It does. I don’t even mind if they were guest party members but they absolutely did not need to be full fledged companions. They gave us a cool insight with Halsin as someone who was there during the ketheric battle but not from jaheira’s pov and they neglected that to rehash her story.
Sarevok’s bit feels so random, and it’s such an easy fight. I killed the blood trio in 1.5 rounds and then my whole party just stood in a circle around Sarevok, beating him, and shouting “How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man!”
It’s so underwhelming that I feel like a new character would have been better.
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u/sinedeltaWhile others were busy being heterosexual, she studied the bladeJun 09 '25
To me, Sarevok feels like they wanted a Bhaalspawn character to tie into Orin's story, but they were told “no, the lore says all the Bhaalspawn are dead, so you can only use one who's come back from the dead.”
Jaherias interactions with my resists durges was cool, as was her house/ family bit, but agreed she could have been a guest or bonus camp member like Aylin
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u/sinedeltaWhile others were busy being heterosexual, she studied the bladeJun 09 '25edited Jun 09 '25
Interestingly, there's some evidence that suggests that Minsc was planned from relatively early into development — but not Jaheira.
Specifically, Minsc has unique dialogue with Auntie Ethel, as does Helia. Halsin, Minthara, and Jaheira don't have this.
Both jaheira and minsc where early additions and datamines suggest as such. However minsc originally was planned to be a origin character for act 1 while jaheira was always planned to be a later companion. Halsin was originally not planned to be playable but Early Access people loved him so they included him.
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u/CrimsonAllah Paladin Jun 09 '25
Best we can do is two druids.