Gale's little problem becomes bothersome whenever he dies: if the party is not able to quickly finish a battle his corpse will start emanating a necrotic aura that will endager all the remaining companions bringing them to their demise
With good positioning even that can be used to your advantage. If he dies in a choke point (stairs, door, ladder, etc.) enemies need to go through to get to you, a dead Gale can be very helpful. I remember at least a couple of occasions where his death turned the tide of the battle in my favor. But I swear I never shot him down myself... well, maybe once...
