“When Eye-Catching Images Backfire” by Paul Beakley

Anyway, to talk about your actual post, I’m not convinced energy and urgency aren’t pretty close to the same thing. Or at least, I tend to think “low-energy, high-urgency” sounds boring and should probably be the immediate victim of a change in scope.

“Yes, all of the items in this shopkeeper’s inventory would be very useful in the upcoming dungeon, and it is important to pick the right things, but everybody else is falling asleep watching you decide. Let’s move on!”