The folks down at Sony Online Entertainment have implemented a new zone to Everquest which will enable players to do what was formerly impossible - to have access to their corpses after they have decayed!  Seven days after a corpse has decayed a player may travel to "Shadowrest" via NPC where they may retrieve their corpse.  Here is an eerie snippet from their article:

"The deal has been sealed," he said. "The Keeper has agreed to grant us access to the Shadowrest."...

..."Yes. The price was high, but the prize was worth the cost," Maelin said. "This issue is closed, there will be no further discussion.  Our emissaries will be sent out -- all that ask will be granted access to Shadowrest."

It is a dream come true for players of Everquest...

The article, with complete details (including NPC locations), can be found here.