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Harry Potter and the Whims of Fate (Harry Potter Quest)

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[X] Plan Alchemy
Transfiguration 5-15 150
Charms 5 - 10 50
DADA 10 - 15 100
Dark Arts 0
Potions 5-20 250
History of Magic 15
Astronomy 5-10 50
Herbology 5-10 50
Magical Theory 10-15 100

Flying 5-10 50
Arithmancy 0
Muggle Studies 0
Divination 0
Ancient Runes 0
Magical Creatures 0
Awareness 5-10 50
Evasion 5-10 50
Stealth 5-10 50
Athletics 5-10 50

Strength 10
Stamina 10
Agility 15
Reflexes 10
Intelligence 15-20 100
Perception 10
Willpower 15
Improvisation 15
1.0 multi 300 = 300 xp spent
1.1 multi 150 = 135.4 xp spent
1.2 multi 550 = 458.3 xp spent
1.3 multi 100 = 76.9 xp spent
970.6 xp spent

Reasoning: Reasoning: I brought everything under 10 up to 10, cause honestly it's really cheap and we should avoid any extreme deficiencies. I took DADA for obvious reasons. I took Transfiguration and Potions cause i feel they are the branches most similar to Alchemy which is in our character sheet as a ????? and that can only mean good things. I took an extra dabbing of Potions, because I wanted Snape salt, don't you want snape salt?

OBLIGATORY

Anyway I see a bright future for us a alchemy being our niche. We can carve ourselves history with our talent in it.
 
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[X] Plan Caversham

100 XP on Intelligence (+5 ... 20)
100 XP on Improvisation (+5 ... 20)
40 XP on Perception (+2... 12)
40 XP on Willpower (+2 ... 17)
20 XP on Strength (+1 ... 11)
20 XP on Stamina (+1 ... 11)
20 XP on Agility (+1 ... 16)
20 XP on Reflexes (+1 ... 11)

125 XP on Transfiguration (+10 ... 15)
125 XP on Charms (+10 ... 15)
77 XP on DADA (+5 ... 15)
42 XP on Potions (+5 ... 10)
46 XP on Herbology (+5 ... 10)
45 XP on Astronomy (+5 ... 10)
45 XP on Flying (+5 ... 10)

50 XP on Awareness (+5 ... 10)
85 XP on Magical Theory (+5 ... 15)

The XP allocation is primarily focused on mental attributes and magical skills.

I spent quite a bit of XP on Intelligence and Improvisation since these attributes indirectly increase the level of most of the magical skills (Transfiguration, Charms, etc). It sounds like Intelligence and Magical Theory will also increase the XP spending modifiers to magical skills, so it makes sense to spend heavily here.

For magical skills, I prioritized the courses which I think are most important (Transfiguration, Charms, DADA) while still trying to balance the other courses (Potions, Herbology, and Astronomy).

Harry's primary focus should be on studying Magic, but I would still like for him to play Quidditch. Quidditch should allow Harry to develop his physical skills (which are still important) more quickly, and will also help Harry develop socially and give him a break from studying magic 24/7. Therefore, I allocated a small amount of XP to Flying and the Physical skills. I think long term, we should try to spend 15-20% of future XP on physical skills.
 
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[X] Plan Hello 1.0
500XP to Attributes:
100XP to Agility
100XP to Stamina
100XP to Intelligence
100XP to Willpower
100XP to Improvisation

500XP to Skills:
260XP to Transfiguration
20XP to Dark Arts
40XP to Charms
40XP to DADA
40XP to Potions
50XP to Awareness
50XP to Magical Theory

Which will net you a spreadsheet that looks like this. I like to call this plan, Plan Dumbledore.
 
1-5: Child
6-20: Youth
21-35: Average Adult
36-60: Professional (Auror)
61-100: Specialist (Ollivander & Wands, Snape & Potions etc.)
101+: Mythical
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Would you be willing to provide the equivalent spell and skill levels required for certain OWL and NEWT grades?

For instance,
25 = Acceptable OWL, Novice for most spells
30 = Exceeds Expectations OWL, Proficient for most spells
35 = Outstanding OWL, Adept for most spells
50-55 = Outstanding NEWT, etc.


Could you also provide the XP required for the other spell upgrades?
Proficient -> Adept
Adept -> Master
 
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andy50 said:
You need Several newts to be able to even have the possibility of becoming an Auror, so i would put newt at like 35.
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In HP canon, students can stop taking classes after they pass their OWLs and can then specialize in certain fields for their NEWTs. Students immediately start working after graduating Hogwarts, indicating that there are no Wizarding universities. I therefore conclude that OWLs = high school in real life and NEWTs = university in real life. With the levels provided by the GMs, I reach the following conclusions:

21-35: Average Adult ... OWL level ... Equivalent of high school graduate in real life
36-60: Professional (Auror) ... NEWT level ... Equivalent of university graduate in real life
 
Caversham said:
Would you be willing to provide the equivalent spell and skill levels required for certain OWL and NEWT grades?

For instance,
25 = Acceptable OWL, Novice for most spells
30 = Exceeds Expectations OWL, Proficient for most spells
35 = Outstanding OWL, Adept for most spells
50-55 = Outstanding NEWT, etc.


Could you also provide the XP required for the other spell upgrades?
Proficient -> Adept
Adept -> Master
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The XP for spell mastery beyond Proficient will be available later, as this is the point where Harry is only 11, even if he's quite a talented one.

Caversham said:
In HP canon, students can stop taking classes after they pass their OWLs and can then specialize in certain fields for their NEWTs. Students immediately start working after graduating Hogwarts, indicating that there are no Wizarding universities. I therefore conclude that OWLs = high school in real life and NEWTs = university in real life. With the levels provided by the GMs, I reach the following conclusions:

21-35: Average Adult ... OWL level ... Equivalent of high school graduate in real life
36-60: Professional (Auror) ... NEWT level ... Equivalent of university graduate in real life
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This is a good guess. I won't give the details for what level of skill equals what grade, since there can be some variance outside just the skill level and well, where's the fun in knowing the exact benchmarks? But as long as you're within those skill brackets while taking OWL or NEWT, it's rather unlikely you'd fail them.
 
[X] Plan Caversham

Seems quite good to me, I did a calculation for fun and we could reach 46 improvisation if we put 990XP into it (I dislike maths so this calculation could be wrong).
 
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@Hello

I think there are a couple of mathematical issues with your plan:
You have not spent any XP on Evasion, but your spreadsheet shows an increase of 5 levels.

DADA: You spent 40 XP, and this skill has a 1.3x modifier. 40 * 1.3 = 52. Levels 11-20 are 20 XP each, and we started at level 10, this should be level 12.6 not level 15 (10 + (52 / 20) = 12.6).

Dark Arts: You spent 20 XP, and this skill has a 0.2x modifier. 20 * .2 = 4 XP. Since levels 1- 10 are 10 XP each, and we started at level 0, this should be level 0.4 instead of level 2.

Once these issues are fixed, I think our plans are very similar. You have chosen to specialize in Transfiguration whereas I chose a more balanced approach across magical skills. Dumbledore's best subject is probably Transfiguration, but he is also very good at pretty much every other subject too. I would personally prefer to be a bit more well balanced across most subjects, and then choose a specialization or two as Harry's character develops.

If you really want to specialize in Transfiguration, I would allocate 210 XP to Transfiguration. This would get Transfiguration to level 20 and would leave 50 XP to apply to other skills/attributes.

I would also reallocate the 20 XP in Dark Arts, since it has a huge 0.2x negative modifier. In my opinion, it doesn't make sense to spend XP on the magical skills that have negative modifiers at this time, especially since negative modifiers will likely increase over time. For Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, etc, I assume the modifiers will increase if we decide to take those classes. For Dark Arts, I'm not really sure how we'd increase the modifier, unless we do some extra curricular activity.
 
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[X] Plan Caversham

Normally I'd be all for specializing in something, but this is Harry Potter magic. He'll be bullshit either way, and their effectiveness is more a matter of utilizing what they have in the right way.
 
We're 11. We can, and should, specialisate when we're older.
 
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[X] Plan Caversham

I like it. Seems to keep us well-balanced while leaving us the ability to specialize later.
 
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