Minsc Appreciation Thread

[Sneak]

This board needs one. Come on, you can't deny it.

[Rei_Jin]

All boards need a Minsc appreciation thread. This one is no different.

"Boo needs his exercise, or he will bite us all in hard-to-reach places!"

[Arian]

You know you play too much Baldur's Gate when...

you sit down to dinner and shout:

"Full plate, and packing steel!" (cutlery)

[Sneak]

MINSC LINKS

Good place for Minsc quotes, along with other BGII quotes. (http://www.personal.psu.edu/eab223/baldurs_quotations.htm)

The Incomplete and Probably Quite Abridged Guide to Minsc (http://www.nightwasp.com/daggerdale/minsc/minsc.htm)

[Malachi, the Lich King]

I was amused by the character in BG but I didn't realize that Minsc had generated such a fanbase....

[Grey Watcher]

Yeah, Minsc is cool. :-)

"Butt-kicking! For goodness!"

[Matthew]

"You point, I punch."

[Bug-a-Boo]

*Where evil dost lay its dirty feet, we shall mop the floor with its buttocks!*

;D I love him

[Matthew]

“Make way evil! I’m armed to the teeth and packing a hamster!”

[Ambrogino]

"Go for the eyes Boo, go for the eyes!"

[Bug-a-Boo]

*Fall upon my sword evil... for I, won't be as gentle!!*

;D

[Gralamin]

"Must... get aid soon... Boo is too young to have to avenge me."

[feral]

Cover your nose, Boo. We will leave no crevice untouched!

[Matthew]

“Go for the eyes Boo, GO FOR THE EYES!! RrraaaAAGHAGHH!!!”

[Estella]

"Terrible hamster justice will be wreaked upon you!! GO FOR THE EYES, BOO, GO---"
-Minsc

Minsc has to be the awsomest BGII ever!

[Sneak]

I think Minsc should be in NwN...that would be awesome.

[Matthew]

I agree. Someone must have tried it already, though.

[Thiel]

Boo, the miniature giant space hamster
"Feel the burning stare of my HAMSTER and change your ways!" -Minsc

[El Jaspero, the Pirate King]

I think Minsc should be in NwN...that would be awesome.

I think one of those Minsc appreciation pages you linked earlier has a Minsc mod for the PC; as I recall it comes with its own sound pack of Minsc quotes.

[Gralamin]

I think one of those Minsc appreciation pages you linked earlier has a Minsc mod for the PC; as I recall it comes with its own sound pack of Minsc quotes.

You are correct. The cloest way to build him I think would be a barbarian/ranger.

[Kaziel]

Interestingly enough the voice of Minsc, Jim Cummings, is also the common voice of Winnie the Pooh and Tigger these days. :D

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0191906/

[Yoast]

Minsc will lead with blade and boot! Boo will take care of the details.

Maybe not the best character in BG, but still a 'must have' just for his comments. I suggest combining him with the talking sword Lilarcor.

[Jibar]

Interestingly enough the voice of Minsc, Jim Cummings, is also the common voice of Winnie the Pooh and Tigger these days. :D

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0191906/

That...that's just...
...yer...

[Nero24200]

Go for the eyes boo! The eyes!

Boo says...What?!

Butts will be liberelly kicked in good measrue

Minsc is the best character in Bauldirs Gate, no question

[DeathQuaker]

I wrote up a 3.5 ed tabletop version of Minsc once:

http://www.deathquaker.org/gaming/minsc.html

It probably seriously needs some reworking, as I was just learning the system then... but hey, any comments, let me know.

Minsc is awesome, but then, I like most of the BGII NPCs. All around very well written and fun characters.

*looks at Sneak's avatar and wonders if she should use her Imoen avatar again*

[Behold_the_Void]

Minsc is one of the major reasons to play Baldur's Gate 2. Seriously.

[That Lanky Bugger]

I'll be honest, here... The only reason I completed the Baldurs Gate games was because of Minsc.

[Sneak]

Minsc is seriously the best character. Jan comes in second, of course.

[Matthew]

I like all the characters, but Minsc is a source of special amusement.
In BG 1 Kivan and Viconia have a nice antagonistic relationship that sometimes reveals itself, but I particulalry enjoyed watching Monatron and Xzar realise Khalid and Jaheira were Harpers and breaking into open hostilities. It was very bad at the time as the party was in the middle of nowhere, but it was a hilarious surprise.
I once forced Edwin to work with Minsc and Dynaheir (believing I had finally done the impossible) and was taken aback to find they had an exchange keyed to this very instance.
I was sad to see the death of Dynaheir; poor old Minsc.

[geek_2049]

I'm on board. Minsc and Jan made for an entertaining duo.

[Kish]

I wrote up a 3.5 ed tabletop version of Minsc once:

http://www.deathquaker.org/gaming/minsc.html

It probably seriously needs some reworking, as I was just learning the system then... but hey, any comments, let me know.

'Kay. :P It's very cool.

Rashemen warriors of all classes use a special potion brewed by the witches to berserk. Minsc can berserk because he's from Rashemen--he doesn't need the barbarian level.

[Archonic Energy]

"no more sneaking Boo crackers. He is getting rather portly, and the crumbs make for an itchy bedroll"

Sneak, trust you to start a minsc apreciation thread...

have i got to add "me love Minsc" to my sig?

[dungeon_munky]

"Ahhh, we are all heros! You and Boo and I! Hamsters and rangers everywhere! REJOICE!!!!"
Best character ever.Doesn't really cut it as a ranger. Still the only good character I kept as an evil PC.

[Maxymiuk]

And then there was the time Aeris got a Dezintegrate spell in the face and Minsc cut down half my party in his rage, as he attempted to get at the wizard...

Oh, wait, it's a Minsc appreciation thread... right.


The version of BG2 I've played was dubbed in Polish. I have to say, the translators/actors did an excellent job with giving Minsc a backwater sort of voice and grammar. It fits his character perfectly. Just too bad there's no way to translate it back into English without losing the effect...

[Zain_Thorngallow]

"I turned to shield Boo, and lost my spell. I am *not* sorry.)

Best failed concentration check quote ever. :)

[Archonic Energy]

Zain. Please don't start a trend .....

[Bug-a-Boo]

This thread is making me want to dig up my BGII and play the whole game+expansion over again just for minsc ;D

[Zain_Thorngallow]

Zain. Please don't start a trend .....

Sorry A_E... you let the djinni out of the bottle. You've got no one to blame here but yourself. ;D

Another great Minscism:

"Magic is all fine and good, but when Minsc leads, SWORDS for EVERYBODY!!"

[DeathQuaker]

Rashemen warriors of all classes use a special potion brewed by the witches to berserk. Minsc can berserk because he's from Rashemen--he doesn't need the barbarian level.

Rrr? I have never, ever heard of this. Where is it mentioned? Does one keep drinking the potion, or is it a racial feature? If it's a racial feature, do Rashemi have other traits not typical to humans or do they have a +1 ECL to balance this out? Is it all Rashemi or just members of a Lodge?

I should note that all of the builds I've done at that site have been with the PHB and the FRG only (possibly also Players Guide to Faerun). So using only those books, I think Minsc would have to have the Barbarian level to have the berserk.

But if you point me to the source I'll try and figure out if it's worth tweaking.

Thanks.

[storybookknight]

I only ever watched my roommate play that, and I still thought he was hilarious.

[Death, your friend the Reaper]

Go Minsc and Boo, lol just adding my 5 cents from a Baldurs Gate I and II addict.

[MisterRaziel]

The great thing about Baldur's Gate II is the developers invoked a little bit of Rule 0 to give the characters some real flair.

Take, for instance, that one ranger (Name callously forgotten) who can go Werewolf. Or the fact that the main character can turn into a ravening monster of pure hate.

This is the kind of thing where the DM says "Okay, it really fleshes out your character, so you can rage as a barbarian."

[Indaer]

Minsc is awesome... I have played the game both on English and dubbed spanish, and, on either language, he rocks!

"Somos héroes, Bubú tu y yo. Los hamsters y los exploradores se regocijan en todos lados"

[TamerBill]

Take, for instance, that one ranger (Name callously forgotten) who can go Werewolf.

His name's Cernd, and he's a druid. Specifically, a Shapeshifter kit druid, which is available to all characters. No rule 0 there.

[Archonic Energy]

Sneak, why have you changed your Avatar? does our leader no longer appreciate the Mighty Minsc?

[Kish]

Where is it mentioned?

Sorry about not responding to this sooner. I hoped I could find my Forgotten Realms Guide and look it up, but I can't find the book. Accordingly, I can't swear that it's still in 3ed. Try looking in the section that talks about Rashemen, for jhuild, or firewine.

[Arian]

The 3E Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting section on Rashemen (pp 203-205) mentions in a couple of different places that Rashemen's warriors are berserkers.

It also says that the Witches brew "...the potent Rashemen firewine", and that the Rashemi export "jhuild, or firewine (which costs as much as 15gp per tallglass elsewhere in Faerun)."

There is no connection made between the berserking of the warriors and the brewing of the firewine. Would it be exported, if that was the expected effect? :)

[Kish]

Unlikely. Unless--bleh, nevermind. :P I can't even speculate effectively without my book. It sounds like the entire link got dropped in 3ed.

[Imrix.]

"Must get aid soon, Boo is too young to have to avenge me!"

Minsc rocks, especially if kitted out properly...

[Tsuki]

"Live by the sword, live a good loooong life!" ;D

[Soulefoin]

LIVE A GOOD LONG TIME! NOT LIFE!!!! OMGMEMAD!!111

Through one of my many sessions of playing Baldur's Gate II I traded Minsc for Valygar. 3 Hours later my sanity broke and I went back to the save where I made the trade. Minsc is too good to leave.

.:Soulefoin:. ;)

[Archonic Energy]

i never played a game without him.
even when i went evil.
now That was funny!

[Shadow_of_Light]

No party is complete without Minsc (and a miniature giant space hamster)!

"The face I have is the face the ladies LOVE! *Boo* loves Minsc's face, don't you Boo? Don't you??"

[OzymandiasVolt]

Minsc is definitely the first thing I remember when someone says "Baldur's Gate".

[Minsc&Lunna:D]

qoute: squirrels,Boo, i know i saw them! Quick,Throw nuts! Quote

he also says something about fighting whoever tries to steal those squirels nuts, but i forget it at the moment. I don't know, i always thought they should have given him a bit more depth in BG2 (never played bg1) there a nice romnance loop for female player characters, but its with that idiot Anomen..i cant stand him... i always thought they should make Minsc and Yoshimo an option as well..the discussions alone would be well worth an expansoin pack or chea pack that wrote that in.

[Ethdred]

Minsc is awesome... I have played the game both on English and dubbed spanish, and, on either language, he rocks!

"Somos héroes, Bubú tu y yo. Los hamsters y los exploradores se regocijan en todos lados"

Wow! I must get all of Minsc in Spanish, that just sounds so cool! I'm not so sure about the Polish version, but willing to give it a go :)

Maybe someone should start an online database of Minscisms in as many languages as possible.

Very cool thread idea - he is by far the best thing about BG. I was really worried when I heard about him that he was going to be some lame comic side-kick, but he is so much better than that.

Butt-kicking for goodness!!!

[DBear]

I particularly liked this exchange--

Viconia: Minsc, that tattoo on your face. Does it have tribal significance
or did some nursery's fingerpainting class assault you with the
blue pastels?

Minsc: I do not like the tone of your voice, Dark Elf. The face I have is
the face the ladies love! Boo loves Minsc's face, too! Don't you,
Boo?

[KIDS]

Player: "Ah, you're talking to your... hamster? How did you manage to keep him hidden from our captors?"
Minsc: "Boo is small and evasive, and there is ever so much of Minsc to search!"
Imoen: "Ewww.... I guess I don't really want to think about that right now."


i always thought they should make Minsc and Yoshimo an option as well

Ssssshhh! What woman would want to forever be less important to her husband than a hamster?

Er.... I guess that happens kinda often in rl, only with dogs :(

[nooblade]

There was some mixed martial arts guy in real life who looks and sounds just like Minsc, I think I saw the link on these boards actually. Should look that up again, he was funny, Minsc all over again.

[KIDS]

If you find it, I'd love to see it!

[hamishspence]

Evil! Meet my sword! SWORD! MEET! EVIL!!

Yeah, I like Minsc.

[SurlySeraph]

Minsc is awesome... I have played the game both on English and dubbed spanish, and, on either language, he rocks!

"Somos héroes, Bubú tu y yo. Los hamsters y los exploradores se regocijan en todos lados"

I played it in French. "Nous sommes des heros, Boo, toi, y moi. Les hamsters et les rodeurs partout racontent nos histoires!"

[KIDS]

Hahaha, that's awesome! But did they make the voice synchronisation too, or it was just subtitles?

[BlueWizard]

I liked Minsc.

[SurlySeraph]

Hahaha, that's awesome! But did they make the voice synchronisation too, or it was just subtitles?

Full voice. Minsc roared, Boo squeaked, and Aerie whined in their full Francophone glory.

[LoadedDie]

Yes, Minsc and his Giant Miniature Space Hamster....Boo!

Heh, this thread makes me want to go boot up the old game :)

Thought I'd just throw out that Jan Jansen is awesome :)

*runs away*

[Spiryt]

I actually didn't hear much original Minsc, but he's great in Polish version as well.

Aaaahhhh... Minsc będzie wolny!

[BlueWizard]

Minsc got killed the first time I played it. Imagine my surprise when he was in the second.

[Remmirath]

Yeah, Minsc is awesome. He's one of the few NPCs I can actually stand, much less like.