I just read the posts about newbie- and midbie fighting-events. Both of the
posts mentioned that the contestants would not loose any exp when defeated. I
came up with an idea for how this could be done. When either contestant's
hitpoints reach zero, the fight is over. When your hitpoints reach zero you
get a message that 'You have lost the fight!' or similar. You would not have
to die and go to heaven/hell and thereafter be raised from the dead. This is
my suggestion for how to have a fight which is fought to the death without the
players actually dying and loosing exp.