Played through the early Hive section, up to Pharod's Court.

Kind of speeding through on the critical path, as I've decided that part of the thing that killed my run-through of Baldur's Gate earlier this year was the desire/necessity of a completionist playstyle.

Also loving the density of this, after the sparsity of BG. Every named NPC, even random shopkeepers and layabouts, have interesting things to say.

Still more fights than I remember, but fortunately the random unavoidable ones (the thugs that jump you in the Hive, for instance) are really easy.