Same, I would've loved to have a drider as a companion frown

BG3 definitely lacks when it comes to racial diversity for companions (considering how rich the lore is), not even a single short-race companion while having 50 shades of elves. Really wish we could've had some truly unique racial companions that diverge from the regular humanoids, like in this instance Kar'niss or Sazza, hell I'd take even a kuo-toa cleric at this point.

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But thankfully Oathbreaker exists so I can play-pretend grin

Also that bug happens to me too from time to time randomly, not exclusive to Minthara though. Sometimes dialogue is skipped because the game gets a seizure.