[Nagot Gick Fel]

Originally posted by Peter Ebbesen:
In a deathmatch with n contenders, at least n-1 contenders will die. (It is possible that all n contenders die). Remember this, always.

Not always true. Counter-example below.

I promised a special case before, and this is it. You can enter in order to lose, and still gain. This is done by booby-trapping your contestant such that he will hurt the opposing contenders.

It should be immediately obvious that a booby trap based on inflicting massive damage on a single contender is useless. If you are not going to win, then there is only going to be one enemy survivor anyhow, so your killing off one is completely and utterly irrelevant.

In other words, what you are interested in is cursed items that the enemy will pick up.

There are other ways to booby-trap an arena deathmatch and keep your champion. The most effective I've seen is using an astral/nature mage with an item like a Lantern Shield or BOLW, and scripted (Curse)(Horror Mark)(Soul Slay)(Soul Slay)(Returning). With Ritual of Returning on top of it as an extra insurance. There are other variants, but this one is nasty.

[ March 30, 2004, 07:24: Message edited by: Nagot Gick Fel ]