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.
Selection of my pc/class based on loads of reviews that a kensai/mage kicks a$$ and it seemed a good choice to carry thru.
Q
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.
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
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.
5. as a dual fight/mage who has leveled up completely i.e. benefits of both classes, can I wear armor and cast spells?
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?
7. whats a munchkin tactic refer to? is it a hack? or considered a cheat?
Thanks,
newbie but eager , hope my first post wasn't too long