And then, it's still weird that later they let you take their armor and such that should probably be important to them. SH has Dark Justiciar armor she's wearing almost identical to Grymforge. Would she just let anyone take it and wear it? Lae'zels wearing Gith armor. Same for her. Doesn't really make sense.
The solution that would be most obvious to me would be to not start characters with cool equipment. That is a staple of an RPG (including D:OS2) to not start with items better than what is available for hours of future gameplay. I tend to steal Laez armor because for some characters it is the best armor one can get. There if of course little narrative reason for it - Mindflayers wouldn't necessary strip their prisoners of stuff if they are harmless. But I am sure the characters could start with unique fitting clothing, that also wouldn't be so desirable to steal.
