ok, so, backstory real quick. I have some DnD friends who love to min-max, and started thinking how most of the campaigns I make are mostly roleplay and low level... but I want CHAOS!

Here are the rules:

• You start Lvl1 😢, but will level up for every battle you survive. NOT Win... but survive. In this gladiatorial fighting, you can die, but are revived due to an Ancient Legendary Gladiator revival spell.
• Gladiator style fights. will include 1 vs 1, team vs team, 1 vs 1 w/ monsters, monster battles, team monster battles.
• If you win, I will reward you with and item(s) or other thing.
• If you lose, you will get a penalty.
• If you survive, you will level up.
• If you die, you will go down a level (you stay Lvl1 if that's what you were).
• If you win a battle at Lvl20, YOU WILL STILL GET REWARDS. You, instead of leveling up, will get another Ability Score improvement. You can get all stats above 20.

There will be veeeeery light lore, but mostly combat. An ancient-rome type setting where you fight in an arena. Also kinda like the most recent DnD movie.

 Link to Campaign (post your character there, as well as a brief description on this OG post):

https://www.dndbeyond.com/campaigns/join/48620333746172260

Let me know if there's interest!

Absolutely, there’s much interest on my part. Love min-maxing and combat. Would love to try your take on this.

Sure, color me interested.

https://www.dndbeyond.com/campaigns/join/48620333746172260

May I use Mythweavers?

How we decide abilities? Do we roll?

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How we decide abilities? Do we roll?

 Roll for them. Reroll 1's once.

Ability scores: 13 15 13 15 9 14

Ability scores: 11 14 13 11 15 13

I have so many campaigns at the moment...I know I'm going to regret taking on another...

Ability scores: 14 14 16 18 12 16

Ability scores: 14 13 13 13 9 15

Definitely interested! I've roleplayed in some fun campaigns, but for me roleplay is mainly extra fluff, tactics and combat form the core of any good RPG.

STATS: 15 15 9 14 10 10

Any restrictions in terms of books, tasha's optional class features, etc?

NAME: Darius Blackstone
STATS: STR 16, DEX 16, CON 16, INT 13, WIS 12, CHA 8
RACE: Variant Human
CLASS: Fighter 1
BACKGROUND: Pirate
PIC:

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Any restrictions in terms of books, tasha's optional class features, etc?

 No restrictions. If there is book material, provide a link.

Ability scores: 13 14 12 12 16 17

Name: Kesili
Stats: 8 16 17 10 14 8 (Point buy as my rolls were crap, hope that is ok)
Race: Dhampir
Class: Monk
Background: Ruined
Link: https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/112943031
Picture: 

Name: O'Drook
Stats: 9 10 10 14 15 15 (Re-arranged just for ascetics)
Race: Githzerai (Mordekainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse)
Class: Cleric(Blood Domain - Taldorei Campaign Setting Reborn)
Background: Witherbloom Student
Link: https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/113825040/EINP0G
Picture:
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Gor the Gouger
Half-Orc Barbarian
Soldier
STR 18, DEX 13, CON 16, INT 12, WIS 13, CHA 11

Rolling scores... 13 13 12 12 17 14

...and will soon figure out what character I'll be throwing into the maelstrom.