Gladiator Abilities (CGH)

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Gladiators are the undisputed masters of weapons on Athas. Although they may not command the mighty magics of mages and priests, the huge armies of the nobles, or the awesome mental powers of psionicists, the gladiator's skill with weapons is far beyond what any of the others can achieve. Even the most powerful of the former is hardpressed against a lowly gladiator when the only weapons available are powered by brawn and speed.
Because of their intensive training in weapons and knowledge of their opponents, gladiators have no time to devote to expanding other abilities. For this reason, they may never become multiclassed. PC gladiators who seem to have enough time to study something other than weapons might more likely play regular fighters, rather than gladiators.
What follows is a classification of abilities available to gladiators. Unless noted otherwise, these abilities are also available to other warriors or those who choose to study these disciplines. However, few other character types ever match the prowess of the gladiator in these disciplines.
* Armor Optimization
* Unarmed Combat
* New Proficiencies
* Weapon Proficiencies