Grrr... tried posting this earlier, but the board timed out on me
Mr Creosote, you could consider a boutique game. You could try a handicap match, where you're only allowed to equiped cursed items.
You could also try a naked match, where you're not allowed to equip anything.
You might also take your pixie and roll up a party of six of 'em. Divide that XP by 6, and the promotions don't come anywhere near as fast...
Or use the character editor to give yourself a peasant party -- all characters with zero stats, zero gold, zero abilities... I played an MM game that way, and it was quite challenging for a long time [img]smile.gif[/img]
*grins imagining Aleph_null1's overloaded pixie swinging a sword around in battle...

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