Arelith

... Allow a corpse to be mutilated instead, so that with more powerful resurrection magic, a player can still be resurrected.

In most cases, especially at higher levels, the respawn penalties are punitive and for certain types of character make playing such a chore, that your only option is to log out for several hours. This really sucks if you have limited playtime.

I'm not even talking about combat. Just... walking. And RPing.

Corpse bashing is more often than not accidental and can ruin someone's night.