> I figure the only actually fair way to do this is to have the tournament mode be consequence-free. You can get beaten irreparably in tournament mode, but what happens in the match doesn't actually take effect in the "permanent" copies of your characters. With possible exceptions -- for example, the victors could be awarded experience points or something.

Okay, I'll buy that. I still don't know about rewards for the victor, though - then one could pummel weakling parties at zero risk (since the battles are consequence-free) for easy exp.

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