Completely agree, with the exception of the experiment on BT, the chance character death has always been completely at the control of the characters player. While I like mortality I can't see how it would be good for anyone to add in a piecemeal fashion.
Aye, I don't see Tom green-lighting a new way to randomly kill PCs as that's not really conducive to RP at all, but there are other drawbacks to explore, like extended travel times or a forced Abandon Unit or even loss of gold or paraphernalia. It just seems a bit strange to automatically abandon your good buddy the Viscount of Ruraltown after he gets trampled by cavalry or what have you. One would assume you'd even drag the corpse of another noble back to friendly territory for a proper funeral. Might even get some Honor for the rescue, or the potential for Prestige as with many other actions, as an incentive for the person doing the toting, to offset the time lost on travel.
