I\'ve been reading up about this death realm thing and to me this seems like a perfect way to implement a race change...  ie your spirit simply finds a new vessel to wander around in.  You wouldn\'t lose any mental skills as your intelligence is carried around with your spirit but there could be some random physical attribute changes (ups and downs) depending on the new body.  
   Well that\'s just my theory for changing races... so don\'t flame me *hides behind noob shield*