Wow, thank you. 
 
You're very helpful. 
 
I won't be using the save file (thank you anyways), and for the record every major expansion for games I've played hasn't been like this - where it was only a remix of the original game that didn't allow you to transfer your character or heighten the stakes a lot.  When I saw the list of things that were added (50 new spells and skills!) I was excited because I thought that meant (like every other game I had a persistent character in) I would transfer my already powerful hero to an expansion with more challenges and more spells and skills. 
 
I didn't know I was getting the original game, with some orcs added, and only 3 new skills on the skill tree. 
 
It was just sold to me as different than what I got, and there wasn't any further information available about it, so naturally I'm a little burned.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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