Golden Pantaloons and other help

[Centurion]

I am now at the point where I am going to be sent to the parlay with Caelar, followed by the big fight in the Coalition Camp. After starting this, and then re-loading, it appears this is a critical juncture in the game. So, I looked up a few guides (not very clear and sometimes contradictory). and I am glad I did for BG2 purposes. I now have some basic questions because I do not want to have to go back to a hard save hours later to get something I should now. I am especially concerned about those Golden Pantaloons. Based on what I have read, at some point (soon) I will need to have these in my inventory if I want to carry them forward to BG2. So here are some definite Spolier questions:

1) What is the absolute final time I can access my characters magical "supplies chest?" Is it before I go to the Parley? During/after the camp battle? Later? Does it reappear every after the final battle?

2) Is there a benefit, other than XP, to clearing out the Underground River. I made it out without a fight. Should I go back and finish it? Does it make the assault on the castle easier? I see different suggestions. (And, yes, I have already cleared out the Basement. This is about the Warrens and the main Cavern.)

3) Is there a chance any of the neat SoD can transfer to BG2, or is it just the items from BG1 like Balduran's Helmet? I really do love the Green Dragon Scale armor.

[red255]

1.) pretty sure you get one last chance at it when you come back from the final fight at the victory celebration before.... the plot moves you to SoA. you can of course export your characters at any time.

2.) Uh. I mean I bought all the arrows of detonation from BG1 and SoD and just let corwyn go hog wild. Drink some potions of fire resistance, and give everyone potions of fire or wands of fire. and just go hog wild.

the CASTLE really isn't the problem. its the....thing Caelar wants your blood for, the portal to ....

basically you want to find fire resistance and free action and .... the easiest thing I found for that was getting the arrows of the void from boarsky bridge fort and giving them to corwyn, I'm pretty sure they can kill the final boss by reducing his strength to 0. not 100% sure on that, but PRETTY sure these are death arrows.

but for the siege, the poison matters and the fact of whether or not you surrendered the fort matters.

3.) a variety of items if you have them in your inventory get scattered thru the world in SoA.

most notably (or at least the ones I remember) the dart you get for finding the 3 artifacts for the halfling, the Dragon sword you get from the reverse Minsc and witch pair. (just kill him and take his sword works) the archer's eyes, a bunch of class specfic gears. belt for dual wielding, helmet of dulathorn

could grab a complete list, but its mainly side quests rewards about twenty items.

Voidsword +3
Voidhammer +3
Robe of Red Flames
Belt of the Skillful Blade
Archer's Eyes
Helmet of Dumathoin
Bard Hat
Biter +2
Tangled Strings
Buckler of the Fist +2
Dragon Blade +3

Pretty sure some shaman items move too. but that could just be EE adding them regardless if you have them.

furthermore, the pantaloons aren't very important.

first you gotta import them to BG2, then you gotta get the SOA ones which require you to hold an innocent woman for ransom, then you gotta get all the way till the end of Throne of Bhaal for the third ones.

to craft it into the useful item.

I mean go for it I guess. if you are playing a sicko evil build sure. its late enough that its not really relevant for gameplay in any sense.

[Centurion]

Much appreciated. I actually chose the +3 Void Arrows just because I have an archer. Unfortunately, she is so goody-goody that I missed out on a lot of things. I actually did get the Dragon Sword, but because the reverse Minsc killed his witch and gave it me after. Oh well.

I am something of a completionist, which is why I wanted the pantaloons for the BMU. I know I don't need it to win BG2. Just another accomplishment.

[red255]

got to the end of dragonspear, there was a chest at the coalition camp, you should carry the pantaloons in the bag of holding, cuz you don't seem to get a chest after that.