🟣 Community Summary: Minthara, World Expansion & Localization Ideas
Hello Larian team and fellow adventurers,
First of all, thank you for creating such an incredible experience with Baldur’s Gate 3. It’s a world full of life, emotion, and depth — a game that continues to inspire us to imagine new stories within its universe.
Over the past weeks, several discussions on the forums have explored ideas that many of us in the community feel passionate about. This post is a small summary of those thoughts — not as demands, but as creative inspirations and heartfelt appreciation for your work. 💜
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⚔️ 1. Minthara as a Playable Origin Character
Many players would love to see Minthara’s story explored from her own perspective. She’s one of the most complex and fascinating characters in BG3 — proud, conflicted, loyal, and tragic. Being able to play as her, experience her inner struggle, and see how her faith and choices evolved would add immense depth and replay value to the game.
Even if not as a full Origin, her background and emotional journey could inspire a future DLC or narrative expansion — perhaps exploring her youth in Menzoberranzan, her training under Lolth’s influence, or the events that led her to the Absolute.
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🌿 2. Expanding the World and Character Interactions
The BG3 world already feels wonderfully alive, but there are a few areas where even small additions could enhance immersion:
More dialogue or interactions between Minthara and Orin, two strong characters tied to the Absolute.
Additional moments with Kagha, whose story has so much potential for growth.
The ability to customize our personal tent and camp, adding trophies, books, or decorations found during the journey.
Horses or stables — even as background elements — to make Faerûn feel more believable.
New weapon types, such as katanas, to add flavor and roleplay diversity.
These small touches would make an already rich world feel even more dynamic and personal.
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💬 3. Czech Localization and Mod Support on PS5
Many players in Central Europe are deeply passionate about BG3. The Czech community has already created a high-quality fan translation for PC, and it would mean a lot if such community translations could be allowed as optional mods on consoles (PS5).
Even without official localization, enabling these language mods would make the game more accessible to a wider audience — a gesture that would be deeply appreciated by fans.
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💜 4. Vision for the Future
As fans, we don’t expect everything — we simply hope that our shared passion shows how much your creation means to us. Minthara, Kagha, and so many others still have stories waiting to be told. Whether through official updates, DLCs, or community projects, we believe their journeys can continue in ways worthy of Baldur’s Gate 3.
Thank you, Larian, for creating a world that inspires us to dream — and for giving us a story we’ll never forget.
Thank you so much for the support — I really appreciate it! 💜 Let’s both hope that Larian might one day consider making a Minthara DLC. It would be amazing to see her story continue in some form.
So you are upset that Lae'Zel, who is a Githyanki, leaves the party and attacks you when you betray Orpheus and side with a mindflayer, the sworn enemy of her people? ...... Wow
You chose back in Act 1 and 2 to pursue the Orpheus Rebel path. You knew that Orpheus was the only way for her people to overthrow Vlaakith and achieve freedom. Yet at the critical moment you sided with the mindflayer? And you expected that she'd be cool with that?
Now true love would be you becoming a mindflayer so that Orpheus would live to free his people and that Lae'Zel would choose to stay with you, which is what happens. You make the ultimate sacrifice and you become the greatest hero.
Not attempted anything fancy here; just testing some inparty dialog. Still in the stage of just making things work; it will be refined a lot more later.
Things to do: New hair. That hair is really just a placeholder (I roughly chopped the bangs off one the game hairs, since I didn't like how any of the default long parted styles looked. I need some good custom hair for her). And of course custom outfits, and a body texture since Aerie is supposed to have scars on her back where her wings used to be. Probably only would matter a lot if we ever write a romance with her - personally I was never a big fan of her romance in BG2, but it could be interesting to romance her again now that she's at a different stage in her life where she isn't so weighed down by trauma and is far more confident and independent.
As for the rest of what the story, her main quest would essentially be finding her friends, but most likely a few subquests and encounters along the way - there's a lot that's happened to her in the last hundred years. Also apparently I need to watch the anime Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, since it deals with some similar ideas to ones I'd been thinking about. But I do have quite a lot of ideas; I'll have to whittle them down somehow.
For the past couple of months, I've been stuck at the exact beginning of the Counting House encounter with the Bhaal cultists on an Honor mode run. Every time I start the fight, my game inevitably freezes and crashes after the second or third cultist gets their turn. It's not any enemy in particular, just the second or third enemy turn. None of the difficulty or extra encounter mods should be touching this encounter, and I was able to leave and complete the entirety of the hag quest with no issue in any of the 3 combats at the Blushing Mermaid. I want to get Minsc before I continue with anything else in the game, and I'm getting desperate.
So I'm on my first honour mode run and at Felogyr's Fireworks I walked past the guards to go to the top floor. I triggered the dialogue where they tell me I cannot go up there. My whole party gets moved back to the top of the stairs to the first floor/in front of the counter with the clerk. However, Gale keeps getting sucked into a dialogue with the guard about not being allowed past. I would happily select the "Attack" option, except I'm not given any response options and the conversation ends. Once it ends I cannot select anything, no spells, no fast travel, no long rest, no attack. I have tried switching characters and I'm not sure if it just is slow to swap or if it won't let me before the conversation starts up again and I get pulled into the conversation cutscene. I barely have time to open an inventory or map before it sucks me back into the conversation.
I have submitted a bug report, but I'm not sure if that will do anything to help my situation. I'm pretty bummed to make it so far in my first honour mode run only to get defeated by a dialogue loop on a quest I could have just skipped if I didn't find it fun to complete. I did a lot of searching on these forums and around other sites and the fixes people have found don't seem applicable here as I can't really do anything in between conversations and since it's honour mode I can't reload a previous save.
Has this happened to anyone else, and does anyone have any thoughts on how I might be able to get out of this loop? Am I, or is my laptop just too slow to start combat? Any tips to start combat in between conversations? Or other ways to try and stop it?
Thank you for any tips or tricks you all might have for me!
That’s a very good point — and I completely agree with you. Karlach is such a fantastic character, full of emotion, humor, and strength, but when you play her as an Origin, a lot of that personality sadly disappears.
That’s exactly why I’d love for Larian to explore new ways of keeping that companion energy and emotional depth even when a character becomes an Origin.
In Minthara’s case, her inner conflict and loyalty to the Absolute could make for an incredible perspective — but it would need that same spark of personality that makes her so captivating as a companion. 💜
First of all, thank you once again for all your amazing work and support for Baldur’s Gate 3 across all platforms.
I would like to make a small but important suggestion regarding localization: Please consider allowing community translations (like Czech) to be added as optional mods on PS5 and console versions of the game.
The Czech fan community has already created a high-quality translation mod for PC, and it would mean a lot if console players could also use it — even just as an optional, unsupported mod.
We understand the technical and licensing challenges behind official localization, but allowing community-made translations to work on PS5 would open the game to many new players who would love to experience BG3 in their native language.
Thank you for considering this idea, and for continuing to listen to your global community. With respect, Jan K.
First of all, thank you again for the incredible work on Baldur’s Gate 3. It’s truly a world full of life, depth, and emotion — a masterpiece that keeps inspiring players every day.
I would like to share a few humble suggestions that many fans (myself included) would love to see in future updates or possible expansions:
✨ 1. More interactions between Minthara and Orin Both are fascinating, powerful women with unique connections to the Absolute. Seeing them interact or confront each other directly would add amazing narrative tension.
🌿 2. More interactions with Kagha Kagha’s character has great potential for development and emotional depth. Expanding her storyline or post-Act 1 dialogue would make her feel even more real and impactful.
🏕️ 3. Camp customization and personal tent decoration Being able to personalize our camp — especially our own tent — would be a wonderful addition. It could include placing trophies, books, or decorations collected during the adventure.
🐎 4. Horses or mounts (if fitting within D&D ruleset) I noticed that horses are not present in the game world. Even as background elements, or as part of travel sequences, they could add a lot to immersion.
🗡️ 5. New weapon types, such as katanas Adding exotic or rare weapon types (like katanas) would bring extra flavor to certain builds and roleplay styles, especially for players who enjoy eastern-inspired aesthetics.
Thank you for your time and for always listening to your passionate community. With respect and admiration, Jan K.
