Dorchadas plays Baldur's Gate II, Part I: Introduction

Baldur's Gate II is one of my gaming white whales. I've beaten the first game four or five times, including one time where I played through most of it with my sister after importing my character from the endgame back to the beginning--and discovering that Bhaalspawn gifts stack if you take the same character through multiple playthroughs, which makes me really sad that save file is long since dispersed into the ether--and one time again last year with a fully-modded setup. Somewhat to my surprise, it held up perfectly, and I knew that I'd end up playing the sequel at some point, but I put it off because it's just so daunting.
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