Mostly it's because when a lot of people challenge a duel, they want to see who can win in a straight-up fight.Originally Posted by Risky_business
If you win because you used all sorts of potions, gadgets, and other things that aren't part of your character, I don't walk away thinking the better fighter won. I walk away thinking that the person with tons of money to waste won, and that the duel was a waste of my time.
@Don Yak: Forgive me, but to my knowledge, nobody dies in a duel. And if you think honor is worthless, that tells me a great deal about you (the comments you made would not be made by a person who believes that honor has value).
*shrug* but if you want to use such things, just get the rules of the duel clarified before you start. If you don't want to duel without such things, just say "anything goes". Just about any rule set is fine if both participants agree to it.