Icewind Dale and it's expansion pack
 

I posted a few minutes ago on the Baldur's Gate forum about how in Icewind Dale, the player is supposed to start the expansion no later than the quest for the badges. Do I have this right? For some reason I thought that the expansion for Icewind Dale needs to be started at the Badges quest.

Re: Icewind Dale and it's expansion pack
 

Depends what you mean by "quest for badges".

You can start the expansion after you start hunting for badges and even after you've collected all of them. However, you can't start it after you go to the final area.

Note that you need to be a high enough level to be transported. I believe it's around 9.

Also note that alternatively you can finish all of IWD vanilla areas first, including the final area and final fight. After that you could export your characters and play a expansion-only game with these imported characters.