I didn't carry all the items through from BG I, though I have had the same character. I'm almost ready to complete TOB though, I just have to bo back and get Balthazor the Monk, then onto Melissan. I was thinking of starting another
character back in BG I, just so I could max their stats with the tomes (which I didn't immediately realize would boost stats beyond max, so used to improve some of the NPC's instead. until I cought on). Kevin Dorner, at his Baldurdash site (
http://members.home.net/mrkevvy/pantaloons.html ) writes an interesting essay on the pantaloons if anyone is interested.