In Baldur's Gate 2, I got the item Silver Pantaloons.
What is the purpose of this item? Is it useful or can I toss it?
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The Silver Pantaloons are part of a bonus item set you can get by playing the same character through Baldur's Gate 1, 2 and ToB.
If you collect these items while playing:
- The Golden Pantaloons from BG1
- The Silver Pantaloons from BG2
- The Bronze Pantalettes from ToB
After getting all three, you can have Kerrick the Smith in Amkethran combine them into the Big Metal Unit: a -10AC armor suit that anyone can wear, as well as a Big Metal Rod that can shoot 3 different kinds of ammo.
Source: Big Metal Unit guide
There's also a rambling history on the subject at baldurdash.org
1Returning to Kerrick the Smith in Amkethran, he would then forge the Golden Pantaloons, the Silver Pantaloons, and the Bronze Pantalettes, for no charge in gold whatsoever, into:
The Big Metal Unit: A suit of armour, wearable by all characters, with a base Armour Class of -10, that gives the player the size and appearance of an Iron or Adamantite Golem.
The Big Metal Rod: A launcher for several types of ammunition.
Scorcher, Pulse and Frag Grenade ammunition for the Big Metal Rod.
