>back (I assume). I'd say that's a pretty benign death, as far
>as deaths go, and an opportunity to develop the RP of his

I'd much rather be full-looted then take a mob-death. Especially at those levels. I'd say that until at least level 25, your EQ is likely to be garbage, and your main goal is just to rank up into the fun ranges. I mean, I know some people are into the whole "PK at all levels" thing, but in my experience, lowbie fights are rarely very interesting.

That said, I agree with most of what you said. The RP there was solid. However, I think it would've been better if the shaman had warned them about what he was going to do. It would achieve the same effect (stopping them from ranking on the dwarves) and wouldn't have resulted in an out-of-range pk/mob death. I do tend to think that out-of-range kills are poor form from a gameplay perspective, no matter how justified they are rp-wise.