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Harvestborne

Ancestries Designed by Kevynn Villatoro • Art by AI-generated

At a glance

Typical size
Medium; about 4–7 ft.
Typical lifespan
~100 years before accepting death and eventual rebirth
Features
Gift of the Green / Culling

Ancestry overview

Living scarecrows animated by green magic, bound to the eternal cycle of harvest, death, and rebirth.

Top feature

Gift of the Green
Once per rest, touch the ground and choose yourself or an ally within Close range who is also touching the ground. The chosen creature can clear 1d4 Hit Points. You can take 1 Stress to instead clear 1d4+1 Hit Points.

Bottom feature

Culling
When you deal damage to an adversary who has half or fewer of their Hit Points remaining, you can spend 1 Hope to deal an additional 1d8 magic damage. You can use this feature once per scene.

Physical characteristics

Scarecrow-like constructed body Pumpkin head with glowing eyes Limbs of wood, straw, and metal Bodies bound with cloth, rope, and farming materials Inner green magic animates the body

Examples / variants

Pumpkin-headed Harvestborn Turnip-headed Harvestborn Burlap-headed Harvestborn Wooden Harvestborn Metal-framed Harvestborn

About this ancestry

These directly adapt the Harvestborn's two major active traits from The Crooked Moon: Gift of the Green restores life, while Culling makes them more dangerous against already-wounded creatures.

Ancestry

Harvestborne

Living scarecrows animated by green magic, bound to the eternal cycle of harvest, death, and rebirth.

Gift of the Green: Once per rest, touch the ground and choose yourself or an ally within Close range who is also touching the ground. The chosen creature can clear 1d4 Hit Points. You can take 1 Stress to instead clear 1d4+1 Hit Points.

Culling: When you deal damage to an adversary who has half or fewer of their Hit Points remaining, you can spend 1 Hope to deal an additional 1d8 magic damage. You can use this feature once per scene.

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