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[goblinsly1]

Hey everyone,

Minsc has got to be one of the favourite NPCs in Baldurs gate serious, i mean everyone loves Minsc and boo. But the fact is that if you play with mods like SCS2 on Insane, you pretty much have a job trying to keep the big guy alive. I have no trouble keeping fragile Aerie, Nalia or Imoen alive, 2 spells and they are immune to both magic and melee. Minsc on the other hand has no such spells...

For melee, the best i can see is go for 80ish melee damage resistance, sword of mirror image and item that gives 2 stone skins to him. For ranged attackers, you use the deflecting shield, for melee, you run when injured.

For magic, all i can think of is loading anti magic effect items on him and using that magic book for spell turning.

Lets talk about how to keep minsc alive, how to make him usefull, whats your strategy, etc. Its all Minsc, all day folks. Boo will take care of the night. 

Modifié par goblinsly1, 09 janvier 2013 - 04:26 .

[coldflame]

Magic is definitely overpowered in this game and that's just the way I like it. In terms of keeping Minsc alive in SCS2, I never, I mean never ever tank with Minsc. He is a dps guy, so what he needs are good weapons (mainly two-handed) and that ability, which I forget the name of that gives you 10 attacks per round.

I usually buff Minsc with all the strength and to-hit buffs, then hide him behind my tanking mage (that's right, my mage is for tanking) and activate the ability that gives you 10 attacks per round and just start hacking away and let "Boo go for the eye".

You should also have other mages in your party for removing enemy spell-related combat protections.

[goblinsly1]

Oh i never have anyone exept arcane caster tanking, mage/fighter combinations come handy here.
But as we well know, SCS doesnt exactly ask you who the tank is and "might we do 50 damage per hit with 5 attacks per round to this character."
The fact is that at times, keeping Minsc alive is hard, even if you are using him as a bowman. 1 enemy spell to hold him and 3-4 melee hits and he is dead. Thats why it is importaint to protect him as much as possible. I mentioned some options....but there are many more. I really want to make him strong...soo strong that he actualy will be hard to kill. I know it is possible without cheating. I mean minsc thinks of himself as uber strong and powerfull, soo who said i am any more sane then him in thinking that he isnt all powerfull and strong ? Armor of faith, hardiness and defender of easthaven give 80% damage reduction from melee. That is a lot, the only problem is its easy to dispell hardiness and armor of faith...mirror image and 2 stoneskins help a bit also...
Elemental damage and magic damage isnt a problem with all the items. I also think its very importaint to make sure items give him immunity to fear, hold/stun and confusion. I think those 3 are basicly the nastiest because you lose control of him. All else basicly gives you an option to cast a spell or drink a potion to return to 100%...i was also thinking...there are some potions which help with saving throws. One makes all saving throws hit automaticly...and 1 improves them by a few points, which in the end i think is almoast as good as if they were automatic, considering how low saving throws are when char is level 25...also cleric spell magic resistance 40%....it is not much but still i cannot see why ppl would say it is useless. 40% MR means almoast 1 out of 2 spells will automaticly be blocked...i would say that is great !

[Grond0]

At that level Minsc would have the opportunity to use his own magic resistance. As you say it could be a significant help, even though it's no guarantee. I think the reason people tend to treat it as useless is in the context of a no-reload game where the difference between 0% and 40% protection for the PC is pretty insignificant.

[goblinsly1]

Yeah prolly. Still 40% in normal game is great, i mean this....and then add saving throw bonus from invisibility, items, potions, etc. and all together can make a huge difference, for instance if spell penetrated 4/4 before, now it will only 1/4.

[goblinsly1]

We have got to continue, i mean minsc is just great. For instance, i always laugh when you want to enter assylum and minsc helps you....if you know what i mean. lol...

[goblinsly1]

I just wanted to say that i tried minsc with hardiness, armor of faith and that 15% damage reduction weapon and well, he barely gets damaged, with that combo melee/ranged weapon isnt a problem. Effects are but that can be dealth some other way, the importaint thing is with this i can get minsc into the heart of the battle without him dying in 4 hits.