"Common Sense" approach to rules (RACSD)

[Taelas]

I think it is RAW, but ambiguous. But my main point is that allowing saves while unconscious has few negative impacts on a game, while disallowing them opens the door wide for abuse.

Example: Powerful PC (or NPC) with a lot of excellent defenses and a very high will save, possibly with regeneration. Apply a lot of nonlethal damage. PC falls unconscious. Apply mindrape (or charm, dominate, etc.)... Game over.

This is not abuse, but exactly how the game functions.

Also note that the vast majority of charm spells have redundancy saves, for when you are asked to do something "against your nature".