How to pick SoD and then BG2?

shevy123456

So a bit of background. I have played mostly BG2; I install a lot of mods.

I tried to get into BG1 but I found it difficult; I kind of stopped early on.

I never really played SoD though. I heard it is not so bad.

Now ... I am thinking of starting with SoD, and then continuing from there into BG2. But
I haven't done so before. Are there any recommendations what to do here? Should I
pick SoD vanilla or try mods? My primary goal here is to play through SoD, anew (I
never played it before), but to then also use it to play BG2 afterwards, at once, though
with mods. I know BG2 quite well, so this part is fine, but I have no clue how to best
transition, and start with. For instance, will weapons be carried over? Has anyone
tried this? While I know BG2 quite well, I don't quite know EET that well, so ... any
recommendations or hints to be given here, may be nice. (If it is too difficult for now then I
will just try to understand EET better. Right now I don't know how this can work or
which incompatibilities exist. Perhaps I should start SoD solo, without caring for BG2,
but ideally I'd love to do a more extensive play through including both.)

atcDave

I would strongly recommend playing the whole game, starting with BG1 in Candlekeep. You haven’t really played Baldur’s Gate if you skipped BG1! I think it’s important to build your character from a rookie to really appreciate where BG2 will take you.

I would also say SoD has some fun moments, but it is clearly the weak link of the series. A few items carry over, they will be scattered around the BG2 world. Just like many BG1 items.