The system merges three sources and uses 2024 prices as its anchor. It works in five steps:
- Find materials. Gather them in the wild (Foraging) or harvest them from creatures (Harvesting Creatures). Every material has a grade that tells you how much MP it can hold (Grades and Capacity).
- Process. Ore is smelted into bars, hides are tanned, wood is sawn. Processing changes the form, not the grade (Materials and Refining).
- Know the recipe. A recipe is knowledge you have to acquire. It lists which materials are needed and the minimum grade of each (Recipes).
- Charge. Characters charge MP into the materials. Every class can charge (Charging), and Power Sites speed it up.
- Ritual and finished item. A short ritual binds the parts together. The item has exactly the MP that was charged into it, and its value is 2 × MP (Rarity and MP).
Pages
| Topic | Page |
|---|---|
| Grade, capacity and CR | Grades and Capacity |
| Magic potential | Magic Potential (MP) |
| Rarity, minimum MP and ritual time | Rarity and MP |
| Recipe cards and the special slot | Recipes |
| Metal, wood, leather, liquids, paper | Materials and Refining |
| Charging for every class | Charging |
| Power sites | Power Sites |
| Potions and other consumables | Consumables |
| Scrolls | Scrolls |
| Gemstones | Gemstones |
| Gathering in the wild | Foraging |
| Harvesting creatures | Harvesting Creatures |
| Buying and selling | Buying and Selling |
| Worked examples | Examples |
| Open questions | Open Questions |
| Terms | Glossary |
What comes from where
| Source | Used for |
|---|---|
| Nord Games – Foraging, Harvesting & Natural Discovery | environments, ingredients, climates and places, creature parts, trait parts, site hearts and site hunting |
| Nord Games – Alchemy, Crafting & Enchanting | recipe skeleton, associations, pigments and inks |
| Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting | harvesting as a team (assessment + carving, harvest list) – the method only; all creature parts come from Nord |
| The 2024 fifth-edition rules | prices, times, scrolls, spellbook copying, Bastions |
Full credits: Credits and License. Heliana’s essence is dropped. MP comes from the characters instead.