Int and Power are the most valuable options for Charms, and spellcasting in general. Power gives more health, Int knocks ten hours per point off of studying, IIRC. But they both give +1 to Charms and Dark Arts spells.
I vote for Int.
Also, did we ever finish practicing the body bind curse? IIRC we can cast it without rolling if we finished it. Should be a minimum of 7, but I don't have the spells pdf handy.

>>41917201
Just a random for starts

>>41917554
Also hype as fuck for Muggleborn quest. I love your system and really want to play a game in it.

>>41917201
>>One of the randoms

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Character sheet since I'm sure it'll come up. This shows all your current stats and all the spells you know.

>>41917554
Yes, you did finish practicing. and you can totally cast it passively.

>>41917201
>>One of the randoms

>>41917201
>>One of the randoms

You're gonna try your luck with a random. When Professor Morse calls for the second years to find someone to fight in their first match you step up to one of the mirror club kids.

It's double elimination, so you can loose once and still be in the running, but you wanna try not to loose if you can.

Looking out into the crowd the Professor picks you out just like she did on your first day.

“Morris, Bracken. You first.”

You both step into the ring and bow.

>Roll 2d10

For selecting a stat to increase you can choose Power (health and casting), Spirit (perks, mental fortitude and persuasion), Finesse (dodging, potions and flying) or Intelligence (studying, casting, grades)

You can see what you already have in the character sheet before, and you can look at perks in the pdfs linked at the beginning of the thread. I'll call a vote next post after everyone has had some time to decide.

>>41917661
Cool. So if the other Second years haven't been taught the shield charm yet, that's a massive advantage. We should be able to land a body bind on turn one, and block anything they can dish out.
Wow, Shane is actually a competent spellcaster and a serious combatant. Weird.

Rolled 4, 2 = 6 (2d10)

>>41917897
Petrificus Totalis

Rolled 7, 7 = 14 (2d10)

>>41917897
let's go for int

>>41917985
oh and full body bind, sorry OP I forgot to say that

>>41917897
Int, body bind. Nobody else should know it.

Body bind, shield, and the third die shouldn't matter since we don't need to move.
We have to roll for the shield, right? Can't just cast passively?

Rolled 5, 2 = 7 (2d10)

>>41917897
Here's some dice.

The other kid is really fast. Or maybe you're just really slow. He's got you off balance from the get go with hexes and jinxes.

You block the first few and then when he backs off, realizing he can't get through your shield, you body bind him. First round goes to you, and you can see even some third years looking surprised. Professor Morse just smiles, declares you the winner and chooses the next combatants.

Lom gets his first loss right off the bat, almost embarrassingly so. So does Jenny. Your other friends all win their matches. Sam's in particular is actually really close, it looks like both of them have fought before, and the other kid gives him a hard run for his money.

Now it's back to you. Another random. You could try the same approach as before, or mix it up.

Either way you step into the arena and bow.

>Roll 2d10

>Vote for stat increase

>>41918181
It would take to much time to roll for shields. That rule is there to prevent an exploit where no one of your level can hit you except for like a 10% chance if you buff wards and just passive cast. It became a blanket rule at some point in development. No reason to really enforce it here unless you start munchkining hard.

Rolled 8, 7 = 15 (2d10)

>>41918238
rinse and repeat

Voting for Int increase

Rolled 4, 5 = 9 (2d10)

>>41918238
Lumos, then body bind

Int

>>41918283
Seconded

Rolled 1, 9 = 10 (2d10)

>>41918238
Dice

You're slow again, and your opponent gets one up on you. They throw out a tooth growing jinx that you take the brunt of as you cast out Lumos, you blind them for a second, and then throw your body bind.

But they manage to dodge. They regain their footing and throw out another jinx.

>Take the hit and body bind again
>Ward
>Dodge
>Other

>>41918433
>>Ward

>>41918433
>Ward

You throw out a ward in time to stop the jinx, and your opponent pokes at your shield hoping to break it. After a few casts they get in a rhythm and with some timing, you manage to break the ward and cast your body bind curse.

They go down and you get another victory.

Lom looses his second match and goes to the side of the pitch to watch the rest of the matches from a distance.

Linus looses to Jenny but he's still got a chance to come back. Sam beats Alex, and Alex goes on to loose another match in the losers bracket against Sam's first opponent. Alex is out, but doesn't seem as beat up about it as Lom does. He's right in the thick of the crowd watching the rest of the matches with a small smile.

You're up again. Against Jenny this time. The fact that she's won all of her matches with her arm still in that sling is a bit concerning, you have a feeling she might actually be able to beat you if you play this wrong.

You both bow to each other. Once again you came out behind and she starts off her volley of spells.

How do you react?

>roll 2d10

Rolled 2, 7 = 9 (2d10)

>>41918763

Rolled 6, 5 = 11 (2d10)

>>41918763
Try warding then full body bind, we can't match her speed.

Rolled 4, 1 = 5 (2d10)

>>41918763
Turtle up, take her measure. Get her to over extend then hit her hard.

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>41918763

You throw up a ward and Jenny tests it with an unfamiliar spell. Then she stops to circle. She's not over extending like your other opponents have so far.

You know she can't cast wards yet, and you know she'd probably have trouble dodging with her arm wrapped up. You could try to press her and see if you can land a lucky hit, or you could try something clever. Though you don't really know what you would try, you're in an empty field.

What do you do?

>roll 2d10

Rolled 2, 1 = 3 (2d10)

>>41918936
Cast a ward and use it to push her out of bounds.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>41918936
shoot a few jinxes at her to test her reaction, then be ready to ward.
This chick is beast, one arm dueling people like a boss

Rolled 8, 6 = 14 (2d10)

>>41919003
Let me fix my roll, sorry OP

Rolled 10, 2 = 12 (2d10)

>>41918936
Target her bad side, hard to block opposite your body.

You try throwing a few spells, and as you expected her reactions aren't great. She almost falls over trying to dodge, before unloading a salvo of hexes back at you. You throw up the ward and feel the magic shudder as her spells collide.

You change tacks and start advancing on her, trying to push her clear of the arena with your shield. You get about half way to the edge with her failing to fight you off before she throws herself against your shield and then slides to the right Putting her inside your shield. Luckily she's also off balance, and her bad arm is toward you. She tries to spin, but you bind her before she can make a full turn.

The fight goes to you. You dispel the curse and help her up.

“Good fight Shane.”

“You too. You almost had me at the end.”

“If I had a working arm I'd be unstoppable.”

>Probably
>Don't oversell yourself
>Other

>>41919553
>>Probably
She's fucking great

>>41919553
>Maybe, or maybe you'd not have pushed yourself as hard as you do now? How can say really? Still you're bloody good with that wand of yours.

>>41919553
>Probably

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>41919553
>>Probably
>Don't overextend yourself

>>41919553
>>Probably

“Probably. You've still got a chance to make it, do just like that and you'll make it through.”

“We'll have another match in the finals. After I beat Sam and the others.”

“Go get'em.”

The next match is Linus against that random Gryffindor that's been doing almost as well as you and Jenny. And sure enough he beats Linus, putting him out of the running The kid then goes on to beat another random. That kid made top five though. So you guess everyone still in is getting into the club, you, the Gryffindor, the Hufflepuff he just beat, Jenny and Sam. Now you're just fighting over bragging rights.

Jenny beats out Sam, sending him to fight his first opponent again. Once again the fight is really good. You almost feel like the gladiator reference might be accurate, if only for these two, it's like they're trying to put on a show, and they do a damn good job of it.

In the end the Gryffindor goes end over end into the dirt and Sam wins.

Now its your turn again. You can feel the fatigue starting to set in from doing this basically all afternoon. And you're up against Sam this time.

You bow, and in familiar fashion, your opponent is off like a flash.

What do you do?

>roll2d10

Rolled 4, 9 = 13 (2d10)

>>41920046
Ward and bind, let's end it quickly

Rolled 3, 4 = 7 (2d10)

>>41920046
Dodge as much as you can, shoot some hexes to keep him honest, when he starts pressing, ward and curse.

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>41920046
Ward and bind combo is a go!

>>41920117
2d10 anon

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>41920117
>>41920046

>>41920139
fuck.

>>41920117
>>41920139
2d10 not d20s

Rolled 8, 9 = 17 (2d10)

>>41920200
oh alright then.

>>41920117
>>41920139
>>41920046
ignore these >>41920117
>>41920139
this will be my proper roll.

You throw up a ward but Sam seems to ignore it and runs up to you. He kicks out as he comes to your ward and you realize he's trying to break it down like a door. Luckily for you he can't break your magic with just his foot.

He backs off, watching you intently. Then he starts talking.

“Man, wards are boring. Fight me like you mean it, come on!”

You realize pretty quickly he isn't talking as much to you as to the crowd, and a chorus of boos come up from the crowd, who a few hours ago, were impressed that you could even cast a ward at all.

What do you do?

>roll 2d10

Rolled 10, 3 = 13 (2d10)

>>41920306
drop the ward, Spam hexes and keep on your feet,

Rolled 3, 7 = 10 (2d10)

>>41920306
Quick controlled harass with random hexes while trying to keep the ward up as often as possible.

Rolled 3, 3 = 6 (2d10)

>>41920306
>Don't drop ward, wait for an opening and full body him, play smart.

Rolled 1, 8 = 9 (2d10)

>>41920306
"maybe if you spent more time studying, you would learn something to use against it. I worked pretty hard to learn how to use this you know. Why should i give up my hard earned advantage for the sake of being flashy? where would that put me in a real fight?"

we are a ravenclaw afterall, dont let him bait us into being dumb

Rolled 1, 6 = 7 (2d10)

>>41920306
surprise shrinking charm to throw him off his game

Rolled 1, 4 = 5 (2d10)

>>41920306
hexes and body bind.

>>41920425
heh seconding smartass

You drop your ward and Sam tries to hit you in the opening, but you throw out a cluster of spells to keep him dodging and then bring up your ward again.

“Why would I drop my ward? So I can loose? Maybe if you spent more time studying you'd know how to cast one too, and you could fight me on my terms instead of making me come down to yours.”

Sam seems unfazed, and honestly so does most of the crowd. Some of them snicker, and some of the other mirror club kids are openly laughing.

You try poking with hexes a few more times with your ward up between. Then, on the fourth time you're going to drop your ward, you see Sam's hand come up early, he predicted you, and you can't get the ward back up in time. You sail through the air, ass over end, and land in the dirt outside the arena.

You lost, maybe a bit to confident in your wards, or maybe just a bit too slow. Either way you'll have to try harder next time.

And next time is now. Your next opponent is Jenny again, you still have a chance to win this.

You bow and Jenny is off like a flash, already dropping spells.

What do you do?

>Roll 2d10

Rolled 4, 3 = 7 (2d10)

>>41920743
Dodge, Do not be predictable. Return fire.

Rolled 7, 6 = 13 (2d10)

>>41920743
Ward up, do like we did the last time we fought her. Focus on her bad side

Rolled 7, 1 = 8 (2d10)

>>41920743
out strength is in counterspells and wards. trying to dodge wouldn't play to our strengths.
Counterspelling time

Rolled 6, 6 = 12 (2d10)

>>41920743
dodge and body bind.

You try to dodge to stay unpredictable. Emphasis on try. She locks right on to you and throws a spell that knocks you out of the air as you try to roll away. Her next spell disarms you. Just like that you're out of the tournament, two losses in a row. Luckily though, you're in the club, and you look to see your friends beaming at you.

You've got some time before the final match between Jenny and Sam.

>Go talk to Linus and Alex.
>Go talk to that Gryffindor kid
>Go check on Lom, he's still alone over there

>>41920956
>>Go check on Lom, he's still alone over there

>>41920956
>>Go check on Lom, he's still alone over there

>>41920956
>>Go check on Lom, he's still alone over there

Hey TB, how are you picking our actions? Just the first comment?

>>41921055
Majority if there is one, otherwise I try to blend things together as best I can. Open ended stuff like fighting is hard because more people tend to vote and there tends to be less of a consensus. Plus trying to do stuff with the feel I have for Shane as a character.

If we want to turn into a dodger we need to actually invest in Finesse.
for those interested
Dodging is rolled Power + Finesse + DADA + Roll
Defense is what we're better statted for since we actually know a Ward spell and we can counterspell which is a opposed roll of Intelligence + Power + Skill (Charm, Transfigurations, Dark arts.) + Roll + Situational modifiers.

>>41921119
Just asking because there was a tie between dodging and warding.

>>41921155
I counted 1 ward, 1 counterspell and 2 dodges. Honestly dodging would have probably worked better but Jenny rolled 2 10s in a row on my end.

>>41921198
My bad, to help with combat maybe some pre determined actions would be better so we can achieve consensus faster/more often.

You go over to check on Lom who is still on the side of the pitch alone.

“Oh, hey Shane.” He says as you approach, wiping his eyes. “You were doing pretty well. Did you win?”

“No, I got knocked out by Sam and Jenny one after the other. They're both really tough.”

“Ah, well, Jenny would beat you in a fight, even with her arm.” He looks at the ground.

>What's wrong?
>Do you 'like' Jenny
>It's not your fault
>Other

>>41921231
Actually by and large it seemed like people were more invested in having those options, I'll mess around with it more. This is my first quest and I'm a very experimental type of writer.

>>41921272
>What's wrong?

>>41921272
>>What's wrong?

>>41921272
>What's wrong?

>>41921272
>What's wrong?
Concerned friend is concerned.

>>41921272
>What's wrong?
It's obvious that it's because he likes Jenny and wasn't able to get into the club with her.

“What's wrong, Lom? You've been really out of it ever since you came back from summer break. You haven't been your same old jerky self, and I like that you're nicer now, but something's clearly eating you.”

He picks at his ill fitting clothes a bit before answering, and when he does answer, its halting, like he's picking his words carefully.

“A month after summer started my mom told me she was pregnant.”

“I... that sounds great but...”

“They moved me out of my room to make room for the baby, and gave me the servant's quarters. Then they sold all of my clothes and bought me hand me downs instead to get more money.”

“I mean it sounds like they're just getting ready for a new baby.”

“Shane. You don't understand. I backed out on the Cabal. They're replacing me. They don't want me anymore. When my brother or sister is born, they'll be the heir to the Bordes and I'll just be left on my own.”

>That's not true no parent would do that
>Well screw them then
>It'll all be okay (Roll 2d10)
>Other

>>41921497
So you're basically free to choose what you want to do now instead of what you were expected to become?

>>41921553
and the ability to accomplish something on your own merit instead of it just being given to you.

>>41921497
>>That's not true no parent would do that

>>41921497
Lom, if that's true, your parents sound like they care more about themselves than they do you, or your sibling for that matter. I'm sorry you found out like this, but better now than before you end up in a uncontainable, position. Look at like this, you can now be whoever, or whatever you want to be.

“So now you can do whatever you want. They don't control you anymore, and the fact that you backed out of the Cabal or whatever means that they never really did. You don't have to hold yourself to their standards Lom. You can be whatever you want.”

“But I wanted to be the heir to my family.”

“Did you really, or did they just tell you that's what you wanted?”

He's quiet for a long time after that.

“I wanted to be their son. I can never be that again.”

>What do you say?

>>41921497
>Other
"Look, if they're doing that then you were just a tool to them, same as your brother or sister. They'll get what's coming to them when they get thrown out for being liabilities.
" Right now, think of it as not bring held back anymore. You can be whoever you want. You just have to grab it for yourself. And if you ask, I'll help."

>>41921733
>What do you say?
maybe, but what you can do is make them regret tossing you aside, climb to such heights that your parents look small in comparison

>>41921733
"Lom the second you wanted to follow your own path and be your own person they threw you away...they aren't worth you and you are in the position to not only be yourself, but to also become greater than they or the cabal could ever be."

>>41921733
"Sometimes what we want and what is best for us are very different things, Lom. And when that happens, and we can't go back, it's better to plan for the future than regret the past."

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Lom seems to be taking this whole "disowned by his douchebag blood purist family" thing a bit... siriusly.

>>41921733
Lom I did the right thing and lost my parents too. Mine were taken from me because they cared too much about ME, yours threw you away because they care too much about themselves. Sometimes life knocks us down, If we don't get back up and make the best of what we're given, we'll simply never get back up. It hurts BELIVE me I know, but what's done is done. Would you have sacrificed Jenny to be their son? Even knowing what you know now?

“If they're willing to toss you aside like this then they were only going to use you. They're not worth it. All they do is hold you back. You can be amazing Lom, do something amazing, be so much more than them that they'll want you back, be so great you won't need them anymore.”

All at once you see rage fill him.

“Fuck you, Shane! I thought someone like you might understand, what its like to loose your parents. You fucking degenerate mudblood.” He runs off to the castle.

You feel insulted, but far more you feel a sense of loss. Like Lom might be beyond you saving now. He's gonna have to figure it out on his own.

You return to watch the final match a bit on edge. That talk made you uncomfortable.

More coming

The fight almost puts it out of your head though. Jenny and Sam are clearly the best fighters in your year. Jenny is really good at reading people, and you get the feeling that she might really be unstoppable with that arm in working order.

Sam is just a natural, the way he dodges, the force behind his spells, he's like an animal.

In the end Sam edges toward Jenny's bad side for a finishing blow, but Jenny spins around entirely the other way and fires a spell that knocks him out cold.

That's it. Jenny won. There's a fair bit of fan fare, and Morse cuts it off to declare the winner officially and give Ravenclaw 20 house points.

The top five of each year are given their places in the dueling club and you're given a schedule.

As you head back to the common room Jenny catches you.

“What's up with Lom? I could hear him screaming across the pitch.

>He's angry
>He's in trouble
>Nothing

End of Part 3

>>41922150
>>He's angry

>>41922150
>He's angry

>>41922120
Well. That ended poorly.

>>41922150
>He's in trouble
"And he's gonna need us to be here for him while he figure it out, Jenny."

>>41922150
>He's angry
his parents cast him aside.

>>41922211
Dur hur hur who needs parents, they only hold you back. Pretty sure it was fucked from onset.

Really good session today I felt. I've been wanting to give Lom some proper development since I first started the quest and I can't wait to see what you guys do with him in the future.

If you liked it follow @Tiddlybum_HE for thread announcements.

Thanks for reading!

>>41922211
You guys drove really hard at exactly what he didn't want to hear in that moment, that his parents are super shitty people.

>>41922288
It's too bad but we should just kill Lom before he becomes a liability.
This is a race war, and he just decided that he's going to stick to the other side.

>>41922211
Well, yeah. Everyone decided that calling his parents shitty was a good idea, apparently forgetting that he's a twelve year old, so "fuck yo parents, they suck" isn't really something he'd want to hear.
To give a person an opinion one must first judge well whether that person is of the disposition to receive it or not.

>>41922328
>TWELVE YEAR OLD is upset that we called his parents pieces of shit
>hurr durr we should kill him muh race war
Fuck off, edgelord.

>>41922390
It IS a race war, people are trying to kill us right now, and we just spent a summer learning how to defend ourselves.
It's well within the realm of possibility that there's going to be more attempts on our life, and that Lom is going to be part of them.

>>41922630
So you're going to kill a 12 year old for not wanting to listen to the fact his parents are shits?


So much edge.

>>41922733
Better him than us.
Or would the 4th and 5th Years be better targets.
You know, the kids that actually were killing other kids and were about to kill Jenny.

>>41922802
can we please wait at least until Shanes balls drop before we start planning a wizard genocide?

>>41922826
I wish we could, but the purebloods have already started their planning.
Do you want to wait until they release death squads and start purges?

>>41922906
all I'm saying is while we COULD design Shane to be technically unkillable do you really want to cheese this quest this early? Let the Order keep the peace for a few years and we can just play the posterboy while silently readying our own Muggle invasion of these uncultured wizards

>>41922976
And I'm saying that the Cabal, and a bunch of vigilante purebloods, are more than likely to directly try to kill Shane, and we shouldn't be so passive about things.

>>41923050
I think that the Wizard IRA should wait until at least fourth year.

>>41923078
So we're just going to stay on the defensive that entire time?
How many people are we going to let die at the hands of the Cabal before we start hitting back?

>>41923205
as many as they kill until we're actually skilled enough to make ourselves anything more than just a posterboy.

>>41923205
That doesn't mean we ought to adopt their ideology and start planning our own counter-genocide.

You should probably make enemy rolls on here, qm.
Either that, or just use dc's on npcs like every other sensible quest does.
Feels less ridiculous that way.