A Modest Proposal

[Jarka]

A quest/refractory period to move freely around the afterlife and life:

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Also these might add a little bit of weight to the gravity of the whole "dying" thing without being overly punitive or isolationist.

Agreed.
Currently, as I understand the system, you are no longer assigned to a realm and are freely able to move between heaven and hell. IMHO, an easy redemption/damnation quest should be completed each time a person wishes to switch between astral planes.

Dead shop:

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I really like the death shop. It could add a lot of flavor (Capsule Corp could be expanded just for flavor sake as well). Also, it could be yet another way to escape the afterlife/move realms: the expensive insta-rezz could be available to purchase in case somebody really didn't want to do the questing and had the cash moneys.

Realm exclusives:

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In regards to the abilities/techs (A/T from here), this is where the concept of punishment and oh-goodness-then-everybody-would-want-to-die usually comes in. I think, if a person is willing to complete a hard/epic/legendary quest for access to a new (or unique) A/T, so be it. This goes for the living world as well. Perhaps the afterlife ones would be a specific thing, and the living ones you could just choose from the A/T list (akin to how most use the dragonballs, but those are usually only open to the top five members due to the unfortunate dynamic of power). I mean, if it'll get people to keep writing... *shrug*

There's my two centssssss....

Dead people dying:

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LOL Infinite Death Loop