Not just in MMORPGs but all of them. This is just a bad idea, but someone may like it. DEATH CLOCKS! What happens is, when a character is struck down in battle, his body dissolves and he becomes a ghost (ie transparent and all floaty) and a clock counts down the time until he passes onto the next world. So, if you use an item on him soon enough, he can be reconstituted, and if not you have to go to a town and pay a Mitus to bring him back. (sort of what Hollywood has made Voodoo Bokors out to be, only i call them Mitusi *plural* so that it would be more correct) Or you could buy and ULTRA expensive item to bring them back from the beyond in the field. so, what do you think?

For once I find this easy, nice and fun.

looks like it''s the way to go.

-* So many things to do, so little time to spend. *-

heh, i came up with the entire thing while typing the post

that was pretty funny.

anyone else have anything to add?

Thats sort of like Ultima Onlines death system.

When you die, you become a ghost that runs around. And if you find a player with a level 8 spell, he can ressurect you. If not, then you have to run to town and get res''d by a healer in a shop.

not quite, when a player is ghosted, he cant perform any actions and can only be seen by the other players and the Mitus

You can''t perform any actions in Ultima Online either as a ghost, except for talk... But alive people see it as, "OooOOoooOOO" unless they have a skill called "Spirit Speaking", in which case they see "Help Res Please!" instead of "OoOOoooOOO" its really neat, I liked it.