For the fire obsessed:

Ability: Pyromancer

Roleplay Implications: You are obsessed with fire.

Incendio and Incendio Duo do half their base damage against you.

Incendio and Incendio Duo ticks do 10 damage per turn to you.

New Skill:

Incendio/Incendio Duo - Self Cast
The user casts Incendio/Incendio Duo on themselves, coating their body in a wreathing mass of flames. The user takes Incendio/Incendio Duo tick damage (10) every turn while this is active.

Contact moves to other characters and contact moves against the user cause the opponent to be set on fire and suffer from the normal effects of Incendio/Incendio Duo tick damage.

Roleplay Implications: You have been lit up like a torch. You illuminate the area around you.

Jackson Valentine wrote: 11 Jan 2021, 09:39 For the fire obsessed:

Ability: Pyromancer

Roleplay Implications: You are obsessed with fire.

Incendio and Incendio Duo do half their base damage against you.

Incendio and Incendio Duo ticks do 10 damage per turn to you.

New Skill:

Incendio/Incendio Duo - Self Cast
The user casts Incendio/Incendio Duo on themselves, coating their body in a wreathing mass of flames. The user takes Incendio/Incendio Duo tick damage (10) every turn while this is active.

Contact moves to other characters and contact moves against the user cause the opponent to be set on fire and suffer from the normal effects of Incendio/Incendio Duo tick damage.

Roleplay Implications: You have been lit up like a torch. You illuminate the area around you.

I'm not an ability-approving staff here, but since this is a Forum Suggestions page, I think I have as much right to express my opinion publicly toward fellow users' suggestions as well - and in this case, I disagree.

First reason: To my best understanding, this is never known in the canon Harry Potter universe. This sounds more appropriate in a science fiction or superhero universes.

Second reason: Honestly, in my opinion, this is too violent. If this suggestion is approved, it would imply that our site team (or IC: professors) approves violence against Hogwarts students, as well as self-harm. Teenagers' physical fights and even spell-duels are understandable since they're not mature enough and often let emotions get the best of them, but casting fire to oneself sounds very similar to self-harm; and then burning others does not differ very much from casting Crucio or Sectumsempra since it would cause too much pain. Even though Incendio is permitted in duelling, burning them like how Marvel's original Human Torch (the android one, not the Fantastic Four one) does in his earliest appearance is another story.

This is by no means a personal attack against the player coming up with the suggestion, but merely a personal opinion. (I do hope I didn't hurt the player's feelings with this post!)

Elisabeth Erner wrote: 11 Jan 2021, 10:19

Jackson Valentine wrote: 11 Jan 2021, 09:39 For the fire obsessed:

Ability: Pyromancer

Roleplay Implications: You are obsessed with fire.

Incendio and Incendio Duo do half their base damage against you.

Incendio and Incendio Duo ticks do 10 damage per turn to you.

New Skill:

Incendio/Incendio Duo - Self Cast
The user casts Incendio/Incendio Duo on themselves, coating their body in a wreathing mass of flames. The user takes Incendio/Incendio Duo tick damage (10) every turn while this is active.

Contact moves to other characters and contact moves against the user cause the opponent to be set on fire and suffer from the normal effects of Incendio/Incendio Duo tick damage.

Roleplay Implications: You have been lit up like a torch. You illuminate the area around you.

I'm not an ability-approving staff here, but since this is a Forum Suggestions page, I think I have as much right to express my opinion publicly toward fellow users' suggestions as well - and in this case, I disagree.

First reason: To my best understanding, this is never known in the canon Harry Potter universe. This sounds more appropriate in a science fiction or superhero universes.

Second reason: Honestly, in my opinion, this is too violent. If this suggestion is approved, it would imply that our site team (or IC: professors) approves violence against Hogwarts students, as well as self-harm. Teenagers' physical fights and even spell-duels are understandable since they're not mature enough and often let emotions get the best of them, but casting fire to oneself sounds very similar to self-harm; and then burning others does not differ very much from casting Crucio or Sectumsempra since it would cause too much pain. Even though Incendio is permitted in duelling, burning them like how Marvel's original Human Torch (the android one, not the Fantastic Four one) does in his earliest appearance is another story.

This is by no means a personal attack against the player coming up with the suggestion, but merely a personal opinion. (I do hope I didn't hurt the player's feelings with this post!)

That is a very valid point. No offense taken

Was just a random idea I had in the spur of the moment.

@Jackson Valentine I'm really glad you weren't hurt by our different opinions! And of course it's fine to have a random idea coming up, that's the power of imagination, isn't it? : )

Pet suggestion: white cats, both long-haired (like the infamous Persian cats) and short-haired ones

(I saw a post suggesting black cats earlier, so I also post white. I do understand that this requires coding assistance from the founder Zach Winslow, and thus may take some time, so I just write this down if one day Mr Winslow has time for this.)

Ability suggestion: Focused (name is subject to change based on the creativity of the team)

Brief description: You have a high concentration and a great focus on whatever plan you have set your mind and heart at. Nothing, not even an attractive wizard or witch, can be a distraction.

Explanation: This works similar to how Fearless counters Terrible Presence; this new ability counters Lovely Creature.

Ability suggestion: Strong-Willed (name is subject to change based on the creativity of the team)

Brief description: You are a strong-willed person and do not easily change your mind, belief, or plan - even under the persuasion of a talented speaker or orator.

Explanation: This works similar to how Fearless counters Terrible Presence; this new ability counters Charmer.

Pets are limited by Zach's coding as well as by his personal aesthetic. The site's appearance is also very important to him and admittedly he has great taste. He never added black cats because of how it ended up working against the backdrops of the profile card. I do not anticipate seeing black cats in the foreseeable future due to this aesthetic. This however may be subject to change, this year has been hard for him as well as the rest of us so a lot of the things we wanted to do never were accomplished. I know he has future wants to work on the pets coded onto the site but I do not know what that outcome will look like.

As for abilities - Focused (by another name) is basically an ability that was proposed in Admin a few months ago so I see that one in the near future. As for strong-willed, I do not recall if that was listed but it is likely now that it has been mentioned to be included if it has not been already. Legal: the aforementioned still subject to various approvals.

Solomon Lear wrote: 13 Jan 2021, 12:36 Pets are limited by Zach's coding as well as by his personal aesthetic. The site's appearance is also very important to him and admittedly he has great taste. He never added black cats because of how it ended up working against the backdrops of the profile card. I do not anticipate seeing black cats in the foreseeable future due to this aesthetic. This however may be subject to change, this year has been hard for him as well as the rest of us so a lot of the things we wanted to do never were accomplished. I know he has future wants to work on the pets coded onto the site but I do not know what that outcome will look like.

As for abilities - Focused (by another name) is basically an ability that was proposed in Admin a few months ago so I see that one in the near future. As for strong-willed, I do not recall if that was listed but it is likely now that it has been mentioned to be included if it has not been already. Legal: the aforementioned still subject to various approvals.

Cool! Thank you, Headmaster!

(BTW the pet I proposed is the white cats; black cats were proposed by another player some time ago. I understand about the limitations you explained, I just would like to clarify. : ) )

Suggestion 1

Have a pinned topic At the Counter for people to put a link to their shop and a short description of what they have available so it is easier for people to find what they are looking for without having to scroll through the page and find the shop that has what they are looking for.


Suggestion 2

When more help is needed (as we are a growing community), add the position of House Ghost. For example, Gryffindor House Ghost. Being a House Ghost would not give them any position similar to Head of House, it would just be the house they were/are associated with. They would have similar jobs to the other assistant positions we currently have, but they would be ghosts instead.

Limitations:
Would have to have preapproved cause of death/ not state what cause of death was (could be added into application)
Abilities are not going to be that useful (although they have the ability to fly/float)
Would have to have originally attended Hogwarts
Would have to have been in the house they are associated with

Logan Baird wrote: 18 Jan 2021, 22:47 Suggestion 1

Have a pinned topic At the Counter for people to put a link to their shop and a short description of what they have available so it is easier for people to find what they are looking for without having to scroll through the page and find the shop that has what they are looking for.

I'm fairly sure @Katrina Walker is working on a system for this. If you want to contribute, there's a topic in At The Counter where you can post ideas ect

Suggestion 1: not a bad idea. Copying this over to the HOH Team.
Suggestion 2: Staff roles require a lot more specificity than that. Presently we are not looking to add more school-based staff roles but that might change. The needs for site moderation are always evolving as people find new and interesting ways to interface in this community.

Lucia Fox wrote: 19 Jan 2021, 07:23

Logan Baird wrote: 18 Jan 2021, 22:47 Suggestion 1

Have a pinned topic At the Counter for people to put a link to their shop and a short description of what they have available so it is easier for people to find what they are looking for without having to scroll through the page and find the shop that has what they are looking for.

I'm fairly sure Katrina Walker is working on a system for this. If you want to contribute, there's a topic in At The Counter where you can post ideas ect

@Logan Baird
Hi, yes I do, I have a proposition! (Thanks Lucia for the mention) The idea hasn't been attended to in a bit because of finals, but if you are interested in learning more about what we have so far: click here.