-- NPCs become a reusable, global template library rather than per-mystery copies. -- A NULL mystery_id marks a global template; mysteries reference templates by key -- when authored, so editing an NPC in the admin panel survives re-imports. ALTER TABLE osint.npcs ALTER COLUMN mystery_id DROP NOT NULL; -- Enforce one global template per key (the existing UNIQUE(mystery_id, npc_key) -- does not constrain rows where mystery_id IS NULL). CREATE UNIQUE INDEX npcs_global_key_idx ON osint.npcs (npc_key) WHERE mystery_id IS NULL; COMMENT ON TABLE osint.npcs IS 'Reusable NPC templates. mystery_id IS NULL for a global template; mysteries reference templates by npc_key when authored.';