Knocking Minthara out should continue her story for ACT II. She is afterall a companion and should be a special exception to the knockout mechanic. Time for the 99.9% of players to realize Minthara and her amazing voice actress actually exist in the game.
I have no idea what does an "exception to the knockout mechanic" mean. I learned about it's existence in a hag's dungeon. The game offered me to spare the masked dudes. I spared them. If you remove the masks before dealing with the hag - their minds will collapse and they will die. I took their masks after the hag's death and they were alive. After a while I didn't find them upon returning to location to grab some xp for an Underdark entrance discovery.
Another awful game design decision - you'll never guess how to open the door without googling. BTW, I found it going FROM Underdark. You can't open it without a mask and I already sold the masks somewhere.
So, if I knock someone down - the game should consider them alive. They should disappear after your long rest or wake up and stay where you left them. Minthara after my long rest was alive, up and where I left her. I couldn't talk to her. But her scripts even didn't let me to check dead goblin bodies near her:) She was behaving like she sees a minor crime:) She gave me the judging stare:)
