Bjarrhvit 53
Aemilia 56         Thoth 35         Hroka 57

Average 52.5         Average 40.5      Average 55.5

If anyone has any suggestions for improving the system, fire away. I'm going to try making up a few gladiator stats for the Reaper Bones we've been using to test.

funny thing, your average numbers kinda reflect the feeling of players how strong the different ludi are

Here's the first trial faction using this system, the Knights of Arca Tuur

Almaran the Gold, Grand Master              54 character points

MOV   ATK   DEF   ARM
5   5   2   2

{3}               Valor
  |   \
{->}  {3}            *Holy Flames: Models wounded by Almaran lose 1
  |   \                  additional point of Vitality each time they activate.
{Q}  {3}
  |   \
{^}  {3}
  |   \
{F}  {3}
  \    /
   {*}

[][][][][F] [][][][][F] [][]

Duke Gerard of Arca Tuur       50 Character Points

MOV   ATK   DEF   ARM
5   6   3   2

{4}                  Tireless
  |
{->}                  Countervail
  |
{->}
  |
{^}

[][][F][][]  [][][F][][]  [][F][]

Char Magnus, Castellan          Character Points 50

MOV   ATK   DEF   ARM
4   5   4   4

{2}               * Contempt
  |
{->}
  |
{2}
  |
{->}

[][][][][F]  [F][][][][] [][][][][] [*]

Lady Yssa                 Character Points 50

MOV   ATK   DEF   ARM
5   5   2   2

   {3}            Disengage
   /   \
{3} {Q}
   \   /
   {F}
   /   \
{4} {Q}
   \   /
   {F}

[][F][][F][]  [][F][][F][]  [F][]

Fionna the Viper      49 Character Points

MOV   ATK   DEF   ARM
7   5   2   1

{^}            Intercept
  |
{Q}            Hot Blooded
  |
{^}            * Poisoned Blades: The target loses 3 points of Movement until 
  |               the owner's next clear turn
{*}

[][][F][][]  [][][F][][]  [F][]