Harry Potter Year 7: The Battle of Hogwarts / April 27-29 2012 Rules and Scenario Harry Potter Year 7: The Battle of Hogwarts Wrapup Doc Groups Seamus and the Dragons The three band members from the previous game, teaming up to entertain the school and restore the Luck of the Irish by breaking an ancient English curse, with the side effect of giving them boosts for the battle. House Beaverdash The House of engineers, with a variety of creative alpha abilities they could learn for the SIK game. Un- fortunately for them (and everyone else), the creation of their house in the previous game did in fact reach backwards in Hogwarts’s internal sense of time, but did not rewrite history so thoroughly as to change people’s memories or actions... which meant that the school wards expected the fifth house to be part of the defense, but that when Dumbledore last set up the full wards, he didn’t think to include them, causing catastrophic failure on the first day and forcing Beaverdash to fix the problem in a hurry. The retroactive creation of Beaverdash was also the reason that there was an extra Horcrux floating around: Voldemort had gotten a bulk discount on his Horcrux ritual by committing to one-per-house, not realizing that that was actually a variable, not a constant. Continentals Three students working for (or trying to bribe their way into the good graces of) the French government and Beauxbatons, by retrieving artifacts within Hogwarts that had been stolen by the English previously, and anything else they could get their hands on. Succeeded spectacularly. Also helping some Durmstrang students raid the Hogwarts library. Dumbledore’s Army Focused primarily on defending the school by clearing the way for the Order of the Phoenix’s fighters to join them within Hogwarts. Opened the wards to let the Order in; sent Augusta Longbottom medicine to keep her healthy and fighting; recruited Percy Weasley to the Order’s side with photographs. Human Protection League Known to the GMs as Elfwatch. Aiming to perform an old Slytherin ritual to encourage enemies to fight each other (with an optional add-on establishing a third faction that both sides would consider diplomatic and trustworthy) on the house-elves and goblins. Instead, used it to encourage enmity between Death Eaters and trolls, and Lord Nott and a variety of non-humans, while setting up current Hogwarts students and faculty as trusted intermediaries. Full Moon Rising Werewolves and the old Trelawney Fan Club joining forces to take out Fenrir Greyback, reduce the damage (and further wolfings) from his werewolf army, and keep the PC werewolves fighting effectively. Greyback died dramati- cally in a duel with Hannah Abbott, and no (more) PCs were wolfed. Gobstones Club Pranking the school to lighten up the mood, setting up Portable Swamps as part of the defense effort, and breaking into Filch’s office to modify student records. Servants and Friends of Grindelwald Collecting evidence about Voldemort, the Ministry, and other useful topics to send to Grindelwald. Had three thresholds; after the first one, Grindelwald would win his battle at the Ministry rapidly enough to send golem reinforcements if the PCs were losing the SIK game, while the second two allowed Grindelwald to fully conquer England with various amounts of difficulty. Half of the members didn’t actually want the second win condition; they ended up meeting the first. House Gryffindor Blocking entrances to the castle, patrolling the halls, and learning a series of brave house alpha abilities, including berserker and dragon-slaying; had the standard house ward plot. Heroes of Hogwarts Learning a series of heroic alpha abilities, one for each House, to help them in battle; duelling to earn extra alpha. 1 Not Transferable Harry Potter Year 7: The Battle of Hogwarts / April 27-29 2012 Rules and Scenario House Hufflepuff Trying to restore the broken morale of Hufflepuff, and Hogwarts in general. Learning a series of cooperative House alpha abilities; had the standard House ward plot. Immortality Club AKA the Baby Dark Lords. Trying to consume Voldemort’s soul for power and knowledge, since he’d helpfully broken it into bite-sized pieces; competing with each other for the horcruxes and Voldemort himself. Also setting up golem stations for the battle. Laundry Assistants A group of radical Muggle and New Wizard sympathizers, who were helping the Laundry (Magic-aware Muggle blackops) take advantage of pre-battle chaos to break in to Hogwarts and steal teachers for training purposes. Ministry Supporters Performed a ritual for the Ministry of Magic that brought the New Wizards under the Ministry’s control. Also scouting the Hogwarts wards, spying on suspected rebels, and helping Dolores Umbridge. Building the Moon School Restocking and expanding their spaceship for a return voyage to the Moon! Also collecting materials and recruits to help found the Moon School (now officially named Grimaldi). Neutralizers Students with loyalties to people on both sides of the battle, or who hate to see anyone killed, working on battle- usable portkeys and stun weaponry to take opponents out of the battle non-lethally. Unfortunately, the stun weaponry came in with the Laundry, and was thus extremely hard to acquire. Supporters of the New Wizards Sending educational resources from Hogwarts to the many new wizards created by genetic magic last winter. Medical Enthusiasts Spreading healing magic for use in the battle, and removing an ancient Ministry enchantment that prevents unauthorized wizards from performing anything by the most basic (and useless) healing charms. Allies and Friends of the House Elf Revolution Helping the former house elves of Britain free their compatriots in the rest of Europe by sneaking them into Hogwarts and helping with their big ritual. Prom Committee Dedicated to running the best-ever Wizard Prom! House Ravenclaw Recruiting the library monsters to aid in the fight, setting up statue stations around the school, learning intelligent House alpha abilities, and helping Blaise remove Mandy’s curse; had the standard House ward plot. Safekeepers Sending valuable bits of Hogwarts art and history out of the castle to make sure it didn’t get stolen or broken during the battle. (Most of it will be returned postgame. ) House Slytherin Setting up traps around the school to damage enemies, learning clever House alpha abilities, and negotiating with enemies as needed; had the standard House ward plot. S.P.U.T.U.M. Buy off all of the non-human factions, to keep them from joining in a big non-human war against wizardkind. Succeeded with everyone except the centaurs. Former Students of St. Brutus Get their revenge on Dolores Umbridge for the destruction of their previous school, including confronting her with direct evidence of her wrongdoing. (Although confrontation was thwarted by her death, the scandalous details will be published in next week’s Quibbler.) Also find the Giant Slayer and use it to defend Hogwarts. They also had a memory packet for the giant-summoning beacon Umbridge brought to Hogwarts, and which was sent to Beauxbatons. Wandmakers Remove a tracking spell the Death Eaters had placed on Phoebe, discover the magical properties of new Moon materials in wands, teach Astoria the final steps in wandmaking so the knowledge won’t be lost, and make as many wands as possible. 2 Not Transferable Harry Potter Year 7: The Battle of Hogwarts / April 27-29 2012 Rules and Scenario Characters Gryffindor Members - Neville Longbottom, Gryffindor (Daniel Grazian): The flaming-good-guy from the books, coming into his own and learning to lead the DA and the Heroes. Also combat training with Millicent: depending on how her training made him feel, he could travel down the “dark” or “light” paths and learn corresponding abilities. Restored his grandmother to full health by sending her healing potion, but lost his parents to a poisioned Pygmy Puff sent to St. Mungos by Molly, an undercover Death Eater. Earned Gryffindor’s sword with his bravery in combat, and killed Nagini. - Ginny Weasley, Gryffindor (Miriam Gershenson): The spunky heroine from the books, miserable because all her luck had been sent to Harry and co. through Gryffindor’s luck transmitter. Working to help Neville lead the DA, help the new Wizards adjust, and in particular wanted to persuade Percy back to the good guys. Had a bit of a shock when Harry showed up mid-game, and helped him search for the Horcruxes; used the Sword of Gryffindor to fight Nagini and take her down. - Samuel Clarenlocke, Gryffindor (Ben Sena): The “Rule Through Loyalty” baby Dark Lord. The voices in his head were louder than ever, since the Ancient Dark Lord who’s been possessing him feels it’s time to move and seize power. Also a member of Seamus and the Dragons. - Jack Hagerthorpe, Gryffindor (Nathan “Fluffy” Arce): The bastard son of Gilderoy Lockhart who is finally going to get recognition, dammit! Sought fame with the Heroes and the Band, and also wanted to bring that slimy bitch Umbridge to justice with St. Brutus. Probably has an illustrious music career ahead, thanks to the Band completing Luck of the Irish. - Seamus Finnegan, Gryffindor (Gaurav Singh): As much as it bothered him to work with the English Ministry, was trying to keep new wizards from adding their loyalties the (English) wizarding world. Managed to reverse some of Ireland’s recent ills by pulling off the “Luck of the Irish” ritual, despite a missing bandmate. - Colin Creevey, Gryffindor (Edward Yang): The bouncy, irrepressibly and haplessly enthusiastic Gryffindor who wanted to make everyone feel special before the battle by taking an official yearbook photo of everyone at Prom.