[Sailor Saturn]

I've only been through BG1 once and I'm still relatively new to BG2, but I might be able to answer some of your questions.

Originally posted by Denarth:
<STRONG>My intent was to take a PC from bg1 thru to bg2 ToB (and beyond ?) as a ‘not –evil- aligned-party’. Play single player and pickup game given npc’s. I decided on PC as NG, human, fighter who I will dual-class to mage later. Rolled up a natural str18/47, dex18, con18, int18, wis10, chr 4. probably goofed on the last 2 abilities but I read somewhere about a ring of hum infl. And imoen has decent chr for dialogue. Prof. ++large sword, +bow, +blunt, had no idea how to select these.</STRONG>

I tend to not worry much about the wis and chr either, though a friend of mine who DMs D&D games told me that wis affects your saving throws. There is a Ring of Human Influence in BG2. I don't know if it was in BG1, though.

<STRONG>1. will I be dualing in bg1 or bg2? Can I even dual in bg1? I’m assuming the game will prompt me to dual when it becomes available? Can someone confirm this as I haven’t seen any greyed out selection to dual in bg1.</STRONG>

IIRC correctly, you can dual once you reach level 2. On the char stats screen is where you'll find the button for it, I believe. You can dual in either BG1 or BG2.

<STRONG>2. if I dual in bg1 as fight/mage, when I get to bg2 will I be able to get the kit to be a kensai/mage? Or am I stuck with (generic fighter)/mage</STRONG>

Not sure.

<STRONG>3. what if I don’t dual in bg1 but wait til bg2, can I get a fighter kit then, any problems waiting til bg2? like having too weak a mage or anything?

4. Do my XP go to zero when I elect to dual or is it displayed as class1xp/class2xp.</STRONG>

I'll answer these two together. When you dual, you "start over" as the new class at level 1. Any special abilities/skills/etc of the first class are unusable until your new class is equal to the level of your old class. You are also limited in how high a level you can attain in each, I believe, because you reach the xp cap when your total xp for both classes equals the xp cap.

<STRONG>5. as a dual fight/mage who has leveled up completely i.e. benefits of both classes, can I wear armor and cast spells?</STRONG>

Unless there is special armor in BG2 that I don't know about, you can't wear any armor and still be able to cast spells. As a Fighter/Mage, you can put armor on, but you cannot cast spells while wearing the armor.

<STRONG>6. if I can’t be a kensai/mage in bg2, should I go with my first love character, a half-elf multi either thief/mage or fight/thief/mage or mage/thief. Any thoughts on this? I tend to like mage spells and thieving abilities . also I thought first time thru I would use the fighter/mage no cheats. Then next time thru use my multiclass and hack the XP so my multi attains some powerful spells. thoughts on that? </STRONG>

If you go with any of these multis, keep in mind that your max level is lowered because the xp cap stops you when your total xp for all the classes reaches a certain point. You also level up more slowly with a multi-class. Also, the Fighter/Mage/Thief(not sure about the other multis) only have one quick weapon slot.

<STRONG>7. whats a munchkin tactic refer to? is it a hack? or considered a cheat?</STRONG>

I wouldn't know.

Hope I've been able to provide some help.