Someone should make a genuine death penalty, something to shake you up if you die in an RPG: Maybe the screen blacks out, and something stupid, but still slightly disturbing comes up. Maybe like:
"YOU ARE DEAD"
"YOUR FRIENDS ARE DEAD"
"YOUR DOG IS DEAD"
"YOUR FAMILY IS DEAD"
"EVERYBODY IN THE WHOLE loving WORLD HATES YOU."
"Nah, just kidding, get back out there and try again."
There'd probably need to be more death messages then this, but yeah