| Wishram |
Two points:
1) I recently died, and would prefer to stay that way because I like the threat of death. However, I'm the party's cleric and am supporting 4 to 6 other players (depending on who shows up). Everyone else basically freaked out when I died (I joined this game part way through, and they were clericless...), so I'm letting them resurrect me. The only thing that makes it worth it to me is that my character strongly believes in elven superiority, and our druid is reincarnating me. It will be fun to roleplay him if he isn't reincarnated as an elf (happening this friday).
2) One recommendation I would have for you is enforcing material components. In order to cast resurrection you have to have a diamond worth 5000gp. Does your cleric have one on hand? Will you be able to find one in the nearest village with population: 53? This way, resurrection is available, but inconvenient, and the journey to find the components could be a fun, intense adventure itself. I think that DMs may hand-wave costly components (or the procurement of such) a little too often.