[karlosovic]

well for sheer cool factor, be a fighter. I was soooo stoked when I suddenly realised they'd given me a CASTLE !!! And really... that's it. The be-all and end-all. Nothing else quite has the pure oommph of owning your very own castle. Sure the quests are pretty non-existent and the money isn't great, but who else has a Castle ?!?! [img]smile.gif[/img]

Anyway, the thieves guild seems interesting with the expanded mod (I believe you get to perform jail-breaks when your guys get busted), The planer sphere gives you cool items (and it's all about the items), the Radient Heart was a bit boring really, I've only started the druid grove, and I haven't tried the rest yet.

a few things of note.
1. You will get more Gold in the game than you know how to spend, so don't worry about money, it's only rare in the first few days of playing.
2. No stronghold will give you a lot of money. Mine usually cost me more than I make, but you do them for the experience and items.
3. Items Rule in Balder's Gate games. For this reason the planer sphere is one of the best strongholds, as it gives you lots of items.
4. you guys know there is a short way out of the druid grove right ? and to get in, you can always Ctrl-J across the map once you've cleared out all the mosters.

This does bring me to 1 point though. In BG1, you entered a map depending on which direction you came from. It sucks they've dropped this for BG2.