I still argue that he shouldn't be able to cast spells, but yeh, he should still be a ranger. I actually made a mod that essentially alters his berserk so it doesn't suck and allows him to gain more uses of it while disabling his spell casting. Haven't released it anywhere though. (There's still one kink I'd like to work out. I'm a bit of a perfectionist.)
Incedentally, NIGHTMARE and I disagree on whether or not Minsc should suffer a spell casting penalty under ordinary play. Reading through the 2e rules it could go either way, depending on your interpretation. In 3e he would be unable to cast spells, though. We've discussed this before as well.
EDIT: it works perfectly now. Thanks, Andyr! I guess I should try to release it somewhere or something......
So... anyone know where Drew's mod might be available?
Great discussions btw. I for one think the arguements for Valygar staying a stalker make the most sense.
Nalia does need some thieving skills to sneak out of the castle and 'slum' around.
Minsc... well, mincs is in some ways a humourous exception to all the rules and even common sense about classes/NPC's etc. He's unique. It's fun to RP a character who's not optimally built sometimes; with his stats optimally he'd make a better fighter or barb, but Minsc is Minsc. He should stay as he is.
I think most people would agree that the NPC who could benefit the most from tweaking is Cernd... he's just not THAT interesting as he is both from story/personality and the way those fit with his existing class/build. I just don't see this guy having a personality of someone who shapechanges into a werewolf, unless more material is given that would make sense out of such an apparent ill fitting choice of class (i.e. a blurb about a jeckyll and hyde kind of personality contrast for example). But maybe Divine Remix will make him more interesting.
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So... anyone know where Drew's mod might be available?
Great discussions btw. I for one think the arguements for Valygar staying a stalker make the most sense.
Nalia does need some thieving skills to sneak out of the castle and 'slum' around.
Minsc... well, mincs is in some ways a humourous exception to all the rules and even common sense about classes/NPC's etc. He's unique. It's fun to RP a character who's not optimally built sometimes; with his stats optimally he'd make a better fighter or barb, but Minsc is Minsc. He should stay as he is.
I think most people would agree that the NPC who could benefit the most from tweaking is Cernd... he's just not THAT interesting as he is both from story/personality and the way those fit with his existing class/build. I just don't see this guy having a personality of someone who shapechanges into a werewolf, unless more material is given that would make sense out of such an apparent ill fitting choice of class (i.e. a blurb about a jeckyll and hyde kind of personality contrast for example). But maybe Divine Remix will make him more interesting.