What class /should/ Minsc be?

[krunchyfrogg]

He's not a Ranger, and I'm sick of him gaining useless abilities as one.

The guy is either a Berserker or a Barbarian, but I can't decide which fits him better.

Please help me choose which class to SK Minsc into.

[UserUnfriendly]

he rocks as an archer...

[nephtu]

My 2 gold worth

Well, he rocked as a Paladin (Undead Hunter, with true sight as well). I think someone hacked him to Assasin, which would be pretty hilarious.

But actually, I think Ranger is a good choice, just hack his special abilities to..ummm....well...anything useful. Charm animal, forsooth I think next time I'll give him a real enrage, and maybe mirror image.

[Thrain]

i think he's more a berserker than a barbarian, coming from the halls of rashemann and all. i never got why he was a ranger...

[TRODTROD]

Minsc wouldnt be Minsc without Boo

TROD.

[VonDondu]

A bunch of people at Bioware used to play RPGs together. When they created BG1 and BG2, they based some of the NPCs on their old pen-and-paper characters. Minsc was one of them. So were Anomen, Bodhi, and Xan, although Xan was originally a cool Monk/Kensai type of character and his new incarnation in BG1 was unrecognizable, if not downright insulting. This was discussed in a couple of interviews, but I can't find the links to them. Does anyone know where we could find them? Knowing the history of Minsc's character would shed some light on "what he's supposed to be".

[Skuld]

Wow, that's goin back. I haven't seen those interviews in a long time. I'd really like to see someone unearth them too. Tha origins of some of the NPC's were quite interesting, namely Minsc.

[UserUnfriendly]

[QUOTE=nephtu]Well, he rocked as a Paladin (Undead Hunter, with true sight as well). I think someone hacked him to Assasin, which would be pretty hilarious.

But actually, I think Ranger is a good choice, just hack his special abilities to..ummm....well...anything useful. Charm animal, forsooth I think next time I'll give him a real enrage, and maybe mirror image.[/QUOTE]

i once hacked him into a kensai paladin...bad, bad, bad idea...30-50 points of damage per shot with ordinary arrows...

[Mr.Waesel]

[QUOTE=UserUnfriendly]he rocks as an archer... [/QUOTE]

Dang! Beat me to it!

[araknid70]

[QUOTE=VonDondu]A bunch of people at Bioware used to play RPGs together. When they created BG1 and BG2, they based some of the NPCs on their old pen-and-paper characters. Minsc was one of them. So were Anomen, Bodhi, and Xan, although Xan was originally a cool Monk/Kensai type of character and his new incarnation in BG1 was unrecognizable, if not downright insulting. This was discussed in a couple of interviews, but I can't find the links to them. Does anyone know where we could find them? Knowing the history of Minsc's character would shed some light on "what he's supposed to be".[/QUOTE]

Somebody had ANOMEN as a PnP character?? I don't believe this....

[VonDondu]

[QUOTE=araknid70]Somebody had ANOMEN as a PnP character?? I don't believe this.... [/QUOTE]
He was always getting his party into trouble with his obnoxious behavior. Imagine how fun it would be to play a character like that in a PnP game with other players.

[Aqua-chan]

[QUOTE=VonDondu]He was always getting his party into trouble with his obnoxious behavior. Imagine how fun it would be to play a character like that in a PnP game with other players. [/QUOTE]
That's just what I was thinking. Now I'm quite ready to call up some old buddies...

First, however, I'd like to find said interviews.