# What's New in [Version]

**Release Date**: [Date]

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## New Features

- **[Feature Name]**: [Player-friendly description of what they can now do. Focus on the experience, not the implementation. 1-2 sentences.]

- **[Feature Name]**: [Description]

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## Improvements

- **[Area Improved]**: [How this makes the game better for the player. Be specific.]

- **[Area Improved]**: [Description]

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## Balance Changes

- **[What Changed]**: [Old value] -> [New value]. [Brief design reasoning in player terms. Example: "Healing potions now restore 50 HP (up from 30) -- late-game encounters needed more recovery options."]

- **[What Changed]**: [Description]

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## Bug Fixes

- Fixed an issue where [describe the player-visible symptom, not the code fix]
- Fixed [another player-visible symptom]
- Fixed [symptom]

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## Known Issues

- [Issue description in player terms]. [Workaround if one exists.] We're working on a fix.

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## Technical Notes (Internal Only -- Remove Before Publishing)

### Commits Covered
- Range: `[first-hash]..[last-hash]`
- Total commits: [N]

### Internal Changes
- [Refactoring, infrastructure, or tooling changes not visible to players]

### Deferred Items
- [Features or fixes originally planned for this release but moved to next]
  - Reason: [why deferred]
  - New target: [version or sprint]

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