Until Minthara is properly fixed I'm still going to use
this gigachad mod. I refuse to commit a chaotic evil act just for the sake of recruiting my favorite follower, while losing on f-tone of characters or ignore a whole chunk of content and ruining the personal quest of one of companions.
One can easily unbrainwash Nere (and Stone Lord later on) in the same act if certain requirements met, yet the same can not be applied to Minthy? That's what I see as inconsistent writing + lack of player's agency. We can't even properly probe her mind until Act 2 at Moonrise. What gives?
Also, hat I utterly dislike about companions' interactions - not only reactivity and camp dialogues fall off after Act 1, they also lack any romance content. Pushing romance to Act 1's Gobbo vs Druids party utterly sucks and doesn't show a proper relationship progression. It feels more akin one-night stand than anything. Maybe I'm an old geezer that liked the linear progression of old RPGs like Dragon Age Origins that romance scene was something of a culmination, I dunno.
If there would be any character expansions, Minthara could really use an option for "good path" recruitment and a proper personal quest whenther it involves hunting down Orin or perhaps some Lolth assassins going after her due to her mommy being a petty monster and her turning away from the Spider Queen? It could allow us exploring her as a character, influence her mortality so it's not just the same old "MORE POWAH - LOOK AT ME I'M DROW SO I MUST BE EVIL". Lae'zel, Astarion, Shadowheart/Gale get to grow/degrade as Tav influences them, so... why not Minthy?
