For whatever reason, I've never had both SOA and TOB installed on my computer at the same time, so this is the first time I've experienced the automatic transition between the two games. My problem is that my main character is the only one who has any equipment! My guess is that this is because my five companions died during the final battle.

It's nice that my characters actually gained the experience earned in the final battle (Imoen even leveled up!), but I'd honestly rather have my equipment back. Is this a known bug/issue? Can it be fixed? Would I be better off importing one of my last saves into a new TOB game?
(This is a vanilla game, fully patched, on Windows XP.)
Thanks so much!