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<blockquote data-quote="Agent Oracle" data-source="post: 2895340" data-attributes="member: 40076"><p>IRL Sparticus wasn't allways a gladiatorial fighter. From a purely historical sense, he was a soldier, who was captured and used as a slave for a while, then made to fight as a gladiator. Unfortunately, there is no record as to what he did before he was a solder, so let's imagine a life of petty street crime for the kid...</p><p></p><p>Rogue 1</p><p></p><p>Spilling over into his early youth, </p><p></p><p>Rogue 2</p><p></p><p>before a brush too close with the law drives him to the millitary...</p><p></p><p>Fighter 1</p><p></p><p>Where he's shipped across the continent</p><p></p><p>Fighter 2</p><p></p><p>And battles the romans</p><p></p><p>Fighter 3</p><p></p><p>In spite of overwhelming odds</p><p></p><p>Fighter 4</p><p></p><p>Is ultimately overcome, enslaved, and sent to the pits...</p><p></p><p>Gladiator 1.</p><p></p><p>From which he escapes, along with a small band of followers</p><p></p><p>Fighter 5 / LEADERSHIP feat</p><p></p><p>THere! a 8th level PC for whom Diplomacy and Intimidate are not cross-class skills, AND he has a small loyal following, among whom he can have more charismatic and skilled cohorts.</p><p></p><p>Frankly, Spartius wasn't that great a tactician, or that great a general. At the point in history when he led a revolt, slaves outnumbered their owners by a wide margin. </p><p></p><p>He escaped forma rural area with only a few hundred other slaves, and as they travelled his ranks swelled to over 100,000 as they travelled, meeting no serious resistance for over a month of marching. a hundred thousand men, even poorly armed men, are more than an overwhelming force in comparison to the first army he had to face (which concisted of 3,000 raw recruits who had been told there were only a few hundred slaves). </p><p></p><p>What limited tactical knowledge he did posess was supplimented by really, really stupid enemies (one general chased Sparticus's army up a mountain, only one side of the mountain. Sparticus had soldiers decend the other side of the mountain, then walk around the base and flank the romans, who had left their rear completely unguarded.)</p><p></p><p>Really, he didn't start getting hit by hard enemies until several months had passed, and by then the majority of his slave army was armed with the spoils of war. Sparticus himself was probably approaching near-epic levels from sucessfuly commanding the army for so long.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Agent Oracle, post: 2895340, member: 40076"] IRL Sparticus wasn't allways a gladiatorial fighter. From a purely historical sense, he was a soldier, who was captured and used as a slave for a while, then made to fight as a gladiator. Unfortunately, there is no record as to what he did before he was a solder, so let's imagine a life of petty street crime for the kid... Rogue 1 Spilling over into his early youth, Rogue 2 before a brush too close with the law drives him to the millitary... Fighter 1 Where he's shipped across the continent Fighter 2 And battles the romans Fighter 3 In spite of overwhelming odds Fighter 4 Is ultimately overcome, enslaved, and sent to the pits... Gladiator 1. From which he escapes, along with a small band of followers Fighter 5 / LEADERSHIP feat THere! a 8th level PC for whom Diplomacy and Intimidate are not cross-class skills, AND he has a small loyal following, among whom he can have more charismatic and skilled cohorts. Frankly, Spartius wasn't that great a tactician, or that great a general. At the point in history when he led a revolt, slaves outnumbered their owners by a wide margin. He escaped forma rural area with only a few hundred other slaves, and as they travelled his ranks swelled to over 100,000 as they travelled, meeting no serious resistance for over a month of marching. a hundred thousand men, even poorly armed men, are more than an overwhelming force in comparison to the first army he had to face (which concisted of 3,000 raw recruits who had been told there were only a few hundred slaves). What limited tactical knowledge he did posess was supplimented by really, really stupid enemies (one general chased Sparticus's army up a mountain, only one side of the mountain. Sparticus had soldiers decend the other side of the mountain, then walk around the base and flank the romans, who had left their rear completely unguarded.) Really, he didn't start getting hit by hard enemies until several months had passed, and by then the majority of his slave army was armed with the spoils of war. Sparticus himself was probably approaching near-epic levels from sucessfuly commanding the army for so long. [/QUOTE]
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