[OOC] Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

[Cole]

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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

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Backstory

The fall of Voldemort at the hands of Harry Potter brought forth a era of prosperity and stability to the Wizard world. Years have passed since that fateful battle and the tales of that event are still spoken to this day. Hogwarts had been rebuilt from the ruins from which it once stood. New batches of students have found their ways back into the school and classrooms, eager to learn more about their magic heritage. But everything is not as it seems. Rumors of a cult have arisen, dedicated to continue the legacy Voldemort left behind. Although there has been no confirmed reports of said cult, the rumors spread vastly throughout the wizard world. Time will only tell if the talks of this cult are true. If so who will be the one's to defeat them?

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Rules

No Godmodding!

Have fun!

No full blown arguments, disagreeing and debating on what we should do is allowed but don't go overboard!

Put effort into your posts, no one sentence responses! Try and create the story!

Romance is allowed, but no graphic content please! If you really wish too, keep it to the messages.

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Character Sheet

Character Sheet

Name:

Gender:

Age: (Still deciding on what year we should all be. Be open to changing this before the RP starts up.)

Height: (In pounds)

Weight: (In feet)

House: (Is your character Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, or Slytherin!)

Year: (Remember we are all 5th year!)

Appearance: (Picture or a Description are both acceptable!)

Personality: (Description of what people OOC can expect your character to act like.)

History: (Every great character needs a backstory!)

Extracurricular Activities: (Is your character on the quidditch team? Perhaps in the potions club?)

Other: (Your pet, What your wand looks like, anything i missed and you wanna touch on!)

Relationships

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GM Notes

Hello everyone interested in joining this RP! This RP will follow the journey of Hogwart classmates as they battle school life and followers of voldemort that have continued to pursue the dark lords ambitions. Although I have a foundation for the story, it's up to the players to flesh it out! Also I have decided that we all will be in the same year, although I haven't decided which year we all be. After a few people join in the RP we can discuss what everyone is comfortable with playing. The reason for this is because I feel if we are all the same year there will be more interaction between everyone involved. And more interaction means more activity to keep the RP going! The RP will roughly take place 7 years after the fall of voldemort. If you have any questions please ask in a post below!

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[Cole]

Reserved

[unicorgi]

Yknow what would be great?
If we used potter more to determine all this!!

[unicorgi]

I think we should all be first years

[webboysurf]

I have some interest in this. I would personally ally suggest Year 5 or 6, as it allows for more experienced students who would be proficient enough in magic and other aspects of wizardry to have a fighting chance against a cult of Voldemort in the school, but removes some of the pressure of being a seventh year and properly being the students in charge of things.

[unicorgi]

But then we have to already know each other dont we? And it removes all the fun of getting to know each other and being new to the place

[Hitman]

But then we have to already know each other dont we? And it removes all the fun of getting to know each other and being new to the place

@unicorgi

True, but a bunch of 1st years casting Wingardium Leviosa won't do much good for the action part of the RP. There'll be some prior knowledge, of course, but it's not like everybody has to be friends.

I second the 5th/6th year notion, 5th in particular because O.W.L.s. Standardized testing is always an interesting addition.

[unicorgi]

truuuuueee

how about we let people pick what year they're in? then we get a mix

[Candlelitsoul]

Would former students be able to come back and possibly be night guards? Offer their services to protect the students? If so, I'll join.

[Sedjwick]

I'm interested. I also think 5th/6th year would be good, or have a mix.

[Hitman]

The problem with mixing for me is that it creates a lot of differences in location throughout the roleplay. We don't have a massive amount of people, which makes it difficult to guarantee every character will be with another. 1st years won't be hanging around with 5th year potion classes and vice versa.

That being said, I'm open to whatever the GM wants.

[TheHangedMan]

Personally I prefer 5th and 6th years, though as @unicorgi said, that takes the fun out of the "getting to know you" phase of a HP RP. With that being said, making it with 1st years wouldn't be very exciting unless the OP is willing to make a very active plot as opposed to a sandbox.

I'd think a compromise would work; 3rd/4th years would be just unfamiliar enough with people outside their circle of friends/houses to have first meetings, while being old and experienced enough to add some variety to player choices. We could work with that if people are undecided.

[josephb]

Will start working on my cs tomorrow. :)

[webboysurf]

Personally I prefer 5th and 6th years, though as @unicorgi said, that takes the fun out of the "getting to know you" phase of a HP RP. With that being said, making it with 1st years wouldn't be very exciting unless the OP is willing to make a very active plot as opposed to a sandbox.

I'd think a compromise would work; 3rd/4th years would be just unfamiliar enough with people outside their circle of friends/houses to have first meetings, while being old and experienced enough to add some variety to player choices. We could work with that if people are undecided.

@TheHangedMan

I feel Hogwarts is a big enough school that you could go to school with people for years and just never really encounter them or get to know them well. Maybe I’ve just become jaded with a few things, but I’ve never been particularly fond of spending an entire RP having to do full introductions and such. While I’m not against 4th years, I mentioned 5th years because of the OWLs and that adds a school pressure on top of everything else that can be fun to work with (and can sort of force people to study/work together more).

I guess I’m also just not a fan of playing an 11 year old kid as opposed to a more high school aged teen personally. Just never been good at writing young characters.

[unicorgi]

True, it would be easier to play s character my age

[TheHangedMan]

@webboysurf

Well, not disagreeing with you. I did say I preferred 5/6th years myself. Just proposed an alternative for discussion.

[Cole]

Personally I believe 5th years would generally be the best option. It is plausible that the students would know of each other through classes but never really got to know each other on a personal level. Albeit some of the students would most likely know some more than others, coming from the same house and such. Maybe I could add a relationship tab prior to the start of the RP, and we flesh out relationships from there in the OOC? Tell me what you guys think about that.

But honestly like I said 5th years would probably be our best bet. It leaves us space to learn and grow our characters as Wizards and Witches, but it doesn't leave us completely vulnerable to our first encounter with enemies. Also leaves us with some more years to do a time skip if need be. And as was said above by multiple people, the OWL test makes things a little more interesting.

So any disagreements with us all making 5th years?

@Candlelitsoul
Hmmm.. I never really thought about that. Maybe your character could've been hired to protect the school as a safeguard in case the rumors were right. Maybe you could play a Hagrid role lol, give us information when the story calls for it. You could tag along in the adventures, but you could also be the direct line from the headmaster to the students. Being the guard of the school, the headmaster would be bound to tell you about all the threats that may be approaching. Does that sound good?

[Candlelitsoul]

@Cole Sorry, no. My character would be a former student, coming to protect students of her own will.

Thank you though.

[Cole]

@Candlelitsoul Ah okay, I appreciate the interest though!

[unicorgi]

No disagreements