{"id":230600,"date":"2017-01-25T10:24:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T16:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montecookgames.com\/store\/product\/npc-deck\/"},"modified":"2024-10-07T12:17:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T17:17:44","slug":"npc-deck","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.montecookgames.com\/store\/product\/npc-deck\/","title":{"rendered":"NPC Deck"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Breathe life into an infinite variety of NPCs\u2014for any campaign!<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-230602 size-Wide450px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montecookgames.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NPC-Deck-Cards-450x400.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.montecookgames.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NPC-Deck-Cards-450x400.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.montecookgames.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NPC-Deck-Cards-500x444.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.montecookgames.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NPC-Deck-Cards-510x453.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.montecookgames.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NPC-Deck-Cards-215x191.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.montecookgames.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NPC-Deck-Cards-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.montecookgames.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NPC-Deck-Cards-768x683.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.montecookgames.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NPC-Deck-Cards-600x533.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.montecookgames.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NPC-Deck-Cards-247x220.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.montecookgames.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NPC-Deck-Cards.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Putting together\u00a0a new adventure or campaign? 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