I mentioned it in another thread, but I think it's time we start to ask for Living Dead to just not have the kill mechanic at all, they could remove it today and it would be fine as a better Holmgang with a longer CD. Same as Holmgang you still need to be healed regardless since you won't live with 1 HP for long either way. The idea is cool on paper, but in practice is just doesn't work.

Trying to preserve the flavor, when the flavor is dying after pressing a button that's supposed to save you, is never going to work - it will either be so trivial to get around it might as well not be there, or it will still feel bad and be antifun.