Originally posted by blprice61:

That could make for a very interesting variant - permadeath character, permanent world. Heck, leave the infrastructure, supply dumps, and portals (if any) in place but require the new character(s) to make all their own equipment. Unsure if that would be a blessing or a curse as skill levels would likely suffer.

Heh...I 'bury' my previous character in one of those mounds and toss all his gear and any boss trophy items and most of the stash of materials...keeping a bit of food maybe ;)

You still start with zero skills so you might want to do some training before heading to the Swamp...and those nice close copper nodes in the Forest are probably gone already gone not to mention crypts in the Forest and the Swamp etc that may have already been cleared...

It's more of a penalty than 5% skill loss or whatever....and sometimes when I've got a cool seed and a nice world going, I don't want to waste it.

Flipside of that is something I've also done...keep the character going but in a new world...going in naked but with whatever skills I've earned to that point.

I don't play with any mods so playing with a bit of variety can make things interesting...or at least less boring (grindy).