[darnapkin]

please note I am a new player, but if your even "greener" than I am, there may be SPOILERS ahead.


greetings,, as you know this is my first round through bg2, i started off with an archer,, after about 10 game hours, the archer was just not me,, due to my how badly i give battle commands to everyone,, the archer would die pretty easy...

so, i started a new game as a Kensai which i do plan on becoming a mage at lvl 13, forgive me if i don't know the names but my party is

my kensi
minc
the drow cleric
alomen
the paladin guy
yoshi

i'm very heavy in the cleric dept, i made the fight/cleric guy into a sir, which made his wisdom half way okay,, i'm really only lacking some magic fire power, which i plan to get down the road.. and wow,, does it take alot of exp to lvl, i'd say i'm about 20 hours in, and lvl 10 or 11.

so far, i have down the wind place with the druid, i killed the dragon and made the armor, as well as got that kick ass paladin sword, i've done about 10 side quests and right now i'm doing umber hills. When i get done with that, i plan on playing the 15k to the COO! guy.

the side stories are rich in detail, and the city of amn seems full of life,, this is truly a very good game.. nicely done..

anyways, my problem, tell me if i'm doing anything wrong.. I have everyone pretty much on the script that if they see soemthing bad, attack it,, my 2 clerics i have on another one where one casts mostly damge spells, and the other one heals and supports

before going into a battle, i bless, barkskin, faith armor, stone skin, summon a few animals,i also use that lvl 5 spell that causes a charcter not to be charmed/stunned ect. and have at least 2-3 break fear spells ready.

However, if a enemy mage is really hurting me, i use dispell magic, and EVERYONE loses their buffs..

is there any way i can Up my game and play my clerics better? i try to sick the animals i summon on the enemy mages

before goign into battle i always beserk mince, right now thats pretty much it,, i have no skills as playing as a mage, so i'm sure when i get a mage i'll post

so... is there any spells i'm not using right? please give any advice on how you think i could improve my party combat skills.. I'm playing on normal skill lvl,, some times i have to turn down to novice,, my 2nd go aroudn on the game i'd like to go alittle harder once i learn how the game works

thanks for taking the time to read this,, all advice is welcomed