"Ehh? Where have you brought us boo? I am duly impressed by your great show of powers but... a little forewarning would have been nice. No matter, wherever evil treads, MINSC TREADS LOUDER!"
Long story short, Minsc falls through time with Boo Or you could do something like having him getting stuck in some sort of stasis prison thing, and you free him! There's totally like a million ways you could have a reunion with Minsc and Boo!
@KraytKnight Yes, that seems like a good way to do things (And also better than my stasis idea) If you REALLY wanted, you could have him suffer another traumatic head wound so that he forgot most of his epic adventuring skills, and can start from fresh with your party! Brilliant right?
Let us not forget that Boo as an Intergalactic space hamster has great superpowers way beyond our imagination, so time-space travel for him and Minsc is simple like bitting a drunk xvart
No. I think the whole Minsc obsession has been blown out of proportion. He's a good character, for sure, but there isn't a lot of depth to him. All he has to offer are some one-liners here and there and the fact that he carries a hamster isn't all that interesting after the first five minutes. I would really prefer a character more in line with Morte, than Minsc.
I'm really looking forward to the new characters that have been introduced in BGEE and have no problem ditching Minsc for them, if just to see what they're like.
Minsc and Boo are Minsc and Boo and they shall not be separated! I say Minsc and Boo gain immortality just for being around the protagonist. Don't you agree? It seems fair. Anyone?
I envisage a wise old rodent, long in tooth and whisker. Tending the lost grave of some forgotten ranger, in some unremarkable yet remote place, for years uncounted.
I voted "No" because of two reasons: A) Let's not run the joke into the ground. Minsc is awesome but if BG3 has him as a joinable NPC or whatever, he'll overshadow the rest of the cast and it will quickly become 'The Minsc and Boo show'. He's popular but let's not drain him ov everything that made him special (Look at what this train of thought has done to Star Wars darnit) Considering it's most likely set a hundred years in the future, Minsc is dead, Boo is deader. Bringing him back seems even more like fanservice.
I'd like it if, in a tavern, we heard bards sing age-old songs of the brave Rashemi berserker Minsc and his faithful hamster companion (then again, how old do hamsters get? I doubt Boo has much time left after the adventure). Anyway, a reference like that, maybe a statue if we visit Rashemen in BG3 (I doubt the country has had many lvl30 ranger/berserkers). No NPC, no encounters with him, not even wacky relatives who for some reason also buy into the rodent story, he's dead and has his run. Let's honour his memory, not try and bring him back to life by shoehorning him into everything we can.
No, game is done let old characters rest. Minsc went his ways and died in battle or of age. Let us remember him in his glory and not like an always returning zombie shell.
As long as he's no joinable NPC, I'm ok with it. I mean, by the ending of Throne of Bhaal, Minsc alone can destroy an entire army while sending Boo into battling the evil eyes, YAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!
Maybe a Rashemeni Berserker from the Space Hamster Lodge that was started in the name/memory of Minsc after BG2. Imagine a set of Rashemeni Berserkers who all have miniature hamsters, just like Boo! (Boo's numerous progeny!) and who are known for throwing themselves into battle like their hero?
I think it would be stretching it to try to include Minsc as a living person. Remember Trademeet how a statue of yourself and your party is put up in the center? Maybe there could be something like that. Some characters could still be around though, like the elves and half-elves or characters who have figured out how to extend their own lifespan (I think several of the characters become archmages, isn't that standard for an archmage?).
@Drugar Based on this, I honestly don't wan't another Baldur's Gate game. I'd be thrilled to have another Forgotten Realms game, but Baldur's Gate is, to me, the Bhaalspawn's story, and that's over. We could call it Baldur's Gate 3, but it wouldn't be. Not really. Not even if it took place in Baldur's Gate.
Does Wizards have a no-unsupported rulesets rule (no pun intended)? Because I'm really not a fan of 4th Ed. 3rd is okay, but if it were up to me it would be all about 2nd Ed. Maybe that's just my inner fanboy nerdgasming.
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Thogh i dont know what is the miniature giant space hamster life-span
Long story short, Minsc falls through time with Boo Or you could do something like having him getting stuck in some sort of stasis prison thing, and you free him! There's totally like a million ways you could have a reunion with Minsc and Boo!
I'm really looking forward to the new characters that have been introduced in BGEE and have no problem ditching Minsc for them, if just to see what they're like.
http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/3134/an-entirely-unofficial-poll-that-has-no-bearing-on-reality-baldurs-gate-3/p1
I voted "No" because of two reasons:
A) Let's not run the joke into the ground. Minsc is awesome but if BG3 has him as a joinable NPC or whatever, he'll overshadow the rest of the cast and it will quickly become 'The Minsc and Boo show'. He's popular but let's not drain him ov everything that made him special (Look at what this train of thought has done to Star Wars darnit)
Considering it's most likely set a hundred years in the future, Minsc is dead, Boo is deader. Bringing him back seems even more like fanservice.
I'd like it if, in a tavern, we heard bards sing age-old songs of the brave Rashemi berserker Minsc and his faithful hamster companion (then again, how old do hamsters get? I doubt Boo has much time left after the adventure).
Anyway, a reference like that, maybe a statue if we visit Rashemen in BG3 (I doubt the country has had many lvl30 ranger/berserkers).
No NPC, no encounters with him, not even wacky relatives who for some reason also buy into the rodent story, he's dead and has his run. Let's honour his memory, not try and bring him back to life by shoehorning him into everything we can.
Does Wizards have a no-unsupported rulesets rule (no pun intended)? Because I'm really not a fan of 4th Ed. 3rd is okay, but if it were up to me it would be all about 2nd Ed. Maybe that's just my inner fanboy nerdgasming.