[Ronn_Bman]

The best thing is to save before the final battle at the stairs where you use the badges. Go back to town and then onto the expansions. That way you keep all of your items. You play the expansions, then head back for the final battle.

From the RP aspect, I just thought about it like heading to town to "stock up" and rest before the toughest leg of my journey and getting side tracked, which happens often in these games. [img]smile.gif[/img]

One odd thing I did notice was some of my items couldn't be used together anymore. I finished IWD months ago, but kept my save games. I bought HoW and downloaded TotLM. I installed and patched everything correctly. I thought I'd get used to my characters again and switched a few items around. I found that some rings and other items I was wearing with certain armors couldn't be put back on after removing them. They work fine together as long as I don't take them off. My characters were outfitted just as they were before using the badges to head into the final battle of IWD. These items were not hacked on, either. Anyone else notice this?