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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Connorsrpg" data-source="post: 1592965" data-attributes="member: 19265">Mind Flayer Entertainment.Although they are overused the drow still seem a good option.  I like the idea of illithid even more though.  I could just see them using their mind powers on their champions in the arena and the mind games that would go on amongst them come game day.A race with some sort of structure needs to be in charge and with enough fear/punch to keep the gladiators/slaves repressed.But you have the problem of level.  hmmmmm.How about illithids run the show (and take the profits), but they have orc (or even a few orog) flunkies like a brutal enforcement squad - they guard the money, slaves, competitors, force the monsters into the ring, even a few fight in the ring for the illithids enjoyment.  I picture orcs as being easily manipulated and quite easy to use mind control powers upon.  Nice heavies for the few illithid houses.But I also love the previous ideas of using kobolds, so throw them in too as another servitor race.  These little critters are scampering everywhere doing little chores for their masters.  I can see them getting in the way all over the coleseum: removing bodies & parts, devising and opperating the traps of the arena, running messages for their overseer illithids, feeding them, even selling food in the public arena "displacer-beast ears, osquip noses, roasted kou-toa stakes"  (but no boiled illithid calamari of course).Wow, you have a cool concept here.  Underdark coleseum...something to consider.(evil DM laugh - like doc Evil's of course)<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Love to hear what you go with here.Cheers, Connors</blockquote>

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