And then I discovered that if Gale as the player character
becomes the Mindflayer then hands over the crown to Mystra, *POOF!*, she turns him human again.
Oh good grief.
Not that it's illogical or impossible or anything for Mystra to cast a 9th level spell on him out of gratitude for his actions - maybe she just read the scroll in his inventory! - but it seemed like Larian was going out of their way to ignore all the resurrection magic available because it's too easy a solution to various problems. And then they just whip it out in the end anyway. For Gale. I love Gale, but c'mon, he already gets the shiniest, most consequence-free endings in the game.
