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Pitfall traps? Dude, play a modpack that has Witchery and Thermal Expansion, you can teleport players into lava or a room full of demons or even the End!
Would you mind if we change the rules in our battle to training items? All it would do would be allow me use my exp share and get an extra MC for my Makuhita.