Potions for Purchase

[Lavenblade]

Alrighty, at this point potions won't be craft-able until we find a hard solid and fun way of doing it.

However, that does not mean we cannot have potions in game.

I think potions should be purchasable in game, and programming certain potions won't be extremely hard.

An example of one would be like....

The Polyjuice Potion:

Allows you to put hair of one student into a vial /once/. After that it may be drank or given to another to drink. When you put the hair in the vial(By using a verb next to a player to grab some hair, which places in the vial.), it will save the mobs visual appearance to the vial. This includes all overlays with the exception of the AFK sign and such.
Whatever icon they have at the time if picking, the potion supplies. After X amount of time it will wear off(X time and logout?).
The potion allows you to have their visual display, including name overlays. It also allows you to have their name in Say and OOC.

Not too crazy to code in, and it adds more to daily gameplay. Involving several uses which could also stir up clan trouble for fun.

Spying, while acting as another.
Impersonation.
Confusing people with clones of one person.
Causing Clan Grief.
Hiding from someone hunting you down.
Playing tricks on friends.

Several fun uses for one potion alone.

Potions can be easy to program, so as long as you guys keep it simple I wouldn't see why Murra would have a problem with it.

Come on guys, make a list of potions that could be used in game that might prove useful. Try and keep it relatively simple due to Murra's workload.

Murra, is purchasable potions from a Potion Seller a feasible request upon completion of collaboration?

[Ash]

And also causing huge problems when someone gets their hair taken, and then the person who stole the hair for the polyjuice potion turns into them and says mean stuff to people, making them pissed at the actual player, causing a entire bitch fight! Sounds like a brilliant idea to me...

[Severus]

I love these ideas for potions.

With the 'cloning' I think it's a great idea, despite Ash's sarcasm. Perhaps there could be a minor way of being able to distinguish the original player from the clone? Something subtle - maybe the skin colour could be paler/darker or some other small adjustment that some players would catch on to and others wouldn't - all part of the fun.

[Lavenblade]

@Ash- There's always a way to solve minor problems. Sev pointed out one way, and I know there are many other methods to solve this problem. Perhaps a different name color in say, or a symbol next to their name if it was a big issue. Perhaps even, "{P} Lavitiz" as mu name. Signifying the fact someone's using a Polyjuice potion to act as me.

Not to mention that was ONE potion of many that could be used in a similar shop.

Ash, you should sit down and collaborate with us. Offering a suggestion is a better use of your own(and our) time. Rather than a pointless post that has done nothing to solve a problem you pointed out.

[Murrawhip]

Bullshit, Lavitiz. Ash's concern is a valid one.
Ash was offering insight on how such a potion would cause GM issues, y'know, because he's a GM.

Ash's post hasn't done nothing - it's brought to light the consequences such a potion might have. You're not exactly the person who should be telling people what's on-topic or not; we delete more posts of yours than all other forum members combined. I'm not exaggerating. -_-

[Lavenblade]

we delete more posts of yours than all other forum members combined. I'm not exaggerating. -_-

It's so true! I'm so ashamed. =@

Actually, I believe one was deleted within the past 24 hours.

[Odd Future]

Maybe just take their house? As in you get access to their common room and your robes change tho that house. having someone elses name is just gonna cause mass confusion, drama and Tyler Boi rage type situations

[Lavenblade]

Sounds more reasonable to me. Not sure if giving common room access is wise though.

What about other potions?

[Severus]

I advise that Murrawhip makes the decision about Polyjuice Potion - or another admin, to solve GM issues.

There are a variety of potions you could create, starting off with easy and obvious ones such as:
- Healing Potion
- MP Restore Potion
- Magic/Strength/Speed/Defense/HP/MP Stat Increase Potion
- Gender Change Potion (5 minute until reversed)

Then, break in to some more difficult potions:
- Undetectable invisibility potion (1 minute until reversed)
- Temporary Stat Increase Paracetamol (Could have a range, 25% increase tablets, 75% increase tablets, 150% increase tablets, all lasting for different periods of time)
- Knowledge Potion (Increases amount of exp gained from books when reading)
- Unlimited Vision (ability to see invisible people for certain time period)

The list goes on. I don't think the question is "What other potions could there be?", I think the question should be "What other potions could there be and how would they be created/used by players?" I did make a post about my idea for how they would be made/consumed however it was rejected. Does anybody else have any ideas?

[Lavenblade]

Let me remind everyone that this post isn't about making potions, or a potion creation system. Something like that would need plenty of time and thought put into it.

Which is why I figured potions could be programmed and bought. With the ideas of us players of course.

Why even consider a potions creation system when we don't even have potions to create, xP.

Potions that can be bought is the key here.

@Sev, good post and I think you got some good ideas developing.

@TWC, Come on guys, I can honestly see Murra adding potions and a potion seller. I seriously can. However we need to come up with a list of reasonable potions.

[Markus]

You have to remember that the polijuice potion changes the appearance of the body, not clothes. Any clothes worn by the trio were from Slytherins they knocked out and stole. AND it's only for human transformation. Say you use it on Sysy while he's in dog animagus. You'd turn into a dogman, not werewolf. Even someone in zombie form or transfigured. Just saying. As for name change. I think it can change the name, but not the nametag or when they speak on OOC, or spells.

[Skystone]

Polyjuice should only work like the movies, they don't have the clothes (so they need to obtain them). They were able to look like them, so the name tag change has to happen. They were able to talk like them (kinda) so I would only put say or whisper with the name, not OOC and not PM's. Infiltration is definitely something I think this game needs since it's done throughout the movies. In order to do that, we need the name tag to be changed, we need the say and (maybe whisper) to be changed, and we need to be able to obtain the clothes of others via a short-time spell or another potion or by buying clothes like it when someone drinks the potion. It has to be obvious that the targeted person who the user is going to impersonate knows.

[Lavenblade]

The thing is that we gotta keep it so it's not abuse-able, and not OPed or pointless.

Something like the Polyjuice potion will need to be slightly different. It could and will create a lot of impersonation problems if it works exactly like the books/movies.

[Skystone]

I see what you mean Lavitz, but if we're going for infiltration (which is what I'm looking at) then affecting the say, and the name tag has to happen.

I just thought up of the clothes problem though, either:

1) My original idea of buying clothes, spell, or potion.

2) In order to have the clothes, you need the user to be in the same house as the victim/target (which will allow some diversity of houses in the recruitment of members for clans).

So basically the user that takes the Polyjuice potion will only have their say (maybe whisper?) and name tag affected for a duration of time. It will NOT affect clothes (other clans, other houses, etc), wigs, wands, or items that the victim/target has.

[Skystone]

As for other potions just use the Harry Potter Wiki there's tons of ideas waiting to be explored in potions, with names and affects already included.

http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_potions