A D&D World with Kids on Brooms

Many people will recognize Strixhaven from the recent D&D 5e sourcebook Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos. I shamelessly stole a massive amount of its content but while I do love D&D, I wanted to do something more flexible for such an interesting setting. My husband introduced me to Kids on Brooms and I immediately thought about Strixhaven. This is my attempt to merge them and bring the wonderful whimsy presented in the book to life in a new and more flexible way!

The System

The system on Kids on Brooms is similar to D&D in a number of regards. It still relies on dice up to a d20, still relies on a Difficulty Check (known as a Target Number [TN] from here forward), and the narrative is still significantly driven by dice rolls. However, there are a significant number of differences.

Stats

Ability checks are a core component of this game, utilizing one of the stats below that relates to a specific type of magic (anytime anyone refers to a type of magic OOC, its referring to magic using one of these stats):

• Brains: This determines how book smart you are, how quickly you solve academic puzzles, and how well you are or will be doing in school. For magic, this ability governs how well you cast magic to reveal something hidden, understand something mysterious, or see a different time or place, such as revealing a hidden passage or astral projection.
• Brawn: This determines your physical strength and health and how intimidating you can be. For magic, this ability governs how well you cast magic to move or protect objects and places, such as levitating a book or locking and warding a door.
• Fight: This determines how good you are at fighting with whichever weapons you are capable of using and how quickly you pick up new combat skills. For magic, this ability governs how well you cast magic to attack enemies or break through obstacles, such as disarming an opponent or breaking down a door.
• Flight: This determines how fast you are and how easily you evade your problems, literally and figuratively. For magic, this skill governs how well you cast magic to hide yourself, deflect spells and effects, and move in magic ways (including your broom!)
• Charm: This determines your social aptitude and how easily you can read people and situations. For magic, this ability governs how well you cast magic to influence another’s thinking, create illusions, or modify your appearance in some way.
• Grit: This determines how difficult it is to break a character physically or emotionally and how street-smart a character is. For magic, this ability governs how well you cast magic to protect someone physically or mentally, including healing, mind shielding, and dispelling magic that has already been cast.

During character creation, specific dice will be assigned to specific abilities, representing how strong each ability is. Your strongest ability will be assigned a d20 while your weakest ability will be assigned a d4. The die assigned to your abilities will be used whenever I ask you to make a roll with that ability. For example, if you assign the d12 to your Fight ability and you want to break down a door, you roll that d12, add the appropriate modifiers, and compare it to the TN.

The dice never change. Once they’re locked in at character creation, those dice will be used for the entirety of the campaign! Instead, you can earn modifiers to give you an advantage.

Modifiers

There are a number of ways to gain additional bonuses to an ability when you roll. The most common are your Classes, Wand, and Broom.

Classes and Marks

You’ll notice next to each class there is a list of abilities. These are the abilities you may advance as a result of taking this class. As you go through the campaign, you will study, do homework, and take tests (mostly off screen) that will prove your mastery over the subject matter.

As you continue through the world, applying what you’ve learned in class will give you Marks. During General Studies, this could be applying your Charm studies to create an Illusion or determining the identity of a particularly foul looking concoction applying your Potions studies. Once enrolled in a formal school, this can range from narrating a particularly moving speech that magically boosts the morale of your friends while in Speech class, constructing a beautiful sculpture of ice and snow to distract a Disciplinarian while in Sculpture cass, or brewing an antitoxin after a nasty encounter with a Twelve Toed Giant Lizard while in Advanced Potions. Once you’ve reached third year and you enroll in a specific school, you’ll only be able to place marks in stats of the specific school.

Once you’ve reached a specific number of marks in a class, you earn the ability to complete a Test. While it may be RPed depending on the circumstance, it’ll likely be an off screen affair. There are two components to this: Studying and Testing.

During the Studying portion, you can choose based on your character how you want to prepare for the exam. How you decide to prepare changes what ability is used for the roll. Do you spend all day studying and get a decent night’s sleep while your friends party and hang out? Sounds like a Brains roll. Do you try to sneak in a cheat sheet to get an edge so you don’t have to compromise your time? That’s a Flight roll! Are you going to intimidate a smarter kid into tutoring you or making a sheet for you? Brawns it is!

During the Testing portion, the TN of the event will change based on your Studying portion. Successfully preparing well will make the Test a piece of cake and you’ll make a skill check with the appropriate roll. If you fail, you can take a Make Up Test later to try again! If you fail after cheating, you’re caught and you lose all your marks that you’d earned thus far, forcing you to regain them to try again. However, passing the Test earns you the appropriate bonus below:

First Tier (2 Marks): Trained in [Magic]: +1
Second Tier (6 Marks): Studied in [Magic]: +3
Third Tier (10 Marks): Master of [Magic]: +5

Once you’ve earned the Master of [Magic], you cannot continue to put marks in that form of magic.

Wands

The most important tool for a mage, wands allow its wielder control over their magical gifts. Almost all mages display their magical potential around the age of 7 and wands appear shortly after that. The way mages obtain their wands varies greatly. Mages from long lineages of mages often have wands passed down from person to person, mages with Fey ancestry may find a Treant or Pixie bestowing them one as a gift, and others find theirs from amongst the quiet, hallowed halls of Rixim’s Statuary.

When considering your character’s wand, keep in mind there are two components to creating them: the wood and the core. Each one will confer a +1 bonus to a type of magic, so long as you are holding it, that cannot match. For example, if your wood grants a bonus to Grit, your core cannot also confer a bonus to Grit. Here are some examples of woods by type of magic:

Brains: Wisteria or Hawthorne
Brawn: Pine or Oak
Fight: Crabapple or Dogwood
Flight: Birch or Bamboo
Grit: Ironwood or Maple
Charm: Lilac or Cherry

Next you’ll choose your wand’s core. Your character may not know their core if it was found or gifted to them but for mechanic’s sake, you should know! The core of a mage’s wand should represent something about them, for better or worse. Here are some example cores:

Cores:

• Brains: Parchment, Phoenix feather, Owl’s Feather
• Brawns: Gorilla’s Fur, Orge’s fingernail, Hippos Tooth
• Fight: Dragon’s Heartstring, Wolf’s Tooth, Elk’s Antler
• Flight: Hawk’s Feather, Air, Bat’s Bone
• Charm: Changeling’s Hair, Gold, Glass
• Grit: Steel, Diamond, Lion’s Mane

Once you’ve made your wand, you should take some time to think of what your wand looks like and describe it on your character sheet!

Brooms

A staple of magical transportation, brooms are a standard method of travel. The vast majority of mages have one and you can too! In a similar fashion to wands, brooms can have deep and interesting backstories. Don’t be afraid to have fun with it!

Brooms can also confer special bonuses while riding it. Pick one from below and add it, along with a description of what your broom looks like, to your character sheet.

• The Blocker’s Broom: Gain the Guardian Strength
• Bolting 4000: You get +1 to Flight checks
• The Bruiser: You get +1 to Fight checks
• Cunning Captain’s Cruiser: You may treat snap decisions as Planned Actions unless you are facing a fear
• Daredevil’s Duster: If you perform a stunt, you get a +3 to Charm checks against any characters who witness the stunt.
• The Daring Dodger 3000: Each Adversity Token you spend during a check adds +2 to your roll, instead of +1.
• Heartwood’s Helper: Each time you succeed at a check, an ally of your choice receives one adversity Token.
• Mapmaker’s Friend: If you know the area, you cannot get lost.
• The Mastermind’s Sweeper: You get +1 to Brains checks.
• The Strong Sweep 2500: You get +1 to Brawn checks.
• The Suave Sweeper: You get +1 to Charm checks.
• The Tough Break: You get +1 to Grit checks.
• Valiance 2400: You may ignore your fears.
• Weasel’s Whisk: Gain the Unassuming Strength.

Stat Checks:

When you want to do something that has consequences on failure, you’ll need to make a Stat Check. A Stat Check is anything that you need to roll a die against the Target Number to determine success or failure of the action. Some examples of a stat check are spellcasting, attempting to fly your broom in a storm, running across a frozen pond, or attempting to cook a delicious meal for a date. You don’t need a skill check to open an unlocked door, to pick up most items, or just to climb a set of stairs. Use your judgment when deciding if you need a check and if you’re not sure, ask!

When completing a skill check, tag me (The GM) in discord and explain what you are trying to do. Based on a number of variables, I’ll set a TN and determine which stat you’ll need to roll. You are more than welcome to push for a specific stat for the roll but once it’s decided, that’s the one you’ll need to roll. You’ll roll the die, add any applicable modifiers, and compare it to the TN. If you match or exceed the TN, you succeed! If you fail to reach it, you’ve failed. How well you’ve succeeded or failed is based on how far off the TN you are.

• +10 or higher: You succeed smoothly and easily and something more beneficial than normal will likely occur.
• +5 to +9: You succeed impressively and something more beneficial than normal may occur.
• +1 to +4: You’ve succeeded but not impressively.
• On TN: You’ve succeeded with some difficulty.
• -1 to -4: You tried and almost succeeded but couldn’t quite make it.
• -5 to -9: You failed. Something bad may happen but it probably won’t bother you too long.
• -10 to -14: You bit off more than you could chew and there will be a price to pay.
• -15: You failed catastrophically and there will be hell to pay, whether you pay it or someone else does is up in the air…

Lucky Breaks

Anytime you make a roll and you roll the highest value on the die, you earn a Lucky Break (also known as Exploding Dice) and get to roll an additional die of the same value. For example, if you roll a d4 and get a 4, you get to roll an additional d4! This only works if you roll the highest value on a die and still don’t reach the TN for the check. If you have reached the TN, you cannot earn a Lucky Break.

For example, if Aaron wants to put out the fire in the fireplace of the dorm, Aaron would need to make a Grit roll to dispel the flames. The TN is a 8 and his Grit die is a d6 and he gets a +1 from his core. Aaron rolls the dice and gets a 6. Since the TN is 8, he may roll an additional d6. He rolls another 6 but since he has exceeded the TN, he doesn’t get an additional Lucky Break so he adds his +1 from his wand for a total of 13, succeeding with ease.

Adversity Tokens

Adversity tokens are earned each time you undertake a task that requires a Stat Check and you fail. These tokens can be collected and then spent on a future Stat roll for a +1 bonus to the roll. You can use any number of them at a time, discarding them after use. You may also spend them on other players’ rolls but you must explain how you are assisting them and in some situations, the GM may not permit them for narrative reasons.

Planned Actions vs Snap Decisions

There are two different types of Skill Checks: Planned Actions vs Snap Decisions. Planned Actions are stat checks that you’ve had time to prepare for, such as taking a test, or are free from significant pressure to complete, such as picking a lock in an empty hallway in the middle of the night. When making a Planned Action, perform the following:

• Get a TN and stat roll from the GM by explaining how you are attempting to overcome a situation (i.e, to get past a locked door do you want to unlock it (Flight), break it down (Fight), or transmute it to water (Brawn)).
• Because you have time, you may either roll the appropriate die or take half the value of the die (if you are rolling a d20, you can choose to take a 10).
• Determine if you have a Lucky Break and if you do, roll as appropriate.
• Add appropriate modifiers and spend Adversity tokens. Remember, others can spend their tokens on this but you’ll have to add in how they helped and they’ll have to include a section in their next post.
• Compare the result to the TN. If you meet or exceed, you succeed! Celebrate your success. If you failed to meet the TN, add 1 adversity token and the GM will explain how you failed for your narration.

Things change with a Snap Decision. Snap Decisions are things you have to do quickly and urgently under bad conditions. If you’re being chased across campus or trying to lie your way out of a situation without having time to line up your stories, you’ll be performing a Snap Decision. If you are making a Stat check during a snap decision, do above with the following modifications:

• You cannot take half of the stat die. You must make the roll and take the result.
• You may spend Adversity Tokens but others cannot spend theirs to help you.

Fears

Fears will be discussed more in Character creation but for now, when performing actions while faced with one of your fears, the following apply:

• All stat checks are Snap Decisions
• You cannot spend Adversity tokens to help your friends
• Depending on the severity of the fear, you will be faced with up to a -3 penalty.

A situation in which you are faced with your fear can vary widely from situation to situation. If your fear is snakes, it could be a snake slithering past you to an entire pit writhing with snakes. If your fear is disappointing your parents, it could be encountering a situation similar to one that you failed them before, or it could be the prospect of meeting with them after already doing something disappointing.

During these situations, you are too deep in your fight or flight reactions to make planned actions and too focused on yourself to spend adversity tokens on others (though they can still spend on you so long as they don’t share a fear!).

More importantly, you will be suffering a penalty depending on the severity of the situation:

• You won’t have a penalty for a non-persistent occurrence. For example, if a snake slithers across your path and then vanishes, you won’t be at a penalty to try and cast a light charm.
• You’re at a -1 when the fear is persistent but minor. Casting the same light charm next to a sealed terrarium in which you see a snake on a branch will reflect the minor distraction.

Strixhaven Institute is a massive sprawling campus nestled in the Adirondack mountains of northern New York. Hidden beneath layers of illusion magic, Strixhaven controls a massive valley between Lion Lake and Whiteface mountain and in order to access it, one must pass through Wilmington to the magical town of Stoneshore, a little further north. Here Strixhaven students say goodbye to their families and pass through the Arch, a special portal keyed to the Institute.

While there are two others in North America, they have been temporarily suspended due to some unpleasant business within the magical world.

Strixhaven is composed of the central hub, containing Archway Commons, The Biblioplex, Firejolt Hall, The General Studies dorms, Bow’s End Tavern, and Strixhaven Stadium, and the five student campuses. Well maintained roads connect the various parts of the Institute with regular carriages making tps from the Central Hub out to the campuses. Walking the distance would take nearly half an hour, or half as much by broom or carriage. In addition, several teleportation circles are littered through the campuses but it is ill advised anyone beneath fourth year use them as they do require a certain level of skill to successfully use them.



The Central Hub is where all students eventually find themselves at the end of the day, whether it be at Firejolt Hall for dinner or the Biblioplex to study or to finally find their beds at the General dorms.



The Biblioplex is a sprawling library where books reach from floor to ceiling as far as the eye can see. The main library, it stands as the heart of the Strixhaven Institute and inside holds the Hall of Founders, in which a snarl, a bit of tangled magic, glows like a miniature sun.
The Bibloplex is massive and many theorize that it has started to grow on its own. The archives are composed of long hallways with ceilings high enough to have their own weather, pools of strange bubbling liquid, moat passages only crossable by boat, and a large center garden favored by many Witherbloom students. The deeper one goes into the Bibloplex, the less organized and more dangerous it becomes.



Just south of the Biblioplex, a star arch arches overhead a lush garden that marks the Archway commons. More commonly known as the Commons, it is a favorite place for relaxing, especially for first years, and an evening stroll for dates.



At the edge of the Commons and just south of The Biblioplex, Firejolt Hall is the central dining hall where a number of students gather for three free meals a day. Named after a Strixhaven specialty developed by Ellina (an elvish alumni who now manages Strixhaven’s culinary program), the Hall boasts nearly 100 8-person tables within a beautiful crystal hall that showcases stunning landscapes from across the world. Food here is created and served magically, appearing with a simple tap of the wand.



At the western end of the Star Arch, sits a cozy tavern popular with older students and faculty and has rooms for rent for visiting families, alumni, and guest speakers. It regularly hosts live music, deliciously greasy food, and a variety of potions and beverages. Unlike Firejolt hall, this is a private establishment and requires payment for service. The owner, Tulk “the Bulk” Tusktooth, is another alumni and is close friends with Ellina. While technically not allowed, Tulk often looks the other way when students come to settle disputes with duels behind the Tavern.



Home of Strixhaven’s favorite sport, Mage’s Tower, this stadium is capable of magically adjusting to house up to ten thousand spectators and is found a stone’s throw past Bow’s End Tavern.



Strixhaven boasts five unique schools at their Institute, each with their own magically created environments, lecture and study halls, dorms, and dining halls. Each campus is dedicated to using magic in exciting and fun ways outside of the standard everyday life. First and second year students will spend their time in the General Studies program, during which they take classes from each campus to give them a fundamental understanding of each college.

Students are presented to the Oracle at the beginning of their Third year. This strange robed statue of a mysterious figure is said to be able to peer through time, find the future in which you are the most successful, and present you with unusual, esoteric visions to guide you to the appropriate direction. Ultimately the choice is yours and after your time with the Oracle, you'll inform the school of the campus you wish to join full time.




The Lorehold campus is situated northwest of the central campus in a region of stark vertical relief. Unlike the other schools whose areas are magically created, Lorehold is connected to a strange interdimensional area that once held inhabitants. Rugged mesas and steep hills rise from a wide plain, and a great chasm holds the excavated ruins of an ancient settlement. Several star arches encircle rocky peaks and outcroppings, testifying to the powerful magical energy in the vicinity—energy once harnessed by the ancients who used to inhabit this area. Lorehold specializes in unraveling the mysteries buried away in times long past, weaving magic in a manner known as Archaeomancy. While there are a variety of parts to this, ranging from conjuring the dead to a plethora of divining and protective magic, Lorehold's goal is to study the driving forces of Order (the macro forces that govern civilization) vs Chaos (the micro forces that govern civilization.). They offer a wide variety of history classes, spell theory on Necromancy, defensive and preservative techniques, and divination techniques. The general classes they offer are:

• Introduction to Archeomancy - Brains, Brawns, Grit
• History of Magical Civilizations - Fight, Flight, Brains, Brawn, Charm, Grit
• Summoning - Brain, Charm, Grit
• Defense Against Malicious Magic - Fight, Flight, Grit

Part natural chasm, part archaeological excavation, and part new construction, Pillardrop is a series of buildings excavated out of cliffs on the Lorehold campus. Ruins and upgraded halls together are now used for research, classwork, and housing. Precarious bridges link one neighborhood of Pillardrop to another, often directly passing the enormous stone faces of old statues. Every Lorehold class has a story of some careless student making a misstep on one of these bridges or in some particularly crumbling section of the ruins, sometimes with disastrous consequences—and sometimes finding deliverance when a spirit statue appears from nowhere to catch the hapless student before they suffer serious harm.


The heart of the Lorehold campus surrounds a soaring bridge that crosses the chasm of Pillardrop. The bridge and surrounding pathways are lined with monuments depicting historical figures, including past professors and prominent mage-students, as well as war heroes and heads of state from ages past.


Kollema Hall is a grand, multitiered gallery built into a large outcrop at the end of Effigy Row. Here, Lorehold mages gather for large lectures. At the center of the hall towers a magnificent statue of Kollema, a wise monastic who was one of the first Lorehold professors




Southwest of the central campus, the Prismari campus is situated in a region of jagged rocks, rugged spires, and intense geothermal activity The school of Prismari merges art and magic together, creating towering art pieces of elemental power in creative and awesome displays. To them, the fundamental elements are the purest expressions of life itself and through them seeks to understand the principles of Perfection (art that provokes intellectual, thoughtful responses through precision and forethought) vs Emotion (flashy, terrific displays that evoke strong emotional responses with sudden and intuitive displays). All their classes heavily emphasize elemental work, such as:

• History of Art and Magic - Fight, Flight, Brains, Brawn, Charm, Grit
• Transfiguration - Charm, Grit
• Charms - Brawn, Charm, Brains
• Brooms - Flight

The center of the Prismari campus is Conjurot Hall, a towering structure with a glassed-in observation area at the top. Constantly changing strands of elemental energy encircle the structure. Artist-mages can see for miles from Conjurot’s main turret, and the view has inspired many artistic creations.


Hundreds of Prismari creations are displayed along a path that winds through the central campus buildings, giving the path its name: Opus Walk. Some famous pieces of magical art have been displayed along Opus Walk for centuries, while other transient bursts of creativity last only a few moments.


At the outskirts of the Prismari campus, the abandoned creations of thousands of past artist-mages have coalesced over the years into the notorious region of Furygale. Roped off by magical wards and warning signs, Furygale is several acres of ever-changing magical energy, gales of ice and wind and fire, and elementals gone rogue. While dangerous, it also provides a source of wild inspiration, and it remains a popular spot for students who want to duel without being interrupted by faculty.




The Quandrix campus is situated in a coastal area to the northeast of the central campus, surrounded by lush woodland and abundant rivers and streams. This school focuses on discovering and documenting the basic patterns, equations, and fractals of the universe and uses these to develop spells powered through mathematical formula and natural patterns. They are well known for their fractal light spells, excelling in both defensive and transmutive magic. General Studies classes usually include:

• Basic Magical Auras - Charm, Grit
• Beginning Computational Magic Brains, Grit
• Transfiguration - Charm, Grit
• Numerology - Brains, Charm, Grit

The central hall of Quandrix campus lies at the end of a geometric series of walkways, terminating at ascending ramps to the towering building. Inside, Torus Hall’s architecture is mapped to an ever-changing three-dimensional grid, which slowly evolves. Some Quandrix faculty members insist that mage-students shouldn’t linger too long inside the hall, lest its geometry eventually turn itself inside out while students are still within it.


The Quandrix campus is alive with dynamic sculptures made of water behaving in odd ways: cube-shaped fountains, arcing aqueducts that flow through the air, towers of solid-seeming water. One water structure holds a secret: a mysterious inner expanse called the Arithmodrome. From the outside, the Arithmodrome looks like a large cube of water, ten feet on each side. The inside is an apparently boundless theory-space that suspends the rules of reality. Mages use this space to explore theoretical numerical possibilities.


The Cultivarium is an eye-popping, sun-drenched garden of spiraling, cyclical plants and fractalized animals. Quandrix faculty members have repeatedly taught growth spells in this part of campus, and over the centuries, the area has come to intensify any growth magic cast within it.




The Silverquill campus is located due north of the central Strixhaven campus and looks much like an extension of it. Silverquill is the most urban of the five colleges, with a campus that features buildings of stately elegance. Better known as the College of Eloquience, Silverquill focuses on magic through the spoken and written word. Its magical principles revolve around Radiance (uplifting and inspiring through language) and Shadow (cutting down, suppressing, dominating through language) with many a student finding their magic warping to match their chosen philosophies. General Study classes include:

• Beginning Inkomancy - Charm, Fight, Grit
• Introduction to Debate and Dueling - Charm, Fight
• Charms - Brawn, Charm, Brains
• Defense against Malicious Magic - Fight, Flight, Grit

The main Silverquill building is Grandloft Hall, a vast space with shafts of light streaking in from the enchanted window panes far above. Grandloft teems with balconies, loges, booths, daisies, and other spaces where orators can perform their craft. Inklings, the college’s mascots, flit around the high ceiling, and enchanted spotlights automatically focus on any mage who uses powerful magic.


The Rose Stage is a rotating circular platform on the Silverquill campus. It has a backdrop of roses made of magical ink (tributes left by spectators of past performances), which creates excellent acoustics. Mage-students meet at the Rose Stage to practice performances, spar, or engage in honor duels. Faculty members often observe performances at the Rose Stage, coaching the students in their magical and rhetorical displays.


The Dramarium is a facility where Silverquill students train in fitness, dance, martial arts, and other acts of physical performance. Students can avail themselves of the preparation space called the Gray Room (actually a chain of rooms), which has hair and makeup salons, voice rehearsal booths, mirrored rehearsal spaces, and spa facilities. The back of the Dramarium has a special sensory deprivation chamber for mage-students who want complete silence in which to meditate.




Witherbloom’s campus is tucked away in a wide bayou to the southeast of Strixhaven’s central campus. This school examines the magical world through a natural lens, literally and figuratively. Its students examine and document the many wonders of the natural world and derive magic from its pieces. The school has a deep respect for the processes of both life and death, not shying away from the darker side of the natural world. General Studies classes include:

• Arcano-botany for beginners - Brains, Flight, Grit
• Basic Magical Auras - Charm, Grit
• Transfiguration - Charm, Grit
• Potions - Brains, Flight

Sedgemoor, the bayou area that encompasses the Witherbloom campus, is known for a range of swamp creatures: bats, crocodilian monsters, zombified animals, lumbering beasts called brackish trudges, and canine creatures called groffs. Sedgemoor is an excellent place to find pest mascots, herbs, spider silk, fungi, and other ingredients for potions and spells.


The center of the Witherbloom campus is Widdershins Hall, a bog mansion that looks like it grew out of Sedgemoor itself. Widdershins is a network of inter­connected wooden pods, with planked walkways leading out of it like tendrils. The hall has a cozy inner chamber where students gather for classwork.


A stinking, thoroughly unpleasant marshland lies adjacent to Sedgemoor: the Detention Bog. Witherbloom faculty members send misbehaving students to this bog as punishment, but it’s also an excellent place to gather herbs for certain cures and curses.

Character Creation

Step 1 is to allocate your dice to your stats. If you recall from our section in System, the dice we use (d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, and d20) are all assigned to a stat so whenever you have to make a stat check, you’ll alway use that dice. So if you assign a d10 to your grit, you’ll always roll a d10 whenever you make a Grit check. These should be based on your character and their personality (or their personality will be derived from these stats, whichever you prefer). So if your character is an outgoing, smooth talking socialite who tries not to get into altercations, Charm and Flight will probably be high with Fight and Brawn on the lower end. If you have an idea but aren’t certain how to allocate your dice to match your character, don’t hesitate to ask!



Step 2 is figuring out your age. Characters can be anywhere between 14 and 17 (1st year and 3rd year, respectively).

If you start as a first or second year, you automatically gain the Innocent Strength and gain a +1 to Charm and Flight checks. This character should be anywhere between 14 - 16 depending on how their birthday fell. You’ll be in general education so you won’t have to think about which school you’ll be joining yet.

If you start as a third year, you automatically gain Studied in [Magic]: +3 for the stat of your choice and you have a +1 to Fight and Brawn stat checks made. You should be 16 or 17 and you’ll need to have decided which school you’ll be joining OOC so that when it comes your turn with The Oracle, we will know which one you’ll be joining.



Whether using a Trope or winging it on your own, you’ll need to select two strengths and two flaws from the list below. Tropes provide a suggested list of both. Strengths provide a mechanical advantage during gameplay. Flaws don’t have a detriment but should have a heavy presence in your character’s actions and personality in the game.

Like with everything else, if you don’t see a Strength or Flaw that you’d like to bring in, just reach out to the GM and we can make it work!

Strengths:

• Cool Under Pressure: You may spend an Adversity token to take half of a die when making Snap Decisions.
• Easy Going: Gain two adversity tokens instead of one when you fail a stat check.
• Gifted: If you fail a roll that involves the magic die, you may spend one Adversity token to reroll the magic die.
• Gaurdian: When defending another player or NPC, always roll your die and the magic die even if you aren’t using magic. If you still fail, you may reroll the magic die.
• Handy: You gain the benefits of your wand without having to hold it. You still need your wand to cast magic.
• Heroic: You do not need the GMs permission to spend AT to ignore fears.
• Innocent: Once per scene (with the GMs permission), you can spend 2 AT to convince an adult to not punish you for a minor transgression.
• Intuitive: You may spend 1 AT to ask a question about your surroundings, an NPC, or the like. The GM must answer honestly.
• Loyal: Each of the AT you spend to help friends gives them a +2 rather than a +1.
• Lucky: You may spend 2AT to reroll a stat check. This does not allow you to reroll the Magic Die.
• Prepared: Spend 2 AT (at the GM’s discretion) to just happen to have 1 commonplace item with you.
• Psychic Link: You have a complete two-way psychic communication with your familiar at any distance.
• Resilient: When spending AT on a check against a spell that is targeting you, each AT is worth +2 instead of +1.
• Spell Slinger: If you fail a spell check, add a +3 to the final total. While you still fail the check, you may reduce the impact of failure.
• Tough: If you lose a combat roll, add +3 to the final total. While you still fail, you may reduce the impact of failure.
• Unassuming: You may spend 2 AT to remain unseen, within reason.
• Wild speak: You can communicate with any animal whose species you have knowledge of.

Flaws

• Blunt
• Cocky
• Conspicuous
• Dishonest
• Haughty
• Irrational
• Loudmouth
• Narcissistic
• Reckless
• Tempted
• Clumsy
• Competitive
• Cursed
• Greedy
• Hotheaded
• Judgmental
• Naïve
• Rash
• Spoiled
• Timid

A character's Fear should be something your character is terrified of and is directly connected to their backstory. There are some mechanical points covered in The System that will reflect what happens when you encounter your fear. Pick one fear for your character.



At this point, it's important to note that nearly everything here assumes your character is human. If you want to play a race other than human, do it! Just reach out to me so that we can get it properly worked out because you may have additional strengths or flaws based on your racial decision. A changeling, for example, may have access to a strength that lets them get a +2 for each AT spent on Grit rolls to change their appearance.


Like it says in the system section, every mage gets a wand. Notate what decisions you made and a description of your wand!



Like it says in the system section, every mage gets a broom. Take in consideration the resources you and your families may have for the quality of your broom if you purchased it but notate your decision and a description of your broom!



While you will not be permitted to have your familiar in class typically, dorms are equipped to handle most common familiars. Familiars can be any sort of animal but keep the following principles in mind:

• Familiars are an expression of a core part of your character’s personality. It can be an overt one, easily seen or something your character is at peace with, or is it a reflection of something your character is avoiding or hasn’t yet discovered. It is important to note that this bond is special; a familiar choses the mage as much as a mage choses the familiar.
• Your familiar should be small enough that you can carry it with you. Birds, small dogs, cats, rodents, snakes, and other smaller animals make excellent familiars.

Familiars are capable of completing simple tasks based on their physical ability (a cat could deliver a letter but it isn’t going to carry your bag around) without issue. In addition, you have limited, one-way communication with your familiar.

The familiars (or mascots) of the Strixhaven campaign setting are available as familiars but if you aren’t a third year, you should have a reason why you have that familiar. Every mascot but Witherbloom are considered magical constructs for the purposes of creating them so make sure someone else has either made the familiar for you or passed them down (For example, if you have a Spirit Statue familiar, maybe your parent is a pastraiser and one of the spirits bonded with you as a child and so it possessed one of your childhood toys or your parent made a statue in accordance with the traditional methods). Strixhaven Familiars are:

• Spirit Statue - Lorehold
• Art Elemental - Prismari
• Fractal Familiar - Quandrix
• Inkling Familiar - Silverquill
• Pest Familiar - Witherbloom

We’ve covered the mechanical character creation stuff and the System so now here is the official character sheet. As you complete it, please make sure you post it to the OOC for final approval before putting it in the character tab. If you have an editable pdf version of the official Kids on Brooms character sheet, please feel free to use that in place of this!

Gender(Pronouns) | Age(Grade) | Height | Weight

Name:

Appearance: (Please include anything not easily identifiable in the image above such as scars, tattoos, eye color, etc)

Personality:

Background: (Include how you found your wand, how you got your broom, how you got your fear, and some references to your family!)

Strengths: (Pick 2)

Flaws: (Pick 2)

Fear: (Pick 1 or 2)

Likes:

Dislikes:

Habits:

Wand: Description

• Wood (Bonus)
• Core (Bonus)

Broom: Name (Bonus)

Familiar: Name, Species

Classes (If 1st or 2nd year, pick a total of 3 from the General Studies list above. If Third year, confer with the GM):

Scoolbag (Inventory):

Name: Ferris Arquette

Appearance:
On the more petite side, Ferris stands at barely 5 feet tall. They like to insist that they haven't hit their growth spurt yet, but only time will tell if they are still growing or not. Their skin is naturally pale, and they tend to burn in the sun rather than tan. Their purple eyes always look tired with intense bags underneath them. They like to accessorize themselves in edgy teenage jewelry like chains and dark crystals. Their hair is always intentionally messy, unless their mom gets a hand on them and combs it neatly for them. But even that only lasts for a second before they mess up their hair again. Ferris has no real piercings yet, but as soon as they turn 18, they will get so many. Tattoos too!

Personality:
Ferris prefers the company of animals over the company of people. That isn't to say that they cannot get along with other people, they just find it draining to have to be around humans. They feel like they can be themselves around animals, while people tend to judge or ask questions or in the worst case, bully and tease. They put up a wall around people they do not trust and can come across as cold or uninterested. However, once someone gets through that wall, they will find that the real Ferris is actually very expressive and begrudgingly kind.

Ferris loves pulling harmless pranks though. When Ferris becomes comfortable, they become more mischievous and can easily lie with a serious or innocent face. This is because Ferris has 3 older siblings who all love to play pranks on each other. Ferris may joke that it was their siblings' love language. Because of their love for pranks, Ferris is a bit more observant than others as one must be to avoid all of the shenanigans their siblings may pull. They are also very adaptive to most situation, as one might become when an example of an idea of a prank from their sibling is tying them to the top of the roof while they were asleep.

Background:



Ferris Arquette was born "Ferra Arquette" and was a biological female. The baby of a well-to-do family of 6, Ferris always felt loved. And while their older siblings were obnoxious, they never made Ferris feel bad about themselves. Especially when they came out as nonbinary. Their older siblings did their best to make sure that Ferris never felt like a weirdo, and always tried to understand Ferris and their gender journey. Of course, they had to deal with their good share of bullies, but Ferris could ignore it for the most part, knowing that their family had their back.



After their family found out about their abilities, they gifted them their wand. Ferris themselves, doesn't know how their family obtained their wands, but their parents insist that they will tell them one day when they are ready. "A family friend," they would say with a knowing smirk. Ferris didn't know much about their wand, but they cherished it.

The broom, Ferris picked out on their own on a family shopping trip. They were 11 and all they knew they wanted was they wanted something fast so they could beat their siblings in a race. The Bolting 4000 caught their eye, and this one in particular came in with black bristles and a purple shaft. After a bit of begging and puppy dog eyes, Ferris was able to convince their parents to buy it for them. Who could resist the baby of the family?

Ferris is deathly afraid of the ocean. Swimming was fine, but something about the ocean -- bottomless, black, unknown. It didn't help that they nearly drowned when they were a kid, and got swept out by a huge wave. Fortunately, they were saved by their father, but Ferris never outgrew that fear.

Strengths:

• Wild Speak
• Cool under Pressure
• Innocent

Flaws:

• Spoiled
• Naive

Fear:

• The Ocean

Likes:

• Most Animals
• Chocolate and other sweets
• Playing pranks
• Video games

Dislikes:

• Bitter foods
• Coffee
• Bullies
• Losing

Habits:

• Gritting their teeth when anxious
• Taking seats that face the doors/exits and glancing at them whenever anyone enters or leaves a room

Wand: A wand made with a gray wood that has a slight green tint. It
Wisteria Wood (+Brains)
Diamond (+Grit)

Broom: Bolting 4000 (+Flight)

Familiar: Charlie , Chameleon

Classes (If 1st or 2nd year, pick a total of 3 from the General Studies list above. If Third year, confer with the GM):

• Summoning
• Transfiguration
• Potions

Schoolbag (Inventory):

• School supplies such as pencils, pens, erasers, etc
• Bag of dried insects (Charlie's food)
• Wallet with a bit of pocket money

Gender: Male (He/They) | Age: 14 (1st Year)| Height: 5'5" | Weight: 125 lbs

Name: Theodore Cromwell

Appearance: Theodore (Teddy) Cromwell is what many might consider adorable. Standing at only 5'5" he's shorter than most other kids his age giving him an air of innocence. Coupled with his love for anime and the kawaii movement, his pastel goth appearance allows many to forgive his reckless transgressions for just being too darn cute. His usual choice of footwear are Doc Martin's boots ladder laced with pastel pink laces. He often wears mismatched printed socks, mid length shorts that range from black to split dyed pastels, thick studded black belts, and a range of shirts that vary as much as his shorts do. His phone case is a clear plastic case with strawberry print on it and has several charms of fruits and sweets hanging off the corner of it. Though not naturally born with rosacea, Teddy often uses blush from cheek to cheek across the bridge of his nose, sometimes going as far to paint clouds or other designs on his cheeks or beneath the corners of his eyes.

Personality: Teddy could be considered to be outgoing though not entirely sociable. He spends most of his time gaming on stream (where he may subconsciously be using his magic to gain followers) typically horror games, though the content tends to vary. When not streaming he tends to game or hang out with his twin brother Tommy. They are consistently getting themselves into trouble, usually thanks to Teddy's reckless behavior and constant need for exploration when left to his own devices. Luckily for the pair of them, his charm tends to work on his mother, allowing most of the punishments to slide by though a few do get through and stick for a while. Tommy likes to say it's because Teddy is the younger of the two, though Teddy swears he was born first. Of course they are twins, but those few moments between matter.

Outside of his digital life and family, he doesn't have many friends. He could count the whole of them on one hand, and Teddy would like to keep it that way. He prefers to have a tight-knit group that he can trust and tell anything to, rather than a large number of acquaintances he hardly knows. Teddy is very protective of those he cares for, putting himself in harm's way if need be to ensure their safety. While he isn't one to start fights, he is definitely one to end them, though he prefers to dissolve the situation entirely while ensuring his friends can get out safely.

Background: Theodore Cromwell is a child of two. He was born a minute earlier than his twin Thomas to the Cromwell family name. He never knew his father, having left the family at a young age leaving him to be raised by his mother and with help from his uncle from time to time. His childhood was about as normal as any others growing up in Salem. School was of no real interest to him, finding himself fantasizing about other worlds like the ones found within the pages of a comic. He lived for snow days, both for the closure of the school as well as the ability to play with the snow. But most of all it allowed for his family to be together, huddled around a fireplace watching old movies from his mother's time or newer action films that he and his brother liked.

His uncle visited as often as he could, though they began to become more frequent once the twins turned seven. He would bring them both gifts, let his mother have the day off from watching them and it almost seemed to Teddy as if he was waiting for something to happen. He wasn't sure what exactly, but he could hear his mother and him talk sometimes, asking her how they were doing, if anything new had happened. It was never wildly apparent, always small things, but it wasn't until he started streaming that it was more visible. Teddy had a subconscious ability, no, a want to be adored. Perhaps it was a deep rooted hang up from his father's abandonment, but whatever the reason his magic manifested in an alluring pull. A Charm that swept over others and made them view him differently.

His first stream had originally only had a few viewers. Just his friends and a rando or two. But quickly their friends began to join, and their friends, and suddenly he'd had fifty followers. It was the minimum requirement to meet affiliates, and all he had to do was maintain viewership and consistently stream. Everyone was so proud of him, his mother called her brother to tell him what happened and he came down to congratulate him personally. His words were genuine, though looking back Teddy wondered if there was something hidden behind them, a question or concern. Later while visiting, his uncle was watching them play outside when a stray ball came huddling towards one of his friends. To everyone's surprise the ball stopped mid-air, Teddy having reached his hand out to stop it reflexively stopped it with a defensive ward.

His uncle quickly went to action, only leaving Teddy with the memory of what transpired and what happened next. There had never been twins in the Cromwell family before, so a question hung in the air. Who gets the magic? Or is it lost with this line? Theodore's uncle wiped the memory of all those present, making them believe the ball had nearly missed but soon after having taken Teddy for a talk. It was there he learned the Cromwell family secret, one kept by a select few family members. The first born child of every Cromwell family would inherit their magic. So it turned out Tommy was wrong, because as it stood he wasn't the one with magic. His uncle showed him basic controls, told him of the secrecy he must keep, and helped him understand this new world he was being let into.

His uncle Harold took him to New York where he lived and worked. Showed him to Rixim's Statuary, a local wand shop where his family had been getting their wands for years. It was operated by a spindly lizard man with a neck frill and six limbs. The joints of his fingers cracked at his movements as he showcased them through the store. Marble statues in various poses held out wands, having first started as a column of six wands, that now seemingly unfurled into an infinite space as Teddy browsed the wares. It wasn't until he came upon a regal looking statue whose pose was refined and delicate. It held a wand as though it was praying upwards towards the sky with the instrument gently tilted towards the sky. Theodore went to grab the wand when the statued hand released its gentle grip and let it fall gingerly into his hands. He now held, and owned, a soft cherry pink wand whose hilt was a luscious gold with a diamond pommel affixed at the end.

Once the wand was taken care of (alongside the holster bundle which Harry insisted they get because no respectable mage holds their wand flippantly) it was off towards the broom shop. Nowhere near as exciting in Theodore's opinion. After all, they were just brooms? How cool could they be? The answer apparently was very cool. Several models lined the shelves and display cases, each unique from the last with different colors, woods, and names. Much like with the wands, Teddy wandered about aimlessly, searching for one he liked though he wasn't sure what exactly he was looking for. When an attendant finally freed up, he hurriedly walked towards him to help him with his purchase. Spying the wand holstered to his side, the salesmen gave a smile and led them towards another section of the store. Away from the Bolting 4000's and Bruiser's, into one with more interesting looking brooms. Around the bend he'd sworn he'd seen one that seemed to match perfectly if he were to guess. And so it did. The salesmen pulled out a large box and opened it, revealing a soft cherry pink broom with white bristles bound by golden rings. It was exactly what Teddy would've wanted had he even known it was an option. Harry was happy to snag the purchase and move onto the final store.

Harry led Teddy towards a large store with a Teal wooden exterior and brass doors. Once inside it was revealed to be a magical menagerie. Creatures mundane and new littered the shop roaming amongst their areas as shoppers walked the premises in search for their familiar. Teddy was so overwhelmed with the options he couldn't decide on any one. His uncle laughed at him, watching as he bounced around like a kid in a candy store. It had finally clicked that there wasn't just magic, but an entire magical world full of myths and legends. While observing a pack of creatures he'd never seen nor heard of, a voice popped into his head. I don't know why I bother, hardly anyone checks this section Teddy straightened up, curious as he looked around to see if anyone else had heard that.

He thought back towards himself, unknowingly responding to the voice. Weird. Wonder whose voice that was." The following conversation went as one might expect with "you can hear me?!" And shock on both sides until finally he was led by the mysterious voice towards a dark hallway. Teddy froze at the entrance, seeing no end in sight. He simply hated the darkness. Before all the magic, he worried there was something lurking within the unseen void, smothering him and making it hard to breathe. But now that he knew magic was real and myths could be just as much, he feared it more not knowing what lurked in the spaces unseen. He took a shaky breath before turning around to which his uncle promptly stopped him. If he was being called here it was for a reason. Harold produced a light from the tip of his wand, leading them through the hallway with Teddy clinging to his side. At the end was another wing to the shop where more strange animals roamed about. But just to his right was a pink and white cat that could somehow communicate with him telepathically. He gave the familiar the name of Fresa, and though he had his own thoughts on it, Fresa didn't particularly argue it.

Strengths:

• Guardian
• Psychic Link
• Innocent

Flaws:

• Naive
• Reckless

Fear:

• Pitch Darkness

Likes:

• Gaming
• Adventure
• Fruits
• Sweets
• Pastries
• Boba Tea
• Iced Coffee

Dislikes:

• Black Coffee
• Fighting
• Bullies
• Scorpions

Habits:

• Tapping his finger
• Swaying back and forth from ball to heel
• Biting his lower lip
• Fidgeting with whatever's in hand

Wand:

• Cherry Wood (Charm)
• Diamond Core (Grit)

Broom:

• Heartwood’s Helper: Each time you succeed at a check, an ally of your choice receives one adversity Token.

Familiar:

• Fresa, Feline

Classes:

• Defense Against Malicious Magics
• Charms
• Summoning

Scoolbag (Inventory):

• Leather-bound Notebooks
• Pens and Pencils
• First Aid Kit
• Umbrella
• Goggles (for flying)
• Driving gloves
• Treats for Fresa

Female (she/her) | 14 (First Year) | 5'2" | 90 lb

d20 - Flight (+1) | d12 - Brains | d10 - Charm | d8 - Brawn | d6 - Grit (+1)| d4 - Fight

Name: Tamia "Tami" Kulull

Appearance: Due to a childhood illness stunting her development, Tami is unusually small and underweight for her age, standing at about 5'2" (and appearing even shorter thanks to constant slouching). This, combined with dull, sunken eyes gives her an overall frail look. Her skin is mainly an umber brown, contasted with pale, translucent blue fins and bioluminescent freckles she has all over her body, some connected together with glowing white veins. She has a small, blue, tadpole-like tail which is often hidden beneath skirts and dresses she favours.

Personality: On the surface, Tami appears to be a very aloof individual: she's very subdued in her emotions - her expressions ranging from pouting to a half-smile - and doesn't seem to have any real goals or sense of urgency. She just drifts around, going along with the majority and just seeming to enjoy whatever she finds herself to be doing... as long as it doesn't involve hard work, that is. This is down to Tami's outlook on life: she only has so much time and energy per day, so why waste it on being upset, angry or worried? She prefers to live in the here and now, not concerning herself with the future and preferring short-term fun and enjoyment over long-term success and goals. She also encourages others around her to do the same. Expect her to lend her ear to others, listening to them vent their worries and frustrations, and then suggest they go do something fun. She won't give any advice or way to solve a problem, but she does want to help and thinks taking your mind of something that's bothering you is the best way to deal with it. Sometimes she's right and it does help, other times not so much....

In truth, though, Tami has her own problems, struggling with feelings of inadquecy, uncertainty and anxiety that she just doesn't know how to deal with, so she chooses... not to, keeping her worries to herself while seeming like nothing really bothers her or gets her down, and hiding her insecurities behind a wall of odd humor and obliviousness. It works like... 90% of the time?

Background:

Born and raised in the depths of the Indian Ocean, Tami has always had a weak constitution, which lead to developing nasty respiratory illness that left her weak and bedridden from most of her early life. While she did start to recover in her preteens, the effect with this had on her growth, immune-system and energy was lasting, which lead to her parents just deciding to keep her permanently out of school and be in charge of her education themselves. Despite their best efforts, this has left Tami with some issues such as lacking social skills, quite large gaps in her knowledge and emotional problems due to a feeling of stagnation, helplessness and loneliness.

Things got particularly bad around ages 12 and 13, where Tami became extremely depressed due to feeling that, despite still being very young, her life was essentially over. Eventually, this all escalated to her having a breakdown during one of her lessons which lead to her retreating to her room and, after declaring she "didn't want to be here anymore", quite literally turning herself invisible. She was stuck like that for over a day, though surprisingly her family members were freaked out about it than Tami herself was. In fact, Tami found it quite peaceful almost, as it allowed her to walk around without everyone fussing and keeping an eye on her. Eventually, though, she did get tired of not being able to be seen and, after letting out a lot of emotions she didn't even realise she had been holding in for the last few years, she returned to normal.

Tami's life got a bit frantic after that, as her family struggled on what to do now they knew Tami had magical talent, whether they should attempt to teach her as part of her homeschooling or send her to a proper school. It was Tami's uncle Eres, a doctor and Witherbloom graduate, who believed that going to Strixhaven, which he and Tami's mum had both attended, would be good for Tami, as it would not only help with her education and future, it would also give her change scenery and the chance for friendships and new experiences, which would very much help with her mood. It took a while, but they did eventually agree to send Tami to Strixhaven once she reached age 14.

Tami herself was conflicted on this: she's excited for the chance at new experiences but is genuinely afraid of change and whether she would be okay without her family watching out for her. Plus, she's not even really sure what she wants to do with her future, or if there's really a future for her, due to her limitations. Still, she did agree to go along with it, at least for the first year. On fourteenth birthday, her family all gave her different presents to aid during her time at school: her dad bought her a broom, her mother and uncle worked together to make her wand using materials that both her historical meaning and strong magical properties that would best help her, her brother Seng bought her a familiar, a tiny hermit crab called Helix, and her grandad Adur bought her a little journal for her to write things down, particularly things she wants to remember. With these gifts, her family's best wishes and (somewhat) renewed hope for the future, Tami prepares for her first year at Strixhaven.

Strengths:
Easy Going: Due to a conscious effort not to be bothered by anything or dwell on the negative, Tami finds the ability to give a dry chuckle towards anything remotely bad... even when she probably shouldn't.


Loyal: While she doesn't do much towards her own long-term goals or problems, Tami's willing to lend a hand with whatever shenanigans her friends are up to.


Innocent: Just look at her picture. You can trust that face.


Unassuming (when on Broom): While it may look a little shabby, it's lack of flashiness and quick movement allows Tami to get out of the line of sight quite quickly and avoid suspicion.


Flaws:
Unmotivated: Due to her condition, Tami doesn't have much energy to expend on a daily basis and as such, tends to be very picky about what is and isn't worth the energy. Expect her to prioritize short-term enjoyment or things that would benefit her loved ones over her own future betterment and success.

Flippant: Tami hides her more depressing thoughts and feelings behind a very relaxed demeanor and dry sense of humor, and dislikes dwelling on things that are negative, upsetting or urgent. Her tone also makes it hard to tell when she's joking or not. Expect her to say outlandish or strange things in a very ominous tone, only to quickly give a tiny smirk and say "Just kidding" (which she may also follow up with a equally ominous "Or am I?). This makes getting a read on her or having a serious conversation with her extremely frustrating at times.

Fear:
Atychiphobia: The fear of failure. Having spent so long relying on others to take care of her, Tami has very little to go off when it comes to her own abilities and doesn't have much confidence that she'll succeed. As such, she prefers not to try at all, believing that that's better than going through so much effort and stress only to ultimately fail.

Likes: Sleeping, messing with people, very strong tea, synthwave and lo-fi music, cool colour tones, long flowy fabric

Dislikes: Being fussed over, having to focus on something for long amounts of time, conflict, hard work, soup

Habits:
- Constant yawning
- Sometimes stares off into nothing during conversations
- Tends to sway a little while standing
- Will sometime lean against objects and even people after standing up for a long time

Wand:

• Cholla Wood (+1 Flight)
• Pearl core (+1 Grit)

Broom:
Weasel’s Whisk: Gain the Unassuming Strength.

Familiar: Helix the Hermit Crab

Classes:
History of Magical Civilizations
Potions
Arcano-botany for beginners

Schoolbag (Inventory):
- Text books
- Notebooks
- Pens, pencils and erasers
- Food for Helix
- A small fish tank for Helix to chill in
- Various vitamins and medicines
- A journal for keeping thoughts and memories in

Gender: Male (He/They) | Age: 14 (1st Year)| Height: 5'7" | Weight: 135 lbs

Name: George Willis

Appearance: 135lbs and 5'7'', this male specimen is a member of Homo Sapiens. With time, this male specimen would become what is commonly known as "frat boy" or "bad boy", both of which are the protagonist of almost every cheesy dairy allergic teen novel out there. Sadly, due to his genetic making, this specimen will never become either category due to his inability to gain more weight. Thus, unable to make himself more muscular.

Aside from that, other notable traits are as follows. British teeth. Blond hair. Fleshy nose. And a 2 cm scar at the back of his left ear, near his neck.

Personality: Athletic. Confident. And a little bit rambunctious. These are a few words that come to mind when describing George. The boy never stood still or spent time alone without seeking companies. Headmaster for most of the mischievous acts commit on the playground, George is the leader of the local kid gang. A "King", he proclaimed.

But this comes with a problem. George has a tendency to bully... Isolating newcomers from his group, if you will. Multiple talks have happened between the child's parents to other parents whose kids are isolated from the main group. His parents have assured others parents that such acts will never happen again.

But still, better safe than sorry.

Background:
He was born for greatness.

Like Merlin, the most famous mage of all time. Or Einstein. Or Newton. Or King Louis XIV.

George came from a long line of magical users. His father is one. His aunt is another. So are his grandparents. And if you put enough interest in their dynasty, the Willis lines can trace their magical roots to back when the Independence War happen. As such, great expectations are placed on each individual of this dynasty. "To multiply and to prosper" was their motto. And while the family has been more progressive through generations, starting with the marriage "non-magic", some expectations still remain.

Born with such a legacy, it was no surprise for George to develop his own self-grandeur. He was held by his grandfather, whispering in his ears how great he shall become. He was taught tricks and tips to make it easier to cast a spell. Of course, he isn't allowed to learn spells, but this familial propaganda shapes him. They taught him how different he is from his neighbor, the Woods, and their autistic child. They are a league above his little neighborhood. An entire entity above this quaint little farming community. They aren't even the same on a biological level. It is him and them. The Willis against the horde of non-magic users. It and him.

So, he was practically grinning from ear to ear when he got accepted to Strixhaven. Finally, he can be away from these farmhands. Finally, he can be with someone biologically the same. His kind. His people.

He is George Willis. He came from a long line of magic users.

He is George Willis. And he is meant for greatness.

Strengths:

• Gifted
• Heroic
• Innocent

Flaws:

• Narcisstic
• Judgemental

Fear:

• Mediocracy: He is not the first magician, nor will he be the last. His life will soon fade away, leaving no trace behind.
• Fear of heights: He has an inherent fear of height. Once, when he was a child, he drop his toys down 56 floors building in LA. He never found it again. Irrational, but the impression leave him scarred since.
• Beaten by normies: Killed by a gun, perhaps?

Likes:

• Imagining his future self
• Raving
• Being basic (do what others around him doing, following the herd)
• Sweets
• Pastries
• Boba Tea

Dislikes:

• Anything bitter
• Shy people
• Rebellious people
• People who say he is frail or anything of his inability to put more weight.

Habits:

• Nail bitting
• Head scratching

Wand:

• Wood: Wisteria(Brain)
• Core: Dragon Heartstring (Fight)

Broom:

• Valiance 2400: His family, of course, knew of his fears. That is why they gave him this as their parting gift. He did not touch it once.

Familiar:

• Geiko, Leopard Gecko

Classes:

• Beginning Computational Magic
• Numerology
• History of Magical Civilizations

Scoolbag (Inventory):

• Leather-bound Notebooks
• Pens and Pencils
• Umbrella
• Goggles (for flying)
• Driving gloves
• A box of dry mealworms

I understand how sensitive this character is in this day and age. My intention is to create a Malfoy-like character that actually sees the flaws of his character through time and actively works through them. But if this character poses any problem here or in the future, do tell me. I'll scrape it, no questions asked. We are here to have fun after all.