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So you understand that "lol u ded" is not good game design but are defending it anyway.

And there are other ways to trivially add consequences to this specific event that are not "lol u ded", you lose the battle of wills, get controlled, and one of your other party members tackles you to the ground and kills the illithid, you take some nonlethal damage and a level of exhaustion.

It wasn't hard to think of that, it just required a mentality that allowed play to continue not "lol here's a funny way to kill players".

It even mirrors the way you can deal with the mind controlled peasants immediately beforehand, who you can subdue with nonlethal damage.
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Let me be clear. When i say medical bills, i mean resurrections. Diamonds aint cheap, yo.

And sure, they could have, but they dont have to. Dont go doing the equivalent of licking an electrical socket and then complain that you get electrocuted.