how to level minsc?

[Bobby Fabulous]

i feel like this is a bit of a strange question to ask, but how exactly is minsc supposed to be leveled? i thought he was going to have more strength than he turned out to have, and i'm not sure if i should make him an archer or keep him as some kind of weird animal swordfighter
not sure if this is a dumb question or not, its just that his stats are a lot different than i was expecting

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Pizza Tony:

how to level minsc?
i feel like this is a bit of a strange question to ask, but how exactly is minsc supposed to be leveled? i thought he was going to have more strength than he turned out to have, and i'm not sure if i should make him an archer or keep him as some kind of weird animal swordfighter
not sure if this is a dumb question or not, its just that his stats are a lot different than i was expecting

It is different than what you are expecting. A somewhat weird adaption from the old 2nd to 5th edition of D&D. You can level him as you like and imagine. A full respec is possible.

[DragonSoundxSG]

I posted about this - stats are tied to the class. He has low Str bc he is a Ranger. Respec him to a Champion/Beast Master.

[アンジェル]

Minsc Ability Scores
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1086940/discussions/0/3880470363413004074/

[burp]

Just make him an OP monk. He fits the criteria already :D

[Ichthyic]

Monk seems a good choice. none of the other party members fit that as well as Minsc does.
Roleplay-wise, his mentality pretty much fits any melee character. He's a ranger only because he had "Boo" as his "animal companion".

[Moonbane]

Minsc should be a barbarian, but the original baldurs gate did not have barbarian so they gave him ranger.

[Bloodwest]

He's initially a ranger irc. How you're gonna level is up to you thanks to Wither's respec option. He does strike more like a STR rather than DEX build and definitely not INT/WIS. Still, he has rather unusual affection towards animals which makes him not so bad roleplay choice for a beastmaster ranger, his seemingly default class.

[Rex is back, baby!]

I respecced him into a monk barbarian, cause bald and canonically he rages.

[DragonSoundxSG]

Originally posted by Moonbane:

Minsc should be a barbarian, but the original baldurs gate did not have barbarian so they gave him ranger.

True. I'm currently playing one tho.

[Agony_Aunt]

Minsc should have been a barbarian from the start, but when his character was created all those decades ago, there was no barbarian class, so the creators made him a ranger instead.

[Sister of Silence]

Just leave him in camp. He's a cameo, might as well treat him as such.

[Underprivileged White Male]

At some point WotC decided that Rangers were no longer Aragorn, they were Legolas now. Which tanked their popularity about 80%.

[cookie]

gloomstalker wild heart fits like a glove

[Kernest]

You could play a STR based melee ranger by taking Ranger Knight for Favoured Enemy at level 1 to gain Heavy Armour proficiency, and go with Defence, Duelling or Two-Weapon Fighting for Fighting Style, as per your own weapon preference.

Then just throw Hunter's Mark on a target and it'll proc on every hit for as long as you maintain concentration.

[Moonbane]

Minsc just comes too late, the party is tightly built by that point.