> No keyword for "British"? I suppose there's no need,
> you all know what's in it, no need to write it all
> down. Occupation: schoolkid: again, no need.
Exactly. If a 12 year old could reasobaly do it, no need for dice, or just
roll against 17 if it might be important. :)
>
>
> I was wondering how you'd handle Harry Potter-style
> magic in HQ. I take it they can use CM actively? What
> do you do about Wands?
These are sort of Active Talents in HQ terms yes. They have effectively
specialised in Common Magic. They will learn spells at school, based on the
HP ones and ones they invent, which will be Active again -- but I think I
will freeze them at 14, and not allow Hero Point expenditure to improve
them.
Wands however will be augment only, as will cauldrons etc, and books - but
give augments ot a range of spells - so a phoenix feather wand might be
expected to help with rebirth and fire type spells? I will run them as
abilities rather than the static equipment bonus - your wand might not get
better, but you might learn how to use it better?
>
> (nods) Makes sense. Each one has a reputation, even if
> the members don't get any actual skills from them.
> "Famed for being sneaky" rather than "sneaky", sort of
> thing?
Yes, and some secrets, like the right way to get past Peeves the poltergeist
(except they are at Greyfriars not hogwarts) and a load of reltionships with
prefects and Housemaster etc
>
> > We played an hour past our usual end time, and both
> > players were very excited by the possibilities of
> > the HQ system, even in
> > this very basic form, and really enjoyed it.
>
> Great! Did you do an extended contest at all? That's
> what tends to lose people, I've found.
I explained them, but a sthe characters were usually apart in their respective homes I kept to simple contests to keep up the pace. The one Extended contest we were about to do never happened as the player did something very clever and so it never cam eoff, but I did explain the rules to them.
It was very stripped down HQ, but I think with new players that can work rather well!
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