Reputation will be gained and lost based on actions taken during battles and the results of those battles. Cowardly actions will decrease reputation and impressive manoeuvres will increase reputation. Reputation will run on a scale of 00-99.

Gaining and Losing Reputation

One reputation point will be gained per encounter if a battle ends in a win. An additional reputation point may be gained on an inverse reputation check. Roll d% against the character’s reputation and if the result is greater than the character’s reputation then they gain one more point. (This is designed to reflect the fact that it is relatively easier to impress people when they don’t know what to expect from you, but character’s with higher reputations have to work harder to impress their fans further.)

If a character is particularly impressive in battle, i.e. they carry out an interesting or amusing manoeuvre or they drop a large opponent in a single hit etc., then they have a chance to gain additional reputation points.

Once an impressive event has occurred, make a DC15 Charisma check, if successful then the character receives an additional reputation point. This should not be done too many times during a single encounter and should be done at the DM’s discretion.

If a character acts out of cowardice during an encounter and attempts to run away or hide, or does not make an attack during several rounds then the crowd becomes bored and the character loses a point of reputation.

Additionally, after five rounds of inactivity the crowd may start to boo the character. To determine this, make a reputation check as normal and on a failure the crowd begins to boo the character and they receive a penalty of -1 to hit and damage for two rounds. They receive no bonus on a success in this instance.

Upon obtaining a new level, a character will receive 1d4+1 points of reputation.

Reputation will also be gained upon winning a title from an existing arena champion, and can be lost when losing a title that you are defending. The amount of reputation points gained or lost is determined by the title that has been won or lost. (Arena Champions TBC)

Effect of Reputation

Reputation During Combat: Reputation may help during combat as the crowd cheers on the character providing them with a temporary bonus to hit and damage. To determine if a character is being cheered on during combat, roll d% every five rounds, if the result is equal to or less than the character’s reputation then the crowd are cheering and the character is pumped and gains +1 to hit and damage for two rounds. During PvP this will be rolled for all characters and only the character with the highest reputation bonus who is being cheered will gain the bonus and this will be at +2 to hit and damage for two rounds.

Reputation and Rewards: To determine if the character receives a bonus reward, roll d% at the end of combat, if the result is equal to or less than the character’s reputation then they receive a bonus from Table X Bonus Rewards. Details TBC.

Reputation and Gifts: To determine if a character receives a gift from a fan, roll d% at the end of combat, if the result is equal to or less than the character’s reputation they will receive a gift from Table X Gifts from Fans. Details TBC.

Reputation System for D&D Arena Campaigns by Peter Collins is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
Based on a work at alchemystudios.co.uk.

Solo: In this format characters will enter the arena alone and face off against a suitable challenge. This may be a single monster or group of monsters but will not include arena champions.

Group: In this format, several characters will enter to face off against a high challenge monster or group of monsters.

PvP: In this format, players will face each other or existing NPC arena champions at various levels. If successful in battle against a champion they will take the title and the reward and fame that goes with it but must answer to any challenger or be stripped of the title.

Special: Occasional special events such as Solo Endurance, Battle Royale etc. will be announced from time to time.

Character abilities will be determined using a 28-point buy.

Characters will be created using one of the core races and classes from the PHB, DMG, PHBII and XPH are acceptable but players are expected to know the rules relating to their class abilities. Prestige classes are also allowed unless a quest or specific action is required to acquire the class (e.g. Assassin). Multiclassing follows the standard rules with regard to XP penalties.

Maximum hit points will be gained at first level and at each successive level hit points will be gained by taking the average roll on the relevant die, so for a class with a d10 hit die a character would gain 10+con HP at first level, five hp at second, six at third, five at fourth and so on.

Characters will start with gold based on their starting level and equipment can be purchased at PHB prices. Characters may not use their starting gold to purchase a single item costing more than half of their starting gold.

Ability scores and starting gold can both be found in the DMG.

The D&D Fight Club Arena is a casual setup to allow players at The Games Vault to express their inner monster killing machine without worrying about characterisation and storyline!

I will be posting various aspects of the system as they are written and refined.  Much of the detail is taken from the System Reference Documents under the Open Gaming License apart from the Reputation system which has been developed for this Arena and remains copyright Peter Collins 2008.