being snatched by mindflayers makes it not unreasonable.
How so?
In opening cinematic (attack on Yartar ... >
this one <, time 3:00) we clearly see Nautiloid snatching people as they are, including clothing and armor (there are three armoured guards) ...
I’m perfectly happy to handwave weapon removal as a side function of the teleportation or as part of pre-tadpole insertion prisoner processing. Or to leave as is and just ignore the anomaly of my Dex-based paladin carrying a longsword. Or indeed to have us able to pick starting gear. My point is merely that Larian needn’t bother with the extra work involved in the latter for my sake, as it just isn’t important to me.
Clearly it is for some folk, while others are more like me. Just putting my preference out there so it can be balanced against other feedback.
