[Xietor]

Actually I am not entering Ruin in the match. I just want to encourage the most participation of the best thugs possible.

And someone entering a shaman to curse and horror mark is not trying to win, but just using the event to "spite" other players. A totem shield curse would be valid, as would afflictions dealt from items.

It is a death match, but contestants should be entering with a view to winning the purse and not spamming curse and horror mark on someone else's thug.

Your Pretender can certainly die in the event, and pick up a host of afflictions, curse, and horror mark. I am sure a blood mage may cast a horror at the start of each battle in the later stages of the game.

But the arena event is really llamabeast's idea. And I really should not impose my rules on his event. So I will leave it up to llamabeast to decide what rules, if any, he wants to add to the event.

More rules mean more oversight, and llamabeast may not want any more oversight!