Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Story & Character Discussion Justice for Minthara

Thank you for this, Crimsomrider! Also, to the other person, Minthara would not be too pleased by the goblins lol. Let's all try to keep our discussion of other companions at a minimum. Take it as an opportunity to instead draw some comparisons and realize how unfairly Minthara is being treated by Larian.

I haven't been to this forum in a while and I'm very happy to see Minthara receiving attention again. As a fan who has experienced her character through both the evil path and the good one, I’m also glad to see more people are giving her a chance after the latest addition of the KO mechanic - as horrendously flawed as it is in my opinion. But I'd like to draw the attention back to how Larian is treating her.

Below is a list of Minthara's problems as of the latest update. No major spoilers, I used it to shorten my post. If I missed anything, kindly submit a bug report to Larian. I'm only sharing this here for those who are unaware of the true severity of her current issues. I also explained this further on the Larian official discord.


First, I want to say I wholeheartedly agree with everything OP said. While the game truly deserved the awards they received, Larian has a clear tendency of putting some companions on a pedestal (likely for marketing purposes). This is a problem and a cause for concern.

I think a lot of Minthara's problems can be tied back to the nature of her (original) recruitment as well. It has its appeal from a storytelling perspective, but ultimately because they have decided to gamify the D&D experience, I have to judge this from a game design perspective. It is plainly horrible because of the sheer amount of content you lose and how we get barely anything in return. As a consequence, only a small number of players will ever get her.

This is no excuse for their obvious neglect. I'm pointing out the recruitment was a concurrent problem viewed by the lens of many players (along with her bugs) and it is still relevant as the recently added KO recruitment is 100% metagaming. If this was meant to be a "solution" to player demands, it still begs the question why they didn't consider a better recruitment path instead. Something less immersion breaking, as Greek pointed out. At this point, I think I can answer that question myself, and I'm not too fond of the answer.

Agreed. The whole reason the IGN interview soured my perspective is because they didn't seem to express much interest in fleshing her out or developing her further than this. Nor did they address any of her existing issues. I put a part of the blame on the interviewer too, as they had apparent bias, but I'd rather not get into it here. To say this is a disappointment is a huge understatement for me.

I can only pray Larian will change their approach towards Minthara. Giving your support for her may be able to sway their opinion too, which is why I very much appreciate this thread!