Baldur's Gate 3: There's A Good Reason Minsc Is A Ranger Instead Of A Barbarian - D&D Has The Answer

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Minsc is one of the most boisterous party members in . This wild nature seems right at home with the raging barbarian class. Yet, Misnc is instead focused on being a dexterous Hunter ranger. This is due to the nearly 50 years of history and revisions. The ranger class was the original savage fighter, predating the barbarian by seven years. The first implemented these rules, making it the best option for Minsc.

While ranger is Minsc’s default class, you can respec characters in by speaking to Withers in camp. Now it becomes the player's choice between turning him into a barbarian or leaving him as a ranger. If the latter is kept, adjusting his ability scores may also be useful. Maxing out his strength allows him to use his iconic weapon, the Great Sword. Alternatively, Minsc can be made into any class, including arcane casters that don’t fit his personality.

Rather than having a simple class system like the latest edition , the rules of the second edition had a larger hierarchy for player characters. The highest rank was Groups, consisting of warrior, rogue, wizard, and priest. The next tier was Classes, which in the case of warrior included only fighter, ranger, and paladin. Players could then pick a Kit, a sort of early version of subclasses.

Many animal characters are in Baldur's Gate 3 — you can even get some like Scratch to join you. However, there should have been more companions.

Barbarian did exist as a Kit designed for the fighter class, but there were multiple sources with different rules, including the,, and. Some were fighters focused on wielding axes, while others forced players to spend all gold during character creation, leaving them poor. did not include the Kit system at all, omitting barbarians entirely. It was later included in and, though.

Misnc wasn’t originally designed for. He was instead from a pen and paper campaign played by BioWare employees. Cameron Tofer, lead programmer on, made Minsc an unstable ranger. He even already carried around