[Cainehill]

Originally posted by Blitz:

In addition to the weapon you win, the winner gets to pick ANY magical item from the construction 2 school. This might be a dwarven hammer or soul contract or something else nice that the player could not otherwise forge.

Each successive death match, the winner would be able to pick from the next highest construction school. The winner of the second tier might get a Skull Staff to get his death magic going.

The third round you could get a ring of wizardry, or maybe Jade Armor.

I think that might draw a bit of interest in the death matches, don't you think?

Well ... On the one paw, that might be a bit overpowered of a reward, given that a person would pick the most awesome or hard to forge item in that bracket. And, it would also involve Illwinter writing a user interface for picking the item, and they don't like doing UI.

But on the other paw - a random item from that Construction level might be just what the doctor ordered (gin and tonic?).

Firstly, Illwinter wouldn't have to write an interface for picking the item. Secondly, it means that if you win, you get an additional item - it might be grand, it might be something you'd normally never forge, trade for, or otherwise want.

This would make the additional reward less overpowered compared to picking an item. And it would also cause players to try and find a use for an item they might not have otherwise ever tried.

And the possibility of getting a random magic item should be enough of an incentive to get people to enter and try to win.