Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows Of Amn

A wizard can only have a certain number of spells of any given level in his spell book. The number of spells he can know is determined by his Intelligence stat. For example, a wizard with an Intelligence of 15 can learn a maximum of eleven spells of any given level. Drink a Potion Of Genius or use some other similar magic to temporarily raise your Intelligence stat. You can now learn as many spells per level as allowed by the temporary Intelligence. Also, the higher Intelligence score will make it easier to learn a new spell successfully. Once the potion or magic wears off, the newly learned spells will remain in your character's spell book permanently.

You can get the ranger cabin when you finish the UmarKilling's quest as a ranger. Do the Umar Hills Killing's quest.Stop the Shade Lord, then go back to Umar Hills. Talk to MinisterLloyd. He will say something about you being the new ranger. Whenyou finish the quest as a ranger, you will get the ranger cabin.Inside you can rest (by selecting the "Rest" icon).There will be also a note on the table explaining why you gotthe cabin.

Go to Abzigal's lair. There will be Sentinels in one room. You will find a wizard in there. Near the wizard are three statues. Use the Stone To Flesh scroll on them, then get them to do the quest.

Use the CLUAConsole:CreateItem("scrlaa") and CLUAConsole:CreateItem("scrla9") to get two scrolls with jumbled letters on them. The "scrlaa" scroll reads:

Aqw vjkpm K co etcba, dwv vjga ycpv aqw vq vjkpm vjcv. K mpqy ugegvu. Mggr vjg rcpvcnmmpu. Cnycau mggr vjg rcpvcnmmpu. When decoded, it reads: "You think I am crazy, but they want you to think that. I know secrets. Keep the pantaloons. Always keep the pantaloons."

The "scrla9" scroll reads:
Qc twrxepssrw evi jvii sj aiewipw. Mrjsvq xli Uyiir, wr xlex wli qmklx wlrr xliq esec. Livi ai ks 'vsyrh xli qypfivvc fywl. Ks qsroic KS! When decoded, it reads: "My pantaloons are free of weasels. Inform the Queen, so that she might shoo them away. Here we go 'round the mulberry bush. Go monkey GO!"

This trick may not work with the full install option or the expansion set. It may also work with other class combinations that a mage is part of. Use the following steps to create a Fighter/Specialist Mage. Choose to creating a character and select "Human" for the race. For class, choose "Mage" and select the Specialist Mage you wish to become with a multi-class. Once at the screen where you select your first level magic spells, back out and continue backing out until you are down to selecting your gender. Note: Do not select "Start Over". Re-create your character (same gender, and later alignment) with a race of either Half-elf, Elf, or Gnome. At class, choose "Multi-class" and select the multi-class Fighter/Mage (or Fighter/Illusionist). Continue creating your character until you have set your first level spells. If your spells have a requirement (for example, if you want to be a Fighter/Necromancer, you would have Larloch's Minor Drain and/or Chill Touch as required spells), then you know that the trick worked. Finish creating your character. Note: The paper doll drawing may look like a Thief. If you want to be a different Fighter/Specialist Mage, click "Start Over" and begin from step one again with a new Specialist Mage chosen. Not only do Fighter/Specialist Mages start with more spells, their map animations look like Mages instead of Fighters. Also, Gnomes do not have to be Fighter/Illusionists. The Specialist Mage you chose will "overwrite" the "Illusionist" (for example, a Gnome Fighter/Diviner or something else).

Go to the folder where you installed the game. Enter the "saves" folder, copy your favorite game and put it and its folder in the multiplayer saves. Start the game, go to multi-player, and load your game. Make your party, play the game, and save it. Return to the multi-player saves folder and copy the file to your saved games.

If one of your party members is a thief, try to pickpocket another party member. You will fail, but will gain at least 300 experience points.

Go to the Five Flagons Inn, in the Bridge District. Go to the second floor and look on the left side of the bed that is in the north east part of the floor to find an Elvis painting.

Go to any shop. Select a character who has a Gem Bag or Scroll Case. For example, if you want to buy all the Scrolls Of Protection From Undead from a certain shopkeeper, have the character with the Scroll Case select the scroll with by double clicking so you buy more than one Item. Select all the scrolls the shopkeeper has to offer. The price will reflect every scroll you are going to buy, Next, go to the character's inventory. Double click on the Scroll Case. This opens the case for only those items allowed. Go back to the shopkeepers inventory You will see the multiple scrolls you selected by the small number in the upper left hand corner of the item. However, the price will reflect only the cost of one of those items. you Can buy as many of the items as the shopkeeper has to offer for the price of just one.

Your main character (or protagonist player) can have romances with certain NPCs according to his or her gender:

Female: Anomen
Male: Viciona, Jaheira, Aerie
Also if an NPC is having a romance with your character, they get various subplots:

Viciona: Attacked by a Drow and a Yochlol
Jaheira: Attacked by Bandits
Aerie: No subplot
Anomen: Seeks revenge for the death of his father.

Relationships develop according to your characters ability scores, alignment, or how you react to them talking to you. For example, Viciona likes a high strength ability, Jaheira likes honesty, and Aerie likes a Good alignment. Some romances always end in a bad way no matter what you say or do. For example, Viciona and Aerie sleep with you, then decide to break up afterwards. Viciona will sleep with you quickly, then starts treating you badly, then finally gives in to you once more. Romances happen when the NPC talks to you and you talk back very nice and if you have the things they like. After awhile, rest at an inn. You will see all the other characters, except you and the NPC you are having a romance with will sleep on mattresses. Then an animation begins, showing the two characters sleeping with each other. When the animation finishes, if it is a "bad ending romance" an argument will follow and the characters will break up. However, if it is "good ending romance", the NPC will keep talking to your character every so often. Some romances will not finish at the end of the game, but will continue into Baldur's Gate 2:The Throne of Bhaal.