Minthara, a companion we can only obtain by going pure STUPID EVIL. I understand wanting to give players reasons to RP both as a good guy or as evil or as someone in the middle.
Not only you get nothing by siding with goblins and lose on quests, content, etc. There is 0 logical reasons to do that, RP and gameplay included.
Disagree. There is some real reason to side with goblins: you recognize their commanders as infected too and they obey to the source of the infection. So stay loyal to them you can get information about this source and alongside try get privilege to come closer to this source and know more about it.
Yes, it is evil. But still very reasonable. Hope Minthara will stay as part of reasonable evil/neutral path.
That’s not reasonable, That’s just stupid and you are trying to make it sound smart.
Counterpoint 1: you already get recognized by true soul by other infected and those with a brand. Why would you side with the guys, you can already infiltrate? Hell, it gets worse with Moonrise tower and Grymforge.
Counterpoint 2: narratively speaking it makes no sense. Minthara only wants to destroy the grove based on suspicion that the prism is there. Why isn't there an option of leading her away on a wild goose chase? Why cant she leave the assault to you, while you backstab the goblins?
Counterpoint 3: if you recruited Karlach and Wyll, they will fight and leave you, you lose access to at least 2 traders (Dammon and druid) in exchange for what? Making a good first impression on a cult that believes you are one of them? That’s just stupid evil. You basically killing off potential merchants, allies, slaves just to for the sake of killing them.
So, no, this isn't smart in any way shape. It’s like being stupid good and killing all Zhentarim because they aren't "honest traders" instead of keeping them alive to benefit from their services...
