Will could also be used to deplete the strength of a ghost, so that a recently slain player wouldn't fear possession if he has a high will. We could also remove the daisy-chain possession problem by giving the ghost a fixed amount of strength that is used up when possessing players of various willpower. Another interesting idea is assigning will to various tasks: Compelling a person to walk around in circles may not take much of the ghosts strength, but compelling that same person to walk off a cliff, or do something that they wouldn't normally do (due to safety reasons, or social embarassment) would eat up alot of strength, forcing the ghost to seek a new host sooner.
To change gears in line a little back to the "ghost mud", will power could play an extremely strategic role in the unlife of the ghost. Perhaps possessing somebody with a small amount of willpower is easy, it's getting out that's the problem =). Couple this with drastic depletion of ghostly energies on the death of the host, and players would likely not enjoy possessing a host they couldn't eventually flee when the physical world got too rough on them.
But a stronger-willed person might be difficult to coerce once possessed. I think there should be an amount of time before the ghost takes 'complete possession' of a person. Complete possession would remove the difficulties of compelling a person to do something. This would also limit the amount of problems occuring from vengence possessions, while still giving ghosts that have inhabited a host for some time a considerable advantage.
I'd also like to see soul hunters that hunt ghosts to add to their own supernatural powers, or teams of 'ghost busters' that are called when someone important is possessed.
Just remember not to cross the streams: "Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light. Total protonic reversal...."
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