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Redesign Monster Lore as a parametrized Harper-dossier infobox (replaces section-scaffold version)
Relabel dossier box to plain mechanics terms (combat reference); body becomes encounter log + Harper insight
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{| 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>

Revision as of 05:00, 12 June 2026

Monster Lore
Harper Field Dossier
Combat reference
Type Unestablished
Vulnerabilities None discovered
Resistances None known
Immunities None known
Condition Immunities None known
Strong Saves Unknown
Senses Unknown
Movement Unknown
Notable Abilities Unknown
Provenance
Knowledge Fragmentary
First Encountered —
Filed by Unsigned

Usage

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. 

{{Monster Lore
| creature_name = 
| type          = e.g. Chromatic dragon (white)
| vulnerabilities = What wounds it worse than it should ("None discovered")
| resistances   = What merely glances off
| immunities    = What does nothing at all
| condition_immunities = Conditions it cannot suffer (frightened, poisoned...)
| strong_saves  = What it rarely fails (reflexes, body, will, force of personality)
| senses        = How it perceives — sight in the dark, blind-sense, keen scent
| 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
| encountered   = [[Session ##]], where
| 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.
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