Game Systems

The Arena

Settle a duel or a 6v6 grudge without a permanent death. Players choose the teams and rules; the game handles the arena and its separate Elo ladder.

Issuing a challenge

Use challenge <opponents> with <teammates> to set up teams of up to 6 a side.
Optional condition flags, agreed up front: -np no potions, -ns no scrolls, -nw no wimpy (no auto-flee).
You must be at 75% health to issue a challenge; the challenged must be at two-thirds. No sniping the wounded.
Each participant can accept or decline. Once everyone accepts, the match enters the queue. Only one match runs at a time.
Combatants teleport to random rooms in the arena zone and hunt each other. The match ends when one team has no one left standing inside; the result is announced on the [ARENA] channel and everyone lands in the Arena Lounge.
Arena deaths do not count as real deaths. You are revived afterward, though your rating and pride may need attention. Check the ladder with arank.
challenge list and challenge status follow the queue; challenge block mutes the whole business.

ROT 1.5b1: as above; spectating mortals who wander into the arena get booted every tick.
Distorted Illusions: all fighters must be within 20 levels of each other, and each player can have at most 4 open challenge listings. Arena betting is unavailable.
v3.1: the same 6v6 matches apply. Arena kills have their own achievement line: "Ring fighter" at 1, "Gladiator" at 100, and "A sure thing" at 500. Wagering is unavailable.