[Grabbit Allworth]

Corpse retrievals still exist. However, you have an option to a CR, at a cost.

When you die, you lose significant amount of XP. Returning to your corpse returns "most" of it. Summoning it at a shrine returns none of it. Summoning your corpse also has a progressive monetary cost. Right now, the coin cost hasn't been anything prohibitive, but I'm pretty sure it will sting more and more as I level and if I remember correctly Brad said that the cost for corpse summoning is going to be tweaked.

My character is only in the late teens, but the bite of the lost xp is enough that I choose to recover my corpse 9 out of 10 times even at my relatively low level.


Personally, I like having the option.

If I'm able, I'll retrieve my corpse 90% of the time, but there are occasions when a group runs too long and I have to leave for whatever reason. I don't want to spend the next day building a group JUST to get my corpse from the depths of some dungeon.

Example -

Work calls me and I have to be there in two hours. I decide to spend another hour with my group and then leave for work. 10 minutes before I leave we wipe and it's going to take at least 30 minutes to get back to our corpses. I choose to take the xp hit (which is pretty big) and go to work. When I log in after my shift I may be down some xp and but at least I'm ready to play again instead of having to find a search a rescue team.