Picking a good healer class

[Aki]

So I want my main character to be a squishy cleric who just stays back and heals her teammates.

Now I find it annoying that I can't wear robes, so what is similar to the cleric but can wear robes?

I thought about going cleric/mage but what kind of drawbacks does that have?

I was thinking about druid, but I want to be able to revive dead teammates later on.

I'm very noob at this game so I have no idea what I'm doing, but story short I want a cleric that can wear robes :)

[Godsarm]

Certainly early in the game you will need a healer...but as you progress and gain loot, healing spells, apart from the very high point ones that you will use in the heat of battle, are not worth the spell slots. Potions of Healing (8 points) can be carried in stacks of 24 potions weighing 24 lbs and cost around 50 gp (18 CHR and 20 Reputation).

I'm in Durlag's Tower dungeon (again) near the end and apart from having one Cure Serious Wounds prepared by my Cleric along with the Paladin's 2 HP/Level and my innate 2 Cure Light Wounds (gained by Chapter progression on your protagonist) I have no other healing spells prepared. We are however lugging around 72+ Healing potions, mostly found but I think we blew a couple thousand GP on 48 or so. You run out of things to spend Gold on later in the game.

If you have a Cleric or dual class Cleric/Mage you can focus instead on spells that will buff the party, deal damage or summon creatures like Skeleton Warriors to assist the party.

There are a couple Cleric NPC's that can be recruited, Viconia and Branwen and Jaheira is a Fighter/Druid.

Druids can do some of what Clerics do, but not everything.

[THE_RaBiD_CanuK]

Seems like a silly problem. Just play a cleric with armor. It's much better. Once you start progressing in this game you'll be thinking, "I wish I had armor."

If you played a cleric/mage you would lose out on your most powerful spells, as you experience would be divided between the two classes. Also, levelling up would be very slow.

[Gustuv Wynd]

Yeah...D&D 2nd edition rules are really strict on what classes can use what. Robes are only for mages, though do note that there are robes that are nearly as tough as solid armor.

Though if you are looking for more of a squishy healer...I recommend a druid with the avenger kit. You can only wear light armor which will be worse than robes (at least in BG1). You will have healing spells as well as some offense spells. In a way...this class plays like a mage that can heal and command swarms of insects. Regardless, it will be a class that you will want in the rear armed with a sling or throwing daggers.

Though if you truly want a low armored cleric...just make one with a low dexterity. Even full plate turns into little more than a light robe if the dex is low enough.

[Leeux]

IMO, Cleric/Mage is one of the most powerful class combinations in this game when played to its full potential, but it only reaches that maximum potential really late BG2 and it may require some reading/learning of some strategies if you want to use it to its full (or test and figure it out yourself!) But during most of BG1 and the initial part of BG2 it'll just be average.