Because the currency item is stored in the deathchest upon death, my users have no use for the currency option unless they return all the way home (which is a long way because we don't allow other forms of TP), so an option to keep only their currency item in their inventory upon respawn would be very nice.

I tried out the DeathControl plugin for this purpose, but its far more extensive than what I need, and may cause conflicts later down the road. Also, having two separate plugins for the same thing is confusing to users.

Another option (I don't require this but I predict other admins might):
Allow to set a limit on how many of the currency item is retained.

hmm.. so you have gold as currency right? and instead of storing it when you die in the chest you would like to keep it in the inventory?

So what do you need the deathchest for? The idea is to keep the stuff available after you die but make the player work for it to get it back (at least if you don't use the deathtp feature). So either the content of the chest is important enough for the player to walk back and forth or not.

What other parts of the plugins are you using? deathmessages?

Just trying to figure out if that would be a feature which would make sense for a lot of people, especially as you can charge for the deathtp TOO the chest.. which would cut travel in half..

Actually, we use iConomy money. No currency. We charge economy $$ for pretty much everything on the server, so I wanted to mix it up a little bit by having players bring an item with them that saves them. Instead of using 'goldingot', I wanted to use something interesting but currently unused, such as a Cookie or Cake (I'd call it a "Magic Cake" since it takes you to another world... yes, these are the good cakes made with lots of love). Also I thought some servers might want to use something like 'paper' to represent a ticket to travel, or 'map' to represent the journey taken on the way there (since one would actually use a map to find a treasure chest!). Some servers could also use 'compass' to encourage their users to bring a compass with them.

Another reason for using cookies is that cookies are a complex item that requires multiple ingredients. I try to encourage users to make complex items more, because it creates a more integrated economy where users rely more on eachother. Our server actually has a user store dedicated to cakes, so this would be a fun addition.

I'm not sure if the plugin message for that is configurable, but it would be also be cool to change "A cookie was removed from your inventory" to "You ate the cookie and were taken to another dimension". I think my friends would get a kick out of that. =P

As to what other parts of the plugin I use...

Features:
-QuickLoot
-Death Messages
-Large Chests
-Chest Expiration (reduced to 30min)
-Max # of Chests (this was not working for me last I checked, limit was not being enforced)
-Free sign & chest

Also, I love the death messages, I think they're much better than the ones I was getting from Essentials. My users think they're very funny.

I would like to see a feature where the chest/sign are NOT acquired on loot. I'm giving my users the free sign & chest so that it can be created, but I want it taken back after the chest is auto-destroyed from quick-loot.

I appreciate the effort for LWC/Lockette, I used to use this feature, but decided it made it more interesting that other players could loot the chest. I may implement it again though, so don't remove it! :)

Perhaps a feature that would place a chest on the surface of lava/water instead of in it?

hmm configurable message could be done, on this request I have my doubts, I need to think about it more, perhaps mung3r can also comment.

maxTomb is for the TombSign... not the TombStone

concerning the placing the chest on top op lava / water, I don't know... I don't like it atm that sometimes the signs / chest are even in the air.. and finding a save spot farer away from the deathpoint is problematic

removing the free chest and sign would be possible as an option.

ok.. could you open 2 new issues with the removing of free chest, limiting of tombstones, I don't have the time atm to do that... thanks...

I don't NEED the configurable message, that would just be cool. I would however love to have the currency-item stay in their inventory.

oh, i forgot the 3rd enhancement , could you add an issue for that too?

let me talk to mung3r about this, we are redoing the code nevertheless, but i need to look at how complicated it becomes as we need to store the items extra, but i thing if we implement issue #20 we could add that..