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14 Jun 2019, 12:34
How do I Make an Encyclopedia Page?
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Your Encyclopedia Page is a page where you describe your character, chronicle your character in the site's timeline and the method by which we document your stats so that you can participate in Quidditch matches, dueling, broom racing, adventures or contribute to the main story of the site. This serves as a resource for other players that wish to roleplay with you so that they can understand your character better and for moderators as this is a repository of all of your statistical information.

How Do you Become Registered in Index:
  1. Write a Character Page in the Character section of the Encyclopedia. (Link
  2. Post in the Registration Thread in the Character section of the Encyclopedia after you have made yourself a Character Page. (Link)

    Consider applying for a Special Race as well. You only have 30 days from the time you are validated to register as a special race because being a special race is a very large part of your character so suddenly becoming a part-giant would be setting and story-breaking for the players you have been roleplaying with. If you would like more information regarding these specialty races review this thread for more information.
  3. Once your character has been approved by a staff member, your name will be added to Character Index (Link) by a moderator. You do not need to do anything more for this unless a moderator contacts you stating that they require additional information. The Character Index is what the staff uses to graduate players every year, so you must be on the Character Index to graduate to the next year by July 1 of each year.
  4. Consider applying for an Ability, if you have not applied for a Special Race. To apply for an ability, post in THIS THREAD.
  5. Update your Character Sheet as needed. Keep it pretty and up to date. As you learn more spells, gain more stats or special abilities you will need to have that information added by a moderator to your trunk. To get your trunk updated please post in the Encyclopedia Update Form found in the Character section of the Encyclopedia. (Link)
If you find all of this overwhelming we offer a mentorship program for new (or returning new) members. This is a great way to get integrated into the community if you are feeling overwhelmed or just need a bit of help getting started. You can learn more about the Mentorship Program by following [this link]

This is the "Game Master" account. Please do not owl this account, unless specified. This account is not moderated actively and therefore, you may not receive a response.

Contact a Head of House or the Headmaster if you need anything.

14 Jun 2019, 12:49
How do I Make an Encyclopedia Page?
What Should be in my Encyclopedia?

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You can be as fancy and as inclusive as you would like or you can keep the information you provide in your Encyclopedia quite simple. The more information that you provide the better it will be for those that you wish to roleplay with. At a very minimum we need you to provide us with 2 posts in your Encyclopedia Thread.


1.) A Basic Character Post. This post would contain basic information about your character such as their name, their school year, their race, age, wand, history. You can be as detailed as you would like providing more information if you wish but you need to at the very least provide the following basic information:
Full Name:
House:
Age:
Wand:
School Year:

Patronus: (Not applicable until 6th years)
Species: (Human, Vampire, Veela, etc. - must be registered) and approved.
History/Background Story: This would be your character’s life prior to Hogwar, their first instance of magic, as well as what has happened during your time at Hogwarts.
Disabilities: 
Students with disabilities can attend Hogwarts together with unimpaired students. Since our setting does however heavily focus on magic and Healers at St. Mungo's will be able to cure almost any disease, disabilities that occurred naturally will be noted by the school. Affected students would be forwarded to a healer to cure their ailments, meaning that a disabled student would have their disability cured within their First Year at Hogwarts. The exception to this are disabilities which were caused by magic. If you plan on your student having a permanent disability, it would have to have been caused by some form of magic.

2.) A Trunk Post. This post will be the repository for where you place your stats, where all the spells and potions you learn will go and a list of any special abilities you might have will be listed. You either post the initial post finished with all the formatting or it will be posted by the moderator resulting in a generic Trunk. If you post in yourself the poster will be changed to the Game Master account by a moderator. This is done to prevent cheating or changing stuff on the sly. While aesthetics are nice, your trunk is a place of utility. Additional information regarding how to make a trunk and our expectations for trunks can be found (HERE).

To update your statistics, add new potions, abilities and spells post in the Encyclopedia Update Form. (Link)

3.) Optional Posts. Some players have chronological accounts of every thread that they have ever been in, what relationships their character has with other characters, etc. These are optional posts that you can choose to have or choose not to have.  

4.) Adding New Posts After Your Trunk. You can make new posts after your trunk has been approved if you want to expand your Encyclopedia page. The only moderator controlled post is your trunk. Please do not make a new thread for your encyclopedia when you wish to add new stuff or make changes, please edit your original encyclopedia.
While we allow players the ability to edit their threads in the encyclopedia area for the purpose of updating their stats, bio, making their encyclopedia more aesthetically pleasing, etc. Major updates to your character's already approved backstory would need to be approved by the index staff. Small additions such as clarifying that your father's name is Daniel or that you used to vacation in Germany during the summers is not a major change to your backstory but if you are adding a major element to your backstory, removing portions of your backstory or changing parts of your backstory all together, then you need to go through the index team for approval.

This is the "Game Master" account. Please do not owl this account, unless specified. This account is not moderated actively and therefore, you may not receive a response.

Contact a Head of House or the Headmaster if you need anything.

11 Oct 2019, 15:28
How do I Make an Encyclopedia Page?
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STATS


Every player has statistics that follow them in Dueling, Quidditch, Broom Racing and Adventures.
  • STAMINA: This serves as a numerical representation of how durable a player is.
  • EVASION: This is how good a player is at avoiding attacks.
  • STRENGTH: This is how physically powerful a player is. This is used in grapple checks, non-magical physical actions.
  • WISDOM: This is a representation of how good someone is at casting a spell, controlling magical items and finding/noticing things that might otherwise remain unseen.
  • ARCANE POWER: Much like how strength demonstrates how powerful a player is physically, this stat is used to determine how powerful a player's magical attacks which are damaging are.
  • ACCURACY: This represents how accurate an action is, physical or magical.

HOW DO THESE STATS WORK?


Calculating your Stamina.
Stamina is basically your health pool. Once your Health Pool reaches 0, you are no longer able to duel or play Quidditch. You have passed out. Your stamina is calculated simply. Your stamina is multiplied by 100, so if you have 3 points placed in your stamina then you have 300 health points.

Calculating your Evasion.
The higher your evasion score, the more difficult it is to strike you with an attack be it magical or physical. The calculation for this is simple. Your evasion is the amount you have in your agility pool, this would be added to your evasion or dodge attempt which is always a d20. So if you have 5 in your evasion and a Beater throws a Bludger at you, to avoid this attack the moderator will roll a d20 and add 5 to the result. If your resultant roll with the +5 modifier is greater than the opponent's attack roll with modifiers then the attack would miss.

Calculating your Strength.
Strength is a designation for how physically powerful you are. The higher your strength score, the more damage you can do with your Bludger, the more likely you are to succeed in a grapple check (despite that not being something that can be done in a formal duel street fighting surely has less rules for this sort of thing) and anything that requires a strength check. For every point you place in strength, your physical attacks will do more damage.

Calculating your Wisdom.
Wisdom is a reflection of how studious you are as well as how much control you have over your power. This is a Mental statistic.  When a user attempts to use a magical item, often their Wisdom stat becomes relevant. Wisdom is also how you recognize things or hide things, such as noticing if someone cheats, where the snitch is, etc. Your wisdom is calculated simply. For every 1 wisdom you have, checks that require wisdom receive that amount to their roll. So if you were checking to see if your opponent was cheating and your wisdom was 2, then 2 would be added to your check to see if you notice that your opponent is cheating.

Calculating your Arcane Power.
Arcane Power is essentially magic's version of strength. The higher your strength score, the more damage you can do with your spells, the more likely you are to succeed in a check against someone who shares the same core. For every point you place in Arcane Power, your magical attacks will do more damage by 10%. That means if you place 4 points in Arcane Power, your spells would do 40% more damage than your peers.

Accuracy.
Accuracy is fairly self-explanatory. Your accuracy determines how likely it is that you will hit an opponent with an attack be it magical or physical. If an attack misses, it does no damage no matter how powerful the attack is. Your accuracy is the amount you have in your accuracy pool, this would be added to your attack attempt to hit which is always a d20. So if you have 5 in your accuracy and as a Beater you throw a Bludger at an opponent, to see if you hit the moderator will roll a d20 and add 5 to the result. If your resultant roll with the +5 modifier is greater than the opponent's evasion roll with modifiers then the attack would hit.

How Do I Acquire Stats?
At the start of each school year or when you start the game you are given base stats which you can place anywhere, creating a unique statistical representation of your character. Every player starts with 30 to 35 stat points that they can place wherever they please. Players that are a special race (think Veela, Dhampire, Metamorphmagus, etc) start with 30 stat points whereas players that elect to remain normal humans start with 35 stat points. Once you pick your stats they can not be decreased, only added to (exception: you registered as human but then apply for a special race/talent).

You can gain stats 3 ways besides this. 
  • By winning an official Quidditch match you can gain 1 stat point. 
  • By winning an official Duel you can gain 1 stat point. 
  • By winning an official Broom Race you can gain 1 stat point. 
  • By graduating and moving on to the next year you can gain 5 stat points.
Are There Any CAPS or Restrictions?
Yes, you need to place at least 1 stat point in STAMINA, otherwise, you have 0 health and would start every battle passed out. Beyond that we do have caps which are as follows:
  • First Year:  you cannot have more than 10 points in any one stat.
  • Second Year:  you cannot have more than 10 points in any one stat.
  • Third Year:  you cannot have more than 15 points in any one stat.
  • Fourth Year:  you cannot have more than 15 points in any one stat.
  • Fifth Year:  you cannot have more than 20 points in any one stat.
  • Sixth Year:  you cannot have more than 20 points in any one stat.
  • Seventh Year: you cannot have more than 25 points in any one stat.
  • Adult: You cannot have more than 25 points in any one stat.
Can I have Multiple Builds?
No, the intention is that an excellent Quidditch player is not also a top duelist. You can be good at both but there will be different skill-sets and abilities that facilitate a player's success in one realm over the other.

Where do I post stats?
On your character encyclopedia page, in the trunk post. It should look as follows:

Stamina:    
Evasion:       
Strength:   
Wisdom:     
ArcPower:  
Accuracy:   

There is something about ambition, how it not only propels you but also defines you.

6 Jan 2022, 19:20
How do I Make an Encyclopedia Page?
Trunks


Trunks have a standardized format for the sake of consistent format and moderation.


What will be allowed?

This is an example of how your trunk should look:
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Statistics and Abilities

Your Stats go here
Spells Acquired

Reducio
Your Spells go here
Potions Known

Reducio
Your Potions go here
Rules


1. Your whole trunk may contain one picture. This can be a header, or a picture at the bottom, or in the middle. It does not matter, if it's a small picture or a large picture. Everything counts as one.

2. Do not create a picture with all of the trunk information and post that as the trunk. The picture is meant for decoration. Stats, Spells, Potions etc have to be written out and not be posted as a picture.

3. One reducio under each category may be used.

4. No more than two quote boxes within each other (nesting quotes) are allowed.[/color][/size]

5. The order of headings can be chosen freely.

6. The usage of Tables is not permitted.

7. No colour, special font or size under 100% is allowed.

If a trunk does not follow the above format, this is not an exception made by the staff but rather either an oversight (which we will rectify with that user if notified) or the trunk is very old and has not been updated since these standards were enacted.

There is something about ambition, how it not only propels you but also defines you.