Importing game from SoD - will non canon NPC's keep their gear?

Sed

I just started a new BG2 game but with two imported characters, so I had to create a game from scratch and not import a save game.

My question is, if I had imported a save game, would it remember for example what Neera had gear wise in BG2 now? Or is that not implemented?

Considering all non-canon characters should have access to their SoD gear, I'm wondering if that is the case?

Lord_Tansheron

As a default, nothing is "remembered" between games, with very few exceptions. NPCs not in your party when you import will not be affected by what you did in BG1/SoD in any way. NPCs that are in your party when you import will only remember certain particular changes, for example an increase in their stats from the BG1 tomes. They will not remember quest choices, romance, etc.

As for SoD gear, there are some select items that you can, in a way, import alongside your save. There's about 10 or so items from SoD available in BG2; some will always be there (the Shaman-only ones), while some will be present only if you actually imported a save with them. The items will however not simply be on your characters after import (due to how the story of BG2 works) but they can be found as drops later on in certain locations - but, again, ONLY if you actually imported them in a save (except for the Shaman-only items, which will always drop).

Cainoor

Hi, can someone post the list of all the items being imported from the SoD save (incl. BG1)? The ones in the bag of holding count as well?
btw. Does it matter if It is better to import only the one with the main character (like the last Auto Save) or the one from Final Save?

Lord_Tansheron

Cainoor said:

Does it matter if It is better to import only the one with the main character (like the last Auto Save) or the one from Final Save?

It doesn't matter which characters you have in your party in SoD, the starting characters at the beginning of BG2 will always be the same.

Inventories probably matter, though, in terms of what items get transferred. There's other threads on the topic, which also include lists of items available in BG2. You should check those for more details.

Cainoor

Thanks for the reply. I'm an old BG veteran so you got it correctly - my question was around the item transfer:) Can you please point me to the proper thread?

Edit:
Ok, found it myself
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/50641/spoliers-what-can-i-take-with-me-into-bg2-exactly-please/p1