BatMUD ladder is a small subgame within BatMUD in which all the players create
a new ladder character and start playing from zero (well almost). Ladder is
declared beforehand and the length of the ladder can be anything from few
hours to few days to a longer time period. When the ladder ends, best players
are rewarded based on different categories and receive special eq and other
awards.

Rules:
- You create your character normally and then go mark it as ladder character
at the ladder machine which is similar to the secondary machine.
- Ladder seasons have a running number ID, added to the player character,
which is used to keep track of things.
- Ladder character can wield/wear only equipment with their name on it.
Equipment needs to be created *after* the characters ladder has started.
- Ladder character can party only with other ladder characters from the same
ladder.
- You can have only one ladder character. When a new ladder is about to start,
players can go and destroy their old ladder character at the ladder machine
and then go re-create a new ladder character with the same name. Players have
ample time to chest any equipment from the ladder character after the ladder
has ended. Players can use same ladder character name for multiple ladders
always re-creating the character when the next ladder starts.
- Certain things, which can be deemed unfair, should not work on ladder
characters. One example is Money is Power -spell.
- Ladder character can share castles, ships (mate system) and money with the
main character.

Ladder boards would be available for all players to monitor different reward
categories in the current ladder. Categories could be e.g. most exp gained,
biggest monster killed, most explore gained, most quests completed etc...

System should be built so, that each ladder can have individual set of ladder
features. Variance is good.

Ideas:
- In some ladder seasons there would be multiple reward categories available
but in some there would be only one.
- In some ladders death would be permament. (Raise dead, ressurect, new body
and pray would not work on ladder characters.)
- In some ladders exp gained from exploration would be limited.
- In some ladders only characters from one background would be allowed.
(Ladder machine would refuse to add any character from not-allowed
background.)
- In some ladders the ladder characters could receive an equipment which could
boost their abilities. (Regen etc...)

Explore contest might be fun few hour event for all characters.