Hogwarts Rebuilt (Almost ready to start)

[kckolbe]

So, I've spoken to a few people and gotten some positive feedback, and decided it is time to try this.  I want to run a Hogwarts game using a homebrew system of my own creation.  I want duels, Quidditch games, broom races...all that stuff.  I want students in multiple Houses competing against each other for the House Cup.  I have playtested this system once already, and made a couple of small changes.  I feel it is good to go. 

Harry Potter and friends will have graduated many years ago, meaning that the cast will be OCs.  In addition to the competitions I mentioned above, there will be a couple of other plot elements that I intend to insert, and some classroom scenes as well, but I plan on allowing a lot of freedom. 

I first attempted this game back in June, but just didn't have enough players to get the multiple House dynamic I wanted.  This time, I won't start unless I have quite a bit more interest.

The rules can be found at the link below.  I have walked many people through them, and welcome players that are new to system games as well as veteran players.
https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=151387.0

Please let me know if you have any questions.

UPDATE:  We are wrapping up character creation, but may still be willing to take on more if they can be done up rather quickly.

[Matthew]

Ooh... I've been craving a potter/hogwarts-ish RP for quite some time now... I'll have to wait until I'm a little more awake tomorrow to think on a character/if I have any questions, but I'm very much interested.

[TheHangedOne]

Color me interested.

[kckolbe]

Your math is good, but you left out Magical Projection.  This is definitely an interesting character, especially as a student.  He/she is gonna be one jaded little bastard. 

Revised

Agility 3  Fly 1B
Animal Handling 2
Athletics 3
Awareness 4  Empathy 1B
Cunning 3  Logic 1B
Deception 4  Bluff 1B
Endurance 3  Stamina 1B
Fighting 3
Knowledge 3
Magical Expertise 2
Magical Projection 2
Magical Studies 2
Marksmanship 2
Persuasion 3 Intimidate 1B
Reflexes 3
Status 2
Stealth 2
Will 4  Dedication 1B, Discipline 1B

Qualities:  Keen Senses, Treacherous
Disadvantages: None

By the way, was unsure where you got the damage portion from.

[TheHangedOne]

Whoops. I did miss that. Thank you for catching that; also, glad to hear i haven't gotten rusty, with how long it's been since I've played a system game.

And the damage portion came from here:

Derived Stats
Intrigue Defense=Cunning + Status
Used as your defense in Social Combat.

Composure= 3x Will
Basically your health in Social Combat, when reduced to 0, you loose the social combat.

Combat Defense=Agility + Athletics
How difficult you are to be hit in combat.

Health= 3x Endurance.
Your HP for combat, once you are reduced to 0, you loose the combat.

Passive Resistance=Endurancex4 + Fortitude OR Willx4 + Discipline, depending on whether the spell is physical or mental

Damage= Equal to Athletics-1 for armed, Athletics-2 for unarmed.  Large, two-handed weapons do Athletics+1

Movement= 4yards + (Run/2)

Sprint= Movement x4

[kckolbe]

Oh, okay.  You were just listing out damage for various weapons/lack thereof.  All in all, it's a fairly easy system. 

[TheHangedOne]

Yup. I included that bit just as a quick reference for myself. And it definitely is. It's a light, intuitive system. That's the best kind, imo. 

[kckolbe]

Thank you, I am really proud of it.  I modified it from Green Ronin's Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying Game. 

[TheHangedOne]

Hmm, sounds like a system I'm going to have to look up.

I'm going to continue to edit my previous post, and flesh out a full fledged character, since I know the math is sound now.

[TheHangedOne]

I added in the fluffy bits! Let me know what you think. Also, I am fully planning to see if I can drum up some interest for this game. :-)

[kckolbe]

It would be great to see some more interest, as I feel this game would work much better as a larger game.  I'll PM you later to discuss a couple of things on your character, just so some of the details/possible plot devices can be secret.

The only thing I will say public is that 17 may be too young for 6th year as I will likely adjust the age range to allow people to player lower year students and still be site legal.

[TheHangedOne]

That makes sense. I believe another HP rp on  here has done the same. It makes sense. I am looking forward to that PM. And when you finalize years and classes and stuff, I will make the appropriate changes and additions.

[Rel Mayer]

Just letting you know that I'm still interested! I need to start building my character though!

[Photo]

samesies!

I am so interested in this Kckolbe, and I am blown away by the gusto that you have.

As interest builds, don't you dare forget about me. I've been thinking about my character for weeks now. HP universe is a tough one to build a character that hasn't already been done in one form or another. I always aim for original, even if it's dull. :)

[BetaBonk]

Being just about done with re-reading that series for the, um, many-th time, I would be very interested.

Providing, of course, that you're willing to take a complete noob into the school (not a noob to roleplaying, but certainly to Elliquiy's brand of it).

[kckolbe]

Wonderful, glad to hear you are both still on board.  Also, thanks Photo.  At the moment, this puts us at enough to run a game focusing on a single House, so we are a little over halfway toward the minimum number of players I need.  While folks come in, I'd like to discuss an idea I've been thinking of.

I generally dislike allowing players to play multiple characters.  I can not completely explain why.  Some of it is that the more characters there are, the less room there is for new players.  Also, I think it takes a bit away from the spirit of competition that I want in this game.  However, having more characters gives me the ability to portray Hogwarts as the rich setting I see it as, with multiple factions and things going on.  At any rate, the compromise I am thinking of is that players may play as many characters as they want, but every character after the first starts with less points for character creation.  This way, you can have a character in Gryffindor and Slytherin, but your loyalty will be less divided.  Also, every main character, even one not built as cleverly, will still be better than some PCs.  The second bit I am not worried about as much, as I think the competitions will have multiple categories.  Also, in addition to the school competitions, there are always little things going on between the students as well as hidden areas to discover (the Room of Requirement, Chamber of Secrets, etc) and there will be suspicious goings-on.

I tried to make the system so that characters focused on being good at any one thing suffer on the rest.  While I am not so good at plot sometimes, I do really well with numbers, and can promise some very challenging, yet possible, encounters.

In short, I want this to be everything that the Harry Potter books was with the exception of Harry Potter.  While there were wonderful stories, Harry *was* kinda a Gary Stu, and with him gone I think you will all get to see just how interesting Hogwarts can be.  I am getting giddy again.

And BetaBonk, newbs of all kinds are welcome here.

[Lumasan]

I am indeed still interested, but am most likely going to need help constructing a character. The system makes my head spin

[TheHangedOne]

I think that would work out pretty good. It also makes sense that, even amongst the main movers and shakers of the story, some will be stronger than others.

[kckolbe]

Glad to have you around, Lumasan.  I would be happy to help with a character.  Oh, one thing I should have mentioned earlier is that when creating your character, please list two or three Houses you would be okay with your character being in, or no preference.  I don't want to get caught in a situation where we have 5 people wanting one House and 1 wanting another.  If you want to be in the same House as another character, feel free to mention that. 

[TheHangedOne]

Alright, so after some thinking and talking, I am re-tooling my character. Here is the new stats and such.

Crunch/numbers

Agility: 3 Fly 1B
Animal handling: 2
Athletics: 3
Awareness: 3 Empathy 1B
Cunning: 3 Logic: 1B
Deception: 3 Bluff: 1B
Endurance: 3 Stamina 1B
Fighting: 3
Knowledge: 3
Magical Expertise: 4
Magical Projection: 3
Magical Studies: 3
Marksmanship: 2
Persuasion: 3 Intimidate 1B
Reflexes: 3
Status: 2
Stealth: 2
Will: 4 Discipline 1B, Dedication: 1B

Qualities:  Keen Senses, Treacherous, Sinister
Disadvantages: Threatening

Intrigue Defense: 5
Composure: 12
Combat Defense: 6
Health: 9
Passive Resistance: 12/17
Damage: 2/1/4
Movement: 4 yards
Sprint: 16 yards

Fluff/background info

Name: Gustav Raubriter
Age: 19
Sexuality: Heterosexual male

Height: 5'10
Weight: 200 lbs
Build: Wiry
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blond

House: Ravenclaw
Year: 6th
Classes:

OWL results:
Charms: A
Transfiguration: A
Herbology: A
*Dark Arts*: O
Ancient Runes: A
Potions:A
Care of Magical Creatures: A
History of Magic: E
Astronomy: A
Divination: A
Arithmancy: E

Wand: Light seven inch Yew wand with Dragon Heartstring core

Personality: Stoic in the face of everything, many are the ones who have accused Gustav of lacking any sort of emotional understanding. In truth, he is a man of passion and many feelings; he just refuses to allow them to influence his thoughts and actions.

He can be quite single-minded, and when his mind is set, and he is determined, their is little that can stop him besides physical force or a certain Unforgivable Curse.

very perceptive, and keen to cut through bullshit to the core of an issue. He does not beat around the bush when it comes to things, and his usually aggressive, or at least curt, mannerisms have done little to earn him friends.

He supposedly has a strict personal code of conduct that he adheres to at all times, but, he has never taken the time to inform anyone just what this code is (if it even exists at all).

History: originally born in Germany, he spent several years at Durmstrang. However, his parents had to move away from the country due to political reasons (in the Wizarding world), and they moved to Wales. Because he had not yet graduated Durmstrang, he was able to apply to and be accepted into Hogwarts.

The wand he uses has been in his family for quite some generations, and is considered something of an heirloom. It is a very powerful device, but the Raubriter family has always produced exceptionally strong-willed individuals that are capable of using it properly.

Because Durmstrang actively teaches the Dark Arts, and because he had been attending it until this very school year, it should be noted that Gustav is skilled in their use. However, he has met with the current head master/mistress of Hogwarts, and has shown that he is well aware that such magic is forbidden. He has stated, quite definitively, his willingness to abide by all rules and regulations of the school, and of the new nation he finds himself in.

He has a fur-lined cloak and blood red robe from his old school.

[kckolbe]

Looks fairly well-rounded.  Sinister is a good quality for him.  By the way, I would appreciate if char sheets were done the way I posted in the revised spoiler above.  They take up less room and are easier for me to read. 

[TheHangedOne]

Looks fairly well-rounded.  Sinister is a good quality for him.  By the way, I would appreciate if char sheets were done the way I posted in the revised spoiler above.  They take up less room and are easier for me to read.

Thanks. Yeah, after re-reading through it all, I feel all those Qualities are good for him. He is supposed to be a fairly scary fellow.

Also, I edited it, so that it fits with what you'd like.  :-)

[CalypsoNymph]

Ho, well, this looks interesting... but I have... erm... quite a few questions first.  ^^;

Gain +1B die for a roll; this die can exceed the normal limits on bonus dice.  This line confuses me.  Not about how it works... that much is pretty clear... but at the mention of a limit on bonus dice.  I'm assuming the limit is equivelent to the stat?

I'm assuming that the 'bad things' are Hindrances.  Do the ones without a 'good side' give anything back?  For example, why would somebody get Addiction?  Ignoring taking it because of RP reasons, which is cool, but I mean mechanically?

What are 'rays'?

What do those two numbers with each and every spell mean?  And those letters... I'm assuming those mean the type of spells, but I don't know what they all stand for.

Social combat... I'm assuming that PC's can use these on each other, right?  I'm fine if that's the case, but what's the result, then, if, say, somebody Seduceses my character?  Who... let's say, already has a boyfriend/girlfriend?

Disposition Rating:  Think of this as Armor Rating for Social Combat.  This allows to to reduce how much influence is levied against you.  The more friendly you are to the target, the easier it is to influence you.  So... if I understand this correctly... then the friendlier you are, the easier it is for somebody to influence you?  Even if they're a jerk to you?

Example:  Animagus requires Magical Expertise 3, 2B Transfiguration.  One could also qualify with Magical Expertise 4, 1B Transfiguration or with Magical Expertise 5.  Is this line out of place?  It was in the 'combined casting' post.

Will we be able to improve abilities/specialities through pay, through means other then Destiny Points?

The kind of character I would be interested in creating would be weak in pretty much all kinds of combat, but good at spells.  Will there be a place for that kind of character?  And, yes, I am aware that doing so will result in losing a lot of battles, if she gets into them, but I want to know if there would be an advantage to it.  Such as, say, knowing about Ancient Runes.

There's Magical Expertise, and Magical Protection... one is for ability, the other is for power.  How does that work out?  I don't see notice for either of them anywhere else.

[kckolbe]

First off, thanks for the interest, and now to your questions.

1) Normally you may have no more bonus dice than test dice.  I forgot to type that in.
2) Any drawback gives you an extra destiny point.
3) Rays are spells cast at a distance.  When "attacking" someone with a spell, you must either make contact with the wand using fighting, or cast from a distance using rays.
4) The first number by the spell is the book it was first referenced/used in, 1-7.  The second number is the Magical Expertise roll necessary to cast said spell.  The letters are the spell types.  Charms, Conjuration, Curses, and Transmutation.
5) Yes.  Bear in mind that you could skip the seduction and go straight to an Imperio Curse.  The most important thing to bear in mind is that you can't be seduced by someone you don't want to talk to.  With any "social combat," both parties involved need to have some reason to continue the conversation.  If one person wants to seduce, but the other has no reason other than small talk, a seduction will not happen.
6) Yes, the nicer you are trying to be, the more open you leave yourself.  Bear in mind that if the other person is being a jerk, he takes a penalty to his rolls.
7) That post was just for random additional rules I thought of after typing everything out.
8) I will award experience points through gameplay.
9) If your character has a strong ability at magic, he won't be that weak.  Also, Ancient Runes would fall under Magical Studies rather than spells.  Granted, specializing in obscure class subjects means that you will not get to show off as often, but it also means that there will be less competition for being the best at your thing.  I promise that EVERY ability in this system will be important at least twice.
10) Expertise determines whether or not you can cast a spell, but projection determines how strong it is.

All great questions, and I hope I helped.

[BetaBonk]

First question: Are we all 6th years, then?

Second, I suppose I should get approval for the character type I'm thinking of, as I don't know what the social/sexual atmosphere will be... I'm aiming for a bi male, slightly effeminate perhaps, a "twink" in the vernacular; submissive but also seductive.  If that doesn't fit, I might go for a female character, if that would be better.

And just to see if I've figured this out at all, a preliminary attempt at the stats...

preliminary character

Agility 3
Animal Handling 4 - - Charm 1B, Ride 1B
Athletics 2
Awareness 3 - - Empathy 1B
Cunning 3
Deception 2
Endurance 2
Fighting 2
Knowledge 2
Magical Expertise 4 - - Charms 1B
Magical Projection 2
Magical Studies 3 - - Potions 1B
Marksmanship 3 - - Ray 1B
Persuasion 4 - - Seduce 1B
Reflexes 3 - - Dodge 1B
Status 2
Stealth 3
Will 3

Qualities: TBD

Intrigue Defense=5
Composure= 9
Combat Defense=5
Health= 6
Passive Resistance= 8, 12
Damage= 1, 0, 3
Movement= 4
Sprint= 16

[kckolbe]

I plan on hashing out years later on down the road, and will likely just do a vote once everything gets moved to an OOC thread.  As far as atmosphere, I plan on having a lot going on, mainly in terms of events.  To everyone who wants to play a character that doesn't play Quidditch or duel, or sucks in classes, feel free.   Just bear in mind that those things will happen, and I don't want you to feel left out.  So if your char would be happy watching the games instead of playing them, or instead wants to sneak around, you have my blessing.  Sheet-wise your character is approved, though I will likely PM you tomorrow with some suggestions and questions to make sure that is what you want. 

As for gender/sexuality, thus far there seem to be slightly more female chars than males, though it is too early to say.  Most of my chars are male, and I have a lot of NPCs.  I would probably wait and see how things turn out for a day or so and decide then.

[Photo]

P.H.O.T.O.'S .. P.O.C.K.E.T.
notes and miscellaneous trash

If you really want to read this, you can, but it's seriously just notes, you should really just ignore it.

I start with five "talent traits", and increase each of their ranks by one, leaving me with FIFTEEN available ability points.
Talent Traits:
-Cunning
-Agility
-Persuasion
-Deception
&
-Magical Studies

Now, I get to thinking about what This character is going to be extremely good at, and spend three points on it to make it a four, leaving me with TWELVE ability points to spend.
I choose Agility. The control over her own body is something that comes in high regard, and she would be trained in many ways to physically move around the world.

with the remaining twelve, I decide that six of them should be spent to make two more trained skills, and the other six used to balance out the characters stats, while sustaining the tone of the girl in my mind. Allowing the system to inspire the character a bit, I plan on forming her overall placement and personality from this process. I may end up at level four with abilities that i didn't expect. Irrellevant


I use four points on Awareness, shifting it up to four, EIGHT points remain.

same deal on WILL, down to four points in every way.
Status, Knowledge, magic expertise, and magic projection all increase to three. all of my ability points are gone. My raw ability tree is displayed in the post.

Ok, so, I worked out the ability scores and I assigned myself eight specialities. Let me know if my straight ability work looks clean. I'm saving one Destiny point for future burn usage. As far as qualities and disadvantages go, I kind of guessed at how they worked, because i couldn't find any information on how to pick them, and what not. If I have to spend a Destiny point for the favored spell, I would rather not, if I get it for free because I took a disadvantage, or something, let me know. I definitely don't completely understand this system yet.

Character sheet

Name: Vexa R. Gaudia
House: Slytherin
Age: 19 (third year)
Appearance: She looks like a haunted porcelain doll. Vexa dresses in expensive clothing. She comes from a wealthy, well-to-do family, but she can wear these clothes without a pompous look on her face. She has long curling black hair and pale white skin that often contrasts to her dark green clothing. Proud of her Slytherin house, she flies the colours often. Long and thin, tall, and almost gangly, Vexa looks unhealthy most days, she doesn't like to sleep, and she wears heavy make-up around her eyes anyway. It's mostly genetic though, her self image is high, and she considers herself to be one of the sexier women at the school.
Brief background: Vexa's father had a family history of witchcraft that dated deep into the old days. Her mother's side of the family was more modern, but she was born a pure blood, and she's deathly proud of it. Their family hadn't been active at hog-warts for many decades, now, Vexa and her two older brother's are studying with dire intensity. (friends in high places - brothers). For years, both of her parents' families were hidden in the muggle world. So, she is only slightly removed from the every day life of people unaccustomed to the world of wizardry. She feels like this gives her an advantage over 'hog-wart kids', especially 'hogwart mud-bloods'. These are both families that have attended the school for a long time and no longer see the privilege that they have as long expected students, and fantastic childhoods. Vexa didn't always know that she would be at hog-warts, so she treats every day like the last day of her life.
Personality: Vexa is an opportunist at heart, and a thinker when it comes to every day life. She does look at every conversation like a challenge, and all of her fellow students are rivals. This nature comes out of her more often than anything else, and she treats most people rather poorly, including her instructors. However, she does respect people, and she is willing to help them if she receives something in return. Respect doesn't always equate to friendship, Vexa is cold, and doesn't truly like to spend time with other people. She is willing to make friends, but its hard to say if she's able to. Most people would likely have a difficult time trusting her, and on good merit. But, she is capable of being a good person. It just goes heavily unadvertised.

Qualities: Friends in High Places: +1B to all Persuasion tests with characters of Status 4 or greater.
Favored Spell: Choose any spell you have cast successfully.  The DC to cast that spell in the future is lowered by 3.
Disadvantages: Poor Health: Reduce Endurance tests to remove injuries or wounds by 3.

THE NUMBERS

Agility                 - FOUR-
Animal Handling - TWO-
Athletics             - TWO-
Awareness         - FOUR-
                *Empathy: Determine true intentions
Cunning             - THREE-
                *Decipher: To determine true meaning of coded messages or messages in another language
                *Memory: Recall useful information when the time is needed
Deception           -THREE-
Endurance          - TWO-
Fighting              - TWO-
Knowledge         - THREE-
                *Education: History of Magic, Astronomy, Muggle Studies
                *Research: Searching for the answers needed
Magical Expertise  - THREE-
Magical Projection - THREE-
               *(Charms)
Magical Studies      - THREE-
      *Herbology
Marksmanship        - TWO-
Persuasion             - THREE-
Reflexes                 - TWO-
Status                     - THREE-
                *Reputation: You are able to make yourself seem and appear more important then your actual position warrants
Stealth                  - TWO-
Will                        - FOUR-

STATS
Intrigue Defense= 6
Composure= 12
Combat Defense= 6
Health= 6
Passive Resistance= 8  OR 16
Damage= 1/0/3
Movement= 4
Sprint= 16

Destiny point Invested upon character creation - FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES. I like this a lot!

WAND
Warped: Your wand has knots in it that interfere with casting, and builds up magical energy.  -1 to all casting rolls, 1 in 6 chance to add +2 to affect rolls.

I think that's everything? Let me know what you think Kckolbe, I think I told you i was going to PM this, but I got really excited, and wanted to share it.

[TheHangedOne]

By the way, KC, I was thinking about familiars and such, and had an idea for Gustav's. I wanted him to have either a purebred Kneazle (with an appropriate license for owning one), or a mixed one (Half-kneazle, half-lynx), which would still be a fairly large and semi-dangerous familiar.

[AribethAmkiir]

still interested but I won't be able to look at this until Friday.

[kckolbe]

Photo, your character is fine mechanically.  The extra destiny point you have left over is either used to buy a new quality, or just saved for an "oh shit" moment.  I'd like to point out that she has quite a bit in common with HangedMan's character, so I would like you both to see if you are okay with that.  Also, I'll PM you with some other ideas.

If you want an animal companion that is "above the norm," I'd have to require a quality for it (there's one in SoIaF I can use), and it likely has Animal Handling 3 as a prereq. 

Aribeth, glad to have you back on board.  For those who don't know, she was in the last attempt at this game, which damn near made it through the night of everyone's arrival.

[TheHangedOne]

I'm okay with some overlap.

[Photo]

I read over Hanged man's character, and they are very diffferent. as far as i can see, similar stat builds, but different focus' for sure. We're both dark characters, and we'll probably get along. I think it'll be nice that we have another little evil kindred spirit to cling to. Vexa does need a friend at this school.

I am taking poor health in order to have a favoured spell, and I'll be hanging on to one Destiny point for future use. I'll be looking at the spells soon, to figure out which ones I am capable of, and which one my favoured spell is. I'll place all of it at the end of this post and my character sheet.

and finally, I'm willing to move her to Ravenclaw if it helps the game, Kckolbe.

[TheHangedOne]

Hmmhmmhmm. This should be fun.  :-) Though I would like to note, that even though Gustav is technically a Dark Wizard and comes from a line of pure-blood Dark Wizards, he's more of an anti-villain then anything else.

Edit: Also, kckolbe, did you see my post in reference to familiars?

[kckolbe]

There definitely are some differences, but just wanted to make sure both players are happy.

HangedMan, here was my response to your familiar question.

If you want an animal companion that is "above the norm," I'd have to require a quality for it (there's one in SoIaF I can use), and it likely has Animal Handling 3 as a prereq. 

Lastly, I am not really paying much attention to Houses and year for now.

[TheHangedOne]

Whoops. Looks like I should put another point into my reading comprehension.  :-[ Okay, hmm, I will stick with just a regular cat, then.

[Kdyami]

If you've got room for one more male I'd love to have a go at this. 

I'm very unfamilliar with system's but I read the "rules" and it all makes sense.  I can have the numbers up tonight and you can let me know what I need to fix.

[kckolbe]

Still plenty of room for both genders.  Looking forward to seeing the first draft.

[Sephiriel]

Have no fear for Jane is....

oh, just in time to read on the latest posts. I am also interested in this although I am fairly new to systems...please don't throw tomatoes at me if I make a mistake or two with my character's stats (should have one up in the next couple of days)

I could make a female or a male, just let me know which do you need most.

[TheHangedOne]

Good to see you, Jane.  :-) If you need help, let me know.

[kckolbe]

Welcome, Jane.  Don't worry about being new to systems.  This is a fairly simple one to learn.  In fact, only two people here (including me), have ever played this system, and I will offer plenty of advice as you create your character.

If you have no preference, then I would go female.  We seem about even, perhaps slightly ahead on women, but I have a considerable number of male NPCs, so right now the overall numbers favor males.  I can not say it is a strong preference at this point.  However, I haven't asked if anyone plans on playing more than one character.  Bear in mind that second and other characters start with three fewer points than primary characters.

[TheHangedOne]

I might end up playing another student.  I am curious, consequently, of what the point spread is for them, though.

[kckolbe]

What do you mean by the point spread?  Instead of 20 points for abilities you would only have 17.

[TheHangedOne]

No other changes for specialties or fate points or anything? Okay.

[kckolbe]

I am considering 2 points less for specialties as well, but it doesn't seem to be much of an issue either way.

[TheHangedOne]

So, how does this look? Pretty sure the math is right, but wanting to double check.  Also, anybody want to take a guess at what his favorite class is?  :D

Agility 3
Animal Handling 4 Ride 1B, Charm 1B
Athletics 3
Awareness - 3
Cunning - 2
Deception 2
Endurance 4 Resilience 1B
Fighting  2
Knowledge - 3
Magical Expertise 3
Magical Projection 3
Magical Studies 3
Marksmanship 2
Persuasion 2 Charm 1B
Reflexes 3 Quickness 1B
Status 2
Stealth 2
Will 3 Dedication 1B

Qualities: Night Eyes, Danger Sense
Drawbacks: None

Intrigue Defense: 4
Composure: 9
Combat Defense: 6
Health: 12
Passive Resistance: 16/12
Damage: 2/1/4
Movement: 4 yards
Sprint: 16 yards

[kckolbe]

Wow, two characters focusing on Animal Handling.  Definitely unexpected.  Go ahead and remove 2 points of specialties.  I want there to be a little more separation.

[TheHangedOne]

Wow, two characters focusing on Animal Handling.  Definitely unexpected.  Go ahead and remove 2 points of specialties.  I want there to be a little more separation.

Done. Removed Herbology and Train.

[kckolbe]

Sweet.  Just so you both know, BetaBonk is working on a Animal Handling type as well, but I don't see it as a major issue since the characters are pretty different otherwise.  Also, Beta has the full points to cover other stuff with.

I do want to clarify something really quickly, since it may have been conveyed poorly.  I don't mind 5 in abilities if you want to spend the points on it.  I really don't.  The only reason I said to run it by me is that there are times when it doesn't work.  For example, no student can have a status of 5 (and even 4 requires some explanation).  Also, if someone was wanting to play a first or second year with a 5 in Magical Studies I probably wouldn't allow it.  So there are cases, but it isn't like I frown on them.  I believe I have two NPCs that have a 5 somewhere.

Also, just to make it official, I believe there is enough interest to go forward.  At this point, there are enough interested players to have two Houses with 4-5 each (if they all make characters), which is a good number.  It's tempting to shoot for all 4 Houses with 2-3 each, but I think that would make for rather awkward and more forced interaction early on.  I am still very interested in getting new players, so don't be shy. 

[Sephiriel]

*Raises hand*

Question Mr. GM! Can you tell us please how many players are there in all the 4 Houses: Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Gryffindor?
(that is if there are other players interested who haven't shown up on the OOC yet)

[kckolbe]

Right now, no PCs are allocated to Houses or years.  I am waiting until most of our folks are done with at least a first draft of their char sheets before starting that.  I likely will not have PCs in all four Houses unless we get a lot more players, as I don't want a House with less than 4 PCs in it.

[Photo]

I'm making another charry.

two if you'll let me Kckolbe.

and, good call on only four specialty points, the second class characters should be borderline useless(exaggerated to express concept) , as far as competitions and story goes.

[kckolbe]

As long as you are confident that you have the time to manage 3 characters, then you may play them.  Also, just to clarify

Primary Students: 20 in abilities, 8 specialty points, 2 Destiny Points
Other Students: 17 ability points, 6 specialty points, 2 Destiny Points

I can definitely vouch for the fact that secondary students can still be significant.  I made some damn challenging ones. 

[Photo]

righty- o, good clarification

I'll make my second one, and see how i feel about a third. sent you a pm Kckolbe, it's mega-relevant

[kckolbe]

I haven't received one from you Photo.

EDIT:  Never mind, I got it.

[kckolbe]

All right.  HangedMan, Photo, and BetaBonk are all just about done with their characters (at least the primary ones), and I have started working with Rel Mayer and AribethAmkiir.  Hoping to see some more drafts or at least concepts.  Matthew, Lumasan, Calypso, Kdyami, and Jane, please let me know if I can help or if you are just no longer interested.  Either would be completely understandable.

Also, for anyone who cares about gender ratios, it looks like we are a bit heavier on males now.

[Sephiriel]

Still interested...by tomorrow you shall have at least a draft.

[BetaBonk]

This should be the finalized stats for my character... and if gender ratios are important for erotic considerations, I don't know how you'd want to count this lad as he's bi and yielding, so can count as female, depending upon the guy in question.  :-)

Main Char: Danner Higginbotham

BetaBonk's char; backstory & such to follow --
Agility 3
Animal Handling 5 - - Charm 1B, Train 1B
Athletics 2
Awareness 3 - - Empathy 1B
Cunning 3
Deception 2
Endurance 2
Fighting 2
Knowledge 2
Magical Expertise 3 - - Charms 1B
Magical Projection 3 – Charms 1B
Magical Studies 3 - - Potions 1B
Marksmanship 3 - - Ray 1B
Persuasion 4 - - Seduce 1B
Reflexes 3
Status 2
Stealth 2
Will 3

Qualities:
Lucky
Expertise: ME Charms
Fear of Corpses & Crypts (Necrophobia, includes Inferi in this setting)
(1 Destiny point reserved)

Intrigue Defense=5
Composure= 9
Combat Defense=5
Health= 6
Passive Resistance= 8, 12
Damage= 1, 0, 3
Movement= 4
Sprint= 16

[Kdyami]

Still interested, just having an emergency at work I'm finishing up should have it up late tonight or early tomorrow morning.

[Sephiriel]

Am I doing this right?

NUMBERS

Agility: 2
Animal handling: 2
Athletics: 2
Awareness: 3  - Empathy: Determine true intentions 1
Cunning: 3      - Memory: Recall useful information when the time is needed 1
Deception: 3    - Disguise:  Concealing ones identity visually 1
Endurance: 3   - Fortitude:  A chance to resist spells 1
Fighting: 2
Knowledge: 2
Magical Expertise: 3
Magical Projection: 4
Magical Studies: 3  - Defense Against the Dark Arts 1
Marksmanship: 2
Persuasion: 4           - Charm 1, Convince 1
Reflexes: 3
Status: 3     - Reputation: you are able to make yourself seem and appear more important then your actual position warrants 1
Stealth: 2
Will: 4

Qualities
Charismatic:  Choose a Persuasion Specialty, gain +2 bonus to all tests with that Specialty.
Compelling: Gain +1 to Influence with Charismatic Specialty in Social Combat.

Disadvantages
Supreme Arrogance:   You take a penalty to all Awareness tests equal to your Status rank.

Derived Stats
Intrigue Defense = 6
Composure = 12
Combat Defense = 4
Health = 9
Passive resistance = 12/16
Damage = 1 (armed)/ 0 (unarmed)
Movement=  4
Sprint = 16

[CalypsoNymph]

I'll admit I'm still interested, but I'm not sure if I should add another RP right now... would it be allright if I responded once every two or three days?  Or is that too slow?

[kckolbe]

Every three days is perfectly fine, and I don't want anyone posting IC more than once per char per day.  All I would ask as a possible exception is that if all I need from you is a roll for you to do the roll as quickly as possible or permit someone (whether it be me or another player) to do the roll for you so things don't get held up.

So, having seen four characters now, I can't help but notice that all seem to focus on social combat, and am not sure why.  I advertised this as a game that would feature a lot of Quidditch and duels and competitions, but no one's characters have been interested in those things.  Is everyone building their characters this way just because that seems standard?

I guess I'd like to know what kind of content you guys want from this game.

[Sephiriel]

I am quite interested in those things...just wanted my character to suck at competition when it comes to the physical/magical kind and give it the chance to improve. Does that make any sense?

[kckolbe]

It makes sense, but it would take a lot of experience all put into those areas to make her, and several others, competitive, and those experience points won't appear until some of the challenges are over with.  And it isn't just that no one has done Quidditch or dueling specs.  It's that everyone went to social combat.  If I had one social combat type, and one Arithmancy prodigy, and someone with a knack for animals (like Beta), I wouldn't mind as much, but every first draft character has been geared toward social combat.  I just don't get it is all, unless the idea is to prevent your char from being "out-argued/seduced" by another PC. 

Just one of those moments when a GM realizes that the players *might* not want the same thing as he does.  Right now, I worry that all the PCs are going to sit on the sidelines while the NPCs compete against each other.

[TheHangedOne]

I am, myself, not particularly interested in the sports. So it's hard for me to play a character that would be.

[TheHangedOne]

Quoted stats from earlier

Agility 3
Animal Handling 4 Ride 1B, Train 1B
Athletics 3
Awareness  3
Cunning  2
Deception 2
Endurance 4 Resilience 1B
Fighting  2
Knowledge  3
Magical Expertise 3
Magical Projection 3
Magical Studies 3
Marksmanship 2
Persuasion 2 Charm 1B
Reflexes 3 Quickness 1B
Status 2
Stealth 2
Will 3 Dedication 1B

Qualities: Night Eyes, Animal Cohort
Drawbacks: None

Intrigue Defense: 4
Composure: 9
Combat Defense: 6
Health: 12
Passive Resistance: 16/12
Damage: 2/1/4
Movement: 4 yards
Sprint: 16 yards

Fluffy bits!

Name: Alphonse "Al" Lanselot
Age: 17
Sexuality: heterosexual male

Height: 5'8
Weight: 220 lbs
Build: Wiry
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown

House:
Year:
Classes:

Wand: Nine inch long standard chestnut wand, core material is griffin feathers from Belda and Obda. This wand is particularly well suited for Alphonse, because of the personal connection he has with the animals providing the core material. It makes for a good defensive wand, but can be difficult to properly wield.

Personality: A wild child with a Fae demeanor, Alphonse` loves animals and the wilderness, where he is most at home. He has a tendency to speak his mind, and is very innocent, but not naive. He is slow to trust others, but when he comes to like a person, he is a fierce guardian of them, and not to be trifled with.

History: His parents have, for the longest of times, worked at a small ranch where they breed Griffins, and where they also teach wizards and witches how to handle them and ride them.  They also breed Krups, Kneazles, and many others, in addition to running a magical veterinarian service.

It is no shock, then, to see that Alphonse has a gift when it comes to animals. He understands them on an intuitive level, and much time spent amongst the animal kingdom has resulted in having a wild streak, and being a bit wary of his fellow man.

He spent much time as a child being taken care of by Belda and Obda (female and male, respectively), griffins that had been at the ranch for a long time, and which were personally owned by his parents. Belda loved to nurture him and take him for flights, even as a young child, and the mother griffin considers him one of her own.

He had a special request of Ollivander for when it came time to make his wand. He brought with him feathers from Belda and Obda, and wished for a wand to be specially made. His parents were supportive of this, and although it was highly unorthodox, the wandmaker acquiesced, as he could tell the significant bonds the child had with these animals, not to mention their own magical nature, would make for a well-suited wand.

He is known as something of a trouble maker around the school. He has never gotten into serious trouble, but does spend a lot of time in detention, because of his rambunctious nature.

When he grows up, he wants to work with dragons.

Familiar: A half-lynx half-kneazle named Memento Mori, typically referred to as Mori. A very large and predatory feline that is very protective of its master. Mori listens well to verbal commands from Al, though, and has never caused problems (though it's certainly frightened a few people over the years).

Mori has been allowed into the school as Alphonse's familiar on several factors: Technicality (being that even if it is a large cat, it is still a feline), the fact that his parents are well respected members of the magical community and carefully bred Mori themselves, and the fact that Alphonse has been able to demonstrate to the school staff that he is capable of handling the animal without difficulty.

[Kdyami]

Ok here's what I got. Let me know if this is right please.

First Attempt

Agility – 4
* Acrobatics – 1
Animal Handling – 2
Athletics – 3
Awareness – 2
Cunning – 3
Deception – 2
Endurance – 3
Fighting – 4
*Long Blade – 1
Knowledge – 2
Magical Expertise – 3
*Transfiguration – 2
Magical Projection  – 3
*transfiguration – 1
Magical Studies  – 3
Marksmanship – 3
Persuasion – 2
Reflexes – 4
*dodge – 1
*quickness – 1
Status – 2
Stealth – 3
*slight of hand – 1
Will – 2

Advantages
Animagus – Wolf
Fast
Night Eyes

Disadvanteges
Marked – Scares from a wolf attack

Derived Stats
Intrigue Defense=5
Composure= 6
Combat Defense=7
Health= 9
Damage= 2 armed, 1 for unarmed.  Large, two-handed weapons do 4

(Dont know where to get discipline and fortitude or run scores from)
Passive Resistance=12 + Fortitude OR 8 + Discipline,physical or mental
Movement= 4yards + (Run/2)
Sprint= Movement x4

[BetaBonk]

Just one of those moments when a GM realizes that the players *might* not want the same thing as he does.  Right now, I worry that all the PCs are going to sit on the sidelines while the NPCs compete against each other.

It may simply be a matter of perception.  I suspect most people have defaulted to social skills because school (both RL and at Hogwarts) is almost constant social combat.  The sports events and brawls are but brief intermissions among the social sparring.

But I'm sure if you ask for more physical characters, you'll get them.  I wouldn't mind making up a second (sporty) char, but this being my first outing in Elliquiy, I had been resisting taking too large a bite  :-)

[kckolbe]

Kdyami, definitely unexpected.  Was not expecting to see longblades on there.  Be interesting to see how that works out.  Planning on playing him as a Chaser or Keeper?  Also, will you use the format HangedMan did?

Hanged, if you want the familiar you described, you will need the Animal Cohort quality, which I have now added.  I will also need a justification from you on why such a strange animal when be allowed as a familiar, given that only toads, rats, owls, and cats are normally allowed.

Beta, that is possible.  I'll give it a shot and ask for more physical characters then.  Personally, I think that playing a social character will be harder, as there will be less going on to tie them into (though I did add something minor).  Feel free to do a second char. 

[TheHangedOne]

I edited. Ditched Charm for Train specialty, ditched Danger Sense for Animal Cohort. Plus, in the fluff, I added an explanation for why Mori is allowed at the bottom. Let me know if it works.

[kckolbe]

Yeah,  that works. 

[Kdyami]

I was thinking chaser actually yes but I'm open to whatever. I try to be a team player :)   I'm had a vision for a character that was raised not knowing about magic and then discovering he could perform it. And as such had grown up fencing. Will flesh it all out in the character sheet.

Ok. What format did HangedMan use?  And for what?  Because: Sure. If you want me to. But I don't know what that means.

[TheHangedOne]

I was thinking chaser actually yes but I'm open to whatever. I try to be a team player :)   I'm had a vision for a character that was raised not knowing about magic and then discovering he could perform it. And as such had grown up fencing. Will flesh it all out in the character sheet.

Ok. What format did HangedMan use?  And for what?  Because: Sure. If you want me to. But I don't know what that means.

I believe he's talking about what I used for the "fluffy bits".

Name:
Age:
Sexuality:

Height:
Weight:
Build:
Eyes:
Hair:

House:
Year:
Classes:

Wand:

Personality:

History:

Familiar:

[Photo]

very small rebuild. I changed my charms to curses, and I dropped my favoured spell for another destiny point.
Added photos for my own personal flavour, others are welcome to look though, bottom spoiler.

Character sheet

Name: Vexa R. Gaudia
House: Slytherin
Age: 19 (third year)
Appearance: She looks like a haunted porcelain doll. Vexa dresses in expensive clothing. She comes from a wealthy, well-to-do family, but she can wear these clothes without a pompous look on her face. She has long curling black hair and pale white skin that often contrasts to her dark green clothing. Proud of her Slytherin house, she flies the colours often. Long and thin, tall, and almost gangly, Vexa looks unhealthy most days, she doesn't like to sleep, and she wears heavy make-up around her eyes anyway. It's mostly genetic though, her self image is high, and she considers herself to be one of the sexier women at the school.
Brief background: Vexa's father had a family history of witchcraft that dated deep into the old days. Her mother's side of the family was more modern, but she was born a pure blood, and she's deathly proud of it. Their family hadn't been active at hog-warts for many decades, now, Vexa and her two older brother's are studying with dire intensity. (friends in high places - brothers). For years, both of her parents' families were hidden in the muggle world. So, she is only slightly removed from the every day life of people unaccustomed to the world of wizardry. She feels like this gives her an advantage over 'hog-wart kids', especially 'hogwart mud-bloods'. These are both families that have attended the school for a long time and no longer see the privilege that they have as long expected students, and fantastic childhoods. Vexa didn't always know that she would be at hog-warts, so she treats every day like the last day of her life.
Personality: Vexa is an opportunist at heart, and a thinker when it comes to every day life. She does look at every conversation like a challenge, and all of her fellow students are rivals. This nature comes out of her more often than anything else, and she treats most people rather poorly, including her instructors. However, she does respect people, and she is willing to help them if she receives something in return. Respect doesn't always equate to friendship, Vexa is cold, and doesn't truly like to spend time with other people. She is willing to make friends, but its hard to say if she's able to. Most people would likely have a difficult time trusting her, and on good merit. But, she is capable of being a good person. It just goes heavily unadvertised.

Qualities: Friends in High Places: +1B to all Persuasion tests with characters of Status 4 or greater.
.
Disadvantages: Poor Health: Reduce Endurance tests to remove injuries or wounds by 3.

THE NUMBERS

Agility                 - FOUR-
Animal Handling - TWO-
Athletics             - TWO-
Awareness         - FOUR-
                *Empathy: Determine true intentions
Cunning             - THREE-
                *Decipher: To determine true meaning of coded messages or messages in another language
                *Memory: Recall useful information when the time is needed
Deception           -THREE-
Endurance          - TWO-
Fighting              - TWO-
Knowledge         - THREE-
                *Education: History of Magic, Astronomy, Muggle Studies
                *Research: Searching for the answers needed
Magical Expertise  - THREE-
Magical Projection - THREE-
               *(Curses)
Magical Studies      - THREE-
      *Herbology
Marksmanship        - TWO-
Persuasion             - THREE-
Reflexes                 - TWO-
Status                     - THREE-
                *Reputation: You are able to make yourself seem and appear more important then your actual position warrants
Stealth                  - TWO-
Will                        - FOUR-

STATS
Intrigue Defense= 6
Composure= 12
Combat Defense= 6
Health= 6
Passive Resistance= 8  OR 16
Damage= 1/0/3
Movement= 4
Sprint= 16

Destiny point Invested upon character creation - FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES. I like this a lot!

WAND
Warped: Your wand has knots in it that interfere with casting, and builds up magical energy.  -1 to all casting rolls, 1 in 6 chance to add +2 to affect rolls.

photography NSFW at the end 'Sort-ofSFW' at the beginning

[Kdyami]

I believe he's talking about what I used for the "fluffy bits".

Ahh. Ok. Cool deal. Should have that up after work. Aka very early tomorrow.

[kckolbe]

I was thinking chaser actually yes but I'm open to whatever. I try to be a team player :)   I'm had a vision for a character that was raised not knowing about magic and then discovering he could perform it. And as such had grown up fencing. Will flesh it all out in the character sheet.

Ok. What format did HangedMan use?  And for what?  Because: Sure. If you want me to. But I don't know what that means.

It's definitely a workable concept.  Conventional combat is rarely seen in the setting, so I streamlined the rules for it considerably, since in the system I adapted this from, combat was a large portion of the rules.  Let me do a quick glance over at damage and make sure I am happy with that, as I didn't playtest normal combat as much.  Still, liking the character. 

As far as format, I meant for the numbers.  Basically I was looking for

Agility 4 Acrobatics 1B
instead of
Agility – 4
* Acrobatics – 1

Photo, looks good, and lovin the pictures.  Were you still wanting her to be a Seeker? 

[Kdyami]

Ok not a problem. Though question. What's the B stand for?

[kckolbe]

Bonus. 

[Kdyami]

*smacks forehead*  duh.   Thanks.

[kckolbe]

Not a problem.  Right now we are at six approved PCs, with Photo and Beta working up secondary characters, so I definitely feel comfortable running two Houses.  In addition, we still have some other folks working on theirs.  I am still accepting more players, by the way, with a slight preference toward female characters.  I would also like to see an academic type or duelist type if that helps, and more Quidditch players are always welcome. 

So, based on the characters thrown out so far, which Houses do you think they should be?  If I had to guess I would say Slytherin and Ravenclaw seem pretty likely.

Also, what ages, and school years would you like to see?  I don't expect everyone to be in the same year, but if we could get all of the students into 2-3 years I think that would work well.

[TheHangedOne]

Slytherin and Ravenclaw would be good, I think. Could switch Gustav out from Ravenclaw, which is where I initially wanted him; he'd fit in better in Slytherin. And then Alphonse could be in Ravenclaw.

Personally, I'd like to see them in the middle years. Maybe 5th and 6th years? Also, how are you fluffing out the years and such? Since, traditionally, kids attended the school at... what, 13? How is the discrepancy explained?

[kckolbe]

The normal starting age was 11, but that will likely not be the case here.  Due to the sometimes dangerous nature of the school, it was agreed that such education would be put on hold for a number of years to be determined by us.

And for everyone, don't pick a House for your PCs yet, just a couple of Houses that you think would fit.  I want to split up the cast somewhat evenly and don't want you getting too attached to the idea of being in a certain House.  Again, if there are considerations you want me to follow (like having your two chars be in different Houses or wanting to be in the same or different House as another character), please PM me with them.

[Kdyami]

Id like Ravenclaw if I get a choice, but I'll go wherever the sorting hat sends me.  As for years I'm open.  Ideally the start of 6th, having finished OWLs and preparing for NEWTs.  But 5th year preparing for OWLs could be cool too. So I'd agree with HangedMan 5th/6th.  But like I said I'm open to general consensus, or GM decision.  It's all good.

[Photo]

I had this in mind when I made Vexa, so she's a third year at the age of 19. And considering how weak our characters our, we can do very powerful things, but none of us are exemplar wizard types, since we had an unrestrained cap of 4 while in creation (by unrestrained cap, it was suggested to stay below 5, but its ok if it makes sense). So I like the idea that we're all in our first four years, still unsure of powerful we could actually be.

Also, yes, Vexa is a seeker,
and it would be neat if she was a slytherin, while her older brother (my other character, coming soon) was a ravenclaw, and they competed against each other!

oh snap!

that would would be sooo much fun, what do you think, Kckolbe, the actual houses don't matter much to me, but it would be cool if she was such a black-sheep, the sorting hat figured she would be better away from her siblings, separating their houses accordingly. She could be a Slytherin or a Ravenclaw at this point, and i would make her older brother a huge antagonist for her, since controlling one player on two separate sides of the quidditch (field) has huge godmode potential, and I don't plan on taking advantage of that.

[kckolbe]

19 might be a bit high for a third year, as that would be six years older than students had been.  It is possible, if everyone is okay with that.  I think 3rd year is as low as I would want PCs to be.  That way they can be in elective classes.

I am definitely okay with splitting up a player's characters.  Were you saying that you would want me to control one of your characters when they compete against each other?  I am willing to do that, just making sure we are on the same page.

[TheHangedOne]

How about this for an idea? Character start school at 16 (the youngest age you can have on E, if I remember correctly). So it would be almost like a college, now; maybe say their was some sort of magical school before this that dealt with theoretical things, and imparted the importance of maturity and responsibility and such?

Or maybe it was all just history and arithmancy and stuff like that?

Though if we did that, I would need to adjust Gustav's age a bit, to make him Post-OWLS.

[kckolbe]

While I've seen Hogwarts college settings go over well, I would rather keep it the same school with just a slightly higher age of enrollment.  I was thinking first years need to be at least 14, since I don't plan on having PCs under year 3. 

[TheHangedOne]

Sounds good to me.

[BetaBonk]

Time for a little more detail... as to Houses...

Main Char: the boi with a knack for critters, let's call him Danner Higginbotham, half-blood.  Really strikes me as a Hufflepuff, but Ravenclaw might take him.

Secondary Char: the energetic sports-gal, she'll be Daria Dippet, pureblood... and no possible candidate for Ravenclaw  XD she could do well just about anywhere else, however.

[Sephiriel]

Here go mine:

FIRST CHARACTER SHEET

Name:  Charlize Renard
Nationality: British
Pureblood (second generation)
Age: 17
Year: 4th
House: Hufflepuff
Distinguishing Features: shoulderlength curly red hair, amber eyes, full lips. Lean, slender constitution, a small chest, very long legs. 
Personality: Charlize is likely to never be found standing alone. Always a small group around her, always in the middle of a crowd, among friends – which never seem to lack in number – or chatting casually with her teachers. Basically everyone seems to like her and she seems to love everyone. While not probably the most popular student at Hogwarts, Charlize is definitely amongst the privileged. Talkative, spontaneous, the life of the party, always in a good disposition. Not much of an athlete and also less fond of studying, she compensates through humor, charm and oratorical speech. One of her best qualities is the gift of storytelling and sometimes she tends to relate events in a better light than it actually happened. 
Background: There isn’t much to tell about her family, except that she has two loving parents and no siblings. Her closest friend is actually her cousin, a non-magic who now works at Gringotts. 
Interesting fact: Charlize is very fond of cute, small pets, but strangely frightened by anything not fitting into this category. Large animals and even medium sized ones are to be avoided at all times, according to her mindset.

WAND: Wood Macassar Ebony, Length 15 1/4 inches, Veela hair core

NUMBERS

Agility: 2
Animal handling: 2
Athletics: 2
Awareness: 3  - Empathy: Determine true intentions 1
Cunning: 3      - Memory: Recall useful information when the time is needed 1
Deception: 3    - Disguise:  Concealing ones identity visually 1
Endurance: 3   - Fortitude:  A chance to resist spells 1
Fighting: 2
Knowledge: 2
Magical Expertise: 3
Magical Projection: 4
Magical Studies: 3  - Defense Against the Dark Arts 1
Marksmanship: 2
Persuasion: 4           - Charm 1, Convince 1
Reflexes: 3
Status: 3     - Reputation: you are able to make yourself seem and appear more important then your actual position warrants 1
Stealth: 2
Will: 4

Qualities
Charismatic:  Choose a Persuasion Specialty, gain +2 bonus to all tests with that Specialty. (Convince)
Compelling: Gain +1 to Influence with Charismatic Specialty in Social Combat.

Disadvantages
Supreme Arrogance:   You take a penalty to all Awareness tests equal to your Status rank.

Derived Stats
Intrigue Defense = 6
Composure = 12
Combat Defense = 4
Health = 9
Passive resistance = 12/16
Damage = 1 (armed)/ 0 (unarmed)
Movement=  4
Sprint = 16

SECOND CHARACTER SHEET

Name: Basil Brancoveanu
Nationality: Romanian
Muggleborn
Age: 19
Year: 6th
House: Hufflepuff
Distinguishing Features: broad forehead, proeminent cheekbones, defined chin, firm features of the face. Broad shoulders, fairly tall, stands out in a crowd. His muscles are not very toned, but well defined, shows signs of a beer belly. Has a strange habit to always stand, almost never sits. Hair colour: brown, has a buzz cut. Eye colour: green.
Skin tone: fair.
Personality: not a very talkative person, likes to keep to himself. He suffers from the “new guy complex”, feeling like he doesn’t fit anywhere except when he’s on the soccer field or in training. Usually he shows a very disciplined, army-type behaviour and acts extremely friendly only when huge amounts of alcohol are involved. He really likes to drink and is rather enjoying it than being addicted.
Background: born and raised in the Romanian fields, Basil is the eldest child of five and the son of a sheperd. He discovered his magical talents at the age of nine, when a wolf attacked his father’s herd. His grandmother saw young Basil throwing a stick in the air which caught fire instantly and she knew he had the blessing. She was the village exorcist and main healer. Her passion and knowledge of healing herbs and potions was passed on to Basil.
Interesting fact: Basil is actually very religious, although he’s seen more as an occultist in the school than a good athlete. Probably due to his romanian heritage, where curses and demonical possesions seem to fill the folklore.

WAND: Snakewood, Ebony, Maple ,16 1/4 inches, Unknown core, Warped

NUMBERS

Agility: 3                  *Acrobatics: Perform flips, tumbles, balance, somersaults 1
Animal handling: 2
Athletics: 4              *Strength: Aids in tests where physical strength is required 1
                              *Throw: Used for objects not designed to be thrown 1
Awareness:2 
Cunning: 2     
Deception: 2 
Endurance: 3         *Stamina: Better chance to recover from injuries and wounds 1
Fighting: 4             *Unarmed 1
Knowledge: 2
Magical Expertise: 2
Magical Projection: 3
Magical Studies: 3    *Potions 1
Marksmanship: 2
Persuasion: 2           
Reflexes: 4
Status: 2     
Stealth: 2
Will: 3


Qualities
Talented*: Choose an Ability, gain +1 for all tests with that Ability (Fighting)
Lucky: Once per in game week OR once per chapter, whichever comes first, reroll one test, take the best result.

Disadvantages
Alcoholic: When faced with a troubling situation, must make a Formidable (12) Will test, or turn to alcohol (or drugs) to calm your nerves.  While intoxicated, you have a -2 penalty to all tests.  If you are in a place where alcohol is readily available, you become roaring drunk and have a -2D penalty.  Penalties remain until you get a good night's sleep.  Each hour of sleep, make a Challenging (9) Endurance test.  Success reduces the penalty by 1 (3 reductions equal 1D).  If no alcohol is available within the hour of failing the test, you go into withdrawal and suffer a -1D penalty.  You also must make a Hard (15) Will test to resist any readily available alcoholic drink.  This drawback may be substituted for another addictive drug.

Derived Stats
Intrigue Defense =  4
Composure = 9
Combat Defense =  7
Health = 9
Passive resistance = 12/12
Damage = 3 (armed)/ 2 (unarmed)
Movement=  4
Sprint = 16

[TheHangedOne]

Hahaha. I can't wait to see what happens when Charlize gets to meet Mori, who, in typical cat fashion, will likely be going, to himself, "Yessss, human. You are wise to fear me." Evil, evil creatures, they are.

[Sephiriel]

Yes, a clash of the social creatures ( I suppose it's fair to call it that). Yummy  ::)

[kckolbe]

Hm, perhaps Alphonse should be in the same House as Chalize then.  How would everyone feel about Hufflepuff and Slytherin for the two PC Houses?

[BetaBonk]

Secondary character as approved by GM:

Second Char; Daria Dippet

Agility 4 - - Fly 1B
Animal Handling 2
Athletics 3 - - Strength 1B
Awareness 3
Cunning 2
Deception 2
Endurance 3 - - Stamina 1B
Fighting 3
Knowledge 2
Magical Expertise 3 - - Conjuration 1B
Magical Projection 3
Magical Studies 2
Marksmanship 3 - - Thrown 1B
Persuasion 2
Reflexes 4 - - Dodge 1B
Status 3
Stealth 2
Will 3

Qualities:
Hardy
(1 Destiny Point reserved)

Intrigue Defense=5
Composure= 9
Combat Defense=7
Health= 9
Passive Resistance= 12, 12
Damage= 2, 1, 4
Movement= 4
Sprint= 16

Descriptions & backstory to follow.

[Sephiriel]

Btw, do pets have magical properties or anything of the sort? *thinking of Mori*

[TheHangedOne]

Well, Mori, despite being only half-kneazle, does have all the tendencies and traits of a full one.

By the way, should I stat him out? How would I do that?

[BetaBonk]

Here are the RP details for my two characters:

Main Char, Danner Higginbotham

Name: Danner Higginbotham
Family: half-blood, witch mother
Sexuality: Bi, prefers guys; usually submissive, but seductive when it serves his purpose

Age:
Year:
House:

Description: Physically slight, if not downright delicate, his boyish appearance is exaggerated by his habit of using Madam Milkin's Fuzz-Begone depilatory cream on every part of his body he can reach.  A mop of wavy brown-gold hair and a cupid's-bow mouth complete the effect.
Character:  Precociously sexual practically from the start, he learned some harsh lessons in his youth and while at Hogwarts keeps a much tighter rein on his sensuality.  Nonetheless, he has earned a certain reputation, and isn't at all embarrassed by it.  He will still use his charms quite happily when he thinks the situation warrants it.
When he first arrived at school, he wasn't sure he belonged there at all.  The only useful tool for advancement or achievement he ever had was sex, and he could not see what Hogwarts had to teach him about that.  But in his first year, while wandering away from his teachers, he stumbled across a paddock containing a dangerous three-headed dog intended for a seventh-year course.  The instructor was more than a little nonplussed to find the beast playing happily with the lad as if they had been pals forever.  It was then that Danner discovered his charms went beyond the sensual -- he adored animals and they returned the favor.  And so he now applies himself towards a future career he could not have imagined before entering Hogwarts.

Wand: Silver Maple, 10 inches, narrow and springy, Unicorn tail (+1 rays, -1 fighting)
Animal: Boreal Owl named Buggaboo.

Secondary Char, Daria Dippet

Name: Daria Dippet
Family: respected pureblood, at least 4 generations
Sexuality: hetero

Age:
Year:
House:

Description: A curvaceous lass sometimes described as “big-boned”, but there's as much muscle as puppy-fat there.  She has a bright and pretty face, mostly unremarkable but for the dimples in her cheeks, and long straight blond hair that she wears loose except when competing, when she usually does it up in coiled braids.
Character: Parents often call her “high-spirited” or “a handful,” but teachers usually say “hellion” and “trouble-maker.”  As if on a permanent sugar-high, making Daria sit still would be a job for a battalion of aurors.  At home, she has proved to be an expensive child, what with the dirty clothing from all her outdoor romps, and the collateral damage from her habit of moving at top speed and her apparent delight in colliding with things.
At Hogwarts, it is apparent to all that she is not there for the book-learning.  Although not at all stupid, her patience for scholastic subjects is almost nonexistent.  It is the sports that fire her enthusiasm, and she has thrown herself into Quidditch with her usual energy.

Wand: Teak, 9 inches, rather stiff, Dragon Heart-string
Animal: an abnormally large and sometimes aggressive rat called Sabretooth.

[Photo]

I'm down for hufflepuff and Slytherin, it would be very interesting if Vexa was a hufflepuff. It would perplex her, for sure (this would make her brother's slytherin). I like the idea of her dressed in gold.

and I suppose you could play Vexa's older brother during the quidditch matches, that makes sense to me. More sense than what i had in mind.

[kckolbe]

Kinda tired, so will think on the kneazle as I am not familiar with them.  I will update the rules later, btw, but I have decided that longswords do dmg equal to ath as opposed to ath-1.  Small, light weapons (daggers) will do ath-1 or agi-2, whichever is higher. 

IMPORTANT INFO/QUESTIONS

If no one objects to Hufflepuff and Slytherin, then we will go with that.  The only other viable option would be Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw.  When designing your character, please list whether muggle-born, mudblood, or pureblood.  If pureblood, please tell me how many generations of pureblood your char can claim (1, 2, or 3+).  There will be no mechanical benefits for this choice, but will affect RP.  If in Slytherin, the members of your House will know your blood status.  If in Hufflepuff, you may be able to have kept it secret.

Also, the last call made was that 1st year students would be either 14 or 15, then just add one year for every school year higher.  If this has a considerable impact on your char, please say so here.

We are getting close to the end of recruiting.  More chars welcome, particularly female chars as the m:f ratio is above 2:1, which usually means trouble.  I will update the first post with desired character types. 

Thanks to everyone who has been active so far.  I really appreciate all of the input and, more importantly, the energy I have seen.  I have much higher hopes for this round.

[TheHangedOne]

Gustav is pure blood, 7 generations (and like many pure families, they have a very detailed family tree).

Both of Alphonse's parents were half-bloods, so would that make him a half-blood, too?  ???

Also, I will be going back and just tweaking both of their ages, to keep it consistent.

Edit: Gustav is 19. Alphonse is 17.

[kckolbe]

That means he is a first generation pure blood.  While there were witches and wizards for generations before that, he is the first direct descendant of a witch and wizard since the last bit of "taint."

[TheHangedOne]

Ahh, that makes sense. Thank you.

[BetaBonk]

While I carry the dim view of Slytherin house as taught me by the books, I must agree that Hufflepuff v. Slytherin makes for a far better dynamic than Hufflepuff v. Ravenclaw.

Of my characters, Danner seems spot on for Hufflepuff, but Daria could go either way... her blood status would work well in Slytherin but she might be scored down by her lack of subterfuge  :-) (perhaps if she winds up in Slytherin I can add 'Insubordinate' to help her fit in  XD )

[kckolbe]

"You know, I sometimes think we Sort too soon." -Albus Dumbledore.

An amazing quote from Deathly Hallows, and hands down the best defense against concerns of a char not fitting a House.  Maybe Daria's family had been Slytherin, or a childhood friend.  Being a kid, she wanted Slytherin because it was expected.

I will say that you will be seeing a different kind of Slytherin dynamic.  The first character I worked on was a Slytherin antagonist, someone that could be respected and hated and occasionally admired.  I wanted Bill Fucking Cutting in wizard robes, and I am happy with how he turned out.  Remember that Slytherin at the time was a product of Voldemort.  Carrying the party line of pure blood supremacy was required, and even the ones who didn't agree or who weren't pure bloods knew better than to speak out against it.  Also, Slytherin was written to be the antagonist to the hero House of Gryffindor.  In this game, Gryffindor is not as significant, so Slytherin does not have to run contrary to them.

Hope that helps.

[Photo]

second character is coming today. I will make it a female for the games sake, Vexa's older sister, her name will be Gilda.

AGE ADJUSTMENTS
Vexa- 18 - 3rd year -hufflepuff
Gilda -21- 5th year -slytherin

Each of them have five generations of pure blood on their mothers side, and fifteen generations of pure blood on their father's side.

does all of that sound good?

[kckolbe]

The ages are a bit high.  If they both started at 14-15, then a 3rd year would be 16-17 and a 5th year 18-19.

[Photo]

oh, ok. That's fine.

Vexa will be 17 and Gilda will be 19 then

[Photo]

Name: Gilda Joy Gaudia

Age: 18 (5th year)

Sexuality: bi-sexual

Height: 5'7

Weight: 134

Build: Gilda is in solid shape. Much less petite than her sister, Gilda is shaped more like a woman. She's taller, and her hips are wider than most girls her age. She holds herself high, and very much like that of a fine gentleman. She'll grow taller in the coming years, and thin out, for now, she has yet to completely grow into herself.

Eyes: nearly black

Hair: dark brown

Appearance: Gilda wears fine clothes, and she dresses her hair extensively every morning. Her shadow seems to glow in colour, and her laugh is more physical than it is aural. She has baby fat on her face, her legs, arms, and stomach, but it's not noticeable unless she's in an unassuming pose. She is regal and intimidating, pretty, but not gorgeous, Gilda is a classic beauty. But, she typically has a disapproving glare glued to her brow.

House: the opposite of Vexa. Probably Ravenclaw or Slytherin

Year: 5

Wand: Narrow: Your wand is long and thin, perhaps slightly frail.  +1 rays, -1 fighting

Personality: Gilda is proper, refined, careful with her word chose and considerably more respectful than her other peers. Her family is known for their cunning, and their royal sense of character. There is a genuine charisma about Gilda, she's difficult to disagree with, and easy to follow. However, she's spent all of her time on social prowess and quidditch practice, so she is actually very foolish and naive about almost everything. Her wise voice is only a show that hides the stupid little girl inside.

History: mostly here to adjust Vexa's and clear things up, since they share a very similar background (same family). Vexa has one older sister, and no brothers. Gilda has one younger sister, and no brothers. Growing up, it was easy for their parents to favour Gilda, for even while Vexa was a baby, she was mostly concerned with her own business, and didn't crave a lot of attention, nor did her parents give her any attention. Gilda was the hero of the family, and always the favourite.

Numbers

Agility 3 Fly 1B Acrobatics 1B
Animal Handling 2
Athletics 3
Awareness 2
Cunning 3
Deception 2
Endurance 2
Fighting 2
Knowledge 2
Magical Expertise 3
Magical Projection  2
Magical Studies 2
Marksmanship 3 Rays 1B
Persuasion 4
Reflexes 3
Status 5 Bureaucracy 1B Reputation1B
Stealth 2
Will 3 Discipline 1B

Advantages
Cohort: One student is created to assist this character (I can use Vexa if Kckolbe lets me, or I can make a 3rd character, one that's basically an NPC)
Cadre: Ten students follow Gilda around like puppies
Acrobatic Defense: Prerequisite Agility 3 (Acrobatics 1B). Lesser action to add Acrobatics to Combat Defense.

Disadvanteges
Naive, and doesn't know that she is naive, making her extra naive.

Derived Stats
Intrigue Defense=8
Composure= 9
Combat Defense=6
Health= 6
Damage= I simply don't know anymore. help.

Passive Resistance=8 + Fortitude OR 12 + Discipline,physical or mental
Movement= 4yards + (Run/2)
Sprint= Movement x4

pictures, NSFwork.or.iguess

[kckolbe]

Damn she is beautiful.  I loved Girl Next Door.  And yeah, Photo, that does suck.

[Photo]

girl next door? is that Elisha cuthbert with brown hair?

[kckolbe]

It looks like her to me.  So, we are at 8 PCs so far, 9 once you are done.  Two more are in the works from other players, one of which is almost done.  Thank you.  This is more than double the characters I had in the last attempt at this, and it gives me the ability to play Hogwarts the way I wanted Harry Potter to be, with everything happening to different people, and I am really looking forward to it. 

I have about the nine or so NPCs that I intend to have of some presence, which will further fill out the Houses.  I do have one very important question about the NPCs, though.  Right now I have some major NPCs in the PC Houses.  The plus to this is that plot hooks delivered from those characters will be a touch more convenient, and it should help fuel the rivalry between the PC Houses.  The downside to this is that they may overshadow their PC teammates at times. 

Additionally, I could have the major ones in the NPC Houses, which would "balance the load" a bit and give the PCs more opportunities as well as allowing all PCs to experience the joy of having these characters as rivals.  It also makes it so that interesting characters are coming out of all four Houses.  On the downside, I did notice on the last attempt that no one seemed to care about what went on "in the background," and I worry that a potentially great source of story would be wasted.  Additionally, if we did separate the PCs and major NPCs, I would have to ask that the PC Houses be Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw.

PLEASE let me know how you feel on this.  It is, obviously, quite important.

[TheHangedOne]

Hmm.  Well, why not stick 1-3 NPCs in each of the player houses, and then divvy up the rest amongst the other two houses as filler?

[kckolbe]

There will be NPCs in every House.  My question was how you feel about which Houses the *major* ones are in. 

[TheHangedOne]

In that case, I honestly have no strong opinions on this particular matter.

[BetaBonk]

I'm just guessing here... but I do feel that the action should concentrate on what's going on between the PC houses.  It would be very nice for there to be some important NPCs in the other two houses that we would have to interact with occasionally -- it would feel a little weird to ignore them entirely  :-)

But concentrating on a two-house contest should serve the plot better.  As for the PCs being overshadowed, perhaps that can be taken care of with some timely contrivances like a sudden injury taking out a key character for a few days, that sort of thing.

[Photo]

very smart, betabonk, on every account. :)

I also don't have much of a preference with this issue, but I can +1 to what Beta said. Being overshadowed can make a player feel unimportant. My second character sheet will likely be up tonight, I'm less frustrated now.

[AribethAmkiir]

Ok, finally read through all of this.

KC, the "ignoring stuff in the background" wasn't so much people ignoring it as there was a scene concerning a single player that really ignored everyone else and then something important happened in that scene.  Plus, it was outside when everyone else was inside.  At the time, it really seemed like it had nothing to do with any other character and even if a character inside Hogwarts' castle wanted to react, it was debatable as to whether that would be meta-gaming.

So, the PC Houses are Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff?    :-\   I thought there was talk about Slytherin earlier?

Also, are we all doing sixth year students or is it going to be all over the place again.  Sure 9 PCs seems like a lot, but not if it's all split up like it was last time.

[Kdyami]

Ok so sorry this has taken forever to finish.  But here it goes:

Character Sheet

Name: Xavril (Zave-Rill)

Age: 19 (6th year)

Sexuality: Bi-Curious

Height: 6’2”

Weight: 250

Build: at 250lbs Xavril has been trained and excersized his entire life to accompany the grueling martial arts training his father put him through.   He is overly athletic but no bulging muscles belying his athletic appearance.

Eyes: one blue one white

Hair: blonde

Appearance: Xavril always carries the sword his mother gave him, often worn transfigured as a necklace around his neck. He refuses to hide the scars nor undergo surgery to remove them. They are his reminder not to take life for granted. He typically wears loose fitting clothes both for ease of movement and to hide his athletic form. He is totally unflustered by people staring at his scars yet he becomes super shy when people notice his body, be it working out in the gym or at a sporting event.

Wolf Form:  In his wolf form He retains his Heterochromia but his hair turns black with a white chest and paws

House: Slytherin

Year: 6th

Classes: potions, transfiguration, defense against the dark arts, charms, herbology, electives: weapon training, advanced dueling. 

Wand: Stout.  The remains of his mothers wand as well as his very own wand: yew and Boomslang Venom

Personality: Xavril trains constantly and not just his martial arts. He that through hard work he is able to achieve anything. He is mild mannered and indifferent to the drama of everyday life. He is always available to help other students with learning concepts and homework. He tries to work hard and stick to himself except during approved school competitions or class or the rare occasion he becomes involved in a "schoolyard" fight.  In those situations all bets are off. He is going to prove that someone with no prior knowledge of the wizarding world can become a true force to be feared.  Xavril is taking all his classes with the express purpose of being a Wizard Bounty Hunter of sorts, and Auror.  Be it beast, magical conjuration, mechanical creation, or dark wizard; Xavril is training to fight them wherever he finds them.

History: Xavril was born in America to two loving parents. His father was a martial artist who traveled the world performing and teaching. His mother was a witch. However his mother never told any of the family she was a witch.

As such Xavril grew up traveling with his parents, being homeschooled by his mother and trained in martial arts by his father. As such there was very little chance for magical aptitude to shine, maybe that was his mother’s intention, but never the less Xavril learned the value of hard work and discipline towards his goals.

One day they were coming home from an exhibition when their plane crashed high in the mountains killing almost everyone aboard including Xavril's father. Of those that managed too live some died from the elements or pre existing injury, others were picked off by the local pack of wolves. Xavril managed to survive with a broken leg and his mother in the seat next to him wasn't so lucky. She had survived the crash but needed nigh immediate surgery for a pierced lung, that she was never going to receive. Clawing at her bag she finds her nearly broken wand and manages to mend Xavril's leg. Notably shaken he freaks out telling her to fix herself, to get them out of there but she can't her wand is broken and even if it wasn't she's nearly out of magic, having not practiced and being very near death. She makes one last effort and pulls a pen knife from her purse. She takes these two items and with the help of whatever magic she has left she blends the wand into the knife making a weapon for her son to use. And with that last effort she dies in the crashed plane.

Xavril stays in the plane just long enough for his grief to abate because he knows the wolves will be drawn to the crash site. He makes his way into the trees and tries to find shelter. Along the way he has to fight through a pack of angry wolves. They surround him attacking from all sides scaring much of the left side of his face, neck and upper torso. But Xavril gives as good as he gets winding several with his new sword and finally killing one. The pack seeing the kill back off to keep him surrounded but let him move through the forest. Eventually Xavril finds a cave and hides inside.

For three days Xavril sits eating pieces of the wolf he killed and drinking melted snow but he knows it can't last. One night sitting by the fire forcing himself to stay awake he has what he believes is a hallucination and talks to his sword which answers in his mother’s voice. The sword tells him to think like a wolf. Xavril laughed and decided why not. So he thought about a wolf in his position and He dreams himself as a wolf running off with the pack, hunting, and running towards the light of a small village. Xavril awakes in the morning startled to find he is a real wolf; fur, teeth, paws, four legs, tail, real wolf. He runs into town and to his surprise he runs headlong into his uncle, his mothers brother. Laughing at the antics of the dog Xavril's uncle turned suddenly seriously somber upon seeing the collar around its neck; a simple leather binding he had made for Xavril a few years past.  Looking into Xavril's eyes he asks one question: Xavril? Xavril nods his furry head slowly. Laughing Xavril's uncle clapped his hands explaining how he had come to look for the plane since everyone had feared the worst and Xavril wasn't found at the crash site with his parents. Xavril's uncle led him through the town of hogsmead up through the gates of Hogwarts into the great hall where breakfast was just getting underway. Walking up to the headmaster he said "I know this is unusual headmaster but since it’s the first week of school might I enroll one more student?"  Chuckling the headmaster replies "I suppose you might but I don't see any students with you."  Chucking the uncle asks the transfiguration master to disenchant the wolf behind him. Confused but obliging he casts the spell and when the clouds of fur stopped falling the whole room gasped to see Xavril standing where the wolf had been, sword and all sheathed across his back. The headmaster was astonished that an untrained student had managed to transfigure themselves by accident. As such he sent Xavril and his uncle to go buy his things and return him by dinner and they would sort and enroll Xavril the very next day.

Familiar: no familiar as such. A great horned owl for mail. And a pack of wolves that will aid "one of their own" if Xavril calls as a wolf.]

Numbers

Agility 4 Acrobatics 1B
Animal Handling 2
Athletics 3
Awareness 2
Cunning 3
Deception 2
Endurance 3
Fighting 4 Long Blade 1B
Knowledge 2
Magical Expertise 3 Transfiguration 2B
Magical Projection  3 transfiguration 1B
Magical Studies 3
Marksmanship 3
Persuasion 2
Reflexes 4 dodge 1B quickness 1B
Status 2
Stealth 3 slight of hand 1B
Will 2

Advantages
Animagus – Wolf
Fast
Night Eyes

Disadvanteges
Marked – Scares from a wolf attack

Derived Stats
Intrigue Defense=5
Composure= 6
Combat Defense=7
Health= 9
Damage= 3 armed (long blade), 1 for unarmed.  Large, two-handed weapons do 4

(Dont know where to get discipline and fortitude or run scores from)
Passive Resistance=12 + Fortitude OR 8 + Discipline,physical or mental
Movement= 4yards + (Run/2)
Sprint= Movement x4
[/spoilers]

[kckolbe]

Well, BB made points for both options, really.  As far as what AA said, I was referring to the scenes in the Great Hall.  Whenever I posted actions from another table, there was no reaction in or out of character, so I felt like they just weren't interesting the players.

As for what year everyone will be in, I hope to consolidate into 2-3 groups.  I definitely understand the issue of spreading them too thin.

[Photo]

one of my posts on this page has been updated with Gilda Gaudia's character information, at one time it only had pictures and a frustrating bit from me, now it's pure character sheet.

On a note: I'd rather just use Vexa as her Cohort, as Vexa will rarely ever want to actually help her anyway. So it's not much of an advantage, kind of an emergency button if things get crazy for both of them. They are able to set their differences aside.

[kckolbe]

Okay, I decided that the major NPCs will be in separate Houses than the PCs.  While this might have a small effect on plot hooks, I think that given the social focus of the group that might be less an issue.  Besides, it's important to me that the PCs have strong, memorable rivals, and I, as a player, would much rather be defeated by an NPC than win because of one.

[kckolbe]

Sorry for the double post, but I have a first draft of where I was thinking of putting everyone.  Here goes, and let me know what you think.

Hufflepuff:
Alphonse (HangedMan)
Danner (BetaBonk) (T)
Charlize (JaneStorm) (T)
Basil (JaneStorm) (Q-Beater)
Vexa (Photo) (Q-Seeker) (T)
Lily (Q-Chaser) (T)

Slytherin
Gustav (HangedMan) (T)(P)
Daria (BB) (Q-Chaser)(T)
Xavril (Kdyami) (Q-?)(T)
Gilda (Photo) (Q-?)(T)(P?)

Q is for characters I think will be on the Quidditch team, with the position I think they will play if known.  T is for the characters I am expecting will compete in a tournament I have planned.  P is for prefect.  While I didn't want to give away who would likely be picked, I decided it was best to show you so you can get an idea of who will be involved in what.  Since Hufflepuff is a little heavier on players, not everyone will compete.  Everyone's primary character is competing, and Alphonse is currently the only one a touch left out from any form of competition.  I can promise a character-specific adventure, though, to make up for that a little bit.

Hopefully this helps a little and is close enough to what everyone wanted.

[BetaBonk]

Looks good to me... will you be sorting the characters into school-years as well?  Or should we just pick one?

[Kdyami]

Ok, I'm good with Slytherin, updated profile will be forth coming.  And Q-Chaser please. ^_^

[TheHangedOne]

I love the selection. And it's cool with Alphonse, he is something of a loner type.

[kckolbe]

I'm thinking of how to do that still.  I think that the less number of years used, the easier things will be on me since I plan on using class scenes.  I like years 3, 4, and 6, since they are devoid of OWLs (5th) and NEWTS (7th).  My current thought is to have students be 3rd and 6th or 4th and 6th.

Kdyami, I've got you listed as one of two Chasers.  Gilda will likely be a Keeper or Seeker.

[Sephiriel]

I love the selection! Woohoo so looking forward to this!

[kckolbe]

Well, I need to head to work, but I am glad to see how things are coming along.  I would like to get class years ironed out tomorrow, and there are two characters being finished up.  I will update rules and create character threads and all that in the next two days.

[kckolbe]

All right.  I glanced over some character sheets and ages, and it seems the best route to go is years 4 and 6.  The majority of 4th year students are 17, and the majority of 6th year students are 19.  I'll allow one year of leeway in either direction, and simply ask that you try to divide them up somewhat evenly and not along House lines.  It would be great if there were equal amounts of each year, but as long as it is close to even I'll be happy.

[TheHangedOne]

Alphonse will be a fourth year, then, and Gustav, sixth.

[BetaBonk]

Given the points difference, I suppose it makes most sense to make the main (Danner) the 6th year and the second char (Daria) a 4th year.

But I can't say that I'm fussed about it either way, kc -- feel free to put them in whatever year helps you fill out the classes  :-)

[Sephiriel]

Okies, I made my girl Charlize as a 4th year student (17 years old) and my guy Basil a 6th year student (19 years old). I can change both of them after we know everyone's whos and whats to balance things if necessary.

EDIT:

What is the demanded posting frequency? I know one character - once/day but it has to be daily?

What is the minimum of words/post or paragraphs/post?

Given the age limit will this be PG 13? (I really don't mind if it is)

[kckolbe]

BB, if you don't care either way, I might hold off a bit, but am considering putting Danner and Alphonse in the same year so they can share Care of Magical Creatures, but that brought up another issue.  I realize I have not asked which classes everyone will be taking.

I'll probably just have everyone submit that info when char sheets are posted.

Jane, the one post per day per character is the maximum, not the minimum.  In general, I am hoping for posts every 3-4 days.  I will mainly post IC every other day.  I will ask that if all I need is a roll, please be prompt with that, because those scenes can drag out when waiting on rolls.  I will have a 24 hour limit on rolls when playing Quidditch or in any combat scene, and the one post per day cap goes out the window.

The age limit is not an issue, as 16 is the minimum age for characters to be "consenting" for the site.   

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=152999.0 (Character)

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=151392.0 (OOC)

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=151393.0 (Rules/Setting Discussion)

[Sephiriel]

One other question (until I place the possible next ones in their suitable thread): why is the game under NC? I don't have a specific problem with this...just..should we expect something under the NC tag? o_0

[kckolbe]

The game is in NC mainly because it is the first section to have a separate thread for system games.

[Sephiriel]

Aaa...good choice ;D okies.

[kckolbe]

Don't get too relieved.  This doesn't mean Charlize is safe.  ~grins~

Also, to answer an earlier question that I missed, post length is not a big deal to me.  One good paragraph will do it as long as you respond to everything relevant.  Also, if just in need of posting a roll, feel free to just post the roll without coming up with a lot of fluff. 

As long as the story itself is interesting and the characters are portrayed well, *I* don't require a lot of imagery.

[kckolbe]

Also, just to tie up some loose ends, I am fixing the rules now (check them out in a few, no big changes, just damage and some extra stuff) and will work up simple stats for Mori (that's Alphonse's pet, right?).

If there is anything else I haven't addressed, please let me know.

[TheHangedOne]

Memento Mori would be the cats full name, but yes, he often goes by Mori.  :-)

[kckolbe]

All right.  Looks like everything is good to go then.  Please post your chars in the character thread and start discussing the past half decade or so your chars have known each other in the OOC.  Also, check out the NPC thread for some well known folks in other Houses.

[Photo]

the answer is yes Kckolbe, Gilda is a prefect.

Info on her cadre is coming soon, tonight or tomorrow hopefully.

[kckolbe]

Sounds good.  Mind PMing me the cadre details before posting them?  Also, would like if you guys starting hopping over to the OOC board and discussing relationships.  Some of your characters have known each other for over half a decade, after all.

[AribethAmkiir]

What's a cadre?

[kckolbe]

It's an advantage for a group of lackeys.  Gilda has one.

[TheHangedOne]

Shit, something's wrong.I just checked the thread twice, and no longer see Gustav's info.  ???

Edit: nevermind, I'm just blind.