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The Three-Sentence NPC: How to Stop Freezing When Players Go Off-Script

Your players just walked up to a blacksmith you didn't prep. Here's the fast, three-part method for improvising an NPC who actually feels like a person, and how to keep the good ones from vanishing after the session ends.

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Stop Counting Squares: The Zone Trick That Keeps Combat Moving Without Losing the Tactics

Stop Counting Squares: The Zone Trick That Keeps Combat Moving Without Losing the Tactics A middle-ground technique for running combat when a full battle grid...

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