I've had another direction I'd like to see Living Dead go -- one that allows DRK some hope of recovery and gives Barrier healers more breathing room, while keeping the identity of the skill in place.

Living Dead - Duration 10s
While under the effect of Living Dead, if an attack would reduce you to zero HP, instead your status changes to "Walking Dead" and you gain 4 stacks of "Beyond Death"

Walking Dead - Duration 10s
While under this status, most attacks will not reduce your HP below 1 (alternativly, full invunerability). When you are healed for 25% of your health, lose 1 stack of "Beyond Death". When the duration of Walking Dead ends, you take damage equal to 25% of your HP for every stack of "Beyond Death" you have remaining.


With this setup, healers and the Dark Knight can actually see how close they are to a full recovery by tracking how many stacks of Beyond Death remain. By shifting it from a guarenteed KO on expiration to variable damage, it also gives barrier healers and the DRK with TBN greater flexibility in surviving the subsequent hit. Furthermore, that damage can then be used to pop TBN and get some immediate payback against their enemies. And ultimately the skill would retain the risk/reward and self sacrificing nature that the ability is trying to achieve.