The Power(Harry Potter/The Gamer)

[X] Yes
[X] Yes(2)

[X] Stay up a bit and talk to...
-[X] Hermione and Neville
--[X] See if they want to start a study group together...we know some unique tricks, Hermione's a talented academic, and Neville has lots of practical experience...and, more importantly, we're all motivated to actually learn magic, not just play around all day.
 
changing vote to
[X] Yes
[X] Yes(2)

[X] Stay up a bit and talk to...
-[X] Hermione and Neville
--[X] See if they want to start a study group together...we know some unique tricks, Hermione's a talented academic, and Neville has lots of practical experience...and, more importantly, we're all motivated to actually learn magic, not just play around all day.
 
[X] No
[X] Yes(2)

[X] Stay up a bit and talk to...
-[X] Hermione and Neville
--[X] See if they want to start a study group together...we know some unique tricks, Hermione's a talented academic, and Neville has lots of practical experience...and, more importantly, we're all motivated to actually learn magic, not just play around all day.

I'm not sweating it, it just... I dunno... appalling? I guess that's the right word. It's appalling, especially in a Gamer quest, when people would refuse free XP.
perhaps a difference in mindset that will open up other quests like drawing the houses together and easing tensions between them?
 
perhaps a difference in mindset that will open up other quests like drawing the houses together and easing tensions between them?

I rather doubt it, and it's not like that's a mutually exclusive thing anyways. The House Cup will exist regardless of our actions in that direction. Again, we don't even have to pursue the quest. It's free XP at the end of the school year even if we fail.
 
[X] Yes
[X] Yes(2)

[X] Stay up a bit and talk to...
-[X] Neville and Hermione in the Common Room
--[X] Quietly use up all remaining MP to practice spells just before going to bed. They will go to waste otherwise. Practice D&D spells since they proved usefull earlier.

Which, I imagine, is also why the quest to get Peter questioned hasn't finished - they haven't done it yet. Likely by the end of day tomorrow, though. It'd be odd for them to delay it.

They damn well better not let Pettigrew escape. Also a lost opportunity to use Detect Evil on Quirrell. Ohwell, hopefully we can use it later. Heck, perhaps we can do it subtly later in each class for each teacher. Though it does occur to me that it might not work on Quirrell by the time we get a chance. I mean while its a pretty OCP spell, Voldemort might still have something to counter it, and thanks to Pettigrews capture he knows about it. Can he separate himself from Quirrell for brief periods I wonder?

We should also probably use it on Snape to see if the dark mark shows up (and ofcourse whether Snape is considered evil by GM). Being able to detect the mark specifically however would be rather usefull. Would allow us to easily identify former high ranking Death Eaters if the mark somehow specifically shows.


--[] See if they want to start a study group together...we know some unique tricks, Hermione's a talented academic, and Neville has lots of practical experience...and, more importantly, we're all motivated to actually learn magic, not just play around all day.

I'm not fully caught up yet, so I'm not sure if we've already brought this kind of thing up. I'm also not sure if additional write-in components like this are allowed.

Let me know if either is an issue.

Since Harry basically studies by eating books and grinding, any study group would basically require us to tell both of them about the Gamer ability. Dunno if its time yet to do so? Perhaps we should wait until the relationships go above 150? What do others think?


No trying to get the suck-up cup please, there's no benefit beyond the XP, which isn't that much anyway.

"beyond the XP"? Blasphemy! XP is everything! Sweet precious XP!


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Finally, I wonder if we should consider trying to come up with ways to level up the class quests?


Thief 1: Steal 10 items, pick 10 locks, or any combination of the two

What qualifies as stealing? Could we make it a game of somekind perhaps? Or steal something thats basically so worthless that no one will miss it. We can steal 10 socks from our housemates and blame Dumbledore! Also what about locks. Can we grind by picking the same lock 10 times? I dunno if there are enough normal locks for us to pick (unless magical unlocking applies).

Mage 3: Gain 20 levels in a magic type using any D&D mage spell, or defeat 1 boss type enemy with only D&D spells

Assuming that things follow canon, Quirrell might release the troll again. That might qualify as a boss? If not, its grinding time I guess.

Cleric 2: Gain 20 levels in Faith

How do we gain faith anyway?

Paladin 5: Be named a Champion or Protector(Can be named such by any source; Ministry of Magic, Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, the Queen, etc.)

No idea how we would manage this?

Bard 1: Entertain a group of 10 with your music

We could practice our flute and try to play to the others in Gryffindor? Skill is so low that we probably need to grind it a bit.

Druid 1: Gain 10 levels in woodlore.

We could visit Hagrid when we have a chance and ask him to show us around maybe? Heck, we could try and talk about Fluffy (if we have learned of it by then).

Fighter 1: Gain 10 levels in any type of weapon, discounting unarmed.

Eh, we could find a sword somewhere so we are ready if we get the sword from the hat. Dunno how to justify IC though. Also not sure what other weapon would even be worth it?
 
honestly i'd rather ignore the house cup quest, it's pointless busywork for student's to feel good about themselves and more importantly a lot of actions we'd take to get it may reduce our relationship stat's with future slytherin contacts.
At the very least if we only manage to win at the end of the year because of Dumbledore's last minute point boost i'd suggest we turn it down as winning that way would just feel wrong and would make people think we're getting special Potter treatment.
 
They damn well better not let Pettigrew escape. Also a lost opportunity to use Detect Evil on Quirrell. Ohwell, hopefully we can use it later. Heck, perhaps we can do it subtly later in each class for each teacher. Though it does occur to me that it might not work on Quirrell by the time we get a chance. I mean while its a pretty OCP spell, Voldemort might still have something to counter it, and thanks to Pettigrews capture he knows about it.

I don't know if Quirrell knows about it. We didn't tell him, and Dumbledore would be the one to do the telling. Would he tell him? I actually rather doubt it. Snape, yes, but Quirrell? Probably not, since Quirrell isn't in his inner circle.

Can he separate himself from Quirrell for brief periods I wonder?

Disembodied Voldemort is very, very weak. So probably not.
 
How do we gain faith anyway?
Using faith powers. Smite, lay on hands, and so on.
Dunno how to justify IC though.
Grinding for grinding's sake. Plus we got immunity to disease for LVL 5 Paladin, who knows what the other classes might give us.
more importantly a lot of actions we'd take to get it may reduce our relationship stat's with future slytherin contacts.
Being awesome in class would make people hate us?
At the very least if we only manage to win at the end of the year because of Dumbledore's last minute point boost i'd suggest we turn it down as winning that way would just feel wrong and would make people think we're getting special Potter treatment.
I really don't think we need his help to win this. Especially if we do end up on the Quidditch team again. We'd be grabbing all the Snitches. All of them.
 
honestly i'd rather ignore the house cup quest, it's pointless busywork for student's to feel good about themselves and more importantly a lot of actions we'd take to get it may reduce our relationship stat's with future slytherin contacts.

Frankly, I dont think we need to really bother with focusing on winning the cup. Odds are we will get it regardless so long as we continue to grind and do well. And if not, no biggie. We will still get XP (if less). I think the smart thing here is to just accept the quest and then mostly forget about it.

At the very least if we only manage to win at the end of the year because of Dumbledore's last minute point boost i'd suggest we turn it down as winning that way would just feel wrong and would make people think we're getting special Potter treatment.

Which would:
a)Be incredibly arrogant of Harry to claim he can basically defy the headmaster.
b)Piss off all other Gryffindors.


Using faith powers. Smite, lay on hands, and so on.

Heh, we could ask Draco if he would volunteer for smite evil? Hmm. Does lay on hands work on only others or on Harry himself aswell? We could atleast try to throw around blessings. Does it work like the "bless" spell? It occurs to me that if it does, we should cast it on Neville whenever theres a potions class and Snape starts harassing Neville. The morale boost would help him not be intimidated by Snape. Ofcourse we would have to figure out how to be stealthy about it.

Grinding for grinding's sake. Plus we got immunity to disease for LVL 5 Paladin, who knows what the other classes might give us.

Exactly my point. We might get other interesting traits or abilities from the others. Regardless, we will be able to gain more spells and such and be better at them.

I really don't think we need his help to win this. Especially if we do end up on the Quidditch team again. We'd be grabbing all the Snitches. All of them.

Yeah, we probably should try to get on the team. I figure that should get us dexterity atleast, and ofcourse flying skillpoints. Since we have a trait for flying, it would be foolish not to try and take advantage of it.
 
[X] No
[X] Yes(2)
[X] Stay up a bit and talk to...
-[X] Hermione and Neville
--[X] See if they want to start a study group together...we know some unique tricks, Hermione's a talented academic, and Neville has lots of practical experience...and, more importantly, we're all motivated to actually learn magic, not just play around all day

Cause fuck house cup, it's stupid. This life is not only about xp. Shocking, I know.
 
[X] Yes
[X] Yes(2)

[X] Stay up a bit and talk to...
-[X] Hermione and Neville
--[X] See if they want to start a study group together...we know some unique tricks, Hermione's a talented academic, and Neville has lots of practical experience...and, more importantly, we're all motivated to actually learn magic, not just play around all day.

I say that, even though we're now in Gryffindor, we should still reach out to the other houses. Let's be sure to visit the Hufflepuff common room (see if we can ask Hannah or Susan to let us in) to keep in touch with our friends, and see if we can't reach out to potential friends in other houses. Basically, befriend everyone.

Maybe we could go ahead and set up a group composed of anyone from any house and teach defense? Considering our teacher so far, I bet the professors would be fine with it. We can get started early.
 
[X] Yes
[X] Yes(2)

[X] Stay up a bit and talk to...
-[X] Hermione and Neville
--[X] See if they want to start a study group together...we know some unique tricks, Hermione's a talented academic, and Neville has lots of practical experience...and, more importantly, we're all motivated to actually learn magic, not just play around all day.

I'm not fully caught up yet, so I'm not sure if we've already brought this kind of thing up. I'm also not sure if additional write-in components like this are allowed.

Let me know if either is an issue.

That said, I think these two are our best start for an "inner circle," if you want to call it that. They're our housemates, and, as I'm suggesting we mention, they're strongly motivated. Most of our housemates, although good natured, seem to be your typical kids. They don't really have the drive to stick with it, or the breadth of vision to see how potentially potent Magic can be...and what that can mean for themselves, and everyone else.

So let's start with the two we know have their heads on straight in Gryffindor, then we can look into bringing in Susan and Hannah. After that, we'll look into Ravenclaw and Slytherin...the first has a tendency towards elitism, while the latter...well, it'll take some effort to polish the grime off any diamonds we find in there. That said, they probably have plenty of potential, if you can get them to realize that a bloodline isn't enough to make you powerful.
Oooooo. I like this. I like this alot.

[X] Yes
[X] Yes(2)

[X] Stay up a bit and talk to...
-[X] Hermione and Neville
--[X] See if they want to start a study group together...we know some unique tricks, Hermione's a talented academic, and Neville has lots of practical experience...and, more importantly, we're all motivated to actually learn magic, not just play around all day.
 
[X] Yes
[X] Yes(2)

[X] Stay up a bit and talk to...
-[X] Hermione and Neville
--[X] See if they want to start a study group together...weknow some unique tricks, Hermione's a talentedacademic, and Neville has lots of practicalexperience...and, more importantly, we're all motivatedto actually learn magic, not just play around all day.
 
[X] Yes

Whynot?

[X] Yes(2)

Just need to see the beastie.
We'd probably blunder into it at some point.

[X] Stay up a bit and talk to...
-[X] Your roommates

Get to know the people.
 
[X] Yes
[X] Yes(2)

[X] Stay up a bit and talk to...
-[X] Hermione and Neville
--[X] See if they want to start a study group together...we know some unique tricks, Hermione's a talented academic, and Neville has lots of practical experience...and, more importantly, we're all motivated to actually learn magic, not just play around all day.

Cause fuck house cup, it's stupid. This life is not only about xp. Shocking, I know.

You're not gonna get very far with that dude. I'm pretty sure we'd let all of Harry's friends die if we would gain enough XP from it.
 
[X] Yes
[X] Yes(2)

[X] Stay up a bit and talk to...
-[X] Neville and Hermione in the Common Room

There are more important things than housepoints and XP. But turning down free XP is just dumb, and house points are going to happen anyway.
 
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