[SixOfSpades]

Those who know me probably also know my tenet regarding items originally part of BG1, that have made their way into BG2: I've always held that if it's something that you probably obtained and carried with you right up to the end of BG1 (the CoP+2 is an excellent example), that means you almost certainly had it on your person when you were ambushed by Jon's goons )before BG2 began) and carted off to Chateau Irenicus. That means that all your gear started BG2 from the same place that you did, and only a short time (a week, let's say) before you did.

That means that all BG1 items found in BG2 should have some reasonable way of getting from Chateau Irenicus to their locations in BG2, and in roughly the same amount of time before your party can get there.

This thought struck me the other day as I was thinking of the Cloak of Protection+2--"Hey, wait a minute, the Spectator said he'd been guarding that chest for SIXTY YEARS! No way in hell could it be the same Cloak!" But then, of course, I remembered that the Cloak isn't in that chest, it's in the one used in the Riddle of the Imps game, and I don't recall any sort of time definition given by the Imps.

So what's the vote? Is it the same Cloak, or isn't it? Given that it's easy enough to reach the Underwater City in, say, 15 days or so, could the CoP+2 that you imported into Amn have made from Jon's pad to the Sahuagin stronghold in about 3 weeks? (Remember what King Ixilthetocal said about magical stuff from the surface world not really being desired by the Sahuagin, and therefore quickly dumped into the Royal Treasury.