Heroic sendoff

When an adventurer dies and the player is making a new character, the other members of the party may opt to give the corpse a “heroic sendoff.”  This requires at least 24 hours and an over-the-top funeral such as a funeral pyre, raising of a burial mound or a funeral ship sailed into the harbor and burned (perfect for a Viking!).  The corpse must be armed and armored for combat as appropriate for the class of the character.

Each party member may donate up to 100 SP per level of the previous character as additional grave goods, and the amount spent may be converted to bonus XP for the donor and the new character.  As well, each party member may also donate one magic item to the grave; one-shot items like scrolls or potions get 250 XP, while permanent magic items get you 1000 XP.  The magic items must have been usable by the deceased to count.

It goes without saying that the goods donated cannot have come from the deceased.