Convocation is next turn guys. Harry might pull through but if we can't find all the Chosen, Neville won't hatch. Hell, all four Chosen might potentially disappear. I propose we do a small sacrifice for our free action.


[X] Focus on finding the Chosen with Neville and the inner circle members. Do the absolute minimum necessary for classwork and attendance this month. Try to use the Star of the Chosen to divine who they are, see if you can use the Maurader's map and Ornias' assistance as well.

[X] Plan Not Dying
 
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The dark Arts are the most powerful school in existence, according to Birdsey. And the fact that we are gifted in the dark arts makes everything better. Perhaps we will be the only one who can become a grandmaster ++ in the dark arts.
I'm not sure it does make everything better; Frenzied is a cheat that instantly gets us to mastery, so shouldn't we use it on something that will be hard to get mastery in otherwise?

Besides, a legal area of magic we can use in a pinch makes it a lot easier to use magic around other people and collaborate.
 
Could those who voted for the singularity please choose [X] Prepare For Astronomy N.E.W.T. This is much better than the owls and Birdsey said that with the singularity we will definitely be able to make a good estimate. This is the only chance to produce such a powerful fatal effect on others. Just imagine their faces of teachers and students yes we will become a legend.
 
[X] Focus on finding the Chosen with Neville and the inner circle members. Do the absolute minimum necessary for classwork and attendance this month. Try to use the Star of the Chosen to divine who they are, see if you can use the Maurader's map and Ornias' assistantance as well.
[X] Plan Not Dying
 
I'm not sure it does make everything better; Frenzied is a cheat that instantly gets us to mastery, so shouldn't we use it on something that will be hard to get mastery in otherwise?

Besides, a legal area of magic we can use in a pinch makes it a lot easier to use magic around other people and collaborate.
We will start to disperse our attention, we already spend all the time on training and at the same time only on training. Therefore, if you choose a topic, then the one that gives you something that we cannot achieve on our own. As an example of divination and alchemy.
If we talk about legality, then there are spells in the dark arts that cannot be recognized as dark arts. And isn't it better to have the most powerful weapon of last chance?
 
@Lealope

I feel like it's inefficient to go for a Frenzied target we're already gifted in; what about Charms or Transfigurations instead? Both are extremely useful in and out of combat, and we're unlikely to master them otherwise. We can absolutely kick ass and stay alive with a mastery in either, and when we naturally achieve Dark Arts mastery on our own we'll have that many more competencies.

I considered that but decided not to for several reasons.

The first is that Dark Arts is just outright stronger than other fields. Consider the difference between Dumbledore (Alchemy Grandmaster) and Geist (DA Grandmaster). A full +1 difference in Magical Power is pretty absurd. Between self-enhancement, demon-summoning, combat spells and the conjunctional effects it can achieve with other schools, it proves itself to just be outright better even if Birdsie hadn't said as much.

Moreover, it's not as though it's trivial for us to attain Mastery in the Dark Arts either. The only option we've seen to do so still requires 50 Gnosis and given the limited study opportunities and the dangers of being caught, it's unlikely we'll be able to invest the time needed for substantial discounts.

A third is the additional Trimestigus slot it can give us access to. The sooner we can bring that online, the more chance it'll have to accumulate experience for us, which would provide more value in the long run than Mastery over Transfiguration or the like.

It's naively more efficient to take it in something else. But given the circumstances and considering the opportunities it would open up, in addition to basic survival, I think it's just better to take DA here.

[X] Focus on finding the Chosen with Neville and the inner circle members. Do the absolute minimum necessary for classwork and attendance this month. Try to use the Star of the Chosen to divine who they are, see if you can use the Maurader's map and Ornias' assistance as well.
[X] Plan Not Dying
 
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It's kind of funny that stuff like Unoculaic and runes boosters are here, but we're going for enough power and skill to force issues that might arise instead.
Though I always was suspicious of the "runes" thing, honestly.

I think there is a chance it actually referred to the stars, especially after the starwriting attainment thing was shown. Mainly because "FOR THEY ARE YOUR ENTIRE WORLD BETWEEN NOW AND FOREVER.", which I believe could mean they...literally are our entire world, as in they decide fate and what happens, anx it is possible to write with them, so they could be "runes".

Not taking Eclipse kind of hurts because it looks very interesting, but I can't pass up Singularity and a plan which may let us just waltz through magic which we are stronger than.
 
Will the next update happen soon due to this being part 1 or will it happen when they normally happen

I wonder if we should pike the ruin eye option given how important ruins seam to be to our quest at least right now
 
[X] Hermetic Attainment
[X] Singularity Attainment

[X] Focus on finding the Chosen with Neville and the inner circle members. Do the absolute minimum necessary for classwork and attendance this month. Try to use the Star of the Chosen to divine who they are, see if you can use the Maurader's map and Ornias' assistance as well.
 
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[X] Hermetic Attainment
[X] Singularity Attainment


Numbers don't lie, Hermetic pairs extremely well with singularity. It boosts us an entire level past the singularity boost on an exponential scale. It then gives us a slightly nerfed version of child prodigy to let us learn how to make use of that power down the road. It then boosts us another level in two years, just the power boost alone is more than enough to put this combo over any other.
 
My thoughts on the vote options;

I like Frenzied Attainment a fair bit. It's quite cost-effective for what it does, and it's benefits are generally pretty good. Mastery + 2x progression speed for a domain essentially lets us make something a discount Tris pick, or exalt one of our already chosen Tris picks to greater heights. The spell resistance/immunity is also fairly neat, basically putting up a 'you must be this swole to challenge us' barrier that grows with our own power. Of course, there is the issue that the resistance/immunity takes quite a long time to come online. Another House boon is neat, but nothing there quite grabs my eye. I'd probably go for either Ravenclaw or Slytherin, perfect memory is nice and we'd probably be able to leverage super potent blood somehow.

Hermetic Attainment just doesn't quite speak to me. The boost in magic power is nice, but not really enough to stand on it's own. Getting a Greatness in all Spells plus a nerfed Child Prodigy is a pretty good boost, not gonna lie. But it feels a bit too spread out to be of much use. Like, it lets us learn all things a bit faster/better, which is nice, and it stacks with all our areas of greatness, but I think I'd rather get a larger but specialized boost.

I think I like Sovereign Attainment the most out of these three, though. It's a relatively simple boost, but it's good enough to stand on it's own. It has the 2x progression that I like from Frenzied Attainment, and it gives us a fourth Tris slot which we can freely select. A few thoughts on what we could pick would be Charms (Which presumably still has a fair bit of synergy with our build, although that part may be covered by the Dark Arts), Rituals (As we're seeing with the current situation, the real big stuff for our build runs off rituals, so getting a boost there could be helpful in both the short and long term) or Patronus, to see what a Great Infinite Patronus looks like. And we also get Excelsior for a month in our new pick, I guess.


My thoughts on the next set are as follows;

I don't think I'll be going for Ecliptic. The benefits are just too nebulous for me to really feel passionate for it.

Unoculaic could be useful, I'll admit, but I just don't really like the thought of giving up an eye for power, even if it means we can get a cool magic prosthetic instead. I think I'll pass.

I really, really like Singularity. A 10x multiplier to Astronomy/Astrology research/action speed, with the possibility of further improvements down the road? And that's the weaker side of the boon? Aw yeah, sign me the heck up. And as others have said, the huge boost to magic power here can't be overstated.

Supernova is powerful, sure, and it'd be a lie to say that I wasn't tempted, but the waning of its power reduces my desire to pick it.


As such;

[X] Sovereign Attainment [50 Gnosis]
[X] Singularity Attainment [3 Gnosis]


Admittedly, if the unpurchased 50-Gnosis Attainments were guaranteed to stick around for us to pick up later, I'd probably go with Frenzied. But I don't want to risk losing this chance to pick up another Tris slot.

Although speaking of Frenzied, I'd much prefer that it's boost be applied to Astrology, so as to combo with Singularity's insane boost to progression.
 
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Imagine approaching dumbledores power level by the end of year one, then potentially surpassing him by year two. How funny would that be?
 
[X] Prepare For Astronomy OWLs
[X] Sovereign Attainment [50 Gnosis]
[X] Singularity Attainment [3 Gnosis]


Going all in on stars. And I mean all in.
We did pick this:
[ ] Impossible Perfection - A meticulous record of a specific, recurring astronomical event that exists in another layer of celestial reality. It's not something that you'd be able to conceivably research at the moment, but maybe in several years. Apparently, Slytherin kept referring to it as, 'the perfect diamond in the sky.' He seemed mildly obsessed.
The Perfect Diamond will be ours.
... Though [] Ecliptic Attainment may be a better bonus pick for this, as it's described as being in "another layer of celestial reality", that this ability allows to see into.
I will keep Singularity, though, both because it's still focused on Astrology, as well as the stupidly large increase in power allowing us some safety.

Edit: Oh, also - we picked the stars as a power source in the big ritual. Focusing on Astrology means we could potentially literally see what will be the consequences of that.
 
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I do hope Frenzied wins. I think it'd be cool to have a scene where he's squaring off against some death eater or whatever and they fling curses at him only for it to just fizzle. Sort of like what Quirrel can do in HPMOR, just sucking all the spells away. Say what you will about that fic (and there is a lot to criticize) but it did a very good job of conveying that kind of power.
 
[X] Plan Noble Swot
-[X] Hermetic Attainment
-[X] Singularity Attainment


Gains, gains for days.
 
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Going all in on stars. And I mean all in.
...My goodness, I hadn't even thought of Impossible Perfection. I've just had an idea:

[X] Plan: Perfect Stars
-[X] Frenzied Attainment (Astrology)
-[X] Singularity Attainment


Alright, so, the way I see it there are 3 likely candidates preventing us from taking advantage of Impossible Perfection as we are now. The first is the layout of the stars may not be right for it to appear right now, so we have to wait until such a time as we can observe it. Except Singularity allows us to view the complete firmament at all times, regardless of notions like 'physical impossibility'.

The second is that dealing with such a thing may be beyond us at the moment, outside the bounds of our current skill. Except a Frenzied Attainment in Astrology instantly boots us up to [Master]-y in the subject.

The third is that we currently lack the power needed to interact with it, leaving us to do naught but observe as we are now. Except Singularity gives us a level of magical power above even that of our Professors.

In short, this selection should give us the requisite tools needed to interact with Impossible Perfection, and with Singularity's x10 multiplication for the speed of Astrological work, we should hopefully have just enough time to explore Impossible Perfection before things start hitting the fan.

Let us take the powers of the Heavens for ourselves!

Edit: And I'll just put these down here because another Tris slot is still quite tempting:

[X] Sovereign Attainment [50 Gnosis]
[X] Singularity Attainment [3 Gnosis]
 
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[X] Plan: Perfect Stars
[X] Prepare For Astronomy OWLs
[X] Sovereign Attainment [50 Gnosis]
[X] Singularity Attainment [3 Gnosis]

Double-voting, since immediate Astrology and not-immediate Astrology are both something I want.
 
[X] Plan: Perfect Stars
-[X] Frenzied Attainment (Astrology)
-[X] Singularity Attainment
[ ] Rending of Untold Infinities [25 Gnosis] - Attain [Master] in the fields of Astronomy and Astrology, and then make significant progress towards [Archmaster]. A stupefying level of advancement. All through sheer talent, you become more knowledgeable in these fields than your own teacher!

if you're going to go for this, you'd be much better off not burning 25 Gnosis. With an extra EFB in our pocket and substantially better skills, we'd be able to much better exploit whatever Impossible Perfection ends up being. the other benefits of frenzy aren't nearly as relevant to your plan so there's minimal point in picking them up
 
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