What did they do to Minsk? (SPOILERS)

[Don Cool]

I just recruited Minsk, he used his brute force to crawl out of a mimic, that is no small feat. Then I looked at his stats, 12 in strength, yikes, he is probably one of the strongest humans in existence.

These are his previous stats:

Str., 18/93
Dex: 15
Con: 15
Int: 8
Wis: 6
Cha: 9

This is how James Ohlen envisioned Minsk (The guy who made Minsk & Boo)

Str. 18/93
Dex. 15
Con. 16
Int. 10
Wis. 15
Cha. 14


.... and 5e just made him a wet hamster.

PS: .. and yes, I do know we can just change him. I think Beserker would probably be best suited for Minsk in 5e.

[月亮]

I did think that making Minsc a ranger was weird. Like the dude RUNS into battle head first and he's a ranger ??? I know he's not the brightest light but he knows battle. And yes, as someone with the title of the Stone Lord, using his fists to go through walls, you'll think he'll be a Beserker, but they most likely wanted to have a companion with a class still not fullfilled by other companions (even tho we have two druids).

[Eschi]

well, thought the same. WTF happen to Minsc.. - very dissapointed.

[Don Cool]

Originally posted by 月亮:

I did think that making Minsc a ranger was weird. Like the dude RUNS into battle head first and he's a ranger ??? I know he's not the brightest light but he knows battle. And yes, as someone with the title of the Stone Lord, using his fists to go through walls, you'll think he'll be a Beserker, but they most likely wanted to have a companion with a class still not fullfilled by other companions (even tho we have two druids).

Minsk was never the best ranger although that´s how I used him in BG and BG2, Minsk shines with a 2 hander and he is deadly .... as long as his low wis saves don´t get the better of him. He is proficient with the longbow though.

[アンジェル]

He is the beloved ranger. His wisdom stat makes a lot of sense, though. I guess the rest he is sharing with Boo who has 20/20/20/20/20/30

[月亮]

Originally posted by Don:

Originally posted by 月亮:

I did think that making Minsc a ranger was weird. Like the dude RUNS into battle head first and he's a ranger ??? I know he's not the brightest light but he knows battle. And yes, as someone with the title of the Stone Lord, using his fists to go through walls, you'll think he'll be a Beserker, but they most likely wanted to have a companion with a class still not fullfilled by other companions (even tho we have two druids).

Minsk was never the best ranger although that´s how I used him in BG and BG2, Minsk shines with a 2 hander and he is deadly .... as long as his low wis saves don´t get the better of him. He is proficient with the longbow though.

I do believe he is a nice enough ranger, but with the whole presentation of his character in the game it makes no sense. He never attacks you with ranger attacks (or maybe he does, I don't remember, always knocked him out before he could do much), and using brut force where he can. Pretty sure any ranger trying to break down walls with their hands would not obliterate them.

[Edstyles]

He is a mix of ranger barbarian . Primarly ranger tho

[Agony_Aunt]

Back when Minsc was created there was no Barbarian class, so they made him a Ranger.

The change to stats is a bit weird though. Maybe they gave the job of setting him up to someone who had no idea about who Minsc is and what his stats should be like, they just created him like they would create any Ranger. Still, someone should have caught that and changed it.

Or maybe being stuck as stone for 100+ years isn't good for your strength?

[Don Cool]

Originally posted by Agony_Aunt:

Back when Minsc was created there was no Barbarian class, so they made him a Ranger.

The change to stats is a bit weird though. Maybe they gave the job of setting him up to someone who had no idea about who Minsc is and what his stats should be like, they just created him like they would create any Ranger. Still, someone should have caught that and changed it.

Or maybe being stuck as stone for 100+ years isn't good for your strength?

Well, if you look at what he does as the Stone Lord ..... then no, his strength is where it should be story wise, it´s just the stats that don´t add up.