So, after a week of testing -- thanks everyone for the bugfinds and
suggestions, this worked well I should do it more often -- I think it's time
to put the prizes up for real at reboot.

I have given you all the time you need to scope out your rewards so you should
know by now what you're going to get. But just a quick summary:
-- the first eq prize is 250, then 500 more for the second, then 750 more for
the third. The fourth is 1,000 on top of all that but I don't think anyone has
that.
-- You can add your name to someone else's set item for 100. Good for
completing a set, or possibly a cheaper price for a smaller reward.
Same rules for both -- items are indestructible, named-only, and last a year
before halving their stats and becoming largely irrelevant.
-- 50 for a rune that adds +insig stat to an item that doesn't have any of
that stat yet. Can only be used on Event eq or set items from the Circles of
Hell event. No limit to those, other than you'll run out of stats to add
eventually because the same stat rune doesn't stack with itself.
-- various consumables, including most of the crafted quaffable items, a
no-damage field-destroying bomb you can throw into the next room, and the
debuffing blades. They're turned off for BB but otherwise can be used in
normal areas.
-- and some 1 CE jumk items that are basically just for show.

I got some decent feedback this year -- there's definitely some things I'll
have to remember for next year's events.

Shinarae "what leftover candy?" Lluminus