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

• Her romance banter (just like every other companion's) are poorly implemented, so they're triggering willy-nilly without any safeguards in place. Because of this Minthara now ends up acting unfaithful to her alurlssrin, and she's also missing several reactions to notable events.
• As for her alurlssrin dialogue - if you're referring to this part of it I can't personally confirm it since I'm playing as a Drow, which by default do not get this half of the dialogue ever. What I can confirm however is that she only expresses her undying love after the party passes the Bhaal gate in the Undercity.
• As for the KO dialogue, yes that's all there is to it. The dialogue itself is fine honestly, it's nice that she reacts to it. The issue is everything else surrounding her minimum-effort barely-put-together KO recruitment. Halsin gets discarded as a homeless hippie at camp, Thaniel sleeps with Minthara instead, Minthara and Halsin have ZERO content between them, etc... an utterly embarrassing implementation.
• As for why that dialogue triggers after Ketheric's death; it's because she's being pragmatic until that point, as it's just a temporary alliance to her born out of necessity so she doesn't care much about connecting with anyone. But, just like the party, she did not expect the events to extend further than Moonrise, so she decides to connect properly since she'll be together with them for a while.

Also since the interview was mentioned;


LITERALLY what she needed. It's even extensively covered in my compendium. Orin and Minthara do not acknowledge each other ONCE in the entire game, because of which she carries absolutely no weight in the story and thus is just reduced to being a sidekick without content that may as well just be a camp follower. Having her in the party does not impact the story in any way, shape or form.

And then compare that to Jaheira and Minsc who carry tremendous story weight in ACT III, as they're literally the main characters of the ACT. Apart from Jaheira's extensive interactions, conversations and her entire personal quest, even Minsc as a lategame cameo has so many fully developed unique conversations and interactions tailored specifically to him. Even in Rivington too, with several background NPCs who are not involved in any quests. I fell in love with them in an instant, they're PHENOMENAL!

• Jaheira and Minsc have full blown conversations with Nine-Fingers, Sarevok, Viconia, Bhaal's Temple, Dark Urge.
• Jaheira and Minsc also have so many unique interactions with background NPCs, not to mention constant reactions to what's happening (especially Minsc).
• The encounter with Sarevok drastically changes if Jaheira and Minsc are present
• The encounter with Viconia is meaningfully enriched if Jaheira and Minsc are present
• The path to Bhaal's Temple is meaningfully enriched if Jaheira and Minsc are present, as they have unique dialogue about it
• The encounter with Orin is drastically enriched if Jaheira and Minsc are present, as they're the only companions with actual reactions to Dark Urge's fate
• The encounter with Orin drastically changes if Dark Urge accepts Bhaal with Jaheira and Minsc in the party

Minthara and Orin however... not a single reaction nor exchange between the two. Just nothing.

Minthara is simply one of those 10$ character DLCs from other games, which get implemented a year later just for a quick profit and then barely get to interact with the original cast members. They just exist in their own tiny little content bubble and then they're mute for the rest of the game because they have no lines recorded with other cast members. She's more of a cameo than even Minsc is supposed to be.


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