Many thanks to all of you for the insight. I have decided, in lieu of my losing Viconia, to begin at the beginning with my character, Muad'dib. He's a true neutral fighter... and I made a sound set for him using my own voice, and a picture of Paul Atreidies in a stillsuit. This pairing of two fantasy worlds created an intense feeling of identity within me for this character, and... it's strange, but I felt really awful when Viconia left Muad'dib. I have played through BGTOTSC and almost all the way several times through SOA, but never finished. I now have a character who I truly feel has something to do with myself (I only watched Dune obsessively as a kid, if you hadn't figured that). I never expected a game to affect me in such a way, but for the first time, I feel I am truly role-playing. What a marvelous, terrible, beautiful way to use one's mind.
I will always be sentimentally attatched to the Baldur's Gate games. I'm starting at Candlekeep again, and I'm going to buy TOB when the time comes. Until I finish them all, I'm going to do my best not to hack, mod, or edit ANYTHING in the game. Again, thankyou for the help.
ouonnouo@ticon.net