The claw of Kazgaroth: what’s it replace when importing to BG2?

Klorox

I remember playing with this item and finding it in the initial dungeon BG2.

But what does it replace?

TIA!

Dharius

The Helm of Balduran. In most cases the Helm is better - unless you have a party that can't wear helmets, or you just want to take the Claw along for fun.

sarevok57

the only time i take the claw of kazgaroth over is if im playing a character where they won't suffer a HP penalty for wearing it in melee, like a swashbcukler or blade

if you're a swashbuckler or blade with 18 CON the only real drawback is the penalty to save vs death, but in ToB you can get that iounstone to even that out or perhaps even wear the cloak of displacement to help mitigate that penalty

or better yet, if you have a cleric/thief that goes into melee this item could work out real well for them as well, and if im not mistaken they have good saves vs death

plus if you're a dwarf or halfling they get that sexy bonus on their save vs death as well, so it works super swell with a dwarven swashbuckler

Chronicler

Notably, if I recall both Dorn and Rasaad have 14 Con, which allows them to use the claw without penalty, if you're so inclined.