In some mods, such as 457AD and Aut Ceaser Aut Nil; damage from arena fights is real and you can be left on 3hp afterwards.
Is there a way to have your 'bruises' heal like in native? (Not cheat mode).
I like to play the arena fights up to about level 10 and then buy good equipment before actually starting the game.
I already learnt how to increased the arena fight reward money and exp like in PoP in the text files.