Harry Potter and the Scabbard of Excalibur [AU]
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- the point is of no return and you have reached it!
Who knows if that is true in this AU? There are good reasons to fear the Dark here and I would not so easily risk our soul without reason.
Corvus Black
The Inestimable
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- England
Leadership, DADA and Transfiguration would be the ideal build.
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- Knowhere
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- You
Also i forgot that hogwarts dosent teach the Dark arts.😅
i was thinking of durmstrang
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Transfigurations is good, lots of powerful effects. Potions wouldn't be bad for a minion build, we can buff our many friends. Patronus is a Charm, but it's also part of DADA - not sure if taking both would increase our chances at Infinite Patronus. Charms is a useful subject anyways, since it covers a lot of baseline HP magic.
Apparition would be an interesting one. Not so useful on Hogwarts grounds since we didn't take Gryfindor, but would be very useful outside of it - with Equal in Truth and Trismegistus, we might be able to Apparate by year three or four. Course, licensing would be a problem...
Edit: Come to think of it, our social build might let us bypass annoyances like licensing.
Apparition would be an interesting one. Not so useful on Hogwarts grounds since we didn't take Gryfindor, but would be very useful outside of it - with Equal in Truth and Trismegistus, we might be able to Apparate by year three or four. Course, licensing would be a problem...
Edit: Come to think of it, our social build might let us bypass annoyances like licensing.
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Why transfiguration?
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- Knowhere
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- You
what are your reasons for favoring transfiguaration over charms ?
Corvus Black
The Inestimable
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- England
Most charms are covered by DADA, and Transfiguration is very different and very versatile/powerful.
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- Knowhere
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I see your point
KidFromPallet
Pokemon Fan
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- Pallet Town
I really want an all-Drawbacks build, because I see them as well within our capacity to manage. And people seem very set on going with Hufflepuff, given the top two plans pick it. So, here's an all drawback Hufflepuff plan:
(I edited it into my previous post so I wouldn't break the tally by removing Phenomenal Cosmic power's suboptions.)
It differs from Plan Lightning in that it takes Arrogance and Child Prodigy, which I see as a net gain in capabilities. I ultimately just don't see Arrogance as that bad a drawback, given that the option itself says that a) the Arrogance can be conviction and stubborness or heroic anger at injustice and b) that we can mitigate away the arrogance by acquiring wisdom and refinement over the years. And in exchange, we get a fairly large skill growth modifier.
I guess ultimately, the reason why I'm wishing for an all-drawback build is that they're just not that bad. Taking all of the Drawbacks makes us like canon Harry, and I don't see that as a problem. It's really not some massive difficulty spike to have to play canon Harry at the start of the Quest, at least in my view.
(I edited it into my previous post so I wouldn't break the tally by removing Phenomenal Cosmic power's suboptions.)
It differs from Plan Lightning in that it takes Arrogance and Child Prodigy, which I see as a net gain in capabilities. I ultimately just don't see Arrogance as that bad a drawback, given that the option itself says that a) the Arrogance can be conviction and stubborness or heroic anger at injustice and b) that we can mitigate away the arrogance by acquiring wisdom and refinement over the years. And in exchange, we get a fairly large skill growth modifier.
I guess ultimately, the reason why I'm wishing for an all-drawback build is that they're just not that bad. Taking all of the Drawbacks makes us like canon Harry, and I don't see that as a problem. It's really not some massive difficulty spike to have to play canon Harry at the start of the Quest, at least in my view.
There are many charms that are not covered by dada, and it is a good utility skill.
What I was actually thinking about is Divination.
Using astronomy to predict the future, seeing branching paths, and always being able to tilt the odds in our favor - it seems like a better power overall given that DADA covers our combat needs by itself well enough.
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The Curses are magnified from their canon state, as are the Blessings.
The issue with arrogance is that it will negatively impact our leadership ability and it might even make us stray away from being placed in Hufflepuff
KidFromPallet
Pokemon Fan
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I mean, the post itself says that the closest build to a canon Harry is taking all the Curses possible. That says to me that while the power ceiling for the Wizarding World might have been raised, the Curses themselves are roughly equivalent to what Harry had in the books.
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Counterpoint: We've heard that Hufflepuff is actually the most powerful House in this continuity, so if Arrogance was actually intense enough to affect House selection, odds are that it'd lean towards Hufflepuff, not away.
Edit: And to address the 'might hinder leadership' point: Arrogance just does not appear that bad. There's nothing in the option text that makes me fear it impacting our leadership ability. Two of the proposed ways it might manifest (stubborness and conviction or heroic anger at injustice) even seem like they might help with leadership, at least to me.
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I mean, justified arrogance is still arrogance, and modesty is stated in Pottermore (and the wiki) as a Hufflepuff trait outright.
It's possible that Hufflepuffs are inherently different here (if they truly are the most powerful instead of striving the have the strongest weak link then they might be) but I wouldn't necessarily count on it.
Arrogance would've been fine for literally any other house, and while I'm not necessarily a big fan of the Hufflepuff route, it is what it is.
btw, when was it stated that it's the most powerful house in this game? I must've missed it.
Corvus Black
The Inestimable
- Location
- England
Well damn
I did some reading and it looks like Hufflepuff is kind of a hive mind and I'm... unsure regarding how I feel about it.
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- He/Him
I imagine there's a Hufflepuff in the Ministry testing apperatus somewhere who would be willing to let a precocious Hufflepuff test earlier than normal, as a private exam. No harm in letting someone show what they can do, after all...
Still, even year/book 4 is probably a long way away. Leadership and DADA are a good two choices for Trismegistus, but there's lots of contenders for that third spot. Potions, Charms, and Transfigurations all have lots of powerful effects. Arithmancy and Ancient Runes also might not be joke/irreverent subjects in this universe, aswell.
If Leadership is an option, and the choice isn't limited to magic stuff/fields/Hogwarts subjects, then the contenders list extends even further. But given the Blessing's description, I'm not sure it does.
Divination
KidFromPallet
Pokemon Fan
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- Pallet Town
First, I don't see arrogance as necessarily conflicting with modesty. While it is true that "Haha, I'm better than you" is a type of arrogance, it is just one of many, and one that the majority of the thread is likely to avoid. Instead, I think we're likely to exhibit something along the lines of stubbornness ("Of course I can get this spell, I just need to keep trying..."), disregard for authority figures ("[Reasonable Authority Figure] told me not to investigate the strange disappearances, but what do they know?"), or anger at injustice ( "You've been lying to us all along, haven't you?!"). I can see the thread leaning into stuff like that, even without the drawback.
Secondly, modesty is just one of the virtues of the Hufflepuff house. Others listed are hard-work, patience, fairness, justice, and loyalty. Assuming we're able to swing the 'anger at injustice' type of arrogance, we'd dislike unfairness, injustice, and disloyalty, which would make a very salient case for putting us into Hufflepuff. Thus arrogance could actually help us exhibit Hufflepuff traits, assuming we manage it right.
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I was thinking that maybe getting all drawbacks might turn us into a second-coming of The Dark Lord...
If you think Harry was arrogant, imagine if he truly was A Child Prodigy and Heir of Slytherin, like You-Know-Who was as a child.
An abandoned child at that, much like Harry, if in a different way.
(@Nobody134 & @Urit, sorry to bother, but could you avoid using His name without the specific colors and stuff?)
If you think Harry was arrogant, imagine if he truly was A Child Prodigy and Heir of Slytherin, like You-Know-Who was as a child.
An abandoned child at that, much like Harry, if in a different way.
(@Nobody134 & @Urit, sorry to bother, but could you avoid using His name without the specific colors and stuff?)
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[X] Plan Harry 'Canon' Potter
Wands are weak! Seriously, ain't nobody gonna take you seriously when you're casually diddling with that fetch stick!
Now, look at that motorcycle sword- there's a special kind of feeling that comes from running over your enemies.
An experience only rivaled as the certainty of them not expecting to see you swinging over a hundred kilos of steel going vroom-vroom on their asses.
Wands are weak! Seriously, ain't nobody gonna take you seriously when you're casually diddling with that fetch stick!
Now, look at that motorcycle sword- there's a special kind of feeling that comes from running over your enemies.
An experience only rivaled as the certainty of them not expecting to see you swinging over a hundred kilos of steel going vroom-vroom on their asses.
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- Poland
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- He/Him
[X] Plan Huffle, Huffle, Toil and Trouble