Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback Minthara is great and deserves more attention

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Although, many of the characters I met during my travels in the Wilderness were interesting and engaging, there was one who stood out to me and that was, of course, Minthara. I created my first character as a High Elf Warlock and the interactions I got with her were a really nice touch. She acknowledged my race and reacted to it appropriately, her being a Drow. After raiding the Grove alongside her, she changed her tune and presented a potential romance option, which I accepted. After the intimate scene you share with her, you get two options of dialogue with her:

1. Reflect on her desires
2. Use your Wisdom to explore her fears.

If you select the first option, she remains "friendly" for the most part and acknowledges you as a potential "consort". If you select 2, however, she gets upset with you regardless if you succeeded the Wisdom check or not. I don't mind her getting angry upon failing the Wisdom check, because you don't have much of a foundation to move on with her. But if you succeed it, you find out more about her character and the Drow society she lives in, which could've led to so many more opportunities for character development for her. Instead, you get 3 options of dialogue which result in the same outcome, her being angry at you. This feels like a missed opportunity to me as she's so interesting. You find out that her fear was living as a Drow in Menzoberranzan, constantly wary of getting betrayed or murdered. Why not give us the option to win her over somehow? Perhaps add a [Persuasion] check to get closer to her rather than being shut out. She has so much potential than just being an average Drow who uses you and discards you.

Perhaps have her become one of your companions or give her more to do in the future. We could learn more about her: What was her role in Menzoberranzan? Did she partake in the trial of Lolth (my guess is yes, because she mentions a creature in her servitude, possibly a drider)? etc. She'd be great a character for an evil playthrough.

One more thing to mention is that the animation during the "sex scene" was a bit off. Most of the time they didn't look as if they were touching or kissing, mainly just swallowing air. I think their positions could be improved a bit. I realize this is hard to do especially with all the different race sizes, but it could do with a little polishing.