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(Added Trivia of NPC Minsc using a Stat block that is more in line with his OG Stats, can be checked in game and through the Origin_Minsc entry in the Character.txt file) |
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Minsc does not have a personal quest, however he is directly tied to [[Jaheira]]'s [[:Category:Companion Quests|Companion Quest]] - [[The High Harper]]. | Minsc does not have a personal quest, however he is directly tied to [[Jaheira]]'s [[:Category:Companion Quests|Companion Quest]] - [[The High Harper]]. | ||
Additionally, after recruitment, speaking to [[Nine-Fingers Keene]] with him in the party triggers dialogue between them that appears to have impact on his personal story. | |||
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* It was revealed in an [https://www.pcgames.de/Baldurs-Gate-3-Spiel-18525/News/Baldurs-Gate-3-Release-Minsc-Boo-Jaheira-Collectors-Edition-Patch-9-Panel-from-Hell-1409094/ article] that he and Jaheira will be recruitable, but won't be available as Origin Characters. | * It was revealed in an [https://www.pcgames.de/Baldurs-Gate-3-Spiel-18525/News/Baldurs-Gate-3-Release-Minsc-Boo-Jaheira-Collectors-Edition-Patch-9-Panel-from-Hell-1409094/ article] that he and Jaheira will be recruitable, but won't be available as Origin Characters. | ||
* Minsc was initially supposed to be a playable [[origin]], his scrapped content was datamined back in 2020. Tieflings in the [[Emerald Grove]] had special dialogue reactions to him and his hamster. | * Minsc was initially supposed to be a playable [[origin]], his scrapped content was datamined back in 2020. Tieflings in the [[Emerald Grove]] had special dialogue reactions to him and his hamster. | ||
* Unlike Jaheira, whose stats remained fairly | * Unlike Jaheira, whose stats remained fairly consistent through the games, Minsc's [[Ability Scores]] in [[Baldur's Gate 3]] differ heavily from his stats from [https://baldursgate.fandom.com/wiki/Minsc Baldur's Gate 1 & 2]. In every game, he is depicted as immensely strong, being able to punch through walls and break himself out of cages - but despite this, his stats within Baldur's Gate 3 - as a companion - do not reflect this - likely due to the fact that while previous games use stat rolling, Baldur's Gate 3 uses 27 Point-Buy, as well as allowing his Ranger abilities to function more reliably via his wisdom | ||
** The closest to his original statistics you can get using Baldur's Gate 3's system is to have STR 17, DEX 15, CON 15, INT 8, WIS 8, CHA 10. This leaves only STR and WIS as impossible to achieve at the start of the game, as his previous STR is 18 would require an ASI, and WIS his 6, which would be problematic for a Ranger in Fifth Edition. | ** The closest to his original statistics you can get using Baldur's Gate 3's system is to have STR 17, DEX 15, CON 15, INT 8, WIS 8, CHA 10. This leaves only STR and WIS as impossible to achieve at the start of the game, as his previous STR is 18 would require an ASI, and WIS his 6, which would be problematic for a Ranger in Fifth Edition. | ||
** The NPC Version of Minsc you encounter in the Sewers does use a stat-block that is reminiscent of the previous entries in the series, consisting of STR 20, DEX 15, CON 15, INT 8, WIS 6, CHA 9. He swaps to his playable version after the conversation introducing Boo to the party. | |||
*Minsc can not be romanced, and is completely oblivious to a player's possible attraction. | *Minsc can not be romanced, and is completely oblivious to a player's possible attraction. | ||