can you get stuck on EtherWorld?

[Traceur]

are you planning on implementing perma-death in any way?
No.

Can you tell us anything about the death system and the penalties (if any) associated with them?
When your body dies, your soul is set loose and steps halfway into a plane called the Ether World. As a disincarnate soul existing in both worlds at the same time, you have no physical belongings (they're left behind with your body) and you are very limited in what you can see, hear, and do. The same goes for people in the real world, as they have difficulties interacting with you. The Ether World is a very dangerous place for a Mortal Soul with rules of its own, and you will probably want to get back to your normal self as quickly as possible. To reincarnate, essentially get your body back, you must find a spirit channeler of some sort willing to help you.
More about if and how penalties will affect you later on.

in my opinion the majority of why most PvP games fail to create a dynamic political environment among players is that their is little to no risk in death which can't be regained afterwords easily afterwords (regain the exp or buy the items that where looted): death becomes an annoyance instead of something to fear.

alright, so there isn't any clear PD. but can one of your character be stuck in the ether world with no way back (or maybe have to pass incredibly difficult challenges)?

a second related question would be:
can the channeler require service before bringing you back? sort of part-time enslavement under a necromancer?

[Nehemia]

In addition to this; Can we PvP in Etherworld also? Are there its own attributes, stats, items perhaps? Do we have classes that can just "enter the etherworld" of their own will? It could be a good place for some reagents, and I want to see some classes having their own spells in there. Loved the "ether world" of Soul Reaver's.

[admiralnlson]

I want my character to be a spirit channeler, who lives a tormented life between the Real World and the Ether World

That'd be fun and original if it was the only way to get rezzed.

[OMGPIE]

Originally Posted by Nehemia

In addition to this; Can we PvP in Etherworld also? Are there its own attributes, stats, items perhaps? Do we have classes that can just "enter the etherworld" of their own will? It could be a good place for some reagents, and I want to see some classes having their own spells in there. Loved the "ether world" of Soul Reaver's.

PvP in ether world would be awesome! Please make spirit channeler a profession?

[Killermandude]

Spirit channeler just sounds...awful....It'd get boring to only help dead, and there'd be a shortage thereof.

[F0rd]

Originally Posted by Killermandude

Spirit channeler just sounds...awful....It'd get boring to only help dead, and there'd be a shortage thereof.

I'm liking the idea of an NPC "channeler"

[Nehemia]

Originally Posted by Killermandude

Spirit channeler just sounds...awful....It'd get boring to only help dead, and there'd be a shortage thereof.

Bah, you're not looking at the all the options here; Etherworld could include something the psychical world doesn't have, rare reagents, opportunities to master spells not seen in the mortal world. Who says you need to help the dead? I'd want to go to Ether World to kill the dead, making them spawn somewhere else in the streaming world of immortality. As someone said, PvP in the Etherworld would be awesome.