How do I recruit Minsc?

[OyajiBR☕]

Few people even know about him. I didn't until few days ago. He's in act 3, easier to miss even than Minthara.

[Sand Mountain Sam]

Important note: If Jaheira dies before she joins your party you cannot recruit Minsc.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Give him some Minsc meat.

[Izuzul]

When you fight him knock him out.

[ahsanford]

Originally posted by OyajiBR☕:

Few people even know about him. I didn't until few days ago. He's in act 3, easier to miss even than Minthara.

Few people even know about him?! He was in all the trailers! Sven specifically told us all we'd be able to recruit Jaheira and Minsc.

Easy to miss? You literally have to get to Act 3 and talk to Jaheira. That's it.

- A

[EricHVela]

Originally posted by ahsanford:

Originally posted by OyajiBR☕:

Few people even know about him. I didn't until few days ago. He's in act 3, easier to miss even than Minthara.

Few people even know about him?! He was in all the trailers! Sven specifically told us all we'd be able to recruit Jaheira and Minsc.

Easy to miss? You literally have to get to Act 3 and talk to Jaheira. That's it.

- A

I avoid trailers like the plague. I didn't watch any featurettes (including those funny cartoons) until I replayed the game a few times. I also didn't know Minsc was a thing until several playthroughs only after looking into spoiler stuff. I also didn't bring Jaheira along as I had to pick which four I wanted.

I didn't even know she had a house in town until recent playthroughs.

So... definitely a possible thing.

Minsc is hilarious, though. Such a wonderful, almost insane, moron.

[halfmonkey]

^He's not insane or simple. A difficult to get to dialogue let's you discover that he let's people think he's a moron so that he can better dominate them.
Boo taught him this, so it has to be true.

[seeker1]

One of my favorite Minsc moments is if you let him address the gathered crowd for where you are meeting with all your allies right before the endgame battles.

He says something so idiotic, it barely makes any sense (usually doesn't), and then the whole gathered crowd cheers. Why? Because he's Minsc, that's why. He became the hero of Baldur's Gate by butt-kicking for goodness, not brilliant speeches.

Or as he sometimes yells: "More battle, less prattle!" I also like when he meta-complains about having to take turns before he can hit anybody. "Boo is sleeping, so die in silence, Evil!"

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

I hate Minsc.

Viconia would have made a better companion, but Mommy Minthara is also grand!

[ahsanford]

I actually re-rolled him as a Monk because why not. Never tried one in all my playthroughs.

The thing is, my experience with Monks is so skewed because you get him at L11 (even if you are under that level) and you probably have three acts of god tier monk loot sitting unused in your camp storage by then.

So while there is learning curve, there is very little 'working around the weaknesses of the class' at that point. I re-spec'd him into Monk, filled his inventory slots with sickening power and he just melts people with the punching.

- A

[seeker1]

I first tried out Sina'Zith, the hireling Gith monk, and noticed she rocked, as a Wu Jen/4 Elements monk. Then I had to try out a Tav monk. and rolled up Wuen Hung Lo, my Ascendant Dragon monk (requires Alternate Monk mod). I like to get busy while listening to "Kung Fu Fighting" playing in the background.

[ahsanford]

Love Minsc, but if you don't re-spec your companions, you are overloaded with melee classes between Laez + Karl + Minsc. (Few would run three fighter/ranger/barb and your main.)

But Haer'Dalis as a college of swords bard or a completely nutty call of letting you bring Volo into the actual 4 person party as a Lore bard would be ridiculously fun.

Haer'Dalis would basically be a Wyll upgrade plus added cheese / Shakespearean vibes

Volo could be SUCH a good character. He'd be coded to only give terrible advice based on his very faulty knowledge of things:

"Invite Cazador into our house, but you see, in this stratagem THE HOUSE IS MADE OF GARLIC ho ho!"

"[everyone paints themselves white as a sheet per his guidance] Elminster once assured me that Red Dragons are colorblind -- we're invisible to them now!"

"Fear not [striding forward] Owlbears are quite obviously vegetarians. Come, I've always wanted to see their plumage up close!"

- A

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Originally posted by seeker1:

I first tried out Sina'Zith, the hireling Gith monk, and noticed she rocked, as a Wu Jen/4 Elements monk. Then I had to try out a Tav monk. and rolled up Wuen Hung Lo, my Ascendant Dragon monk (requires Alternate Monk mod). I like to get busy while listening to "Kung Fu Fighting" playing in the background.

I like the Bladesinger/Drunken Master combo because Bladesong AC bonus stacks with Unarmored Defense!