Importing BG2

[SixOfSpades]

Originally posted by Flaming Fist Enforcer: Interesting. I never did it so I'd like to know what item is replaced with the claw.

In your head, go over the list of all the items from the very beginning of the game. Now pick which one of those items you would LEAST want to lose. Yeah. That one.

[Pirengle]

Originally posted by Taran: Ive never tried but im pretty sure i can import my caracter into BG2 i would love to but i almost consider it cheating, to have all my items, but does it import all of them and i didnt know that the spider bane or whatever was in BG2 so how does this work and how do i do it

You won't get most of your items that you had when you imported your character. If you're a spellcaster, you won't get any of your spells, either. But this is part of the plot. (I consider the "keep all your items" thing that people mentioned to be an unneccessary cheat. I can think of two sweet pieces of gear off the top of my head that you probably didn't have in BG1 that show up in the beginning of BG2.)

If you import a character into BG2 rather than rolling a new character, a few items in the beginning will be different. This is because the game checks to see what gear you had when you imported (another reason not to cheat!) and spawns in the gear when appropriate. You might get your beloved Spider's Bane back...but to be honest, it's not that good a sword compared to what can be found in BG2.

For the people who want to know the specifics, highlight the text below and get royally spoiled:

*If you had one of these weapons in your weapon slot when you imported, the enslaved genie would give you them when you returned his flask: Ashideena (the +2 lightning warhammer), Bala's Axe (TotSC?), halberd +2, dagger +2 Longtooth, staff spear +2 (TotSC), staff mace +2 (TotSC), sling +3 (TotSC), Varscona (Greywolf's long sword +2), Kiel's Morningstar (TotSC), the Root of the Problem (TotSC).

If you wore one of these armors when you imported, Ilyich might drop: leather +2 Protector of the Second (TotSC?), plate mail +1, leather +2 of Missile Attraction (TotSC), chain mail +3 (TotSC)

If you had the Claw of Kazgaroth, the Horn of Kazgaroth, or Koveras' Ring of Protection when you imported, these will replace the lovely Helm of Balduran in the bedroom! This is the ONLY item from the beginning of the game that I carried with me until the end. If the character you plan to import has ANY of these items, dump them before saving the .chr file! Unless you really don't want a spiffy helm, that is.*