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A Harry Potter Quest: He who was not

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Hm, and one supposes that Lupin will be so very understanding and cooperative in helping to solve this mystery, if asked. Jacob is not Mr. Chosen One, so no favoritism and special help from Lupin.
 
GoukaRyuu said:
I was going to say we could go to Lupin, but he already blew him off once. Would Jacob go to him and not Flitwick? Or would this be more to try to make the pieces of the puzzle fit together and he knows the man once shared a dorm with Black. I guess it would be up to our GM but I would vote for it if the option was well written enough.
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The latter reason. Other faculty members might know something, but Lupin is, from an outside perspective, the crucial lead at the moment. Information about Sirius, Pettigrew, Animagi, secret keepers, his status as a werewolf and how that fits into things.

Edit: Another thing to spend an action on could be looking into secret keepers now that I mention it.
 
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GoukaRyuu said:
But, Dutch raised a valuable point. Does Jacob's dislike for Lupin overshadow his love of mystery and wanting to solve it?
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IIRC there is a DC for those kind of actions, but the most important part would be the the motivation and reasoning behind it, and how it fits Jacob personality.

For example next year our DC to put our name on the Globet of Fire would be very high if we do it because we want fame and fortune, and much lower if we wanted to prove that we can work around the Age Circle...

Or I am wrong @Tabula Rasa ?
 
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As you continued to focus your magic on the map, trying to force it, you felt a sense of control and power wash over you. For just a moment, the castles magic touched you high up in the air. You felt it intruding your thoughts. A slumbering beast that sniffed the air to find out if its children were in danger. But as quick as it had come onto you, the magic left you again, detecting no threat from one of its own students.
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Hogwarts is the best <3

Loved the scene with the Sirius mistaking our boy to a Dementor; and the two real Dementors floating in confusion.

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You had learned another thing; Dementors were not very eager for animal souls. This was interesting by itself, but it also told you that an Animagus transformation seemed to change more than just the body. It explained how rare the skill was.
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This bit, concerning the natures' of Dementors and of Animagus transformation, felt like a weird mental leap. Physical transformation leading to mental (and emotional processing) change makes sense. Ditto for a faceless magical being to know its' surrendering based on mind reading sense. It feels like there is a step or two till "Animagus transfiguration transform the Animagi's soul". I reread the part where Jacob transfigure Nott into a rabbit while Dementors corner them. But Jacob isn't calm enough at the time to notice execlty how the Dementors react to that transformation.
 
Our own Hogwarts map. Sweet!

If we learn waddiwasi should we also learn Engorgio/Reducio? Fling small stuff and then enlarging them in flight sounds nice.
 
For learning apparition, is that something we could learn over the summer. With guidance of professional adults who may or may not know how to deal with splinching?

I do agree going to lupin would make a lot of sense, the personal dislike of him aside, he is the only one (that we know of) who is not only the most involved but would go hey, if Peter is alive, why hasn't he contacted me while I'm still at Hogwarts.

Then again we can always do our own thing, solve the mystery and then check out rather than influencing the outcome.
 
Moratorium is over

I changed the learn how to do animagus to learn about animagi from the prior draft.

[X] Plan: goggles
-[X] LOCKED: Case V: The Search for Sirius Black (2 Actions [1 Action in May, 1 Action in June])
-[X] Overdrive applicable: Brew (5x Uncommon Antidote)
-[X] Overdrive applicable: Do Something! Learn about Animagi
-[X] Overdrive applicable: Do Something! Learn about Werewolves
-[X] Actions 5 + 4 = 9
--[X] Ghostly Goggles x 5, if finished early, do more Learning spells (Requires Alchemy and Ancient Runes skill of at least P), DC: 400.
--[X] Overdrive applicable: Learning x4 (Immobulus, Diffindo, Incendio (Deep Understanding), Reducio, Expelliarmus (Deep Understanding))
 
LightLan said:
Moratorium is over

I changed the learn how to do animagus to learn about animagi from the prior draft.

[X] Plan: goggles
-[X] LOCKED: Case V: The Search for Sirius Black (2 Actions [1 Action in May, 1 Action in June])
-[X] Overdrive applicable: Brew (5x Uncommon Antidote)
-[X] Overdrive applicable: Do Something! Learn about Animagi
-[X] Overdrive applicable: Do Something! Learn about Werewolves
-[X] Actions 5 + 4 = 9
--[X] Ghostly Goggles x 5, if finished early, do more Learning spells (Requires Alchemy and Ancient Runes skill of at least P), DC: 400.
--[X] Overdrive applicable: Learning x4 (Immobulus, Diffindo, Incendio (Deep Understanding), Reducio, Expelliarmus (Deep Understanding))
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What do you hope to learn about werewolves? Didn't Snape already cover this by now?
 
Doesn't learning about animagi seem a little meta-gamey right now? That also just solves the mystery for him. Where is the fun in that?

That and werewolves too. Why?

Edit: My bad, was on mobile and my reading comprehension was crap. Reading up on animagi seems like a good idea.
 
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I have never really come up with a full plan before, and i don't know if I have everything we would want to do anyway. But, I do feel we should do this:

-[] Overdrive applicable: Do Something! Learn about Animagi
-[] Overdrive applicable: Do Something! Visit with Professor Lupin - Lupin is the one person in the castle that has intimate knowledge of Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew. Perhaps he can help make the pieces of this mystery fall into place.

Lupin is the main man in Hogwarts right now that could give us information. We probably don't need to learn about werewolves anymore, though I certainly wouldn't mind taking active precautions as an action. I also don't agree with the plan above that we need to make 5 uncommon antidotes. Maybe 3 would be better and then we have two more actions available.

ShyGuy said:
Doesn't learning about animagi seem a little meta-gamey right now? That also just solves the mystery for him. Where is the fun in that?
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We know Sirius is an animagus now. And we saw the dementors were no longer interested in him when he transformed. It certainly raises questions and Jacob may want to answer them.

ShyGuy's response also made me think we could use an action to try to figure out how Peter is showing up on our map. See if we can track find him in Hogwarts.
 
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We have everything we need to avoid a werewolf as is. We just have to run straight up.

That said I think picking up some spells to take prisoners and potentially to move people in case of danger would be smart.
 
So anyone concerned that our adventures now have the prefix 'Conquer the world'?
Also confirmation that Nei'it-ruˆm is Hufflepuff's secret.

Percy: Jacob, Sirius Black is an incredibly dangerous man. Besides, he could be anywhere. You can't wander around and hope to just run into him.
*Later, Sirius running in the forest*
Jacob: Oh hey look, there he is. Man, I am good at this detective stuff.

Atlas Gift better than the Marauder's Map because it's much more artistic. Though I not sure it has the protections that the Map did. Going by the text, either only Jacob can use it or maybe anyone that channels magic into it.

Also with a second map we can stop the events of year four from happening from the very start. By just pointing out that there is no Alistair Moody on the map but instead this Barty Crouch guy. But even that might not happen if we can just catch Pettigrew.
 
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LightLan said:
This is where most students would bring a teacher in.

So Jacob won't be doing that.
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Kindaaaa wish he would.
As in: I really wish he would.

As in, at some point Jacob should find a way of satisfying his own desire to solve mysteries and puzzles while still having the basic level of responsibility that god gave to a flea.
Preferably... uh. Now. I think the point should be now.

An innocent* man's soul is at risk this very moment. And to just blithely choose to allow his soul to be at risk is... unconscionable.

*innocent of killing Peter Pettigrew at least, which should put all of Sirius Black 'crimes' into question.

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Related; I think that seeing Peter's name on the map should massively recontextualise and therefore reword the "The Search for Sirius Black" option.
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trooperist said:
So anyone concerned that our adventures now have the prefix 'Conquer the world'?
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Not so much concerned as 'annoyed'. This is personal preference, but I see too many would-be conquerors (personality type) all the feckin' time.
The common trait is an unsatisfiable desire for power with an antipathy to responsibility and... I find that loathsome.
I also find 'look after/prevent harm to everyone' solution to what I deem problematic about 'conqueror' to be an unfun concept in quests. It's work. Complicated, involved, boring work.
 
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Nah, i like Jacob as he is. It gives him an unique charm :V

Maybe in time he will change through experiences and mistakes but for now let's play him as he is.
 
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BeepSmile said:
Related; I think that seeing Peter's name on the map should massively recontextualise and therefore reword the "The Search for Sirius Black" option.
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Should it on its own? Jacob hasn't quite put all the pieces together and is still missing part of the puzzle. He doesn't know what a secret keeper is for example, nor does he know that all of the Marauders were Animagi in order to help Lupin deal with full moons (or seen confirmation that the map is pointing to the rat in regards to Peter).
 
GoukaRyuu said:
Maybe 3 would be better and then we have two more actions available.
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1 action on brewing lets you make 5 potions. so if you grab that action you would always want to do 5 potions per action.

and i believe we've already done warwolf research. So i would rather do an action to say raise con of get another spell. Otherwise i like the proposed plan.
 
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