Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3

View Stats:
Amplifier Mar 30, 2024 @ 1:28am
Is it worth it to romance Minthara as a good character?
so I only got her in Act 2 cos of that and I'm super disappointed there arent any more sex scenes with her since the only one scene occurs in Act 1.

Is it still worth keeping up a romance with her then? I just dumped Laezel for her lol

Like how many more romance scenes are there in Act 3 with Minthara? Any Minthara fans here can share some insight?
< >
Showing 1-15 of 32 comments
Gearwar Mar 30, 2024 @ 1:32am 
The fact that you got her in act 2 (assuming you did not cheat the game with nifty maneuvers) already implies you are not a good character.

Good luck trying to dump her. If you find a way, outside of killing her or making a wrong turn at the very end of the game, let me know.
Gearwar Mar 30, 2024 @ 1:43am 
Originally posted by OK:
Originally posted by Gearwar:
The fact that you got her in act 2 (assuming you did not cheat the game with nifty maneuvers) already implies you are not a good character.

Good luck trying to dump her. If you find a way, outside of killing her or making a wrong turn at the very end of the game, let me know.

What?? I didn't do anything evil throughout. You can get her in Act 2 by knocking her out in the grove. In Act 2 you can side with the Last Light Inn peeps, kill Thorm and still get her as a lover at the end. You never need commit a single evil deed.

hence why i said nifty maneuvers. You knocked her out and now she is in a part of your playthrough where she technically shouldn't be.

I am not arguing you can't get her in a good playthrough, but its obviously not designed in that way and rather an oversight. Given that Halsin has clear demands about her fate.

Anyway, regardless..... good luck breaking up with her.
brendan_in_china Mar 30, 2024 @ 2:02am 
Eh? I regularly had non-lethal attack toggled on for my paladin. Anyway, she showed up at Moonrise and was getting mind-eff'ed, so saved her.

She gave a good spiel that she hadn't been in control of herself. Given what I knew about Absolute and our unique guardian, I let her stay in camp. Heck, Halsin invited himself, would love to have a 'times-up, time you went' dialogue.

Anyhoo. She talked a lot of sense. More than those sex-pests, vampires and psychos. SH was going all pathic over Ms Nihilsm, so broke up for someone a bit older and mature.

Minthara makes a fine companion and consort. Sure, sometimes needs a slap down, but less than others. Nothing so 'evil' about her per se, more a reflection of your MC.
seeker1 Mar 30, 2024 @ 7:31am 
Romancing her is worth it for the ending and epilogue, but you can't get the infamous sex scene on the 'good' path.

Dunno, she still needs some debugging. Still, she's fiercely loyal to a romanced Tav, promises to turn anybody who hurts him into a pile of quivering goo, now THAT is love.

Spoilers?

And, when she keeps piping up about taking control of the Netherbrain, or rebuilding the Steel Watch again, or conquering the Sword Coast and ruling over it, I kinda would prefer more "How about not, my love!" options. :steamhappy:

Now going to Menzo and killing her ♥♥♥♥♥ of a Mum, yeah, I'm game for that.
RhiTheWitch Mar 30, 2024 @ 8:23am 
Originally posted by Gearwar:
The fact that you got her in act 2 (assuming you did not cheat the game with nifty maneuvers) already implies you are not a good character.

Good luck trying to dump her. If you find a way, outside of killing her or making a wrong turn at the very end of the game, let me know.
Its not a cheat. God this is the same argument yall had back in January after Patch 5 dropped. Its not a cheat if Larian implemented and promoted it. You are not somehow a better player because you chose not to use an approved method for recruiting a character in a good playthrough.
Crusader993 Mar 30, 2024 @ 8:36am 
Originally posted by RhiTheWitch:
Its not a cheat. God this is the same argument yall had back in January after Patch 5 dropped. Its not a cheat if Larian implemented and promoted it.

Of course this is a cheat.

Minthara is one of BG3's many symptoms of an unfinished game. Larian had plans for this character that went far beyond what we're currently seeing in the game. The Minthara we get to play now is a cheated compromise to cover up the fact that half of Minthara's originally planned backstory wasn't implemented. This is just one of many compromises in BG3 that we now have to live with...
DigginTiger Mar 30, 2024 @ 8:45am 
Originally posted by RhiTheWitch:
Originally posted by Gearwar:
The fact that you got her in act 2 (assuming you did not cheat the game with nifty maneuvers) already implies you are not a good character.

Good luck trying to dump her. If you find a way, outside of killing her or making a wrong turn at the very end of the game, let me know.
Its not a cheat. God this is the same argument yall had back in January after Patch 5 dropped. Its not a cheat if Larian implemented and promoted it. You are not somehow a better player because you chose not to use an approved method for recruiting a character in a good playthrough.
"Promoted it"???!!!! Please show me how Larian promoted a mechanic to K.O Minthara in order to get her as a companion
Orion Invictus Mar 30, 2024 @ 9:14am 
Originally posted by DigginTiger:
Originally posted by RhiTheWitch:
Its not a cheat. God this is the same argument yall had back in January after Patch 5 dropped. Its not a cheat if Larian implemented and promoted it. You are not somehow a better player because you chose not to use an approved method for recruiting a character in a good playthrough.
"Promoted it"???!!!! Please show me how Larian promoted a mechanic to K.O Minthara in order to get her as a companion
They literally put it back in after having removed it for some time. No, they didn't launch a massive ad campaign, but I think it's pretty clear that they wanted players to be able to do it.
seeker1 Mar 30, 2024 @ 9:21am 
Originally posted by OK:
Yeah about that... later on do I have to take the evil path of controlling of the Netherbrain to keep her as a romantic partner??

.... she will accept your decision if you ultimately decide not to.

Again, just to review how it all happened...

... it's always been possible to get Minthara on a 'good' run ... with mods, that require script extender ... but not everybody can get that working ...plus you CAN'T use mods on consoles like Xbox. Or use SE on Macs.

... so people were KOing her to get her through an exploit called "sheepthara". Larian simply turned what had been an exploit (and a pretty convoluted one at that) ... into a more legit tactic ... although it's taken a while to get that working.

... yes, there had been a Minthara pregnancy storyline they were considering implementing ... there are things in the game files indicating it ... but it was never finished or made part of her romance on release.
Last edited by seeker1; Mar 30, 2024 @ 9:51am
Resting Witch Face Mar 30, 2024 @ 10:15am 
Originally posted by OK:
Originally posted by seeker1:

.... she will accept your decision if you ultimately decide not to.

Sweet. So it is possible to play good and still romance Minthara :)

It is indeed, in fact it's a great play-through of the game. In one run, after getting Minthara in Act 2, I just kept her and my main as a duo and we went about as reformed ex-Lolth worshippers, righting wrongs and dealing some serious retribution to evil-doers. Act 3 was fantastic as we were like a couple of vigilantes and she backed up everything I did, no moaning, no complaining, just waded right in there, did more than her share then told me how great I was afterwards.

What a girl.
alanc9 Mar 30, 2024 @ 10:31am 
I guess someone could send the OP an evil path save at the appropriate point. He respecs that Tav to match his PC, and there's his scene.
Last edited by alanc9; Mar 30, 2024 @ 10:32am
Mike Garrison Mar 30, 2024 @ 1:00pm 
Originally posted by OK:
Is it still worth keeping up a romance with her then? I just dumped Laezel for her lol
You are asking for opinions, right?

Well, my opinion is that it is foolish to dump Lae'Zel for Minthara.
fulf Mar 30, 2024 @ 1:27pm 
no
she was never intended to be obtainable in a good playthrough, larian only capitulated and allowed it because thirsty people were finding workarounds, recruiting and keeping her makes zero sense for a good playthrough
Mike Garrison Mar 30, 2024 @ 1:49pm 
Originally posted by fulf:
no
she was never intended to be obtainable in a good playthrough, larian only capitulated and allowed it because thirsty people were finding workarounds, recruiting and keeping her makes zero sense for a good playthrough
In terms of game narrative, there is just no reason to knock her out rather than kill her. That's the big weakness.

But in terms of characterization and fun, she's a great character! I love hearing her comments about things. Some of them are kind of hilarious, and many of them quite insightful.

As for being "evil", well she's far from the only companion who wants to control the Absolute rather than destroy it. Astarion does too. And Gale wants the crown so he can make himself a god.
Originally posted by fulf:
no
she was never intended to be obtainable in a good playthrough, larian only capitulated and allowed it because thirsty people were finding workarounds, recruiting and keeping her makes zero sense for a good playthrough

I'm sorry, I disagree. Have you actually played with Minthara during Act 3 doing basically good things? She admits she was wrong in many things when you recruit her and becomes the vengeance paladin she's designed to be...eliminating all she see's as evil with no mercy.

I've found her to be the most loyal companion of them all and you can have a terrific experience with her being purely good. Just don't let the bad people off.....that's all.
< >
Showing 1-15 of 32 comments
Per page: 1530 50

Date Posted: Mar 30, 2024 @ 1:28am
Posts: 32