Monster Harvesting - Revision history

Wvaske: Creature harvest profiles section: replace the hand-kept 7-page list with the standing statement that every Bestiary dossier carries a Harvest Profile (bestiary-wide retroactive backfill completed today); live Cargo index unchanged

2026-09-17T19:58:32Z

Creature harvest profiles section: replace the hand-kept 7-page list with the standing statement that every Bestiary dossier carries a Harvest Profile (bestiary-wide retroactive backfill completed today); live Cargo index unchanged

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	=== Creature harvest profiles ===		=== Creature harvest profiles ===
	''~~All~~ creature ~~dossiers live~~ in the [[Bestiary]]. ~~Search their components by effect: [[Find Components]]~~.''		'''Every creature dossier in the [[Bestiary]] carries a Harvest Profile''' — the full carcass manifest for that kind. For creatures the company slew before the harvest-craft was learned, and for the few it has faced but not felled, the manifest is the Harpers' compilation of what such a body holds, ready against the next carcass. A creature's page also carries a '''Harvest Record''' wherever the company has actually worked a carcass of that kind (the fullest worked examples: [[Arauthator#Harvest Record\|Arauthator]], [[Peryton#Harvest Record\|Peryton]], [[Blue Dragon Wyrmling#Harvest Record\|Blue Dragon Wyrmling]]). Search all components by effect: [[Find Components]].
	* [[Arauthator#Harvest ~~Profile~~\|Arauthator]] ~~— ancient white dragon~~, ~~CR 20 (Artifact ceiling)~~
	* [[~~Dragon Turtle~~#Harvest ~~Profile~~\|~~Dragon Turtle~~]] ~~— CR 17 (Legendary ceiling)~~
	* [[Yuan-ti Anathema#Harvest Profile\|Yuan-ti Anathema]] — CR 12 (Very Rare ceiling)
	* [[Hydra#Harvest Profile\|Hydra]] — CR 8 (Rare ceiling)
	* [[Blue Dragon Wyrmling#Harvest ~~Profile~~\|Blue Dragon Wyrmling]] ~~— CR 3 (Uncommon ceiling~~)
	* [[~~Giant Spider#Harvest Profile (Ice Spider Queen)\|Ice Spider Queen~~]] ~~— CR 2 (Uncommon ceiling)~~
	* [[Peryton#Harvest Profile\|Peryton]] — CR 2 (Uncommon ceiling)

	Live index from the database (updates itself as profiles are added):		Live index from the database (updates itself as profiles are added):

Wvaske: Current-truth cleanup (issue #2): move change commentary to edit summaries/Talk; session citations become numbered references

2026-09-15T18:40:31Z

Current-truth cleanup (issue #2): move change commentary to edit summaries/Talk; session citations become numbered references

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	{{Lore\|type=Crafting Knowledge}}		{{Lore\|type=Crafting Knowledge}}
	== Monster Harvesting ==		== Monster Harvesting ==
	A slain monster is a mobile treasury of crafting materials. A steady hand and the right tools can turn scale, gland, fang, ichor, and bone into arms, armor, alchemy, and arcana.		A slain monster is a mobile treasury of crafting materials. A steady hand and the right tools can turn scale, gland, fang, ichor, and bone into arms, armor, alchemy, and arcana.<ref name="s51">Unveiled at the table in [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)\|Session 51]].</ref>

	~~''This system was unveiled in full~~ at the table in [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)\|Session 51]]~~, and reworked to the '''carcass-first manifest rules''' below in September 2026~~.''

	=== The carcass comes first ===		=== The carcass comes first ===
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	'''Scraps are automatic.''' Even a failed or low roll yields the base salvage — meat, fat, blood, hide-scrap — at no DC. Nobody walks away empty-handed.		'''Scraps are automatic.''' Even a failed or low roll yields the base salvage — meat, fat, blood, hide-scrap — at no DC. Nobody walks away empty-handed.

	'''Margin yields quantity.'~~'' ''(Rule set September 2026, replacing an earlier margin-based rarity bonus.)~~'' For each '''non-signature''' component you recover, you extract '''one additional unit for every full 5 points''' your total exceeds that component's DC — beat it by 5 for one extra, by 10 for two, and so on. The '''signature''' component does not scale this way: it yields '''at most one additional unit, and only on a margin of 10 or more'''.		'''Margin yields quantity.''' For each '''non-signature''' component you recover, you extract '''one additional unit for every full 5 points''' your total exceeds that component's DC — beat it by 5 for one extra, by 10 for two, and so on. The '''signature''' component does not scale this way: it yields '''at most one additional unit, and only on a margin of 10 or more'''.

	'''Beyond the ceiling — natural 20 only.''' ~~''(Rule added~~ in [[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)\|Session 53]].~~)''~~ A '''natural 20''' on a harvest check can pull one component '''one rarity level above the creature's ceiling''' — something in the body that, by rights, should not be there, flavored to the harvester's tool column~~. First invoked on [[Karma]]'s nat 20 over a CR 3 wyrmling, pulling a Rare from an Uncommon-capped carcass~~. Above-ceiling components are not part of the manifest's slot counts.		'''Beyond the ceiling — natural 20 only.'''<ref name="s53">Introduced in [[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)\|Session 53]], first invoked on [[Karma]]'s nat 20 over a CR 3 wyrmling.</ref> A '''natural 20''' on a harvest check can pull one component '''one rarity level above the creature's ceiling''' — something in the body that, by rights, should not be there, flavored to the harvester's tool column. Above-ceiling components are not part of the manifest's slot counts.

	'''Boosting the check.''' ~~''(Rulings from~~ [[Session 54 - Serpents at Boareskyr Bridge (2026-08-30)\|Session 54]].~~)''~~ '''Guidance may be cast once per group harvest''' — including by the caster on their own check. '''[[Tempered Soul]] may be spent on a harvest check''' like any other d20 test~~; in S54, with a long rest imminent, the whole party was allowed to spend on the same carcass~~.		'''Boosting the check.'''<ref name="s54">Ruled at the table in [[Session 54 - Serpents at Boareskyr Bridge (2026-08-30)\|Session 54]].</ref> '''Guidance may be cast once per group harvest''' — including by the caster on their own check. '''[[Tempered Soul]] may be spent on a harvest check''' like any other d20 test.

	=== The harvest ladder ===		=== The harvest ladder ===
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	\| Tinker's Tools \|\| Cores, gears, animating crystals \|\| Construct & clockwork parts		\| Tinker's Tools \|\| Cores, gears, animating crystals \|\| Construct & clockwork parts
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	\| Thieves' Tools \|\| Generalist fine work — pick from the small-Smith's, Calligrapher's, Jeweler's, or Tinker's columns for that check \|\| As the chosen column		\| Thieves' Tools \|\| Generalist fine work — pick from the small-Smith's, Calligrapher's, Jeweler's, or Tinker's columns for that check<ref name="s53" /><ref name="s54" /> \|\| As the chosen column
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	\| ''None (Scavenge)'' \|\| Swallowed loot, gizzard contents \|\| Coins, gear, oddments — anyone may attempt		\| ''None (Scavenge)'' \|\| Swallowed loot, gizzard contents \|\| Coins, gear, oddments — anyone may attempt
	\|}		\|}
	''Niche defaults:'' Weaver's → silk & web cordage; Glassblower's → crystalline organs & lenses; Painter's → pigment glands; Brewer's → fermentable organs; Mason's or Potter's → shell & calcified plating; Cartographer's overlaps Navigator's. ~~''(Thieves' Tools as a generalist column: DM ruling sketched at the table in S53, exercised again in S54 — treat as standing.)''~~		''Niche defaults:'' Weaver's → silk & web cordage; Glassblower's → crystalline organs & lenses; Painter's → pigment glands; Brewer's → fermentable organs; Mason's or Potter's → shell & calcified plating; Cartographer's overlaps Navigator's.

	=== Crafting with what you harvest ===		=== Crafting with what you harvest ===
	Harvested parts are spent as '''Craft Value''' against item thresholds — see [[Crafting via Commission or Bastion#Component Crafting Economy\|the component crafting economy]] for how a primary component sets an item's effect and rarity cap, and how secondary parts are added to reach a tier. The designs the party already knows are collected in the [[Crafting Patterns\|pattern book]]; the party's banked components, their effects, and what each can build are tracked on the [[Harvested Materials]] ledger.		Harvested parts are spent as '''Craft Value''' against item thresholds — see [[Crafting via Commission or Bastion#Component Crafting Economy\|the component crafting economy]] for how a primary component sets an item's effect and rarity cap, and how secondary parts are added to reach a tier. The designs the party already knows are collected in the [[Crafting Patterns\|pattern book]]; the party's banked components, their effects, and what each can build are tracked on the [[Harvested Materials]] ledger.

	~~=== The September 2026 retro pass ===~~
	When the carcass-first manifest rules were adopted, every previously harvested creature's manifest was regenerated to the new slot counts and '''all past rolls were re-adjudicated additively''' — nothing already harvested was removed; rolls that would have recovered more under the new rules (rarity-and-below sweeps, and the margin-quantity rule) recovered it retroactively. ''(An interim draft of the margin rule granted above-ceiling components at +10; those were converted to quantity bonuses when the rule was finalized — the conversions are noted on [[Harvested Materials]].)'' The gains are recorded per carcass on [[Harvested Materials]] and each creature's harvest profile.

	=== The harvest database ===		=== The harvest database ===
	~~''(Added September 2026.)''~~ The harvest system is backed by four [[Special:CargoTables\|Cargo database tables]], filled in automatically by the templates on each page — nothing is tallied by hand:		The harvest system is backed by four [[Special:CargoTables\|Cargo database tables]], filled in automatically by the templates on each page — nothing is tallied by hand:
	* '''HarvestComponents''' — every component known to exist on a carcass; one row per [[Template:Harvest Component]] call in a creature's Harvest Profile. Each component carries '''standard effect tags''' from the fixed vocabulary in [[Template:Harvest Effect Values]] (105 <code>Category: Subtype</code> tags — Damage, Resistance, Ward, Afflict, Boost, Skill, Sense, Move, Restore, Utility) alongside its free-prose effect.		* '''HarvestComponents''' — every component known to exist on a carcass; one row per [[Template:Harvest Component]] call in a creature's Harvest Profile. Each component carries '''standard effect tags''' from the fixed vocabulary in [[Template:Harvest Effect Values]] (105 <code>Category: Subtype</code> tags — Damage, Resistance, Ward, Afflict, Boost, Skill, Sense, Move, Restore, Utility) alongside its free-prose effect.
	* '''HarvestLog''' — every harvest event (who rolled what, units recovered with margin bonuses, recovered / left / eaten / spent); one row per [[Template:Harvest Log Entry]] call in a creature's Harvest Record.		* '''HarvestLog''' — every harvest event (who rolled what, units recovered with margin bonuses, recovered / left / eaten / spent); one row per [[Template:Harvest Log Entry]] call in a creature's Harvest Record.
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			== References ==
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	[[Category:Crafting]] [[Category:Lore]] [[Category:House Rules]]		[[Category:Crafting]] [[Category:Lore]] [[Category:House Rules]]

Wvaske: Crafting patterns: add the Patterns table to the harvest-database section and link the pattern book

2026-09-13T03:21:40Z

Crafting patterns: add the Patterns table to the harvest-database section and link the pattern book

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	=== Crafting with what you harvest ===		=== Crafting with what you harvest ===
	Harvested parts are spent as '''Craft Value''' against item thresholds — see [[Crafting via Commission or Bastion#Component Crafting Economy\|the component crafting economy]] for how a primary component sets an item's effect and rarity cap, and how secondary parts are added to reach a tier. The party's banked components, their effects, and what each can build are tracked on the [[Harvested Materials]] ledger.		Harvested parts are spent as '''Craft Value''' against item thresholds — see [[Crafting via Commission or Bastion#Component Crafting Economy\|the component crafting economy]] for how a primary component sets an item's effect and rarity cap, and how secondary parts are added to reach a tier. The designs the party already knows are collected in the [[Crafting Patterns\|pattern book]]; the party's banked components, their effects, and what each can build are tracked on the [[Harvested Materials]] ledger.

	=== The September 2026 retro pass ===		=== The September 2026 retro pass ===
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	=== The harvest database ===		=== The harvest database ===
	''(Added September 2026.)'' The harvest system is backed by ~~three~~ [[Special:CargoTables\|Cargo database tables]], filled in automatically by the templates on each page — nothing is tallied by hand:		''(Added September 2026.)'' The harvest system is backed by four [[Special:CargoTables\|Cargo database tables]], filled in automatically by the templates on each page — nothing is tallied by hand:
	* '''HarvestComponents''' — every component known to exist on a carcass; one row per [[Template:Harvest Component]] call in a creature's Harvest Profile. Each component carries '''standard effect tags''' from the fixed vocabulary in [[Template:Harvest Effect Values]] (105 <code>Category: Subtype</code> tags — Damage, Resistance, Ward, Afflict, Boost, Skill, Sense, Move, Restore, Utility) alongside its free-prose effect.		* '''HarvestComponents''' — every component known to exist on a carcass; one row per [[Template:Harvest Component]] call in a creature's Harvest Profile. Each component carries '''standard effect tags''' from the fixed vocabulary in [[Template:Harvest Effect Values]] (105 <code>Category: Subtype</code> tags — Damage, Resistance, Ward, Afflict, Boost, Skill, Sense, Move, Restore, Utility) alongside its free-prose effect.
	* '''HarvestLog''' — every harvest event (who rolled what, units recovered with margin bonuses, recovered / left / eaten / spent); one row per [[Template:Harvest Log Entry]] call in a creature's Harvest Record.		* '''HarvestLog''' — every harvest event (who rolled what, units recovered with margin bonuses, recovered / left / eaten / spent); one row per [[Template:Harvest Log Entry]] call in a creature's Harvest Record.
			* '''Patterns''' — the [[Crafting Patterns\|pattern book]]; one row per [[Template:Crafting Pattern]] call, with the effect tags each design accepts as its primary.
	* ''DMHarvest'' — the DM's side of the ledger, stored only from the DM namespace.		* ''DMHarvest'' — the DM's side of the ledger, stored only from the DM namespace.
	'''Players: use [[Find Components]]''' — a multiselect search over the effect tags, rarity, and item type, showing banked quantities. The [[Harvested Materials]] ledger is a live query summing the log against the component definitions, so it updates itself whenever a creature page changes. Ad-hoc questions can be asked anywhere with <code>#cargo_query</code>, and [[Special:Drilldown]] offers a click-through browser. For example, everything tagged as poison-damage stock:		'''Players: use [[Find Components]]''' — a multiselect search over the effect tags, rarity, and item type, showing banked quantities. The [[Harvested Materials]] ledger is a live query summing the log against the component definitions, so it updates itself whenever a creature page changes. Ad-hoc questions can be asked anywhere with <code>#cargo_query</code>, and [[Special:Drilldown]] offers a click-through browser. For example, everything tagged as poison-damage stock:

Wvaske: Harvest DB: link Find Components and document the standard effect tags in the database section

2026-09-13T02:38:09Z

Harvest DB: link Find Components and document the standard effect tags in the database section

Wvaske: Harvest DB: document the Cargo tables and add a live creature-profile index alongside the curated list

2026-09-13T01:16:09Z

Harvest DB: document the Cargo tables and add a live creature-profile index alongside the curated list

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 === The September 2026 retro pass ===
 When the carcass-first manifest rules were adopted, every previously harvested creature's manifest was regenerated to the new slot counts and '''all past rolls were re-adjudicated additively''' — nothing already harvested was removed; rolls that would have recovered more under the new rules (rarity-and-below sweeps, and the margin-quantity rule) recovered it retroactively. ''(An interim draft of the margin rule granted above-ceiling components at +10; those were converted to quantity bonuses when the rule was finalized — the conversions are noted on [[Harvested Materials]].)'' The gains are recorded per carcass on [[Harvested Materials]] and each creature's harvest profile.
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 * [[Blue Dragon Wyrmling#Harvest Profile|Blue Dragon Wyrmling]] — CR 3 (Uncommon ceiling)
 * [[Giant Spider#Harvest Profile (Ice Spider Queen)|Ice Spider Queen]] — CR 2 (Uncommon ceiling)
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Wvaske: Point the anathema profile link at the new Yuan-ti Anathema page; add Bestiary link

2026-09-03T15:52:40Z

Point the anathema profile link at the new Yuan-ti Anathema page; add Bestiary link

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	=== Creature harvest profiles ===		=== Creature harvest profiles ===
			''All creature dossiers live in the [[Bestiary]].''
	* [[Arauthator#Harvest Profile\|Arauthator]] — ancient white dragon, CR 20 (Artifact ceiling)		* [[Arauthator#Harvest Profile\|Arauthator]] — ancient white dragon, CR 20 (Artifact ceiling)
	* [[Dragon Turtle#Harvest Profile\|Dragon Turtle]] — CR 17 (Legendary ceiling)		* [[Dragon Turtle#Harvest Profile\|Dragon Turtle]] — CR 17 (Legendary ceiling)
	* [[Yuan-ti#Harvest Profile ~~(Anathema)~~\|Yuan-ti Anathema]] — CR 12 (Very Rare ceiling)		* [[Yuan-ti Anathema#Harvest Profile\|Yuan-ti Anathema]] — CR 12 (Very Rare ceiling)
	* [[Hydra#Harvest Profile\|Hydra]] — CR 8 (Rare ceiling)		* [[Hydra#Harvest Profile\|Hydra]] — CR 8 (Rare ceiling)
	* [[Blue Dragon Wyrmling#Harvest Profile\|Blue Dragon Wyrmling]] — CR 3 (Uncommon ceiling)		* [[Blue Dragon Wyrmling#Harvest Profile\|Blue Dragon Wyrmling]] — CR 3 (Uncommon ceiling)

Wvaske: Margin-yields-quantity rule (+1 unit per 5 over DC; signature capped at +1 on 10+); above-ceiling reverts to nat-20 only; CV clarified per-unit

2026-09-03T15:21:53Z

Margin-yields-quantity rule (+1 unit per 5 over DC; signature capped at +1 on 10+); above-ceiling reverts to nat-20 only; CV clarified per-unit

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	A tool only produces if the carcass's manifest actually holds materials in that column — Calligrapher's Supplies pull nothing from a dumb beast. Choose the tool that fits the body in front of you, not just your highest bonus.		A tool only produces if the carcass's manifest actually holds materials in that column — Calligrapher's Supplies pull nothing from a dumb beast. Choose the tool that fits the body in front of you, not just your highest bonus.

	Where two harvesters share a column, the higher roll takes the signature or the best single piece~~; plentiful parts (blood, bile, meat, scale salvage) duplicate freely, signatures do not~~.		Where two harvesters share a column, the higher roll takes the signature or the best single piece.

	'''Scraps are automatic.''' Even a failed or low roll yields the base salvage — meat, fat, blood, hide-scrap — at no DC. Nobody walks away empty-handed.		'''Scraps are automatic.''' Even a failed or low roll yields the base salvage — meat, fat, blood, hide-scrap — at no DC. Nobody walks away empty-handed.

	'''~~Beyond the ceiling~~.''' ~~Two ways to pull a~~ component '''one ~~rarity level above the creature~~'~~s ceiling~~''' — ~~something in the body that~~, by ~~rights~~, ~~should~~ not ~~be there~~:		'''Margin yields quantity.''' ''(Rule set September 2026, replacing an earlier margin-based rarity bonus.)'' For each '''non-signature''' component you recover, you extract '''one additional unit for every full 5 points''' your total exceeds that component's DC — beat it by 5 for one extra, by 10 for two, and so on. The '''signature''' component does not scale this way: it yields '''at most one additional unit, and only on a margin of 10 or more'''.
	* '''~~Natural~~ 20''' ''(~~rule~~ added in [[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)\|Session 53]]~~; first invoked on [[Karma]]'s nat 20 over a CR 3 wyrmling, pulling a Rare from an Uncommon-capped carcass~~)''.
	* '''~~Beating the ceiling DC by 10 or more~~''' ~~''(rule added September 2026)'' —~~ a ~~total of ceiling DC + 10 finds the same kind of impossible prize.~~		'''Beyond the ceiling — natural 20 only.''' ''(Rule added in [[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)\|Session 53]].)'' A '''natural 20''' on a harvest check can pull one component '''one rarity level above the creature's ceiling''' — something in the body that, by rights, should not be there, flavored to the harvester's tool column. First invoked on [[Karma]]'s nat 20 over a CR 3 wyrmling, pulling a Rare from an Uncommon-capped carcass. Above-ceiling components are not part of the manifest's slot counts.
	~~Either way it is~~ '''one above-ceiling ~~component per qualifying check~~''', flavored to the harvester's tool column. Above-ceiling components are not part of the manifest's slot counts.

	'''Boosting the check.''' ''(Rulings from [[Session 54 - Serpents at Boareskyr Bridge (2026-08-30)\|Session 54]].)'' '''Guidance may be cast once per group harvest''' — including by the caster on their own check. '''[[Tempered Soul]] may be spent on a harvest check''' like any other d20 test; in S54, with a long rest imminent, the whole party was allowed to spend on the same carcass.		'''Boosting the check.''' ''(Rulings from [[Session 54 - Serpents at Boareskyr Bridge (2026-08-30)\|Session 54]].)'' '''Guidance may be cast once per group harvest''' — including by the caster on their own check. '''[[Tempered Soul]] may be spent on a harvest check''' like any other d20 test; in S54, with a long rest imminent, the whole party was allowed to spend on the same carcass.
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	Rarity sets the difficulty; the monster's CR sets only what is available to find.		Rarity sets the difficulty; the monster's CR sets only what is available to find.
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	! Rarity !! Harvest DC !! Craft Value (CV)		! Rarity !! Harvest DC !! Craft Value (CV, per unit)
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	\| Scraps \|\| 0 \|\| 1		\| Scraps \|\| 0 \|\| 1
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	=== The September 2026 retro pass ===		=== The September 2026 retro pass ===
	When the carcass-first manifest rules were adopted, every previously harvested creature's manifest was regenerated to the new slot counts and '''all past rolls were re-adjudicated additively''' — nothing already harvested was removed; rolls that would have recovered more under the new rules (rarity-and-below sweeps, and the ~~beat~~-~~by-10~~ rule) recovered it retroactively. The gains are recorded per carcass on [[Harvested Materials]] and each creature's harvest profile.		When the carcass-first manifest rules were adopted, every previously harvested creature's manifest was regenerated to the new slot counts and '''all past rolls were re-adjudicated additively''' — nothing already harvested was removed; rolls that would have recovered more under the new rules (rarity-and-below sweeps, and the margin-quantity rule) recovered it retroactively. ''(An interim draft of the margin rule granted above-ceiling components at +10; those were converted to quantity bonuses when the rule was finalized — the conversions are noted on [[Harvested Materials]].)'' The gains are recorded per carcass on [[Harvested Materials]] and each creature's harvest profile.

	=== Creature harvest profiles ===		=== Creature harvest profiles ===

Wvaske: Carcass-first manifest rules — cumulative slot counts (1/2/3/4/5/6), rarity-and-below sweeps, beat-ceiling-by-10 rule, retro pass note

2026-09-03T15:01:29Z

Carcass-first manifest rules — cumulative slot counts (1/2/3/4/5/6), rarity-and-below sweeps, beat-ceiling-by-10 rule, retro pass note

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Wvaske: S54 rulings — Guidance once per group harvest, Tempered Soul on harvest checks; add Yuan-ti Anathema profile link

2026-09-03T14:19:29Z

S54 rulings — Guidance once per group harvest, Tempered Soul on harvest checks; add Yuan-ti Anathema profile link

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	'''Natural 20 — beyond the ceiling.''' ''(Rule added in [[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)\|Session 53]].)'' A '''natural 20''' on a harvest check can harvest a component '''one rarity level higher than the monster's CR ceiling would normally support''' — the harvester finds something in the body that, by rights, should not be there. First invoked on [[Karma]]'s natural 20 (29 Herbalism) over a CR 3 blue dragon wyrmling, pulling a '''Rare''' component from an Uncommon-capped carcass.		'''Natural 20 — beyond the ceiling.''' ''(Rule added in [[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)\|Session 53]].)'' A '''natural 20''' on a harvest check can harvest a component '''one rarity level higher than the monster's CR ceiling would normally support''' — the harvester finds something in the body that, by rights, should not be there. First invoked on [[Karma]]'s natural 20 (29 Herbalism) over a CR 3 blue dragon wyrmling, pulling a '''Rare''' component from an Uncommon-capped carcass.

			'''Boosting the check.''' ''(Rulings from [[Session 54 - Serpents at Boareskyr Bridge (2026-08-30)\|Session 54]].)'' '''Guidance may be cast once per group harvest''' — including by the caster on their own check. '''[[Tempered Soul]] may be spent on a harvest check''' like any other d20 test; in S54, with a long rest imminent, the whole party was allowed to spend on the same carcass. ''(Supersedes the narrower per-roll Guidance allowances noted in the S53 record.)''

	=== The harvest ladder ===		=== The harvest ladder ===
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	\| ''None (Scavenge)'' \|\| Swallowed loot, gizzard contents \|\| Coins, gear, oddments — anyone may attempt		\| ''None (Scavenge)'' \|\| Swallowed loot, gizzard contents \|\| Coins, gear, oddments — anyone may attempt
	\|}		\|}
	''Niche defaults:'' Weaver's → silk & web cordage; Glassblower's → crystalline organs & lenses; Painter's → pigment glands; Brewer's → fermentable organs; Mason's or Potter's → shell & calcified plating; Cartographer's overlaps Navigator's. ''(Thieves' Tools as a generalist column: DM ruling sketched at the table in S53 — treat as ~~provisional~~.)''		''Niche defaults:'' Weaver's → silk & web cordage; Glassblower's → crystalline organs & lenses; Painter's → pigment glands; Brewer's → fermentable organs; Mason's or Potter's → shell & calcified plating; Cartographer's overlaps Navigator's. ''(Thieves' Tools as a generalist column: DM ruling sketched at the table in S53, exercised again in S54 — treat as standing.)''

	=== Crafting with what you harvest ===		=== Crafting with what you harvest ===
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	* [[Arauthator#Harvest Profile\|Arauthator]] — ancient white dragon, CR 20		* [[Arauthator#Harvest Profile\|Arauthator]] — ancient white dragon, CR 20
	* [[Dragon Turtle#Harvest Profile\|Dragon Turtle]] — CR 17		* [[Dragon Turtle#Harvest Profile\|Dragon Turtle]] — CR 17
			* [[Yuan-ti#Harvest Profile (Anathema)\|Yuan-ti Anathema]] — CR 12
	* [[Hydra#Harvest Profile\|Hydra]] — CR 8		* [[Hydra#Harvest Profile\|Hydra]] — CR 8
	* [[Blue Dragon Wyrmling#Harvest Profile\|Blue Dragon Wyrmling]] — CR 3		* [[Blue Dragon Wyrmling#Harvest Profile\|Blue Dragon Wyrmling]] — CR 3

Wvaske: Add nat-20 rule (S53): a natural 20 can harvest one rarity level above the monster's ceiling; add Blue Dragon Wyrmling profile link

2026-08-09T19:17:31Z

Add nat-20 rule (S53): a natural 20 can harvest one rarity level above the monster's ceiling; add Blue Dragon Wyrmling profile link

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	'''Scraps are automatic.''' Even a failed or low roll yields the base salvage — meat, fat, blood, hide-scrap — at no DC. Nobody walks away empty-handed.		'''Scraps are automatic.''' Even a failed or low roll yields the base salvage — meat, fat, blood, hide-scrap — at no DC. Nobody walks away empty-handed.

			'''Natural 20 — beyond the ceiling.''' ''(Rule added in [[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)\|Session 53]].)'' A '''natural 20''' on a harvest check can harvest a component '''one rarity level higher than the monster's CR ceiling would normally support''' — the harvester finds something in the body that, by rights, should not be there. First invoked on [[Karma]]'s natural 20 (29 Herbalism) over a CR 3 blue dragon wyrmling, pulling a '''Rare''' component from an Uncommon-capped carcass.

	=== The harvest ladder ===		=== The harvest ladder ===
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	Every notable monster has one '''signature component''' — its most evocative part — set at the creature's ceiling rarity, the single greatest prize on the body.		Every notable monster has one '''signature component''' — its most evocative part — set at the creature's ceiling rarity, the single greatest prize on the body. A [[#Harvesting a carcass\|natural 20]] is the one way past the ceiling.

	=== Scaling components (CR 9+) ===		=== Scaling components (CR 9+) ===
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	\| Tinker's Tools \|\| Cores, gears, animating crystals \|\| Construct & clockwork parts		\| Tinker's Tools \|\| Cores, gears, animating crystals \|\| Construct & clockwork parts
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			\| Thieves' Tools \|\| Generalist fine work — pick from the small-Smith's, Calligrapher's, Jeweler's, or Tinker's columns for that check \|\| As the chosen column
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	\| ''None (Scavenge)'' \|\| Swallowed loot, gizzard contents \|\| Coins, gear, oddments — anyone may attempt		\| ''None (Scavenge)'' \|\| Swallowed loot, gizzard contents \|\| Coins, gear, oddments — anyone may attempt
	\|}		\|}
	''Niche defaults:'' Weaver's → silk & web cordage; Glassblower's → crystalline organs & lenses; Painter's → pigment glands; Brewer's → fermentable organs; Mason's or Potter's → shell & calcified plating; Cartographer's overlaps Navigator's.		''Niche defaults:'' Weaver's → silk & web cordage; Glassblower's → crystalline organs & lenses; Painter's → pigment glands; Brewer's → fermentable organs; Mason's or Potter's → shell & calcified plating; Cartographer's overlaps Navigator's. ''(Thieves' Tools as a generalist column: DM ruling sketched at the table in S53 — treat as provisional.)''

	=== Crafting with what you harvest ===		=== Crafting with what you harvest ===
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	* [[Dragon Turtle#Harvest Profile\|Dragon Turtle]] — CR 17		* [[Dragon Turtle#Harvest Profile\|Dragon Turtle]] — CR 17
	* [[Hydra#Harvest Profile\|Hydra]] — CR 8		* [[Hydra#Harvest Profile\|Hydra]] — CR 8
			* [[Blue Dragon Wyrmling#Harvest Profile\|Blue Dragon Wyrmling]] — CR 3
	* [[Giant Spider#Harvest Profile (Ice Spider Queen)\|Ice Spider Queen]] — CR 2		* [[Giant Spider#Harvest Profile (Ice Spider Queen)\|Ice Spider Queen]] — CR 2

	[[Category:Crafting]] [[Category:Lore]] [[Category:House Rules]]		[[Category:Crafting]] [[Category:Lore]] [[Category:House Rules]]

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	=== The harvest database ===		=== The harvest database ===
	''(Added September 2026.)'' The harvest system is backed by three [[Special:CargoTables\|Cargo database tables]], filled in automatically by the templates on each page — nothing is tallied by hand:		''(Added September 2026.)'' The harvest system is backed by three [[Special:CargoTables\|Cargo database tables]], filled in automatically by the templates on each page — nothing is tallied by hand:
	* '''HarvestComponents''' — every component known to exist on a carcass; one row per [[Template:Harvest Component]] call in a creature's Harvest Profile.		* '''HarvestComponents''' — every component known to exist on a carcass; one row per [[Template:Harvest Component]] call in a creature's Harvest Profile. Each component carries '''standard effect tags''' from the fixed vocabulary in [[Template:Harvest Effect Values]] (105 <code>Category: Subtype</code> tags — Damage, Resistance, Ward, Afflict, Boost, Skill, Sense, Move, Restore, Utility) alongside its free-prose effect.
	* '''HarvestLog''' — every harvest event (who rolled what, units recovered with margin bonuses, recovered / left / eaten / spent); one row per [[Template:Harvest Log Entry]] call in a creature's Harvest Record.		* '''HarvestLog''' — every harvest event (who rolled what, units recovered with margin bonuses, recovered / left / eaten / spent); one row per [[Template:Harvest Log Entry]] call in a creature's Harvest Record.
	* ''DMHarvest'' — the DM's side of the ledger, stored only from the DM namespace.		* ''DMHarvest'' — the DM's side of the ledger, stored only from the DM namespace.
	The [[Harvested Materials]] ledger is a live query summing the log against the component definitions, so it updates itself whenever a creature page changes. Ad-hoc questions can be asked anywhere with <code>#cargo_query</code>, and [[Special:Drilldown]] offers a click-through browser. For example, everything ~~a poisoner could pull from carcasses the company knows~~:		'''Players: use [[Find Components]]''' — a multiselect search over the effect tags, rarity, and item type, showing banked quantities. The [[Harvested Materials]] ledger is a live query summing the log against the component definitions, so it updates itself whenever a creature page changes. Ad-hoc questions can be asked anywhere with <code>#cargo_query</code>, and [[Special:Drilldown]] offers a click-through browser. For example, everything tagged as poison-damage stock:
	<pre>		<pre>
	{{#cargo_query:tables=HarvestComponents		{{#cargo_query:tables=HarvestComponents
	\|fields=creature,component,rarity,effect		\|fields=creature,component,rarity,effect
	\|where=~~tool LIKE~~ '~~%Poisoner%~~'		\|where=effects HOLDS 'Damage: Poison'
	\|order by=cv DESC}}		\|order by=cv DESC}}
	</pre>		</pre>

	=== Creature harvest profiles ===		=== Creature harvest profiles ===
	''All creature dossiers live in the [[Bestiary]].''		''All creature dossiers live in the [[Bestiary]]. Search their components by effect: [[Find Components]].''
	* [[Arauthator#Harvest Profile\|Arauthator]] — ancient white dragon, CR 20 (Artifact ceiling)		* [[Arauthator#Harvest Profile\|Arauthator]] — ancient white dragon, CR 20 (Artifact ceiling)
	* [[Dragon Turtle#Harvest Profile\|Dragon Turtle]] — CR 17 (Legendary ceiling)		* [[Dragon Turtle#Harvest Profile\|Dragon Turtle]] — CR 17 (Legendary ceiling)