Minsc - Act I

[Dorian Gray]

Really wish I could recruit Minsc in Act I. He just seems so funny. Would love to have him as an alternative to the angry githyanki and tiefling barbarian.

[lejes]

I also disliked most origins. Wait till you get to level 3 and ask Withers about hirelings.

[Jarsonne]

+1 the game doesn't need all those origins companions, that say I suppose some would find fun roleplay Minsc.

I still regret the very minimal links with BG1&2, makes Viconia a NPC what a sadness, in whole huge chapter 1 the only references I remind are one or two short books, that's a huge missed opportunity to build a stronger feeling of BG the third, and play on nostalgia.

But I admit it's very difficult to continue write a strong marking character, it's full of traps and potential disappointments. For me Imoen was butchered in BG2, or Morrigan butchered in DAI.

[seeker1]

IMHO, if there was a mod to let you recruit Minthara, Halsin, jaheira, and Minsc in Act 1, I would use it. I *think* you can spawn them from script extender - might even be able to do it through debug book - from what I've heard doing this leads to weird & wonky results, most notably them having zero to say or interact until later acts. Plus, I'm not sure if the space time continuum rips apart when Jaheira meets herself in Act 2, LOL.

If - hopefully when - modders get more access to dialogue and scripting files, we could see this change. And have possible early recruitment.

In the meantime, the other mechanical issue with Minsc's late recruitment is you have no ranger until Act 3 (unless you want to play one, or respec another companion to one). Veryll the drow ranger hireling can fill in, but he's as dull and robotic as all the other hirelings.

[Dorian Gray]

I guess you can respec any as Ranger if really needed. I just enjoy Minsc's character and find him amusing.

But yeah, he would probably suffer from lack of lines / dialog in Act 1/2. :(

[hornsounder97]

I enjoy all the companions. Don't know why so many people hate them. But I'd love to have more Minsc as well. He's such a riot, and Matt Mercer did a damn good job as vo.

[Babbles]

Mathew Mercer agrees, he needs to buy more minis ...

[Dorian Gray]

Some of his banter can be found here:

https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Minsc/banter

He reminds me of BG3's version of "The Tick".

[Kittybass]

I think there is a mod where you can have him in Act 1.

[Quillithe]

Originally posted by Jarsonne:

For me Imoen was butchered in BG2,

This is kinda funny when you consider Imoen really wasn't even a character before that game. She was thrown in incredibly last minute with recycled voice lines just to give good players a thief