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 This is the development version of the package. Changes will be listed below as they are made.
 
+- Removed all non-ASCII characters from spell and creature information data tables. Should not affect user experience but silences a CRAN check note in Linux environments
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 ## dndR Version 2.0.0
 
 The following changes were made from the preceding version: