Template:Monster Lore - Revision history

Wvaske: Widen dossier infobox to 40% of content width

2026-06-12T05:05:53Z

Widen dossier infobox to 40% of content width

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	{\| class="wikitable" style="float:right; width:~~25em~~; margin:0 0 1em 1em; font-size:90%;"		{\| class="wikitable" style="float:right; width:40%; margin:0 0 1em 1em; font-size:90%;"
	\|+ style="font-size:115%;" \| '''{{{creature_name\|{{PAGENAME}}}}}'''		\|+ style="font-size:115%;" \| '''{{{creature_name\|{{PAGENAME}}}}}'''
	! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \| ''Harper Field Dossier''		! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \| ''Harper Field Dossier''

Wvaske: Relabel dossier box to plain mechanics terms (combat reference); body becomes encounter log + Harper insight

2026-06-12T05:00:55Z

Relabel dossier box to plain mechanics terms (combat reference); body becomes encounter log + Harper insight

← Older revision		Revision as of 05:00, 12 June 2026
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	{\| class="wikitable" style="float:right; width:~~24em~~; margin:0 0 1em 1em; font-size:90%;"		{\| class="wikitable" style="float:right; width:25em; margin:0 0 1em 1em; font-size:90%;"
	\|+ style="font-size:115%;" \| '''{{{creature_name\|{{PAGENAME}}}}}'''		\|+ style="font-size:115%;" \| '''{{{creature_name\|{{PAGENAME}}}}}'''
	! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \| ''Harper Field Dossier''		! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \| ''Harper Field Dossier''
	\|-		\|-
	! style="text-align:~~left~~; ~~width~~:~~9em~~;" \| ~~Classification~~		! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#e8e8f0;" \| ''Combat reference''
	~~\| {{{classification\|Unestablished}}}~~
	\|-		\|-
	! style="text-align:left;" \| ~~Threat~~		! style="text-align:left; width:10.5em;" \| Type
	\| {{{~~threat~~\|~~Undetermined~~}}}		\| {{{type\|Unestablished}}}
	\|-		\|-
	! style="text-align:left;" \| ~~Temperament~~		! style="text-align:left;" \| Vulnerabilities
	\| {{{~~temperament~~\|~~Unobserved~~}}}		\| {{{vulnerabilities\|None discovered}}}
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~colspan="2"~~ style="text-align:~~center; background:#e8e8f0~~;" \| ~~''Where it is soft''~~		! style="text-align:left;" \| Resistances
			\| {{{resistances\|None known}}}
	\|-		\|-
	! style="text-align:left;" \| ~~Bites deepest~~		! style="text-align:left;" \| Immunities
	\| {{{~~weak_against~~\|~~Nothing confirmed~~}}}		\| {{{immunities\|None known}}}
	\|-		\|-
	! style="text-align:left;" \| ~~Shrugs off~~		! style="text-align:left;" \| Condition Immunities
	\| {{{~~shrugs_off~~\|~~Unknown~~}}}		\| {{{condition_immunities\|None known}}}
	\|-		\|-
	! style="text-align:left;" \| ~~Untouched by~~		! style="text-align:left;" \| Strong Saves
	\| {{{~~untouched_by\|Unknown}}}~~		\| {{{strong_saves\|Unknown}}}
	\|-
	~~! style="text-align:left;" \| Hard to unfoot~~
	~~\| {{{hard_to_rattle~~\|Unknown}}}
	\|-		\|-
	! style="text-align:left;" \| Senses		! style="text-align:left;" \| Senses
	\| {{{senses\|Unknown}}}		\| {{{senses\|Unknown}}}
			\|-
			! style="text-align:left;" \| Movement
			\| {{{movement\|Unknown}}}
			\|-
			! style="text-align:left;" \| Notable Abilities
			\| {{{abilities\|Unknown}}}
	\|-		\|-
	! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#e8e8f0;" \| ''Provenance''		! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#e8e8f0;" \| ''Provenance''
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	\| {{{confidence\|Fragmentary}}}		\| {{{confidence\|Fragmentary}}}
	\|-		\|-
	! style="text-align:left;" \| First ~~catalogued~~		! style="text-align:left;" \| First Encountered
	\| {{{encountered\|—}}}		\| {{{encountered\|—}}}
	\|-		\|-
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	\|}<includeonly>[[Category:Monsters]]</includeonly><noinclude>		\|}<includeonly>[[Category:Monsters]]</includeonly><noinclude>
	== Usage ==		== Usage ==
	A '''Monster Lore''' dossier records what the company has ~~actually ''~~learned~~'' about~~ a creature — never its game statistics. ~~Every field~~ is prose~~: speak in qualities~~, ~~not numbers~~ (''"~~shrugs off the~~ cold ~~as a familiar friend~~,"'' ~~never an immunity list or~~ a value). Transcluding the template files the page into [[:Category:Monsters]] automatically.		A '''Monster Lore''' dossier records what the company has learned of a creature, never its game statistics. The right-hand box is a '''combat reference''' for the next encounter; its labels mirror the statblock so players know what each line governs, but the content is always prose — name the kind, never a number (''"Immune to: cold of every kind,"'' not a value). The body is a running log of the encounters the company has already had, with the Harpers' insight on each. Transcluding the template files the page into [[:Category:Monsters]] automatically.

	<pre>		<pre>
	{{Monster Lore		{{Monster Lore
	\| creature_name =		\| creature_name =
	\| ~~classification =~~		\| type = e.g. Chromatic dragon (white)
	~~\| threat~~ =		\| vulnerabilities = What wounds it worse than it should ("None discovered")
	\| ~~temperament =~~		\| resistances = What merely glances off
	~~\| weak_against~~ = What wounds it ~~faster~~ than ~~steel~~ should		\| immunities = What does nothing at all
	\| ~~shrugs_off~~ = What it merely ~~resists~~		\| condition_immunities = Conditions it cannot suffer (frightened, poisoned...)
	\| ~~untouched_by~~ = What does nothing at all		\| strong_saves = What it rarely fails (reflexes, body, will, force of personality)
	\| ~~hard_to_rattle~~= ~~What~~ it cannot ~~be made to~~ suffer (~~fear~~, ~~poison, charm~~...)		\| senses = How it perceives — sight in the dark, blind-sense, keen scent
	\| senses = How it perceives the ~~world~~		\| movement = How it gets around — flight, swimming, ice-walking, burrowing
			\| abilities = Breath, presence, the way it fights, magic it can refuse
	\| confidence = Fragmentary \| Partial \| Well-attested		\| confidence = Fragmentary \| Partial \| Well-attested
	\| encountered = [[Session ##]] ~~near [[Place]]~~		\| encountered = [[Session ##]], where
	\| agent = Reporting Harper		\| agent = Reporting Harper
	}}		}}

			== The Harpers' Read ==
			The agent's insight: what the encounters reveal and how to use it.

			== Encounters of Record ==
			=== [[Session ##]] — Where it was faced ===
			The company's account, and what the circle learned from it.
	</pre>		</pre>
			[[Category:Templates]]
	~~Follow the box with the agent's dispatch and prose sections.~~ [[Category:Templates]]
	</noinclude>		</noinclude>

Wvaske: Redesign Monster Lore as a parametrized Harper-dossier infobox (replaces section-scaffold version)

2026-06-12T04:55:32Z

Redesign Monster Lore as a parametrized Harper-dossier infobox (replaces section-scaffold version)

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-== {{PAGENAME}} ==
+{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; width:24em; margin:0 0 1em 1em; font-size:90%;"
-''A Harper field dossier — what the company has learned of this creature, told in qualities, never in numbers. No statistics, no values: speak of what a thing shrugs off, not of how much. Open in the voice of the agent who filed it.''
+|+ style="font-size:115%;" | '''{{{creature_name|{{PAGENAME}}}}}'''
-=== Dispatch ===
+<pre>
-The reporting Harper's letter to the company: what was faced, where, and the weight of the threat. Note how sure the circle is of what follows — a single sighting, or many.
+{{Monster Lore
-=== What Bites Deepest ===
+Follow the box with the agent's dispatch and prose sections. [[Category:Templates]]
-Vulnerabilities — what wounds it faster than steel should. Write "nothing confirmed" if none has been seen, and record guesses as guesses, never as fact.
+</noinclude>

Wvaske: Add Monster Lore template: Harper field-dossier scaffold for tracking learned creature properties (descriptive, no stats)

2026-06-12T04:49:05Z

Add Monster Lore template: Harper field-dossier scaffold for tracking learned creature properties (descriptive, no stats)

New page

== {{PAGENAME}} ==
''A Harper field dossier — what the company has learned of this creature, told in qualities, never in numbers. No statistics, no values: speak of what a thing shrugs off, not of how much. Open in the voice of the agent who filed it.''

=== Dispatch ===
The reporting Harper's letter to the company: what was faced, where, and the weight of the threat. Note how sure the circle is of what follows — a single sighting, or many.

=== What Bites Deepest ===
Vulnerabilities — what wounds it faster than steel should. Write "nothing confirmed" if none has been seen, and record guesses as guesses, never as fact.

=== What It Shrugs Off ===
Resistances and immunities — what merely glances off, and what does nothing at all. Name the kind (cold, fire, the bite of ordinary weapons), never a number.

=== Hard to Unfoot ===
What it cannot easily be made to suffer — fear, poison, exhaustion, charm, or magic it can simply refuse. The strengths of its will and its body.

=== Its Gifts for Murder ===
Signature powers — its breath, its presence, its flight, the manner in which it fights. Describe the experience of facing it, not the dice behind it.

=== How It Hunts ===
Temperament, lair, and tactics. Where it is found, and how it turns that ground against intruders.

=== Standing Advice ===
* Hard-won counsel for the next company to face it.

=== Knowledge Ledger ===
''Move entries upward as they are proven; the dossier grows with the company.''
; Confirmed
: Seen with the company's own eyes.
; Suspected
: Reasoned, but unproven.
; Still Dark
: Unknown — fill as you learn.

=== Encounters of Record ===
* [[Session ##]] – When and where it was faced.

[[Category:Templates]] [[Category:Monsters]]