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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FoolishFrost" data-source="post: 5291344" data-attributes="member: 24319">Something to keep in mind, though you may not have time to set it up:Gladiators in Athas normally have patrons.  Templars, merchants, nobles, and the like.The arenas are used as a method for settling scores and sending messages to their allies and enemies.  This happens in MANY different ways, but consider some of the following encounters.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Someone tries to poison a character due in the arena to fight a female templar's mul gladiator.  The mul does not know about it, but she expects to use him as her personal escort to a party later that evening, and does not want him getting "messed up" before the event.  The poison is something to reduce the effectiveness of the player, as opposed to kill him, and the battle is only "To the Blood".</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">During a fight, the player's opponent closes with him, and tries to pass him a small sealed scrollcase a few times.  His only comment is "For your patron", and upon the player taking it, the next attack from the player instantly causes the opponent to fall to the ground defeated.  If the player reads the scroll, his patron will know about it and will be very unhappy with the player.  The scroll reads "You can deliver half to my estate as sundown."</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">During a non-lethal match, it becomes apparent that another gladiator is trying to kill them.  They lack subtlety or any real guile, and so end up trying to edge closer to the player and trying to chop them down as soon as they are within arms reach.  They continue attacking even after the player is down, attempting to make sure the wounds are as lethal as possible.  If it gets to this point, the other players will have to try and stop the carnage, since no one else will.  It seems the player's patron annoyed a templar, who now wants to make a point about what happens to those who interfere in his business.</li> </ul>Remember!  Dark sun is not just about survival in a hostile environment!  It's also about nasty politics, betrayal, and self interest!</blockquote>

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