Originally Posted by azarhal 
In my original BG game, Candlekeep chests and barrels were mostly empty. Everything was where I remembered it was when I did that section last night. Same objects, same amount of coins. sakichop played for an hour, after Candlekeep there isn't a lot of chest or barrels to check until Friendly Arm/Naskel (if you go that way).
Glad to hear that I couldn't remember if that was normal or not.
Can you still play single player in multi player mode so you have the ability to create your whole party.