diff --git a/internal/plugin/dnd_setup.go b/internal/plugin/dnd_setup.go
index 7348cf5..ad79f73 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/dnd_setup.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/dnd_setup.go
@@ -258,7 +258,13 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) dndSetupConfirm(ctx MessageContext) error {
 
 	// Initial D&D level seeded from existing combat_level (v1.1 §4.1).
 	// combat_level "freezes" thereafter — dnd_level is canonical.
-	advChar, _ := loadAdvCharacter(ctx.Sender)
+	//
+	// ensureCharacter (not a bare loadAdvCharacter) so the canonical
+	// player_meta seed row + tier-0 equipment exist for D&D-only players
+	// who reach !setup confirm without ever touching the legacy adventure
+	// path. Without this seed, loadAdvCharacter returns "sql: no rows in
+	// result set" on every legacy-layer command (arena, npcs, events, …).
+	advChar, _, _ := p.ensureCharacter(ctx.Sender)
 	startLevel := 1
 	if advChar != nil {
 		startLevel = dndLevelFromCombatLevel(advChar.CombatLevel)
diff --git a/internal/plugin/wotd.go b/internal/plugin/wotd.go
index be50a29..5f05319 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/wotd.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/wotd.go
@@ -247,8 +247,17 @@ func (p *WOTDPlugin) prefetchWord(force bool) error {
 		if _, delErr := d.Exec(`DELETE FROM wotd_log WHERE date = ?`, today); delErr != nil {
 			slog.Error("wotd: force delete failed", "err", delErr)
 		}
-		// Also clear job-completed flags so PostWOTD will re-post
-		d.Exec(`DELETE FROM job_completed WHERE job_name = 'wotd' AND job_key LIKE ?`, today+"%")
+		// Also clear job-completed flags so PostWOTD will re-post. The
+		// per-room dedup keys are "<date>:<roomID>" in daily_prefetch, so
+		// match every room's flag for today. (Was targeting a non-existent
+		// job_completed/job_key table — a silent no-op that left forced
+		// re-posts blocked by the stale dedup row.)
+		if _, delErr := d.Exec(
+			`DELETE FROM daily_prefetch WHERE job_name = 'wotd' AND date LIKE ?`,
+			today+"%",
+		); delErr != nil {
+			slog.Error("wotd: force clear dedup flags failed", "err", delErr)
+		}
 	}
 
 	_, err := d.Exec(