I'm afraid to have Gale in my party now because I encountered a serious bug with him where he bugged out after dying and being resurrected. Afterward I lost the ability to save my game.

I know it was him because there were suddenly two of him, with one acting normally, and one standing motionless with a black dialogue bubble over his head, although you couldn't speak with him or interact in any way. I've already reported the bug to Larian.

Anyway, now I'm afraid to use Gale at all.

He died way too much anyway. There were monsters one-shotting or two-shotting him constantly, and he was useless.