Board Thread:General Discussion on Baldur's Gate Game/@comment-37492355-20181113050543/@comment-3234315-20181114093054

You're welcome! Though I'm not the best advisor for a BGII walkthrough (know BGI much better).

Yes, everybody's quest has of course the highest priority. ;)

There are timers on some quests, and I'm sure the wiki doesn't list them all. But it does for some: usually, these have some sort of a head notice, right on top of the page, so you don't have to read far into the article and get spoilered. Companion quests often have to be done in a certain time limit, which might be ten days (with at least one exception, for Jaheira), but Gerran's child is no companion quest. And a warning: at its end you will encounter one of the toughest enemies during this part of the main plot – so it's totally okay to do it later.

So you already have paid Gaelan Bayle … perhaps that was a bit rushed, and you should have done more side quests before.

What about investing for a spell-casting license?