OK, this doesn't seem to have been previously addressed, so there is a question I need to ask. How is it that these battles are non-lethal? What makes it so if I go "stabby stabby" on some unfortunate souls neck, they will live to see another day (which is all they will see, MWAHAHAHA cackle cackle cackle)?

And, how non-lethal is it? Are all the wounds produced by usual blade-based fighting reduced to just pain? Answering these questions will make everyone's lives easier (until I go "stabby stabby" on their necks)

On another note: I missed a chance to nickname my character "The Reaper" and give him a bad ass black cloak. Or, I could have made him the good guy reaper, and have had him wear a white cloak with a pointy white hood that covers most of his face.