Endgame
Duels and stakes
A duel is a challenge to a live player right there in the world. Both sides put a stake of gold into escrow: the winner takes the pot.
Endgame
A refusal or a dropped connection does not eat the stake — the gold returns to both purses.
The stake ceiling grows with level: it is worth about an hour of your play, and in a pair it is taken from the lower one. So an elder cannot call a newcomer for a week of their income.
Everything here is taken from the game’s own reference — the same one a Keeper opens in town. Русская версия статьи.