Baldur's Gate for a Rookie?

Hi

I was thinking of trying the game..a friend gave me a brand new copy..whoopee....One question;I've never played the pen and paper D&D games and was wondering how hard that would make it for someone who barely has a clue what a 20 sided dice is since I guess the computer version follows the D&D rules?:question:

thanks

I recently replayed Baldur's Gate (on my way to the juicier BG2) and if you have the sequel on hand i would recommend skipping the first Baldur's Gate. I am a fan of the series, but the first game is hideously slow-paced, the side-quests are pretty much all about fetching stuff for people and your characters have a problem manouvering in tight spaces (like for example a STREET).

Icewind Dale is a much better introduction to D&D in my opinion. The game is more combat oriented and you control a larger and persistent party, so you'll quickly learn how the different classes function and how they can work as a team. The game is fairly linear, too, so you won't be confused or overwhelmed.

I played BG before ID, and BG is by far the better game, but if I could go back and have the choice, I would choose to play ID first, because I didn't finish BG until my third attempt.

the baldur's gate series is my definition of what an RPG should be. zerosaber456

Yeah, it is totally sweet.

Don't worry, it won't pressure you into a D&D fest, in fact you might not even notice it has those rules in the beginning. Just play it and you'll be fine.Taloskai

Yeah, you don't need to know anything about D&D. If you read the little handbook that comes with it, you'll learn all you need to know, or if you just do what I did, and don't read the manual and just figure it out as you go along, that works well too.