So... the PC gets to get help from his friends, but not Elminister? This is what we would call, an unfair advantage.
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If the match is fixed in such a manner that the PC gets all the benefits, and Elminister gets all the nerfs... is it even a match at all?
It would be like tying a boxer to a chair, laying cheap shots on poor helpless him, and then claim you defeated him with your superority. Hogwash!