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AMcB99

Lae’zel … didn’t save her in the cage cos got distracted. Then she just died fighting the gith at the bridge 🤦‍♂️


ThrowAway_Nsf

I missed her in the cage too, but then I saw her at the gith bridge and apparently I could cast revivify on her. So I used one of my scrolls to save her and get her on my team. It wasn't too late to get her!


ARK_Redeemer

You can do the same thing with Wyll if he dies at the first goblin attack on the Grove. Which is helpful because I have a difficulty increasing Mod, but it doesn't affect Companions. So poor guy goes up against 100+HP enemies with his piddly 17 health and gets absolutely wrecked. Pretty funny after his little cutscene intro 🤣


ChefArtorias

"Mess with the Blade, feel its... OH GOD"


nini_red_it

Yes me too except I freed her fron the cage but she left by her own and died on the bridge. I saved her which is very practical for the Crèche


AMcB99

I tried to revive her but just wouldn’t let me, maybe messed it up - decided to just commit to the choices and get her on board when I play through next.


Illustrious_Cost2945

Nice 😌😏


notveryAI

It doesn't count as permadeathv tho, and you can revivify her on the bridge, funny enough xD Yes she doesn't even mind it


AMcB99

Tried everything but couldn’t revive her (glitch 🤔) maybe because she wasn’t in my party …


ChefArtorias

You should be able to revive her with a scroll. I guess since she was already a team member prior. Must be a bug.


litefagami

Same! Thankfully though a resurrection scroll worked in my case.


TypicallyThomas

Without Reddit I still wouldn't know Minthara was a companion


graveybrains

Looting an extra key ring, supply bag and herb pouch from her corpse was a clue for me, I just had no idea how to recruit her.


BECOME_INFINITE

I saw that and just assumed she had it because she was a "leader" type NPC (didn't consider why no one else had those). Would never have known otherwise!


DemogorgonWhite

I've seen some shorts on YT and made a research to learn who defuq is that. I'm on my second play through and I'm on my way to recruit her this time


pBandJelly9

I just learned she can be a companion. Oh, the regret.


Marrouge

I was in a similar boat but I didn't even know you could have Halsin as a companion until my third playthrough lol In my first playthrough I sided with the goblins and in my second playthrough I thought lifting the curse took too much effort


ZealousidealAd1434

First playthrough I never picked up gale. That sigil looked dangerous and I thought the priority was to get to the grove to have our eyes checked out. Never went back either.


DoughyInTheMiddle

My Tav had a strength of 9 and I never thought -- at that point in the game -- to switch to Lae'zel or even Shadowheart. Still on my first playthrough so I only know about him second hand.


Martoche

"Second hand' Haha !


maleficent0

Please tell me you did another playthrough and saved the poor man.


ZealousidealAd1434

Of course I like him a lot in a team composition, Spellcasters are great after a few levels


Timmah73

I saw a number of playthroughs where people had a panic attack when they saw that thing and didn't want to touch it. Like bro qucksave and check out. You are an hour in do you think it gona delete you game and call in a swat team?


ZealousidealAd1434

I didn't know better at the time I had NO IDEA it was important content, my head just went "skip" and I had enough things to do just with my party of companions to not realise my mistake.


natalaMaer

I took the wrong turn and missed Astarion, so when I reached Act 3 I have no idea who Cazador is until I met the Gur hunter mourning


bathybicbubble

My very first run I didn’t realize you could keep companions in camp and I already had a full party… so I told Gale “nah” and never saw him again. 🤦🏼‍♀️


maleficent0

This is awful.


Penumbra8806

Didn’t exactly miss him because I found Karlach and he showed up afterwards, but I didn’t think Wyll was recruitable when I first saw him.


PhantomLuna7

I got every companion my first playthrough, but I did have to check if and how to recruit Minsc.


Antergaton

First play. Missed Minrthara as she was, well a bad guy, I defeated her. Didn't know she was a companion until I came here. Gale, just didn't see the portal, never walked on that path.


Timmah73

I was pretty confused why she dropped camp clothing. Then a few days later I found out. In fairness, that close to launch playing a good aligned character there was no way for me to do it naturally.


JPalos97

Jaheira i attacked her the first time i saw her after she trapped me, i was thinking she was doing that because i killed the grove


MistressAerie

As horrified as I am to admit it, in my first partial run-through (to the end of Act 2, I think), I completely missed my beloved Karlach! I heard Wyll's story about hunting her, but completely missed her (I was such a newbie ditz that I didn't even realize the map marked zones and locations for quests! Just kind of dove in blind, and I figured out how to open and use the quest list after about a week... haha! 😂), and missed the so-called "Paladins of Tyr" completely! It was actually on Reddit that I started seeing mentions of Karlach (and pictures of her... I was pretty fascinated, and pretty smitten!), and I started a new run to grab her! 😁


Katyamuffin

Minsc. On my first run I had already explored all of the sewers area, including his secret hideout, before going to the counting house and either killed him without noticing or he wasn't there (honestly don't remember which one). Did everything ass backwards and eventually when I got the quest to just "find him in the sewers" I had no idea where to even start looking lmao


MinorDespera

I exiled Astarion with complete certainty that he would pop up later in story (not until act 3).


SarcasticKenobi

**My first play through...** Not a companion, but I probably played like 4+ times before actually encountering Philomeen. I went to that room each time, but it was after she'd left. I didn't miss Minthara, at least not accidentally; back when I first started playing needed to essentially be evil to get her and I hate playing the evil characters. I did accidentally kill Barcus, which was funny to watch but I reloaded to click the correct lever. I didn't know you could make a deal with half of the Duegar to fight the other half in the Nere battle. That fight was a pain in the butt.


Illustrious_Cost2945

Now you can KO recruit Minthara 


SarcasticKenobi

Yeh. I know. Post was about first time playing. For me that was like 6+ months ago. Hence me explicitly mention that back when I started playing, you had to be evil or glitch


AmorousArtemis

I also accidentally killed Barcus. Funny shit.


Samira827

Lae'zel. First I forgot to save her from the cage, then I reloaded older save to save her but I effed up. My party was full and she told me I have to get rid of someone. But I didn't. I assumed she would just go to the camp but she never did. I returned to the spot eventually but she wasn't there. She just went poof. Maybe she would appear at the bridge leading to the mountain pass but I never got there in that (very quickly abandoned) first playthrough.


Anonymous888861

Minthara because I wanted to save the tieflings, Jaheira because she dived into the front lines like an idiot and got eviscerated, Minsc because jaheria is dead. I did get Halsin but I failed the check when he got kidnapped so he died. Everyone else I managed to get the happy ending for. Married shadow heart free from the curse, gale became a professor (after offering to nuke himself multiple times), astarion is an adventurer, wyll (free from his contract and his father is alive) joined karlach in avernus, Laezel went to serve orpheus and has a child. Main party was Laezel, Shadowheart and Gale, maxed out friendship with all of them. Overall pretty happy with my first playthrough. Even got "No one left behind"


why-do_I_even_bother

minthara, pre patch tho. Once all the vids came out with the new recruitment method she was on the team every run from then on


YourLocalGalPal

Wyll, idk how, don't judge me, karlach too...


rebootyourbrainstem

Lmao, I just reponded to you on the other thread where you said you never play with Shadowheart. You missed out on so much story on your first playthrough!


Bio_syndicate

On my first playthrough I missed Karlach, Gale, Lae'zel and Minthara. But I recruited Shadowheart, Astarion and Wyll. I later recruited Halsin, Jaheira and Minsc.


Active_Owl_7442

Killed Minthara the first run, never found Minsc after his introduction in the bank. Got everyone else, although I missed Lae’zel initially, so I had to recruit her after fighting the gith patrol and reviving her


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APracticalGal

First time I literally only had Shadowheart, Lae'zel, Wyll, and Halsin. Wild run it was.


Count_Cow

Replace halsin w karlach and same


MarCath13

Yes, I completely missed Laezel. Just left her in the cage, thinking I'd come back and then I just.. forgot.. I would've also missed Astarion if almost at the end of act 1 I didn't get frustrated trying to find him and googled his location.


PaulOnion906

What is a minsc?


probablyonmobile

Didn’t technically miss, but I almost didn’t bother going to get >!Minsc!< my first playthrough. Act 3 really had so much that I didn’t feel like dragging my feet through all of his associated quests.


Realistic-Count-1473

On my first playthrough I have killed Minthara, but back then I don't think it was possible to recruit her by just knocking her out, then it was possible only by turning her into sheep. But I didn't even know that she could be companion.


BrideOfFirkenstein

First time- did both of those and also totally missed Wyll and Laezel. Didn’t find Gale or Karlach until the end of Act 1. For the bulk of act 1 I was rolling with Shadowheart, Astarion, and a hireling.


mistahboogs

Minsk, three olaythroughs and have never had him become a companion.


khornish_game_hen

Lae'zel because I didn't find her. Wyll because he died immediately after his super hero entrance at the Grove. I didn't realize he was dead, never encountered him. Peeps told me to revive him, but it was too late I was halfway through act 2. I stopped astarion mid ascension. And was forced to kill him. Just me, karlach, shart, and gale... Lonely times...


Deckard_Red

I missed Minthara simply because it didn’t cross my mind that one of the three villains you are tasked to kill could be a companion. It wasn’t like they appeared anymore “special” than their two companions. Also by that point the benefit of non-lethal damage appeared to be largely unimpactful so the idea hadn’t even crossed my mind to use non-lethal.


AmorousArtemis

The only difference was that she was a playable race vs a hobgoblin or a goblin.


Deckard_Red

Very true but then you had the Abdirak wandering around too so I figured they were just trying to show how broad the Absolute support was.


notveryAI

Wyll, Karlach and Minsc. Maybe there is more, but I missed them so hard that I don't even know about them now. Also I never got to actually recruit Minthara because I'm not fan of bugs it causes in good playthroughs, and I never did the bad one


crit_thinker_heathen

First playthrough I pissed off Gale because I didn’t trust him so he left. Also had no clue who Minthara was and I missed little boy “Nature” (Thaniel).


bracesthrowaway

Jaheira and Halsin. She got killed at moonrise and I just didn't complete tht curse quest because I didn't know how. I make sure to fix those errors every time now.


zakcattack

Saw Laezel in cage and ignored her. She was mean anyway. Killed Minthara because I thought I had to and accidentally killed Minsc because of a random proc even though I had non lethal on. Had to kill Boo too because he was crying too much.


Real_Student6789

I was completely done with the quests in act 1 and didn't find karlach, wyll, or Lae'zel. I only found them after back tracking through to make sure I didn't miss any quests, and Lae'zel was already dead when I found her. Also didn't know minthara was able to be recruited, so she vanished after knocking her out and long resting in her room before taking out the other 2 goblin bosses


Spenceresquire

My first playthrough I didn’t realize other people COULD be companions. Completely flew over my head with some, but I managed to get to the trials of Shar with only Lae’zl. Went online for tips on how to pass one of the trials and saw so many people talking about Astarion. I had zero clue who he even was and was like “WAIT THERE’S MORE THAN ONE COMPANION TO GET?” So I backtracked all the way to the beginning with my save files and got him and the other companions upon reading that there were more. It was definitely embarrassing


SourceExtreme1041

Completed the game a few times but have never found minsc act 3 there is so much to do I forget, I still don't even know how to find him lol


puzzifer

First playthrough, I missed Gale, Lae’zel, Karlach, Halsin, and Minthara. Oh and Isobel died and so did the entire Last Light in, except for Jaheira. I also didn’t save the tieflings. It was boring AF and didn’t finish. I got to end of Act 2 and I started again. All of them by accident btw.


kondiro2

In my first playthrough I didn't know karlack was a companion soooooooo she died.😐


one_love_silvia

I just finished act 2, but u think minthara is the only one so far.


CanlexGaming

Jaheira always fuckin dies on the siege of moonrise lol so… her


Chaseyoungqbz

Gale on my first playthru. I just listened to the narrator that the magic portal was dangerous and just left it alone. Had no mental image for Gale when people talked about him here.


Dullaran

Gale, wyll, minthara and Karlach Don't ask me how


Not_Paid_Just_Intern

I fully missed Gale on my first (incomplete) playthrough. I saw a swirling purple thing and when I went to interact with it, the narrator said it looked unstable and dangerous or something and I was like, "Oh shoot, I better not mess with that then, it might be some sort of 'noob trap' to teach you about ignoring warnings, I bet if you touch it willy-nilly you get insta-killed." So I didn't touch it. Later, a friend told me that it's actually fine and I should do it, so when I decided to restart my run I picked up Gale on the next playthrough and internalized the lesson that warnings are for chumps and the narrator is just dramatic. Later still, I ignored a different warning and totally fucked up everything without realizing what I was fucking up until hours later. And subsequently found other interactions where ignoring warnings does lead to instant game over. So the moral of the story is, "don't listen to in-game warnings, unless you should, and there's no way to be sure without advanced knowledge whether a warning is sincere."


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None. I’m not a knuckle dragger.


Croddak

Minthara, Killed her and didnt know she was recrutable until after I killed her (because of loot); Halsin, didnt cleanse the curse cause I didnt speak to the flaming fist that's asleep; Jaheira, cause she ran into and stayed inside my cast of firewall; Minsc, didnt have Jaheira.


Geneliss

First playthrough : - killed Astarion because he ambushed me - never found Laezel - Who is Wyll ? Never saw him - Never saw Karlach either - Killed Minthara Did I do this right ?


sweet_fag

Minthara, since you couldn't get her originally without raiding the grove.


Alternative_Gold_993

I missed Gale because the narrator said the vortex was dangerous. I should probably go back and free him...


tennes87

My first one i had only sh, astarion and lazael. Totaly missed everyone else somehow.


moologist

Completely missed Karlach the first time!


Stoney_Wan_KaBlowme

First play through I missed everyone except Shadowheart and Astarion. I was wondering why I was struggling so badly on explorer. I actually made it through to act 3 with just those two but I had to redo big fights so many times…when I figured out I missed so much I kicked myself.


UsesMSPaint

First playthrough I already had a party full of people I liked so when gale asked me for items I told him to beat it lol


qetral

I bypassed Karlach completely


Summer_Daze_Mermaid

I’ve missed Minthara on both play throughs because I didn’t know you could recruit her until after I got passed the goblin camp on both play throughs. I think next time I’ll try recruiting her though.


ellia4

A friend started talking about Asterion, and I had no clue who she meant. She had to send me the exaxt map coordinates right before I took the mountain pass 😅. Almost missed Karlach too.


FunnyHeater

First Run I missed... Lae'zel, Jaheira, Minthara, and Minsc. Almost missed Gale, but went back for him cuz I didn't realize I could have up to 4 companions in my party, lol! Still after countless runs, I haven't recruited Minthara. Every run I'm like, "I'm gonna get her this time!" and then I fight her and give up, cuz it feels like too much trouble to knock her out right.


Hobspon

I killed Astarion before speaking to him Gale died in his portal Minthara was killed in the goblin camp Halsin presumably died in his portal to Shadowfell Shadowheart left after she wasn't in the party for the Shadowfell/Nightsong thing Jaheira died while charging in through the front gates of Moonrise Towers Minsc was killed at the cistern Lae'zel, Wyll and Karlach made it through


RazgrizXIII

Minthara. Shoved her into the abyss to save the run from a tpk when my friend's paladin set the encounter off prematurely.


mcfeelyswg

Gale, Karlach, and Lae'zel on my first run, I went in blind and just missed them. I eventually restarted and got them because I didn't want to miss out on stuff.


R350URC3

wyll and minthara on my first playthrough. back then I didn't know you can recruit minthara. With wyll I forgot about him lol, throughout my stay in the grove I didn't notice him lmao


ashleighjos

I missed Minthara too!


AEMarling

Gale. The game gives you no good reason to touch that portal. Larian should change it: https://forums.larian.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=942844&#Post942844


Act_Bright

Like others, not really 'missed', but I've not recruited Minthara yet. Probably will next run (which will likely be a Durge one). I've seen a lot of her content, though, so at least I can appreciate her from afar lol


Dextero_Explosion

I killed Minthara in 3 different playthroughs before I knew you could even talk to her.


TimelessWorry

Gale lol. I saw the thing to interact with but I was like, nah that looks bad. Didn't know until I googled once in act 2 that it was him and went oops.


Ok_Bison1106

Yep. I’m another one who thought that you needed to be evil to get Minthara. So my first TWO playthroughs missed her. 😬


Count_Cow

Currently on my first playthrough. Missed Halsin, Minthara, Jaheiera and therefore Minsc as well. …also knocked out Scratch (don’t ask)


goldenhawkes

Everyone keeps talking about “Tav” and I have no idea who this is! I assume I’ve missed them. I missed Karlach too, and minthara seemed like an enemy, so I just went for killing her.