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    Synopsis:

    The player can talk to Minsc after the fight with Not-Jaheira and the Bhaal cultists. The player can persuade the Emperor to protect Minsc from the Absolute's influence

    How to trigger:

    Knock Minsc out while he is hostile to the player. Afterwards, use the Help action on him to wake him up


  • 10.
    Minsc
    : [TagCinematic] ILLITHID_HIDDEN_CHECK = False
    • 23.
      Narrator
      : *His mind is a seething mass of rage and confusion. The Absolute's influence cannot be broken without the Astral Prism.*
      End
  • 14.
    Minsc
    : [TagCinematic] OOM
    • 109.
      Narrator
      : *His mind is a seething mass of rage and confusion. The Absolute's influence cannot be broken without the Astral Prism.*
      End
  • 17.
    Narrator
    : [TagGreeting] devnote
    • 104. [Alias]
      • Alias to Node 117
      • 87. [Alias] GLO_KnockedOut_Event_Wake
        • Alias to Node 29
        • 135. [Alias]
          • Alias to Node 56
          • 84.
            GROUP_Emperors
            : Get rid of him.MINDMELD, TELEPATHY
            • 93. [Alias] ORI_DarkUrge_State_BhaalResisted = False, REALLY_DARK_URGELOW_Minsc_SaveFromAbsolute_DarkUrgeCanResist
              • Alias to Node 128
              • 85. Player: Try to protect him, I must defy my Urge.<br>LOW_Minsc_SaveFromAbsolute_DarkUrgeCanResist
                • 4. [Alias]
                  • Alias to Node 49
                  • 43. [Visual State]
                    • 148. [Alias] GLO_Jaheira_State_PermaDefeated = False, GLO_Origin_PartOfTheTeam_Jaheira
                      • Alias to Node 21
                      • 123. Player: You will do as I command, or I will find a way without you.Roll (Charisma, Intimidation) vs 15 (0)
                        • 156. [RollResult] True
                          • 9. [Alias]
                            • Alias to Node 7
                            • 157. [Alias]
                              • Alias to Node 115
                              • 134. [Alias]
                                • Alias to Node 114
                                • 107. [Alias]
                                  • Alias to Node 50
                                  • 44. [Alias]
                                    • Alias to Node 80
                                    • 0. Player: Counter with an image of your own: Jaheira, alive and well, your ally in the fight against the Absolute.
                                      • 54. [Alias]
                                        • Alias to Node 42
                                        • 83. [Alias]
                                          • Alias to Node 41
                                          • 126. [Alias]
                                            • Alias to Node 51
                                            • 155. [Alias] ORI_Minsc_State_SavedFromAbsolute, ORI_Minsc_HasMet
                                              • Alias to Node 118
                                              • 101. [Alias]
                                                • Alias to Node 61
                                                • 152. [Alias]
                                                  • Alias to Node 22
                                                  • 46. [Alias]
                                                    • Alias to Node 40
                                                    • 38. Player: Jaheira insisted.ORI_Jaheira_State_IsInParty, Jaheira_InParty_SpokeOfMinsc
                                                      • 111. [Alias]
                                                        • Alias to Node 66
                                                        • 73.
                                                          Minsc
                                                          : And she, I think, will be happy to see someone else.
                                                          • Link to Node 113
                                                    • 19. Player: There's a fight coming. I want every sword-arm I can get.
                                                      • 70. [Alias]
                                                        • Alias to Node 119
                                                        • 113.
                                                          Minsc
                                                          : He is... he is... devnote
                                                          • 95.
                                                            Minsc
                                                            : ...Where is he?!devnote
                                                            End
                                                    • 74. Player: Because I'm infected too - I know your actions weren't your own.
                                                      • 141. [Alias]
                                                        • Alias to Node 30
                                                        • Link to Node 113
                                                    • 53. Player: Honestly? I'm now wondering the very same thing.
                                                      • 82. [Alias]
                                                        • Alias to Node 28
                                                        • Link to Node 113
                                    • 34. Player: That was a doppelganger. Think.
                                      • 153. [Jump] Jump to Node 2 (1)
                                    • 89. Player: I saved her, you big lumbering fool.
                                      • Link to Node 54
                                    • 162. Player: Attack.ORI_Minsc_State_NotSavedFromAbsolute, FactionHostileToPlayerGroupAfterDialog
                                      • 68. [Alias] PALADIN, PALADIN_VENGEANCE = FalseGLO_PaladinOathbreaker_Event_BrokeOath
                                        • Alias to Node 6
                                        • 97.
                                          Minsc
                                          : [TagAnswer]
                                          End
                        • 131. [RollResult] False
                          • 161.
                            GROUP_Emperors
                            : No. You are mistaken. It is my job to protect you - sometimes even from yourself.<br>MINDMELD, TELEPATHY
                            • 2.
                              Minsc
                              : RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!devnoteORI_Minsc_State_NotSavedFromAbsolute, FactionHostileToPlayerGroupAfterDialog
                              End
                      • 67. Player: His chaos saved the city before. We need him.Roll (Intelligence, History) vs 15 (0)
                        • 1. [RollResult] True
                          • 63. [Jump] Jump to Node 156 (2)
                        • 103. [RollResult] False
                          • 86. [Jump] Jump to Node 131 (2)
                      • 158. Player: You're right. We can't risk it.
                        • 64.
                          GROUP_Emperors
                          : We can't save everyone. The least we can do is put him out of his misery before we move on.MINDMELD, TELEPATHY
                          • 60. [Alias]
                            • Alias to Node 50
                            • 125. [Jump] Jump to Node 2 (1)
                    • 143. [Alias]
                      • Alias to Node 21
                      • 129. [Alias]
                        • Alias to Node 12
                        • 88.
                          Narrator
                          : *As if in response, Minsc's rage burns colder, burrows deeper, searching for something within you to break itself upon. And finding only -*
                          • 98. [Alias]
                            • Alias to Node 50
                            • 138.
                              Narrator
                              : *The simple truth. Jaheira, dead at your hand.*ORI_Jaheira_State_KilledByParty
                              • Link to Node 139
                            • 108.
                              Narrator
                              : *Jaheira, left to die out in the shadow-lands. No different than murder, to a mind like Minsc's.* HAV_Siege_State_RefusedJaheira
                              • 139. [Alias]
                                • Alias to Node 80
                                • 91. [Alias]
                                  • Alias to Node 64
                                  • Link to Node 125
                            • 110.
                              Narrator
                              : *Jaheira's false face, dead here at your feet. And no true Jaheira to name you friend.*
                              • Link to Node 139
              • 160. Player: Help him - protect him the way you do me.LOW_Minsc_SaveFromAbsolute_DarkUrgeCanResist = False
                • Link to Node 4
              • 8. Player: He's too far gone. Better to end it, for his sake.
                • 25. [Jump] Jump to Node 64 (1)
              • 48. Player: Kill him.
                • 16. [Alias] PALADIN, PALADIN_VENGEANCE = FalseGLO_PaladinOathbreaker_Event_BrokeOath
                  • Alias to Node 6
                  • 94. [Jump] Jump to Node 2 (1)
  • 26.
    Narrator
    : [TagGreeting] devnoteCOM
    • 117.
      Narrator
      : *Against the darkness swarming his senses, a single light glows - rage, flaring brighter every moment.*
      • 29.
        Minsc
        : Killed... her...devnoteMINDMELDGLO_KnockedOut_Event_Wake
        • 56. [Visual State]
          • 124.
            Jaheira
            : He won't stay down for long. Tell your illithid to protect him from the elder brain's influence. Quickly.
            • 24.
              GROUP_Emperors
              : No. This one will not aid our cause. Get rid of him. MINDMELD, TELEPATHY
              • 128.
                Narrator
                : *This wretch has stood against your Father before - you tremble to end him, every part of your rancorous body yearns for it.*ORI_DarkUrge_State_BhaalResisted = False, REALLY_DARK_URGELOW_Minsc_SaveFromAbsolute_DarkUrgeCanResist
                • 142. Player: Extend your protection to him.LOW_Minsc_SaveFromAbsolute_DarkUrgeCanResist = False
                  • 49.
                    Minsc
                    : AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGH!devnote
                    • 21.
                      GROUP_Emperors
                      : Don't be foolish. He is too unpredictable - he will only be a hindrance to us. MINDMELD, TELEPATHY
                      • 146. Player: He's Jaheira's friend. Do it.
                        • Link to Node 59
                      • 112. Player: His unpredictability saved the city before. We need him.
                        • Link to Node 59
                      • 136. Player: Perhaps you're right. It may be too big a risk.
                        • 151. [Jump] Jump to Node 12 (1)
                      • 32. Player: Wretched, mangled pile of good, I should end him.LOW_Minsc_SaveFromAbsolute_DarkUrgeCanResist
                        • 75. [Jump] Jump to Node 140 (1)
                      • 52. Player: You will do as I command.
                        • 59.
                          GROUP_Emperors
                          : No. I will not be coerced into protecting him.MINDMELD, TELEPATHY
                          • 12.
                            GROUP_Emperors
                            : You do not see what I do - his thoughts, his mind. Pure chaos. MINDMELD, TELEPATHY
                            • 140.
                              Jaheira
                              : The mind flayer pours poison in your ear, I think.
                              • 106.
                                Jaheira
                                : Tell it I will tear the Prism from your grasp and throw it in the deepest lava pit I can find.
                                • 116.
                                  Jaheira
                                  : Long after our bones are dust and ash, the walls of its prison will still be burning.
                                  • 69.
                                    Jaheira
                                    : Now help my friend.
                                    • 105.
                                      GROUP_Emperors
                                      : She bluffs. Surely she would not risk the fate of all for one simple life... devnoteMINDMELD, TELEPATHY
                                      • 122. Player: Would you really doom us all to save him, Jaheira?
                                        • 35. Player: [PassiveRoll] Roll (Wisdom, Insight) vs 10 (0)
                                          • 20. [RollResult] True
                                            • 132.
                                              Narrator
                                              : *For a brief moment the lines on her face look deeper, her eyes full of pleading.*
                                              • Link to Node 100
                                          • 159. [RollResult] False
                                            • 78. [Jump] Jump to Node 45 (1)
                                        • 5. Player: [PassiveRoll] Roll (Wisdom, Insight) vs 18 (0)
                                          • 96. [RollResult] True
                                            • 39.
                                              Narrator
                                              : *For a brief moment, the lines on her face seem deeper. The great Jaheira looks like nothing so much as an old, worn woman.*
                                              • 100.
                                                Jaheira
                                                : I have said my piece.
                                                • 57. Player: Do as she says. Now.
                                                  • 7.
                                                    GROUP_Emperors
                                                    : Fine. Have it your way.MINDMELD, TELEPATHY['Gale 1', 'Karlach 1', 'Shadowheart 1', 'Wyll 1', 'Minthara -1', 'Halsin 1', 'Jaheira 20']
                                                    • 115.
                                                      Narrator
                                                      : *His mind unfolds beneath yours, a still lake pulls you down into its depths. Images flash by - battles fought, and friends fallen.*devnote
                                                      • 114.
                                                        Narrator
                                                        : *His rage grows colder, burrows deeper, as a familiar face crystallizes before you.*devnote
                                                        • 50. [Visual State]
                                                          • 80.
                                                            Minsc
                                                            : Jaheira. YOU KILLED HER!devnote
                                                            • 3.
                                                              Jaheira
                                                              : You are being dramatic.devnote
                                                              • 81. [Visual State]
                                                                • 42.
                                                                  Narrator
                                                                  : *The instant's hesitation is enough: with a sensation of terrible rending, something vast and nameless falls away from his mind.*devnote
                                                                  • 41. [Visual State]
                                                                    • 51.
                                                                      GROUP_Emperors
                                                                      : There. It is done.MINDMELD, TELEPATHY
                                                                      • 118.
                                                                        Minsc
                                                                        : EEEEEERRRrrrgggghhhhh... eh?devnoteORI_Minsc_State_SavedFromAbsolute, ORI_Minsc_HasMet
                                                                        • 27.
                                                                          Minsc
                                                                          : ...Jaheira? I... do not understand.
                                                                          • 37.
                                                                            Jaheira
                                                                            : Good. That means you're back to your old ways.
                                                                            • 11.
                                                                              Jaheira
                                                                              : We have a lot to discuss but first, you have someone to thank.devnote
                                                                              • 150. [Visual State]
                                                                                • 61.
                                                                                  Narrator
                                                                                  : *In the sudden silence, your minds merge once more. More memories, sensations, but passing too quickly for you to track.*devnote
                                                                                  • 22.
                                                                                    Narrator
                                                                                    : *In the same breath, you share everything that happened to you. The nautiloid. The Absolute. The Chosen of the Dead Three. *devnote
                                                                                    • 40.
                                                                                      Minsc
                                                                                      : You. You saved Minsc while he danced like a mind flayer's meat-puppet. Why?devnote
                                                                                      • 77. Player: Jaheira insisted.
                                                                                        • 144.
                                                                                          Jaheira
                                                                                          : Suggested.
                                                                                          • 66.
                                                                                            Minsc
                                                                                            : You do well to heed her. Jaheira was very wise even before she was very old.devnote
                                                                                            • 58.
                                                                                              Minsc
                                                                                              : There is someone you must meet.
                                                                                              • Link to Node 99
                                                                                      • 102. Player: There's a fight coming. I want every sword-arm I can get.
                                                                                        • 119.
                                                                                          Minsc
                                                                                          : Then you have two, and as many more as I can rip from enemy shoulders. But I have more than Minsc alone to offer.devnote
                                                                                          • Link to Node 99
                                                                                      • 36. Player: Because I'm infected too - I know your actions weren't your own.
                                                                                        • 30.
                                                                                          Minsc
                                                                                          : A level head and a kind heart. It is well that Boo kept me from crushing either.devnote
                                                                                          • 145.
                                                                                            Minsc
                                                                                            : I would be rid of this parasite. Minsc takes orders from only one tiny beast, and he is much cuter than any mind-maggot.
                                                                                            • Link to Node 99
                                                                                      • 31. Player: Honestly? I'm now wondering the very same thing.
                                                                                        • 28.
                                                                                          Minsc
                                                                                          : Whatever your reasons, it is more than Minsc alone that you have saved.
                                                                                          • 99.
                                                                                            Minsc
                                                                                            : He is... he is... devnote
                                                                                            • 137.
                                                                                              Minsc
                                                                                              : ...Where is he?!devnote
                                                                                              End
                                                • 127. Player: The Emperor doesn't want to. I think its reasons are the right ones.
                                                  • 6.
                                                    Minsc
                                                    : [TagAnswer] PALADIN, PALADIN_VENGEANCE = FalseGLO_PaladinOathbreaker_Event_BrokeOath
                                                    • 76.
                                                      Jaheira
                                                      : ...So be it. At least let me be the one to strike the final blow.devnote
                                                      • 130.
                                                        Minsc
                                                        : RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!devnoteORI_Minsc_State_NotSavedFromAbsolute, FactionHostileToPlayerGroupAfterDialog
                                                        End
                                          • 92. [RollResult] False
                                            • 45.
                                              Narrator
                                              : *No answer - and not the faintest flicker of doubt.*
                                        • 13. Player: [PassiveRoll] Roll (Wisdom, Insight) vs 25 (0)
                                          • 65. [RollResult] True
                                            • 33. [Jump] Jump to Node 96 (2)
                                          • 90. [RollResult] False
                                            • 55. [Jump] Jump to Node 92 (2)
                                      • 62. Player: I don't think you want to find out.
                                        • Link to Node 72
                                      • 47. Player: It doesn't matter - help him.
                                        • 72. [Jump] Jump to Node 7 (1)
                                      • 18. Player: Enough. The Emperor says his chaos will upset our plans. I believe it.['Astarion 1', 'Karlach -1', 'Lae'zel 1', 'Wyll -1', 'Minthara 1', 'Halsin -1', 'Jaheira -20']
                                        • 133. [Alias] PALADIN, PALADIN_VENGEANCE = FalseGLO_PaladinOathbreaker_Event_BrokeOath
                                          • Alias to Node 6
                                          • Link to Node 15
                                      • 121. Player: I must end him... My body is telling me to end him...LOW_Minsc_SaveFromAbsolute_DarkUrgeCanResist
                                        • 147. [Alias] PALADIN, PALADIN_VENGEANCE = FalseGLO_PaladinOathbreaker_Event_BrokeOath
                                          • Alias to Node 6
                                          • 120.
                                            Narrator
                                            : *Hate! Hate! Hate the ones who stood against Father!*
                                            • 15. [Jump] Jump to Node 76 (1)
                    • 149. [Jump] Jump to Node 140 (1)
                • 79. Player: He's too far gone. Better to end it, for his sake.
                  • Link to Node 149
                • 71. Player: Kill him.
                  • Link to Node 149
                • 154. Player: Try to protect him, I must defy my Urge.LOW_Minsc_SaveFromAbsolute_DarkUrgeCanResist
                  • Link to Node 49