The feature itself is somewhat cool to have. It would be better if the game acknowledged its use more.
For instance I used it on my third character to knock out the mind controlled fishermen at the beginning of the game.
For all intents and purposes for the game they were basically dead, except marked as "unconscious" and with one HP left. Also, still marked as mind controlled until I killed the mindflayer, which is a bit of a bummer.
Second time it was in the "hag cave" with the masked guys. I expected to be able to free them from the mind control knocking them out and removing those masks. I wasn't.
