I too am a very big fan of permadeath. It was what the original servers I played on, back before I started building, all had and something I just took as almost 'standard' to NWN. KTA basically summed up my main reasons behind making the decision though.
But with that said, as I mentioned back at the beginning when this change was original implemented, the door has never been shut on revising things back to the semi-permadeath way they were where the Spectral Wizard is not available in the Fugue Plain. And we do have a larger playerbase than when this change was made. So if someone wants to take the time and post a neutral poll on the main forum about whether those who play here would prefer the Spectral Wizard gone from the Fugue Plain and the semi-permadeath system re-implemented, I would certainly be interested in seeing the civil discussion and results that follow (I would, of course, not be participating in it). Depending on how that turns out, the discussion would then go to PW staff to determine if any IC changes should be made that may end up barring or altering the Spectral Wizard's existence in the Fugue Plain.
But with that said, as I mentioned back at the beginning when this change was original implemented, the door has never been shut on revising things back to the semi-permadeath way they were where the Spectral Wizard is not available in the Fugue Plain. And we do have a larger playerbase than when this change was made. So if someone wants to take the time and post a neutral poll on the main forum about whether those who play here would prefer the Spectral Wizard gone from the Fugue Plain and the semi-permadeath system re-implemented, I would certainly be interested in seeing the civil discussion and results that follow (I would, of course, not be participating in it). Depending on how that turns out, the discussion would then go to PW staff to determine if any IC changes should be made that may end up barring or altering the Spectral Wizard's existence in the Fugue Plain.