I have no interest in playing a pre-made character, but I have to admit, even with a custom character I am still going to be very limited by the game dialog options and action choices. I wonder if it is possible to define your character with certain basic personality traits during creation, and then have a dialog look-up table select appropriate options as the game goes on? That might be something new to try.
Minsc is the franchise icon, I suppose. I think there is untapped potential that I have not seen anyone mention yet ... what if Minsc dies somehow, and I get to take Boo for my own?
Thweak!
