Quote Originally Posted by Deathtongue View Post
It sounds more like you're objecting to not being able to do anything than the mind control itself. I'd be pretty peeved as well if I had to spend an entire session not doing anything because my character was dead and the party couldn't do anything until next week to resurrect me. That said, I wouldn't want death to be taken out of the game. Nor would I want a particular PC's death to be something a low-level party in the middle of nowhere can just easily ignore.

Were I the DM, in such situations where someone is out of the action for more than a couple of hours I'd make some alternative arrangements for the player so they can still participate. Such as a GMPC you can control for the time being. Hell, I'd even just let you play my monsters during a combat encounter if you were cool with it.
Well, yes and no. My character is receiving orders, so I'm not necessarily totally out of the game. Just not making any decisions.