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What class /should/ Minsc be?
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 6:15 pm
by 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.
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 6:30 pm
by UserUnfriendly
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:42 am
by 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.
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 12:24 pm
by 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...
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 2:33 pm
by TRODTROD
Minsc wouldnt be Minsc without Boo
TROD.
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 3:20 pm
by 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".
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 4:34 pm
by 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.
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 4:50 pm
by 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...
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 1:30 am
by Mr.Waesel
[QUOTE=UserUnfriendly]he rocks as an archer...
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Dang! Beat me to it!
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 7:12 am
by 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....
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 8:42 am
by VonDondu
[QUOTE=araknid70]Somebody had ANOMEN as a PnP character?? I don't believe this....
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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.
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 8:58 pm
by 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.
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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.