In my old group we had a "ritual" per se. When a character died, we would photocopy it if the player/DM desired a personal copy of the sheet. Then we would go out back and burn the original and have a moment of silence. Naturally the longer living characters would warrant a bigger "ritual"...
Holy s**t man! That's like two miles from my house. I'm in there every week! Not only did I miss those boosters, but I somehow missed the fact that that clerk is obviously a D&D nerd. I don't know what to say. Wow. Alright, so that was a totally worthless post, but oh well.
I have started an Eberron campaign already, but have only two players at the moment. If anyone is interested in a low level (starting) 3.5 Eberron campaign on the NW side on Sunday afternoons, let me know.
New to D&D players are welcome. The three of us are more than will to help.
Christian