While you are free (and encouraged!) to create your own setting for Glamorous Gladiators, it comes with a default setting: A dark gunpowder fantasy world known as The Desolate Frontier.
In The Desolate Frontier, magic is alive and well, and more dangerous than ever. People generally live in settlements the size of small cities, there are few well tread paths between them. The land is full of dangerous beasts and even deadlier bandits, gangs, and generally desperate people. The cities are kept relatively safe by high walls, and torches that burn a magic infused fuel to repel the beasts. Security is strict inside of them.
The Gladiators venture beyond these walls looking for fame, fortune, power, or vengeance. They’ll confront many powerful foes and explore the magical dungeons, which are more like living magical beings than abandoned human architecture.
Below is a guide to inspire if you decide to make your own world. For each row, roll a d4, select one, or simply let the options inspire you
| D4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magic is | Rare | Controlled | Abundant | Dangerous |
| The Technology level is | Primitive | Industrial | Modern | Futuristic |
| The Tone is | Hopeless | Wacky | Adventurous | Horrific |
| The Environment is | Wet | Arid | Dark | Artificial |
| The Wildlife is | Bloodthirsty | Otherwordly | Misunderstood | Elusive |
| The main threat to this world is | Supernatural | Greed | Imminent | Each Other |
| Our Gladiators wield | Unusual objects | Ancient Artifacts | Giant Robots | Whatever they can find |
Scenarios:
- Part of an organization protecting this realm from beings of the spirit realm
- In a school for empowered people
- A team of reluctant allies fighting against certain doom
- Transported to another world and fighting to find your way back home
- A crew looking for something powerful that may not exist
- Powers started awakening and the world is in chaos
- The World Ended and you’re fighting to survive
- You are selected by ancient beings as protectors and they bestow you with tremendous power
- You pilot specialized machines in order to protect the world
- A corrupting evil force has descended upon a once peaceful land, and you answer the call to fight it
- In a dangerous land where people live in protected settlements, you are a team that leaves to gather supplies and trade with other cities