Hunting Ground: Ludus Valerius

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Ludus Valerius

Ludus Valerius opened its doors some many decades ago and was falling to ruins due to a lack of care from its owner. The founder of this training academy was a man named Lertius Valerius who was a Second Class citizen. Lertius passed away just a year ago and had a single son who inherited all of his wealth and properties.

Renimas Valerius, Lertius' single son and newly named owner, decided to renovate the Ludus and perhaps even make a name for himself in the gladiatorial world. Various slaves belonging to wealthy patricians and free men of diverse skill come here to train, bringing some wealth and fame to the Ludus' owner. Renimas believes that opening his gates to the public will help strengthen the lesser skilled prospects' potential. The more skilled prospects - those who have survived several battles in the arena - are trained in the basement, out of hearing and sight's reach. House Valerius owns several talented gladiators as well.

Key Features:

• New, easily accessible area for lesser skilled characters. (suitable for 2-3 weeks old characters and characters with less than a set number of ranks)
• Ludus Valerius will be easily accessible from the Bronze Lane mark point.
• Simply 'walk to bronze' and head west once you reach the mark point. There are no costs to enter the school.
• Only characters below a certain skill level (750 Total Combat Ranks) will be allowed to enter the Ludus to train. Once you reach 751 Total Combat Ranks you will lose your access to the facility.
• Two NPC trainers will teach various skillsets at lower costs (50% off) and only at low levels. They will not have a full list of skills or skillsets.
• A NPC healer will be there to assist you with your wounds, but only if you fall unconscious while fighting the training slaves.
• Group combat will not spawn more slaves at a time. There is a limit of one slave per area.
• There are six training areas (two per skill level) split into three different skill levels (low, medium and high).
• You will only have access to the one area for your skill level. Once you reach a certain threshold you will move up to the next area or lose access.
• Two humanoid NPCs, that will each use different weapons and fighting techniques have been created for each skill level (a total of six new humanoid opponents).
• Bunks have been made available for those who do not own an inn room and wish to regain fatigue points while sleeping.
• A culina has been added with some less than tasty, but filling food at low costs.
• You will receive greater SP gain for fighting these NPCs, but will receive no monetary reward.
• You cannot have more than 500 Skill Points stored on your character otherwise your SP gain will drop down to 0.

Directions:

walk to bronze, w, w

Map:

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Low Level Training Area (South Side)

Maximum Total Combat Ranks allowed: 250.
Opponents: Gladius wielding slaves, Brawling slaves
Rewards: Higher SP gain. No monetary rewards.

Mid Level Training Area (West Side)

Maximum Total Combat Ranks allowed: 500.
Opponents: Staves wielding slaves, Pankratiasts slaves
Rewards: Higher SP gain. No monetary rewards.

High Level Training Area (North Side)

Maximum Total Combat Ranks allowed: 750.
Opponents: Spear wielding slaves, Avros specialist slaves
Rewards: Higher SP gain. No monetary rewards.

An elderly instructor
Skill	Difficulty	To Rank	Skill	Difficulty	To Rank	Skill	Difficulty	To Rank	Skill	Difficulty	To Rank	Skill	Difficulty	To Rank
Brawling	-	60	One-Handed Crushing	-	60	One-Handed Axes	-	60	Spears	-	60	Knives	—-	60
Punch	easy	40	Club Simple Bash	easy	40	Axe Basic Chop	easy	40	Spear Stab	easy	40	Knife Jab	easy	40
Kick	easy	40	Club Strike	easy	40	Axe Slash	easy	40	Spear Jab	easy	40	Knife Overheard Strike	easy	40
Knee	easy	40	Club Swat	easy	40	Axe Head Swat	easy	40	Spear Butt Smash	average	40	Knife Chop	easy	40
Head Butt	average	40	Club Crush	average	40	Axe Longarm Strike	average	40	Spear Overheard Thrust	average	40	Knife Simple Stab	average	40
Foot Stomp	average	40	Club Smash	average	40	Axe Overheard Strike	average	40	Spear Slash	difficult	40	Knife Slash	average	40
Uppercut	difficult	40	Club Upswing	average	40	Axe Pivot Smash	average	40	Spear Simple Block	easy	40	Knife Underhand Stab	average	40
Face Block	average	40	Club Simple Block	easy	40	Axe Chopping Block	difficult	40	Spear Butt Block	easy	40	Knife Short Block	average	40
Swat Block	average	40	Club Cross Block	average	40	Axe Crossblock	average	40	Spear Rounding Block	difficult	40	Knife Long Block	difficult	40
												Knife Cross Block	average	40

Facitio
Skill	Difficulty	To Rank	Skill	Difficulty	To Rank	Skill	Difficulty	To Rank	Skill	Difficulty	To Rank
One-Handed Swords	—	60	Staves	—	60	Combat Maneuvers	—	60	Shields	—	60
Sword Jab	easy	40	Staves End Jab	easy	40	Basic Dodge	easy	40	Shield Simple Block	easy	40
Sword Slash	easy	40	Staves Simple Strike	easy	40	Duck	easy	40	Shield Overhead Block	average	40
Sword Swat	easy	40	Staves Swat	easy	40	Sidestep	easy	40	Shield Cross Block	average	40
Sword Chop	easy	40	Staves Pivot Smash	average	40	Jump	average	40	Shield Low Block	difficult	40
Sword Stab	average	40	Staves Side Strike	average	40	Leg Dodge	average	40
Sword Simple Block	easy	40	Staves Leg Sweep	average	40	Swaying Dodge	average	40
Sword Round Block	average	40	Staves Longarm Strike	average	40	Fall Back	average	40
Sword Overheard Block	average	40	Staves Simple Block	easy	40	Recovery	average	40
Sword Base Block	difficult	40	Staves Crossblock	average	40	Footwork	impossible	40
Sword Low Block	difficult	40	Staves Overhead Block	average	40	Reflexes	impossible	40