@sparhawk_tr
Possible spoiler:
I don't want to completely spoil your own experience so I won't tell you where you should be exploring first, only that the area's east of Nashkell and Beregost are fairly tough. I wouldn't be wandering over there as a level 2 anything. My best advice would be to gain some experience elsewhere first. So don't feel too bad about not being able to kill anything in those area's yet.
And BG2 is much more difficult than BG1. BG1 really isn't all that hard. You just gotta' learn the best strategeries and tactics and things. Once you learn how the game thinks and have a good idea of the beasts you are facing and know what the member's of your party specialize in. Things will get easier. Good luck.
