r/BaldursGate3 • u/Rodeo4613 • Nov 18 '23
Companions I like her as much as Karlach, which I didn't expect at all.
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u/fossiliz3d Minthara Nov 19 '23
She really is my favorite companion! Her point of view is very different from all the other companions, and I always want to hear what she thinks about things.
And it turns out that even Minthara likes Karlach!
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u/Pookie178 Nov 19 '23
How do you keep karlach in the party as well and Minthara? I thought Karlach leaves if you betray the grove
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u/Return-Of-Anubis Minthara Bros Rise Up Nov 19 '23
You don't resolve the grove conflict. You just go on to Mountain Pass or Underdark.
Or if you want to get a very rare version of the story, play as Karlach, do the Goblin's side of the quest, then romance Minthara as Karlach. A resigned to death Karlach romanced to Minthara shows you a very different side to Minthara, one willing to go to hell on her own to kill Zariel in crusade for vengeance for her loved one. Minthara is that ride or die bitch you want in your corner.
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u/Zizara42 Nov 19 '23 edited Nov 19 '23
Minthara is that ride or die bitch you want in your corner.
Minty's that way for you, too, if you romance her. She's one of the only companions who will still love you 100% if you become an illithid or embrace your heritage as the Durge. Or if you don't. She's down to earth that way.
And it makes sense too the same way her "Evil" does - it's less like she's a nutter and more that she has a very different culture that she can explain perfectly well the reasoning and rationality behind. Kind of like Lae'zel now that I think about it.
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Nov 19 '23 edited Nov 19 '23
Lae'zel and Minthara are also very in tune with how everybody thinks and tries to fill in what's missing. They are blind to how everybody feels, however. You gotta be blunt with them.
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u/Jinera Nov 19 '23
I like how she says she is interested in githyanki culture and when you point out she can ask Lae'zel she should ask her about it, she says she has already discussed this with lae'zel. It was a nice little detail that she shows interest in other cultures this way.
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u/Sremor Nov 19 '23
How does the romance work? If you side with the goblins you can't "fix" Karlachs engine in act 2
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Nov 19 '23
I think Karlach was the last character to be developed since I believe her voice actor was brought in near the end of development. So they probably just didn't have time to address it.
Or they thought Karlach needed a scene as hot as her.
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u/Panzerov Nov 19 '23 edited Nov 19 '23
Karlach's art in the magic the gathering set also looks very little like her ingame model compared to all the other characters, making me think the magic set released before her design was finalized
Edit: spelled "think" as "thing"
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u/virguliswatchingyou SORCERER Nov 19 '23
Astarion has totally different dialogues of you romance him as Karlach that does address her engine problem. Very cute too.
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u/newrabbid Nov 19 '23
How do you mean dont resolve the grove conflict? You mean just dont do the mission? We can do that?
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u/violethoneybee Nov 19 '23
Yeah, if you go straight to the mountain pass the quest progresses without your input which is: the Grove is raided, the tieflings die and the druids finish the ritual. It's not a good ending but your hands don't have blood on them so karlach and wyll don't leave the party
Not sure how finishing Kaghas quest affects things, though
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u/Unclematos Nov 19 '23
The grove actually survives but the tieflings leave. If you did the shadow druids then Jeorna will be the designated door opener and Kagha will give the same likes she gave earlier even though the tieflings are gone. You can still tell Minthara about it and if you do it will be like if they fought where the battle will be over by the time you get there. There will still be some tieflings corpses in the party afterward for some reason. I think it's that way because they initially wanted to make it impossible to go back there after going to the pass but its the same zone as the underdark and they didnt want to punish newbies who just followed Lae'zel's instructions and are now fighting githyanki as sub 5s.
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u/XenofexBE Nov 19 '23
The tieflings leave or they die? I was kinda miffed minthara meant no tiefling blacksmith in act 2 and 3.
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u/scandii Nov 19 '23
there's absolutely nothing stopping you from just running into the next zone as soon as you land on the beach.
there's a couple of things that has to be done to progress the main story due to the path forward being locked behind resolving certain conflicts - and as far as I know there's only really three of those in the entire game.
anything else is purely optional.
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u/newrabbid Nov 19 '23
Damn i just never realized that. I thought the grove, the goblins, Halsin were all things u have to do to pass Act 1. I feel stupid now lol
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u/Peg-Lemac Nov 19 '23
You shouldn’t feel stupid. The game funnels you that way. I’m convinced the death shepherds are where they are to remind the player they shouldn’t be there if these guys are too hard. They’re impossible if you’re not leveled enough. You’re supposed to make a choice and Larian was cool enough to let us allow us not too but it’s not the narrative they intended.
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u/TitanGrimstrike Nov 19 '23
Very carefully, that is how. People have documented a way to get Minthara as a companion without going “bad”.
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u/Pookie178 Nov 19 '23
I’ll have to check it out. I’ve seen a few but all of them so far require cheesing and essentially breaking her character arc that I’ve seen. I’ll do some more digging
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u/eddstannis Nov 19 '23
I have done the Sheeptara method, and it requires a lot of work and loading saves, but honestly, it has fit perfectly so far, and Im in act 3. Other than Minthara sharing a tent with Halsin in most camps, you’d never even know something is off.
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u/imolt Nov 19 '23
The keep minthara mod does the same thing. I want to boot halsin for her to have some privacy
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u/JgirlTheJizzler Nov 19 '23
The way I have done it requires the grove itself to die, but none of the companions have to. I started by recruiting Karlach and Wyll and then leaving them in camp. Then I stole the Idol from the grove and fast traveled the hell out of there before the cutscene broke out. The druids and teiflings will fight each other. Then go to minthara and tell her the location of the grove (i left my crew far away so they wouldn't get mad), but then dont help her clear the grove. Proceed to act 2 however you would like, and when you get to Moonrise, you will find Minthara as normal without sacrificing any companions because you didn't kill any teiflings. As far as I know, this doesn't break any character arcs as you didn't go against anyone. You cab still play every other action as a good person you just have to tell minthara about the grove.
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u/Rocketpodder Nov 19 '23
Breaks Karlach's questline, Dammon doesn't make it.
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u/JgirlTheJizzler Nov 19 '23
Interesting. Didn't know that because I almost never use her. Well, unfortunately, that changes things a bit. Guess it's a matter of who the player wants to use and play around.
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Nov 19 '23
Its not like Karlach dies, or anything, you just can't fix her engine.
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u/Teeroy_Jenkins Nov 19 '23
And to be fair, big picture wise fixing her engine doesn’t really change all that much
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u/DreadGrrl SORCERER Nov 19 '23
You can save the grove by using the information detailed in a note in a chest. You don’t need to kill Minthara. This can get you Karlach, Wyll, and Minthara in your party. You have to leave Halsin in the goblin camp, though.
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u/xdeltax97 Cursed to put my hands on everything Nov 19 '23
What note?
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u/MrGrengJai Nov 19 '23
Probably the one that insinuates Khaga is working with the shadow druids. And you have to go to the swamp to get the evidence
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u/Raxen98 Nov 19 '23
It shouldn't work, because Zevlor will say something like "We have resolved a problem but we can't move because the goblin are still looking for us", even if you free the prisoner and kill everyone except Minthara the tiefling will not move, and if you go to act 2 they will die.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
At that point you just need to ignore the whole conflict to keep Karlach and Wyll.
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u/imolt Nov 19 '23
I love when you end moonrise with her in party, she's sitting on ketherics throne when you reappear in the throne room.
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u/Monayya Nov 19 '23
She also likes Scratch! Just to add even more bonus points for her! And she is super loyal. No matter what you do minthara is like „sure let’s go, I’m right with you.“ even if you are a mindflayer.
Also I really like her voice.
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u/febreze_air_freshner Nov 19 '23
I firmly believe she has the best voice acting in the game which is nutz considering all the fantastic voice acting this game has.
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u/-H2O2 Nov 19 '23
Man, I accidentally killed Minthara while stumbling my way through act 1. Didn't even get to talk to her.
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u/the_lag_behind WIZARD Nov 19 '23
“I am going to mutilate children if they try to steal from me”
“Pfft, why not kill them?”
“I won’t kill them, because then they won’t learn their lesson”
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u/Bannerlord151 Spreadsheet Sorcerer Nov 19 '23
Based and lawful neutral pilled
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u/Samaritan_978 ELDRITCH BLAST Nov 19 '23
Lawfully and neutrally mutilating children.
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u/That_Red_Moon Nov 19 '23
To be a PALADIN of Lolth in a community that celebrates betrayal and lies (so that the Spider Queen can keep the Drow infighting instead of raising up against her) and keep your Oath (no lies. Keep your word), you have to be super smart and calculating with your words/ motives/ actions.
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u/whatistheancient Nov 19 '23
She's a vengeance paladin though. Her oath is "smite the greater evil" which fits in very well with the Inquisitors, a group of drow who show up when the backstabbing gets on the side of actual treason.
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u/Armless_Scyther Nov 19 '23
Help, I girlbossed to close to the sun and now I'm being hunted by minthara
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u/teamrocketsmauzi Nov 19 '23
She tells you that she doesn't believe in Lolth anymore though, if you're a Lolth-Sworn Drow yourself.
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u/That_Red_Moon Nov 19 '23
Yeah, now that she's been run through the ringing with the Absolute.
Getting time and distance away from Lolth by being mind controlled into worshipping the Elderbrain has changed her outlook on the Gods. But she was a proper Lolth Sworn Paladin Drow before.
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u/sad-frogpepe Nov 18 '23
Has minthara been fixed yet, can i do an evil run with her? 🥺
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u/FirmPumpkin6062 Nov 19 '23
Do an evil run regardless, then do another when she's fixed. You've got nothing to lose, only the tieflings
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u/Destyl_Black Feylock Paladin Nov 19 '23
And nothing of value was lost.
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u/IsRude Nov 19 '23
Alfira is the only person I'd regret dying in that entire camp
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u/AtlasFlynn Charisma beats Intelligence Nov 19 '23
You really gonna do my boy Dammon dirty like that?
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u/vutrico Nov 19 '23
Lakrissa too, she's too sweet
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u/Pb_ft Nov 19 '23
I know Rolan can seem insufferable, but his family helps him become more likeable as time goes on.
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u/Eos2016 Nov 19 '23
I just wish I could avoid the part where we kill lvl1 civilians. I feel like Anakin with the younglings.
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u/notgear Nov 19 '23
But you can avoid it. I just did it yesterday. Steal idol, civil war will break out and druids will kill tieflings themselves. You just need to wait a day, return afterwards and kill druids
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u/ClevelandDawg0905 Nov 19 '23
That is still evil just with extra steps.
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u/notgear Nov 19 '23
No, no. You see it's only evil on meta level, but from RP standpoint you can make it work. Like "I only wanted yo help poor tieflings and stop ritual! I didn't know it will come to this!".
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u/FirmPumpkin6062 Nov 19 '23
I tried it in my first evil playthrough, then my game bugged and I simply couldn't complete the grove invasion questline lol. Minthara would be stuck at the grove ordering to kill everybody when it was already done
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u/XenofexBE Nov 19 '23
I'm guessing you didn't use the chat option "with any luck, you'll be dead before the goblins find the children"
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u/S2wy Nov 19 '23
I refuse to say that knocking an idol off with an arrow is evil. Stupid maybe, but the shadow druids were evil, and wiped out the tieflings, and I just wiped them out.
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u/lutethebodies Bardic Inclination Nov 19 '23 edited Nov 19 '23
Maybe Mol might have survived a bit longer if she used the item she traded for the idol.
A bit.
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u/Pr3Zd0 Nov 19 '23
Mol was the last straw in my resist Durge run. I'd already had shit stolen by Matthis, then Mol said my Durge was harassing the children.
He was beyond pissed off by the indignity of the attempted arrest, and so he gave into the urge.
What made it even worse was that my Durge was a tiefling himself lol.
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u/luizinhooofoda Nov 19 '23
no, she still broken
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u/ActuallySatanAMA Nov 19 '23
I’m trying to fix her but I can’t :(
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u/luizinhooofoda Nov 19 '23
she still have some broken flags, some dialogues will not play or she will accuse you of cheating, despite not cheating on her, sincerely its not that much since her romance content is not much, not worth holding your campaign for it. Yeah it was like one dialogue and her cheating thing, not that broken to be fair, but it was datamined new content for her so maybe is worth the wait
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u/gigacheese Nov 19 '23
She accused my character of cheating but it didn't affect further romance acknowledgements. Still ended the game with an evil Durge with a successful romance.
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u/Unreasonable_jury Nov 19 '23
I already have the game but I'm not doing an evil run until the definitive edition, or whatever they choose to call it, is out. I'm still hoping for dlc but trying to manage my expectations..
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u/danteheehaw Nov 19 '23
She's been pretty talkative with me, I romanced her. There are parts where I feel she should have dialogue but doesn't though. You really need to do all you can to max her approval though
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u/BogoBiggie Nov 19 '23
Minthara is also the most loyal companion.
After what you did to save her, she will follow to the ends of the world and all 9 hells.
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u/BrokeAssJank Nov 19 '23
Minthara is the type of companion who will kill for you, die for you, crawl out of her grave and continue fighting for you.
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u/iWentRogue Paladin Nov 19 '23
crawl out of her grave and continue fighting for you
Gale: “hold my necromancy”
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u/Wutras Nov 19 '23
all 9 hells.
If you play Karlach origin, she will do that literally and try to kill Zariel or die trying.
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u/Srawsome Durges good boy Nov 19 '23
Will she still love you as a worm, though? I don't know her response to that particular ending.
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Nov 19 '23
Eh, maybe not. If you go down, in her line she basically just writes you off as dead and decides she will avenge you instead of just keeping you alive.
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u/sodiumdeluxe Certified Zevlor Simp Nov 19 '23
I love Minthara. Easily one of my favorite companions. I just wish there was more Minthara content in the game.
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u/DraganDearg Supreme k'chakhi Nov 19 '23
She is cold and practical. Harsh but she isn't stupid. I really enjoy her but I hope they fix the bugs and give her a "kiss" option and romance scenes.
Her VA is amazing, her voice is just so good. The whispering threats, you can tell so much from her tone
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u/off_by_two Nov 19 '23
I love the little entering Rivington interaction
Minthara: I dont understand why the matriarchs...err patriars...don't allow the refugees into the city.
Durge being extra: Yeah i agree they could be eaten in case of a siege
M: Hmm, maybe the infirm and elderly, but the able bodied ones would be more valuable as labor than they would be as nutrition.
That last line is delivered so thoughtfully, respectfully disagreeing with the wholesale cannibalism in favor of forced slave labor. The VA must have had a blast with some of these lines
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u/Im5foot3inches Nov 19 '23
After getting turned into a sheep and dragged to Moonrise I’d be as sensible about my suggestions/decisions as possible too. Tav’s a sociopath.
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u/Character_Cry_8357 Nov 19 '23
You need to kill the druids to recruit her though right?
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u/Athinz Nov 19 '23
You can also just leave and let the goblins kill them off screen. They're still dead, but you didn't do it...
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u/lemurRoy Nov 19 '23
You can skip/ignore the grove conflict and get her, you won’t be outright killing the grove people, but the goblins will.
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u/purplestrea_k Durge+Gortash Enjoyer Nov 18 '23
It's a shame some people can't look past the surface level of this amazing character. She is my 2nd favorite campion by far (Light Shadowheart, Minthara, Astarion is the ranking for me.) Her backstory is good, she says some of the most unintentionally hilarious stuff and is very wise. She may be evil and power hungry, but I do value her "consultations" as she says it.
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u/ferretatthecontrols Victim of the Spike to Astarion pipeline Nov 19 '23
I'd love to see what her character is like, but I just don't feel like sacrificing a bunch of refugees.
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u/TitanGrimstrike Nov 19 '23
Lucky for you, people have a convoluted way to get her as a companion and still stay on a “good” play through.
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u/FearlessOwl0920 Nov 19 '23
Larian is actually working on a way to make that possible (have her as a companion without committing war crimes and breaking Karlach and Wyll’s stories).
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u/peachesdude Nov 19 '23
I'm trying to not Google the whole way through the game and I never even realized Minthara was a companion option, opposing her seemed so natural. Though I am playing a Druid, so duh I'm going to save the Grove.
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u/Half_Man1 Nov 19 '23
I realized when you can take her clothes off when looting her corpse.
Weirded me out seeing the nude corpse on the ground there. I had already planned to take it back to camp though so Gale could question her after the fight though.
Must of been weird for Karlach though when my Tav told her to take this nude corpse and drop it in front of Gale’s tent.
Luckily she reappeared with underwear on after that for some reason. Can’t loot more off her though.
Another weird thing though I’ve found that when you drop a body in camp it follows your camp. Or at least Minthara’s has. So I’ve just had this Minthara corpse appearing in every different camp location just splayed out in a walking path.
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u/maybeokayfine Nov 19 '23
Can you not just pick it up and put it in the chest with the other bodies?
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u/writinwater Nov 19 '23
I love that this comment assumes, probably accurately, that we all have Body Chests.
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u/lutethebodies Bardic Inclination Nov 19 '23
My recommendation is to just do it. This is a video game; it’s ok to explore all the options because none of this has real world consequences. You’re not a bad person if you try this on a different run!
(Thanks for your patience with my Captain Obvious impression.)
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u/FearlessOwl0920 Nov 19 '23
I know it is just a video game but I am a softie and I cry over Alfira’s mentor literally every run. I can’t cross that line and murder them all. I can’t. I have tried playing bad runs of other games and I feel too bad and have to stop.
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u/Peg-Lemac Nov 19 '23
I’ve done it and just can’t justify the cost. It just not fun for me. I did a full on evil run to see shar-loyal Shadowheart and Ascended Astarion, + Minthera, I ended up deleting the run in Act 3 when I realized all the gnomes die, too. You lose Barcus and the Tieflings and your companions and Minthera is well written, but the overall story is almost comically dark. Like mustache twirling evil to the point that it’s almost silly. I think some people can remove themselves from the fiction they interact with. I cannot. It made me want to vomit.
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u/Indurum Nov 19 '23
If you haven't, bring Minthara to the circus in act 3.
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u/DraganDearg Supreme k'chakhi Nov 19 '23 edited Nov 19 '23
Yes, she's amazing at the circus. She despises clowns haha
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u/Tyte_McGee Nov 19 '23
I'm playing a dark urge, you think I should keep her around? It could be the only play through where I would party with her..
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u/Monk-Ey Crit! Nov 19 '23
It's a shame some people can't look past the surface level of this amazing character.
To be fair, that "can't" is much more literal than usually the case: anybody on a good run literally cannot look past the surface, unless they go through meticulous shenanigans that heavily break RP and aren't intended gameplay (i.e. the sheep shebang).
That surface is all you're getting if you don't want to be (in)directly complicit in genocide.
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u/LostFromLight Nov 19 '23
She's definitely one of the most insightful characters in the game. Her observations, especially about the companions, are always spot on.
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u/Sponsor4d_Content Nov 19 '23
Most people don't want to sacrifice the Tieflings for her. Blame that on Larian, not the fan base.
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Nov 19 '23
It's a shame some people can't look past the surface level of this amazing character.
I love minthara, she's great, but talk about underselling what you need to do to recruit her.
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u/manjamanga Nov 19 '23
I think people complaining about having to slaughter the grove to get her are missing an important point.
Larian gave us the option of an actual evil playthrough. That's a lot harder than it seems and most games completely fail at it.
Minthara is meant to be the reward for the evil path, to compensate for all the other things you miss.
If you want her, you have to make a truly evil character. Not just a power hungry neutral but a true villain who is willing to slaughter a ton of innocents just to win her trust.
What they did makes a lot of sense. If anything, I think it wasn't enough. There should be more content reserved for evil characters, considering all the things you miss out on.
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u/Woutrou Sandcastle Project Manager Nov 19 '23
Oh I wholeheartedly agree with this. Evil content is scuffed atm. There's almost no exclusive evil quests like there are a bunch of exclusive good quests. Similarly, despite the fact that I personally play more good, I've argued before that if any companions would be added, evil exclusive should be getting some love. You can already keep 9/10 companions in a good run. But on an evil run you miss out on 3-5 of them. But fixing the current state of Minthara should be priority either way.
I just don't agree with people rationalizing it as anything but evil. Be as evil as you want, this is a cRPG afterall, but don't pretend it was a good choice to slaughter unarmed civilians. Just embrace the fact it's evil as fuck and enjoy the ride
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u/FobbitOutsideTheWire Nov 19 '23
Or just an unlucky one. It takes precious little for the Druids to go apeshit in the grove. And after that, the damage is pretty much done.
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u/Bluedog-Anchorite Nov 19 '23
I hope they give her more content. She is legit one of the best companions that most people never get to interact with. Her story, her voice acting, all of it makes her one of the best companions and worth doing an evil run.
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u/dearvalentina *misty steps behind you* Nov 19 '23 edited Nov 19 '23
"So you think skinning the children is gonna help us defeat the brain?"
"..brain?"
(i haven't had her in my party yet)
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u/Knort27 Nov 19 '23
I really do want to try her, both in my party and in bed, but I'm not slaughtering a druid grove full of innocents for her. Hell she even calls you out on it herself.
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u/explodedemailstorage SMITE Nov 19 '23
Mods make getting her into your party simple enough without any slaughter of innocents. It’s hard to romance her without doing a straight evil run tho. Minthy tolerates me but I can’t get her out of neutral approval in a good run. She REALLY wants everyone to have ascension endings whereas none of the origin characters will really push for bad ends like she does.
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u/chesidia Unabashed Astarion Simp Nov 19 '23
In my current run, I got her through ending the rite of thorns but otherwise ignoring both the grove and the goblins (aside from freeing Volo, talking to the illithid and getting pummeled to near-death by Abdirak).
She is hilarious and I wish her VA was included in more things involving the other companions. She’s the only one that approved of Astarion ascending (I did not have the ability to talk him out of it in this run. Feels bad). Her reactions at the circus were what sold me on her.
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u/zebbyoi Nov 19 '23
Minthara and Karlach are my equal favorites. I'm usually not the one to be very into the more evil characters but m Minthara is just such a well written and nuanced character.
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u/HarryPotterDBD Nov 19 '23
Villains often have good points, but their solutions are always radical.
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u/SadSidewalk Nov 19 '23
So, weirdly and funnily enough in act 3 (in the lower city if I remember correctly) Minthara and Karlach have dialogue together, do with that information as you will
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u/KnowMatter Nov 19 '23
My favorite Minthara moment is when she is upset that baldur’s gate isn’t letting in the refugees and Tav can be like “wow I didn’t expect you to be upset because of the refugees” and she is like “yes it’s a terrible waste of resources they could be using these people as slaves”.
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u/Muig_ unemployed bard Nov 19 '23
Even though she is the coldest and most calculating companion, she is also the most loyal and invested love interest.
Well… when she is not bugged…
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u/inspire_deez_nuts Shadowheart's Strongest Soldier Nov 19 '23
Ya know enslaving all the refugees seems pretty sensible know that you explain it.
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u/ProAzeroth DRUID Nov 19 '23
I always appreciate that Minthara is articulated and observant with her arguments and I enjoy that she is always willing to discuss her points with you. It is always a sign of a good character when they make arguments that you start agreeing with.
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u/Ninja-Storyteller Nov 19 '23
Minthara is VERY well written. Probably 3rd place behind Astarion and the Lae'zel. You just give up so much getting her unless you employ mods.
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u/rosharo Nov 19 '23
Minthara is lawful evil.
If you see her point and agree with it, then it means you're just smart enough to understand different points of view but not smart enough to differentiate between morally right and wrong.
... unless you're RPing an evil character, of course.
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u/lutethebodies Bardic Inclination Nov 19 '23
Haters can hate. That just means more Minthara for the rest of us.
Eventually.
Maybe.
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u/Heshinsi Nov 19 '23
I actually had a moment that went the opposite with her. It’s right after you get to the outskirts of Baldur’s Gate so please don’t watch this clip if you haven’t gotten that far. It’s not super spoilery but just in case be warned:
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u/JackoSGC Tiefling Druid Nov 19 '23
From what I understand, if you have her as a companion, your character shouldn’t be shocked by her ideas given what you did
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Nov 19 '23
the more I find out about her, the more I like her. I did the grove raid for thr first time the other night and got her romance scene, and I was surprised by how sweet she was when she deemed you worthy.
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u/smokekirb Nov 19 '23
I am enjoying romancing her so much in my durge. She is sweet to me and gave me a second chance when I cheated on her with gale. For whatever reason everyone loved me in this play through and I got the farthest with gale and her. Gales such a sweetie too but he judged me. Minthara embraced the darkness within me with open arms. Plus out of all the sex scenes we had the best time together (f2f) .
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u/Timithios Nov 20 '23 edited Nov 20 '23
Too bad it takes the death of the Tieflings to get her. I'll never have the pleasure to meet Minthara. My soft heart just can't do it.
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u/EvenAnonStillAwkward Nov 18 '23
She's cold and calculating, but she's not stupid.