[Auraleus]

Clerics rock... not as good as they were in BG1 (IMHO... a cleric could walk through BG1 by themselves)

But they get really good buffs, heals, and damage spells
Their low level ward spell can be shot at an enemy and do 20+ damage to it and all the enemies near it and this is a level 3(?) spell
MY favorite damage spells in the game are all cleric spells.. false dawn is damn near the best undead barshing spell there is 6d6+per/level I think? as well as Harm (reduces enemy to 1hp) and Flamestrike is another great spell...

The only problem is that clerics dont get really good offense spells until they are high level.. but when they do.. they get some REALLY hard hitting stuff...

And turn undead is just fun... if you are good, you basically make undead explode without doing anything (throwing on sanctuary then walking through an undead dungeon w/ turn undead on is fun) or if you are evil, you gain control of the monsters instead of destroying them