Playing Solo
Bioware left in the option of playing multiplayer solo so that the player could create their entire party, unlike in the single-player game where the player only creates the main character.
By adding multiplayer to Baldur's Gate, they introduced an additional feature: the ability to create up to six characters in a single player game instead of just the protagonist. This feature involves beginning a multiplayer game, creating the desired characters and not having anyone else join. Choosing a SERIAL connection is sufficient as excerpted from the README.TXT file below:
For this to work, you must have some form of multiplayer protocol installed on your system. If you do not have a multiplayer protocol installed, you should be able to start a SERIAL game. If you are unable to create a new game using SERIAL, try changing the COM port you are creating the game with.
If you do not create all six characters, the remaining slots can be used to pick up NPCs or to have your friends join at some later date with their characters. If you only plan to adventure with your custom party and never have anyone else join, the following converts your multiplayer party into to a single player party (not officially supported). After making your party and saving the game, copy the saved game from the multiplayer saved game directory to the single player saved game directory and then restart Baldur's Gate. This avoids having to deal with the arbitration screen each time your load up the game.
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