Seeking advice for an old game...

[Vash]

So, I'm considering reinstalling Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn, since I never did finish it (got bogged down trying to do all the Chapter 2 quests before moving on with the story and then uninstalled it for some reason)

He he...I did the exact same thing.

Let's see...who did I have in my party? You really needed only one spellcaster in the party. If your own character is not a spellcaster, then you definitely need Edwin in your party. I believe I had Jaheria as the party's cleric. I picked her over the Drow woman because I didn't want to have an evil character in the party. Plus Jaheria was half-mage as well so she wouldn't end up standing on the sidelines waiting to heal someone during a battle.

The rest of my party was chock full o' tanks. Minsc, the ranger, and the paladin (the older one...not the young jackass) were all excellent melee fighters. I remember the paladin had this awesome two-handed sword...I can't remember if he came with it or if it was a quest reward...

Although I've never gotten past Chapter 2, I have two big pieces of advice for you:

1) Don't just save often...save using multiple files! You never know if you just saved after going on a path that leads to a dead-end (more on this in the next item).

2) God...this REALLY pissed me off. If you plan on playing a mage/sorcerer, make sure that the FIRST quest that you do is your guild quest. It's that spaceship orb thing at the upper left hand corner of the section of the town that it's in (sorry, it's been a while...I've forgotten which section). The enemies in that area are scaled with your level.

The last part of the quest takes you to a sort of floating platform of narrow curved pathways. The first time I played through the game, I was at a relatively high level when I did the quest. Because of my level, the game decided to throw two or three Adamite Golems (not sure of the metal name) my way. They were immune to like everything and could only be hurt by +3 weapons (which I didn't have). You could not get out of the area unless you finished the quest. The golems were physically big so they blocked off the narrow paths so I couldn't sneak past them, get to the critical area and finish the quest. Plus if I went into the room then left the area, they'd follow me and spawn right next to me in the next room!

I had no way of killing them (god knows I tried) and I had to restart because of it. Don't make the same mistake I did!

Edit: Ack! It HAS been a while...I meant Aerie not Jaheira in my post!