Thanx!
You DO level up quickly, especially with a Bard. I played awhile on HoF mode in the very beginning did the quest involving that drunk fisherman, the one with Jhonyn and Aihonenīs sword and killed the beetles and by the time Iīve finished those I was already on lv 6.
Realising that I couldnīt possibly finish the game on HoF mode I switched to normal difficulty setting (core AD&D rules.)
I have some concern with my intelligence (with "my" I mean the Bard I play, not the real me), I only have 16 and that will only allow me to scribe 11 spells/level into my spell book. Does anyone remember if thereīs some items that permantently raises INT? With all the new spells with TotL and WB and since you canīt erase spells like in BG2 the limit of spells to just 11 might cause some problems. I know there are less than 11 spells on any spell-level that you absolutely need, but since I play solo I wanīt all options open in case I have to change my spell setup to meet a specific threat or problem.