It is sad that 97% of the changes I see in 13th Age 2E just piss me off.
The explicit promise that 1E gave us was "here's this great big weird fantasy world, and now it's 100% yours to play with... we have no timeline, nothing changes that doesn't come from your table."
2E is chock full of "And here's how we changed the world and advanced the timeline!"
Don't come at me and say "you don't have to use those elements." I know that. I''m barely touching 2E
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