Crafting in General - OMG Fix It

[Radaghast]

And Im saying again, something is off because I don't fail recipes that far below my rank, like ever. So there's obviously some other factors were not seeing.

Just a guess but the plumed requires both the bowyering book as well as the guild buff to not get any durability/success penalties. I remember back in the day trying to do a simple cavalry bow and failed because I was getting lightning unstables nonstop due to not having bowyering. It could require magic craft over craftmanship. Who knows I've never bothered to try to make one.