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Yes I believe a Mind Flayer mind drain attack only takes a sucessful hit in melee combat to work, it drains 4 INT. If your INT drops below 0 because of Mind drains, you die.
Thus if you had 6 INT, you can take 2 mind drains before dying, if you had 18 INT, you can take 5 drains before dying. A hint, if your warriors are going into battle with Mindflayers, a good thing to do is use INT raising potions on them so they can survive a extra Drain or 2. Gives your potions of Genius something to actually use on. Plus the Mind focusing potions work real well also, the extra +3 Dex really helps.
Mind blasts are distance attacks that stun opponents. If you use items that prevent confusion, charm, etc. you can still be stunned by a mind blast.
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