Loot denial is a surefire way to piss off your party if you go about it the wrong way, anyone have a story about when your party thought they'd get a cool item but ended up not being able to keep it?

Another option is to make an item awesome for the boss, its original user... And completely useless for the players. Like that "Last Ditch Ring" used by a lich in a game I played. Having an item that allows you to instantly cast a spell while you die isn't exactly useful when you don't intend to die to begin with.

Yeah most spells aren't worth 20,000 gold just to get an extra cast of them.

Wait, you're saying death is more serious than just money? Hahahaha nope. At least, not once you hit that kind of level.

I like the way Critical Role handles resurrection a lot. You need to make a DC 10 roll, no modifiers, when the resurrection spell is cast, to come back from the dead, and the number of times you've been brought back already increases the DC by 1 each. Some extra house rules thrown in for potentially lowering the DC, and you have a system that usually still allows for players to come back, but also allows the much needed-fear of death being permanent.

After all that, he did never re-appear in the manga... Anyone think he could appear in a future?

Oda. Never. Forgets.

Just because Oda never forget, don't mean he plans to reintroduce Nezumi, Nezumi is a weakling coward East Blue marine, it's unlikely he will be relevant to the story.

Just because Oda never forget, don't mean he plans to reintroduce Nezumi, Nezumi is a weakling coward East Blue marine, it's unlikely he will be relevant to the story.

Just because Oda never forget, don't mean he plans to reintroduce Nezumi, Nezumi is a weakling coward East Blue marine, it's unlikely he will be relevant to the story.

Just because Oda never forget, don't mean he plans to reintroduce Nezumi, Nezumi is a weakling coward East Blue marine, it's unlikely he will be relevant to the story.

Just because Oda never forget, don't mean he plans to reintroduce Nezumi, Nezumi is a weakling coward East Blue marine, it's unlikely he will be relevant to the story.

Just because Oda never forget, don't mean he plans to reintroduce Nezumi, Nezumi is a weakling coward East Blue marine, it's unlikely he will be relevant to the story.

damnit extreme lag in my computer caused me to post the same comment repeatedly, sorry about that.

Watch him be the final boss of One Piece XD

If I recall correctly don't a few of the marines from early on reappear as minor characters way down the line?

Coby and Helmeppo reappear at the end of the Water Seven arc. Fullbody and Django make a few appearances as part of Hina's crew. That's about it, as far as I can remember.

@garralis that does'nt mean he "plans" to, that just means "you never know with him".
Even without being relevant to the story, he could reappear for a cameo or a joke like Fullbody.
Helmepo was also a minor coward, but even him got to reappear.

@TB Tabby, there are also all the vice-admirals and other ranked (from the buster Call, Marinford, etc). Oda have a tendencie to reuse them in crowds scene or meetings, makes them reappear as younger in flash-back etc. Though of course they are much more relevant than this guy in therm of strengh and competence, story-wise their role is even more minor.

Far as I know, he reappeared once in the anime, while the Straw Hats were on their way to Loguetown, and that was simply to show him making Luffy's bounty. I don't remember if that happened in the manga, though.