I agree with you that there need to be some more OOC information on that topic. I am not sure if there is anything about the topic of dying in the tutorial or other sources that give the player guidlines on how to rp it, but I will see if I stumble upon something.
As far as how terrible death is: according to the IC sources I know, death is divided into the DR and "real death". Real death seems to be seldom, thus my argument on this fear's importance loss (and the implications of this on the inhabitants of Yliakum). Even if you die in Yliakum, you fear the pain that comes with it, not the loss of existance.
