I finished BGII last night. Yayy!!! Wow!!! Finally! My Cleric, Saithana, finished on 21st level. I took this character through BGI, TOSC and BGII. Roll on BGIII...
I did get to the point of "how many times am I going to have to fight this %#$$ Irenicus!?".
I must admit that I did have help. From this forum, of course; from GameGuide's guide (well, it's not a very good guide); and mostly from Dan Simpson's excellent FAQ (found at
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/2203.html). Dan, if you are reading this, pat yourself and your contributors on the back.
BTW, I had all six characters hit the xp cap, most of them just after killing Bodhi.
Cheers
Craig