First, I just want to say that I'm REALLY looking forward to the difficulty sliders. So even if these ideas don't make it, it's still a win for me!

Regarding the death penalty slider, I would like Easy to change to dropping items on death but NO skill drop. Then a new 'No Penalty' minimum that is the current easy (No dropping items and NO skill drop). It just feels like a natural middle ground between the current Easy and Normal.

Second, I think it would be nice if we had the option to simply not unlock the map until the Cartography table was built. I think this makes sense from an 'immersion' aspect as well as makes that a useful item even in Solo campaigns.