The mechanics of /players x

[Ruvanal]

For the layman, I'm essentially asking if it is possible to spawn eg Baal in a one player game with one-player hit points, sliver him, and then switch to players 8 (or have several people suddenly join you) for the kill, and get 8 player exp and/or drops.

You will get the HP and experience as a one player game and the drop (NoDrop calculation) as an 8 player game. The NoDrop is looked up at the time the drop is being generate from the ptGame structure, not from the ptUnit structure.