Chapter 21: Session Bridging

Session Bridging connects one session to the next.

Five Steps

Step	Action
1. Identify Ripples	List 3-5 things that happened or did not happen. Pick one or two to advance.
2. Choose the Anchor	Pick the concrete thing that pulls the party forward: contract, emergency, summons, personal mission, discovery.
3. Plan Three Beats	Engagement, Complication, Resolution. Plan situations, not outcomes.
4. Seed the Future	Add 1-2 elements that will matter later: symbol, rumor, NPC, landmark, item, name.
5. Update Long Arc Tracker	Track active threads, dormant threads, potential antagonists, pending consequences, seeded elements.

d20	Hook
1	A wounded NPC stumbles into town with a message.
2	A guild contract is unusually high-paying and vague.
3	Someone the party knows has gone missing.
4	A disaster strikes near a recent location.
5	A rival Contractor party arrives.
6	A faction the party crossed sends a representative.
7	A creature from a past contract returns larger.
8	A merchant offers a special deal.
9	Someone offers to buy something the party owns.
10	An NPC calls in a favor the party did not know they owed.
11	A document arrives with no clear sender.
12	A retired or dead Contractor's relative asks questions.
13	Majicoil is recruiting and asking pointed questions.
14	A child approaches with a story.
15	Weather traps the party somewhere unfamiliar.
16	Recent loot is more or less than it seemed.
17	A faction war breaks out around the party.
18	An elder natural creature is spotted nearby.
19	The party is mistaken for someone else.
20	Roll twice and combine.