[Vynd]

I agree with msew, but I would take it a step further. I don't like that if a commander dies in battle you might find their items (if you have other commanders in the battle, and you win), but if he dies outside of battle the items are always lost. If a commander carrying items dies, I think any commander in that province ought to have a chance of finding the items, regardless of how the first commander died and what the other commander was doing. And I think that if one of your commanders dies while sitting around in a fort then your chances of finding the item again, or having it sent straight to your lab, should be even higher.