How to keep Minsc in the party without Dynaheir

PaiN_VI

So, I was looking at Minsc and Dynaheir's dialogue options, and I found something that might be interesting for those who just want Minsc on the team. In fact, you can just keep him without using any method like putting Dynaheir in a place where you don't intend to go back and then kicking her off the party or, more radically, killing her.

Steps:
- Don't talk with Minsc in Nashkel
- Go to Gnoll Stronghold (you will find it if you explore the areas west of Nashkel)
- Rescue Dynaheir and refuse she in the party
- Go back to Nashkel and talk with Minsc
- An option will appear stating that you have already saved Dynaheir. He will be dishonored, and will ask to fight for you.
- Now you have only Minsc in the party

Solmage

Neat, while I’ve rescued D without Minsc before, I never went for him afterwards lol. Learn something new even after all this time, that’s why I love these games

MeToLee

or you can download tweak anthology and install allow seperate npcs.

metzomagic

I got to the Gnoll Stronghold with a full party including Minsc, and didn't want to recruit Dynaheir, stupidly not realising Minsc would leave me as well. Yeah, I could have removed a party member, recruited Dynaheir, and then left her in a room somewhere. But having read the above suggestion by PaiN_VI about not talking to Minsc when you first meet him in Nashkel, I decided to try something similar.

After defeating all the Gnolls, and before walking down into the pit and speaking with Dynaheir, I walked with Minsc up to the very top of the Gnoll Stronghold and then removed him from my party so he couldn't see me 'rescue' Dynaheir. Then I walked back down to the pit where Dynaheir was being held, spoke to her, and told her I didn't want her in my party. She goes off in a huff. Then I walked back up to Minsc and re-recruited him. I figured this might not work because Minsc doesn't know that Dynaheir has been rescued, and I figured he would keep nagging me that we need to go rescue her. But now it's been many game days since I did this and Minsc doesn't seem to care.

I realise this is probably a hole in the logic of the game design that I'm exploiting. The box has been ticked that I rescued Dynaheir so Minsc is happy. But... meh. It worked. OK, so you don't get the 800XP for rescuing Dynaheir if Minsc knows about it. But I don't think you get that XP if you use the method outlined by PaiN_VI either.

ETA: playing BGEE. I never finished the original game all those years ago, but picked up the EE for a fiver from GOG. What a bargain!

Trouveur

metzomagic wrote: »

OK, so you don't get the 800XP for rescuing Dynaheir if Minsc knows about it. But I don't think you get that XP if you use the method outlined by PaiN_VI either.

Rescuing Dynaheir should grant 800 XP, even without having talk to Minsc before.

sarevok57

actually there is a very easy trick you can do to "separate" those pesky dual companions;

- first make sure you have both companions on your team
- then the companion that you dont want, whack 'em till they are feeding daisies
- then once they are dead, have them reform party, and their body will be chillin on the ground while their "paired" companion will be in your party still

now of coarse the only problem with this is, is that the party member you throw away will be perma-dead and unrecruitable, but hey, you didn't want them in the first place, so there ya go