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| Elizabeth Gardner |
| Posted: Feb 6 2006, 11:30 PM |
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Ah. Yet another mentoring session to polish off her resume. Eight mentees already. Geez, how many ickles were there? Elizabeth wondered. Although she knew that not all of them would take to dueling like she had. She had the mentoring session and then hadn't done anything with it until the second term. Yes, she had been quite the idiot. She seemed to be doing that a lot lately. She sighed. Oh well. More mentees. "Hekate Cronus and Alden Stuart," she called out. And waited for them to arrive. Of course. This was beginning to sound quite routine. At least in Elizabeth's opinion.
| QUOTE | Introduction to Dueling
To help get a better understanding on dueling, please read the rules, located here
~read carefully, dueling is more complicated than you think.
Basics:
-2 people are needed for every duel, but after the challenger posts, both of you must wait for the dueling officiator before you can start the duel.
*one person makes the topic, then the other one replies
^you can either pm someone for a duel (in which case it is called a closed duel) or you can create an open duel and wait for someone to come
*Beginning duelists like yourself can request beginner duelists (those with under 60 wp)
NOTE: You may only start/post in two duels per day. limit of 14 total for the week.
WP? What's that?
-wp is what you use to cast spells. Its basically your energy source and you start off with 50
-you earn more wp by dueling. a lot.
*Everyone starts off with four spells. You may get a free spell when you reach 55 wp
Got that so far? Okay now just rp an introduction of yourself walking up to the platform. I will tell you what to do after BOTH people have replyed.
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| Alden Stuart |
| Posted: Feb 7 2006, 08:27 PM |
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Bloody hell, what was he doing in the dueling chamber? For one, dueling involved some skill, and him and dodging and quick thinking where not on friendly terms. No, not in the least. So why would Alden be walking willingly into the chamber to learn how to duel? It seemed a bit interesting, that was why. Besides, might as well learn, might come in useful... for doing something.
And he was now in the chamber, waiting for someone to call his name so he could talk up to some platform and blah blah blah, learn how to duel. And so, he waited, and waited a bit more. And when he was about to just go because he had no patience at the moment, someone called him and some other person's name.
Oh woohoo, he was going to learn how to duel. Prepare for, 'duck and cover/die trying to fire spells at someone 101'. First step was to meet his mentor and figure out who this girl was that had called the pair of firsties. She was in Slytherin, how exciting. He had met a Slythering second year, Amber he was pretty sure. She was mental. Actually, beyond mental, a mental wench more likely.
Reading some book and calling him stupid because he couldn't understand whatever she was talking about concerning flying balloons. Not his fault he didn't know what that kind of muggle flying stuff that was, he was a wizard, not a muggle. He didn't have to worry about that stuff, best let the muggles worry about their flying balloons. And there he went, fuming about how some girl had called him stupid, when better things where to be done in the present. Best be paying attentiong Alden, best be before some wild spell comes and turns you into a badger.
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| Hekate Cronus |
| Posted: Feb 9 2006, 02:00 PM |
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((*meeps* Didn't know it was posted already. Sorry, I thought we'd be PMed or something when our thread was up.  ))
Hekate gulped when she heard her name called out by the older Slytherin. Why was she doing this again? Had she lost her mind like her brother told her was true of those birds? Nah. That couldn't be it at all. She was doing it because she wanted to learn.
Stepping forward, she stepped in front of her fellow Slytherin and glanced at the boy that did as well. Stupid boys. Oh yeah... Hekate wasn't biased at all of her soon to be dueling partner. It wasn't as if she was already thinking he was going to have all sorts of things wrong with him. Nope. Not her.
"I'm Hekate Cronus." She said introducing herself to both. Can't forget manners. Not like that silly boy who didn't introduce himself properly.
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| Elizabeth Gardner |
| Posted: Feb 9 2006, 05:58 PM |
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(haha, I forgot if I was going to pm everyone the link or not...anyways. sorry about that, if I confused you.)
Elizabeth smiled. Both of her mentees had shown up, so it was time to get this show on the road. She smiled reasurringly at both of them. "I'm Elizabeth Gardner." She introduced herself to both of them. Politely, of course. After all Miss Quinn had told them to be polite to the ickles. She sighed. Well she'd be get them started. "Remember that this is merely a practice duel. So there is no need to be nervous." She added that just in case they were.
"Alden since you got here first I will grant you first blood. Meaning you will attack first." Elizabeth stepped back away from the platform and assumed a more observant role. She'd direct them from this spot. "Well dueling..." she started as she launched into her explanation.
| QUOTE | Practice Duel
In this case, I, the mentor have started the duel. In the dueling chamber, a dueling officiator will begin your duel. You must wait for them before attacking your opponent.
The person who attacks first gets something we like to call first blood. Whoever gets first blood generally has an advantage because they don't have to block. In this case, since Faye posted first, I'll give her first blood. But in the duel, after the officiator posts anyone can grab first blood.
The Spells
The four spells that you were given are as follows:
LV1 Knockback Jinx
LV1 Pepper Breath Hex
LV1 Twitchy Ears Curse
LV1 Blocking Charm
The last spell you use for defensive purposes only. It is not an attacking spell. All right, in here we use a tally. Here is how the tally works.
If I cast the knockback jinx here is what my tally will look like:
50-5(LV1 Knockback Jinx) = 45
0 hits/dodges
Red is your starting tally (how many wp you have)
Green is the spell you have used. In the case of the knockback jinx, I could have cast it between 1 and 10, depending on the strength. It is best to start out at a medium number because you want to be able to gauge your opponent.
Each spell has a certain cost it takes to use the spell. All of the costs are in this thread: here
Blue is the total wp you have after you do all of your actions. In this case, since the knockback jinx cost 5 to cast, you have 45 wp left.
Orange- This is the hits/dodges count. You only get a maximum of three hits or dodges. If you use all three you automatically lose the duel.
Any questions? Well, here is what I would like you to do.
Alden-you have first blood. RP your actions and thoughts and so forth and casting the spell. Always include the incantation of the spell in your RP for any duel. In this case it would be "flipendo." For your spell please cast a knockback jinx, just like I told you, you may use any amount 1-10, although, like I said, it's best to start out at a medium number (3-7). Please include the tally.
Hekate-Just wait until I make sure that Alden has done everything correctly, then I will show you how to block.
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| Alden Stuart |
| Posted: Feb 12 2006, 09:33 PM |
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What was this? Another Slytherin girl? Oh how his luck seemed to trample upon him. Not his fault that pretty much all girls he had talked to since coming to this school had been mental. But at least he got first blood. Yes, he could be the one on offense rather then on defense. Alden and defending himself=Not to pretty.
So, time to use the little knockback jinx. Alden was down with that. 'Flipendo Flipendo Flipendo' Yes, the boy was repeating it over and over again for if he didn't, he was liable to forget the incantation. Feeling as confident as he ever was, the boy said, "Flipendo"
E-Gad, an invisible stream had left his wand. Perhaps this would be a bad time to introduce himself to Hekate, or whatever her name had been. Oh well, might as well before he forgot. "I'm Alden Stuart." He would say, nice to meet you, but that would be lying. She was most likely mental like that Amber girl, and Maria, and Heather, and many other people he had met.
50-4(lv1 Knockback Jinx)=46
0 Hits/Dodges
*Can you say idiot? We are practicing dueling, and I leave out the tally*
*Edit number two, I can officially not subtract*
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| Elizabeth Gardner |
| Posted: Feb 12 2006, 09:51 PM |
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(OOC: Alden it's 46 not 45...since you only sent a four point knockback jinx. other then that your tally looks perfect to me)
"Good job," Elizabeth said to Alden as he performed the spell correctly. Mentoring was getting easier for her, with each group of people that she mentored. But now time had to somehow freeze so that Hekate could practice blocking Alden's spell.
But of course, this was Hogwarts. Anything could happen in this wonderful magic castle. Including time stopping if it wanted to. Actually Elizabeth wasn't so sure about that. But perhaps this practice dueling chamber allowed for it?
Who knew. Perhaps that was another question to ask Janus.
"Okay, now both of you, listen up," Elizabeth said. "This is how you block."
| QUOTE | How to Block
All right, with the blocking spell you have currently to use, to block a spell you must multiply the spell's base cost by 1.5. The tally should read as follows.
50-8(LV1 Blocking Charm) = 42
0 hits/dodges
Red- Again, this is your starting tally. Right now you have 50 wp.
Green is 1.5 times the base cost of the knockback jinx, which in this case is 5. 1.5 x 5 is 8. Always round UP, not down when blocking. But whatever the strength of the knockback jinx cast, you multiply that by 1.5. Some spells have block modifiers*.
*always put spell used in parenthesis.
Blue-This is just the leftover amount of wp you have left after casting the spell. In this case you have 42 wp left.
Orange is just the amount of hit/dodges that you have. In this case you still have three since you blocked and were neither hit with the spell or you didn't dodge it. Only when you rp those two actions does this number change. If you block this number stays zero.
More on that later in this session. *Block modifiers will be covered in another session.
Hekate-RP blocking Faye's spell and then casting another spell at Alden. Please cast only a knockback jinx, do not cast a different spell.
Alden-do nothing, just wait to block Hekate's spell.
P.S. You do not need to do the color in the tally. I did that so it's easier to organize and you can see what is what in the tally. Some people bold the tally, or put it in their house color. Some do nothing to it. Your choice. |
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| Hekate Cronus |
| Posted: Feb 21 2006, 03:41 PM |
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| Elizabeth Gardner |
| Posted: Feb 23 2006, 10:57 PM |
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| Hekate Cronus |
| Posted: Mar 7 2006, 10:48 AM |
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Hekate's eyes widened to the size of saucers as the boy sent a spell at her. Biting her lip, she raised her wand hesitantly, not having any idea what to do when suddenly the girl teaching them began to explain. Hurry up... hurry up... hurry up... why wasn't it here already... She had mentally closed her eyes and braced herself for impact and then... nothing.
Blinking a few times, she looked up and back to the other girl teaching them. Maybe now would be a good time to actually listen... block. yes. Obsidio... got ya. Raising her wand, she bit her tongue and said the incantation in her midn a couple times. Nodding once, she flicked her wand forward. "Obsidio!"
Almost as fast, she flicked her wand again and repeated the same incantation the boy had used. "Flippendo!" One might say she was a little bit enthusiastic since she called it a little loudly... but she much preferred to think it was due to the loudness of the clubroom. Yep, that was it. The slight bounce in her heels wasn't any indication of her excitement over blocking the spell.
50 - 6 (LV1 Blocking) - 9 (LV1 Knockback) = 35
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| Elizabeth Gardner |
| Posted: Mar 9 2006, 12:43 AM |
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(OOC: Hekate, perfect. Good job)
Elizabeth nodded in approval. "Perfect, Hekate," she praised her mentee. Well they seemed to get the hang of it pretty well. Now time for the more observing part...sort of like what she did in officiating duels rather then in the actual mentoring of duelists.
She yawned. It was a good thing she was at this part in the mentoring session. She was getting tired with the amount of mentoring that she had been doing anyways. "Okay, well now you guys just basically go into a real duel like those in the dueling chamber. Though it was still only a practice duel. But now they didn't have Elizabeth interrupting until the very end unless they did something wrong.
| QUOTE | The Duel and Some More on the Basic Spells
Okay, you guys have seem to gotten the hang of it pretty well.
The other two attacking spells are the:
LV1 Pepper Breath Hex which costs 8 wp to cast. The incantation for that spell is, "pyeretz!"
LV1 Twitchy Ears Curse which costs 15 wp to cast. The incantation for that spell is "vellicare auris!"
*In my duels, when given first blood, I like to start off with the pepper breath hex. However the knockback jinx is the most versatile spell in dueling, so you'll be using it a lot, especially in your first duels until you get more wp.
Those are the base cost of the spells, so when block multiply the cost by 1.5. The Pepper Breath Hex costs 12 points to block, the twitchy ears curse costs 23.
Hits/Dodges
In order to save WP you may dodge the spell or RP getting hit with the spell. They basically are the same thing. Sometimes its fun to RP getting hit with the spell, which is why you would do that. Hits and dodges cost 0 of your wizard points.
Let's say you dodge (the knockback jinx, or whatever spell it is) and cast the pepper breath hex. The tally would then look like this.
45-0(dodge)-8(LV1 Pepper Breath Hex) = 37
NOTE: typically you would want to dodge the twitchy ears curse. 23 wp is over half of your wp which is a lot of wp to give up in just one turn. However if you already have 2 hits/dodges, you must block or you lose the duel automatically.
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