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MadMadamMalfoy · 11-13-2021, 04:13 AM

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Text Cut: Mordaunt

Norman knew it was only a matter of time before someone mentioned Gamp’s Law as an example of transfiguration being unhelpful. What he hadn’t expected was for that answer to come up right off the bat, not for it to be so eloquently worded. He nodded approvingly. “Nicely put, Mr. Mordaunt,” he said. “You can use magic to summon food from somewhere. You can use magic to cook food you already have, but you can’t use magic to conjure food or transform something into food.”

Text Cut: Blaze

Norman positively beamed at Blaze’s answer… not that anyone could tell with the scarf wrapped around his face. “Yes, it does exactly that. Excellent, Miss Blaze,” he replied with a quick knowing look. But he’d come back to that in a minute.

Text Cut: Nichols

Here was another answer that Norman had expected to come up at some point. “While Aguamenti is technically classified as a charm instead of transfiguration, that’s an important point you raised, Miss Nichols,” he said. “If you have your wand and you know the aguamenti spell, you have water. That’ll save you the trouble of searching for it in the wild.” That last bit was added for the entire class’s benefit.

Text Cut: L. Nam

Norman had to stifle a laugh at Nam’s wiggly wave and general enthusiasm. For once, he was glad for the scarf in front of his face that hid his expression. He couldn’t have his students thinking he was going soft! The girl wasn’t wrong. Being an animagus could be helpful; he knew firsthand. He wondered if Nam would settle for a dog animagus instead of a wolf. The thought crossed his mind to test that theory, but he didn’t want to distract her or the rest of the class by transforming into his animagus form. “Yes, I imagine it would,” he said with a slight glint in his eye. “Very good, Miss Nam.”

Text Cut: Couture

Frankly, Norman was a tad surprised that no one had mentioned using transfiguration for shelter sooner, barring Nam’s idea from the last question. Couture’s answer earned a slight approving nod, though he wished she’d elaborated a bit more. “Good, Miss Couture,” he said. “Do you have any specific ideas how that might be accomplished?”

Text Cut: E. Nam

Technically Nam had already answered this question with his answer to the last one, so Norman wouldn’t have been surprised if the boy had decided to sit this one out. He was pleased that not only had that not happened, but Nam’s answer was one that he himself wouldn’t have immediately thought of. “A creative use of transfiguration for survival indeed! Excellent, Mr. Nam,” he replied.

Text Cut: Fox

Here was another outside the box answer! Maybe not the most well-executed idea, but Norman had to give Fox credit for her ingenuity. “Good question, Miss Fox! Theoretically yes, though I don’t recommend doing so,” he replied. “While conjured or transfigured creatures won’t revert or vanish unless the caster wills it or the spellwork is faulty, they aren’t true creatures. They lack any real nutritional value.” Still it was a good idea.

Text Cut: Blackthorne

At first, Norman thought Blackthorne’s answer would expand on Couture’s, but he was pleased when it went in a somewhat different direction. “Sound reasoning, Miss Blackthorne,” he said with an approving nod.

Seeing no more hands in the air, Norman took that as a sign that it was time to move on. “Great answers!” he addressed the class. “As you can see, transfiguration can be used to obtain all of the items on this list. While Gamp’s Law states that food cannot be produced out of thin air, you can use transfiguration as a means to hunt your own food, as Mr. Nam suggested.” He paused for a brief moment before continuing, “Today we won’t be in this environment long enough to require shelter, water, or food -” After all, it would be dinnertime in a couple of hours! “- so we’ll be focusing on…” With a wave of his wand, the fiery list in midair all but disappeared, leaving only one item: Fire/warmth.

“Today we’ll be covering two ways of creating and preserving warmth, the first of which is the spell Miss Blaze mentioned,” he went on. “Focalia is a spell that conjures firewood, which can be used in tandem with either a fire conjuring charm or non-magical means of starting a fire. To cast, visualize the type and size of wood you want. Concentrate on that vision; make an X motion with your wand, and say the incantation Focalia." He waved his wand to clear the remaining fiery letters, and soon new information appeared in their place midair:

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Originally Posted by spell info

Focalia
Wand Movement: X-shape
Use: Conjures firewood

Norman demonstrated the spell by brandishing his wand and drawing an X shape. “Focalia,” he said clearly and firmly. In an instant, a small, neat pile of firewood materialized at his feet. “Ideally, you’ll want different sizes of wood in your pile - smaller sticks, or kindling, to build the foundation of the fire and larger wood pieces for long burning fuel - but for now, let’s focus on conjuring any firewood.” Baby steps, kids!

“For the next several minutes, your task is to build your own campfire.” See, there was a reason for the lack of heating charms in the room! “Practice conjuring firewood with Focalia, and when you have a pile about yea big-” He gestured toward the pile of firewood at his feet. “- go ahead and start your fire. You can use incendio or if you’re not confident using that spell, I have matches up here that you can use.” He pulled a small matchbook from his pocket and held it up as an example. “You may work by yourself or with a partner if you prefer. You have fifteen minutes starting… NOW!”

OOC: Thank you for sticking with me so far and sorry for the delay! RL is not cooperating this week.

For this activity, your character needs to practice conjuring firewood using the spell Focalia and use that wood to start a campfire. Partner/group work is allowed, but each person must attempt the spell. Spell attempts do not have to be successful to receive credit. If there are any questions, feel free to PM me for OOC questions and/or indicate in the title of your post for IC questions. You’ll have 48-60 HOURS for this activity!

11-13-2021, 04:13 AM	#29 (permalink)
MadMadamMalfoy Newbie Mod MO & DMLE Chizpurfle Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Hazbin Hotel Posts: 10,907 Hogwarts RPG Name: Norman A. Carton Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Sydney M. L. Masters Slytherin First Year Ministry RPG Name: Gaston A.L. Marchand Minister's Office Ministry RPG Name: Normandie A. Carton Law Enforcement	Mini Activity starts here! Rhibear ~ Madam Solo ~ Dark Brooding Girl ~ Accio Jedi ~ Gryffinclaw ~ Just a doll SPOILER!!: Individual replies Text Cut: Mordaunt Quote: Originally Posted by Stefan Surely, Transfiguration or any magic for that matter, was very handy to any and almost all situations that are inconvenient and or perilous. Wizarding folks can claim legitimate bewilderment as to how muggle folks do survival in the harshest condition without magic to help them, because magic was convenient. So, was it possible for magic to be unhelpful? Aside from being less equipped academically, there's a natural law that limits the use of magic. "Transfiguration is a very useful and important branch of magic, but not everything can be conjured out of thin air, Professor." Noah said, raising his hand again, and then pointing at the list he made. "While food is needed for survival, magic cannot be used to conjure sustenance out of thin air. It has to be sourced some place else, according to Gamp's Law. Now, this could be a problem, especially if we are stuck in a hostile environment like this one." Noah has had a lot of experience using the Room of Requirement over the years, and he'd learned that he was required to bring his own food inside if he wanted to use it for a longer period of time. Well, at least, water can be conjured, so they really aren't that doomed. Norman knew it was only a matter of time before someone mentioned Gamp’s Law as an example of transfiguration being unhelpful. What he hadn’t expected was for that answer to come up right off the bat, not for it to be so eloquently worded. He nodded approvingly. “Nicely put, Mr. Mordaunt,” he said. “You can use magic to summon food from somewhere. You can use magic to cook food you already have, but you can’t use magic to conjure food or transform something into food.” Text Cut: Blaze Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Yes, Claudine got all of that. It was interesting just how many aspects were necessary for one’s survival in the wilderness. She wondered which of them would be the focus of today’s lesson. She made her notes then looked towards Carton once more as he moved things along. Noah was right about one component of Gamp’s law, of course. The Snakette’s eyes remained on the fiery words, trying to figure out something useful. She was still thinking of fire, yes. And suddenly she had an answer. Up went a hand. *“Focalia* conjures firewood,’’ Claudine volunteered when she was called upon. “That’s one way Transfiguration can help out. After you have the firewood, a fire can be lit.” Hopefully easily so. Norman positively beamed at Blaze’s answer… not that anyone could tell with the scarf wrapped around his face. “Yes, it does exactly that. Excellent, Miss Blaze,” he replied with a quick knowing look. But he’d come back to that in a minute. Text Cut*: Nichols* Quote: Originally Posted by Lady of Light Valentina quickly noted down what the professor said. Getting lost in the wilderness definitely sounded very stressful. Hmm. She took a few moments to think as she stared at the snowy landscape absently, raising her hand finally to answer. "Professor, aguamenti can be used to conjure water." Because drinking water is a necessity, yes?? Here was another answer that Norman had expected to come up at some point. “While Aguamenti is technically classified as a charm instead of transfiguration, that’s an important point you raised, Miss Nichols,” he said. “If you have your wand and you know the aguamenti spell, you have water. That’ll save you the trouble of searching for it in the wild.” That last bit was added for the entire class’s benefit. Text Cut: L. Nam Quote: Originally Posted by Watson CAMPING! This was like camping but Nam family camping meets the Survival TV show. Sounded EPIC. She was imaging all the possibilities which is why she stayed silent and then she suddenly distracted by her open textbook when she got a certain word. Hmm…. She began skimming through the textbook as quickly as she could before pausing. The Professor’s words and red words caught her attention and she refocused on the task at hand. Water, shelter, fire/warmth, and food…. Noah had a very logical point. Claudine ‘s point was new causing her to write down the incantation. She’d have to ask HER BROTHER Noah to help her with that. He was of age. Wait… Now that he was at Uni would he be going to the family camping trips??? if not, she’d ask Noah Mordaunt to go. She had to have a Noah for a Noah. Valentina was super pretty y’know? And Augmenti made sense…. She wondered how the thing with Evan went… She had heard rumors but hadn’t seen or heard anything confirming something…. “OH OH! PROFESSAAAUR!” Excited wiggly wave of her hand. “BEING AN ANIMAGUS WOULD BE SOOOOOO HELPFUL! I’d recommend being a wolf then you can hunt for food and explore and stay warm!” Norman had to stifle a laugh at Nam’s wiggly wave and general enthusiasm. For once, he was glad for the scarf in front of his face that hid his expression. He couldn’t have his students thinking he was going soft! The girl wasn’t wrong. Being an animagus could be helpful; he knew firsthand. He wondered if Nam would settle for a dog animagus instead of a wolf. The thought crossed his mind to test that theory, but he didn’t want to distract her or the rest of the class by transforming into his animagus form. “Yes, I imagine it would,” he said with a slight glint in his eye. “Very good, Miss Nam.” Text Cut: Couture Quote: Originally Posted by LilFox06 "I think transfiguration would work best with the shelter." Misa said. Because everyone seemed to be stuck on the food thing she figured she'd say something different. As for the other things, she'd use charms. Except the food thing. That was a whole other issue. Frankly, Norman was a tad surprised that no one had mentioned using transfiguration for shelter sooner, barring Nam’s idea from the last question. Couture’s answer earned a slight approving nod, though he wished she’d elaborated a bit more. “Good, Miss Couture,” he said. “Do you have any specific ideas how that might be accomplished?” Text Cut: E. Nam Quote: Originally Posted by Chelliephone How did Transfiguration help in this scenario? Having already offered an option with his comment regarding shelter, Evan was feeling a little lost for anything else. The only other thing that came to mind was for fire, and incendio. But that was a charm, which then didn't really help the whole Transfiguration question. Although... Why was incendio a charm when it conjured fire? He'd save that question for another day. Everyone was in fact correct about Gamp's law. But honestly... Lisa's answer also put him on another train of thought. Being an animagus would be helpful, because in addition to hunting for food there also would be a fur coat for warmth and more ease of protecting oneself. But really the part that he'd been hung up on was the hunting. Something he loathed, really. But when it came to survival... Evan raised his hand. "while food itself cannot be conjured, there is the arrow shooting spell which could be used for the purpose of hunting your own." Technically Nam had already answered this question with his answer to the last one, so Norman wouldn’t have been surprised if the boy had decided to sit this one out. He was pleased that not only had that not happened, but Nam’s answer was one that he himself wouldn’t have immediately thought of. “A creative use of transfiguration for survival indeed! Excellent, Mr. Nam,” he replied. Text Cut: Fox Quote: Originally Posted by astrocat Ash thought that charms would be the most helpful while camping. However, she had a few ideas on this topic as well. “If you conjure animals, or if you transfigure something into one, can you eat it? Or will it turn back into its regular form or vanish?” And if you COULDN’T do that, then why were there spells to turn things into animals? That just seemed weird. Here was another outside the box answer! Maybe not the most well-executed idea, but Norman had to give Fox credit for her ingenuity. “Good question, Miss Fox! Theoretically yes, though I don’t recommend doing so,” he replied. “While conjured or transfigured creatures won’t revert or vanish unless the caster wills it or the spellwork is faulty, they aren’t true creatures. They lack any real nutritional value.” Still it was a good idea. Text Cut: Blackthorne Quote: Originally Posted by MadAlice "I agree with Misa," added Violet. "And, you could also use transfiguration to create signals to mark your path and signal for help. If you transfigure natural things into something different, they would really stand out and alert rescuers." As for water, the Aguamenti charm would do for that, as long as you had your wand. And food--Violet knew a person could go a lot longer without food than without water or shelter, so she didn't really see that as a priority, unless you were going to be lost for a long time. At first, Norman thought Blackthorne’s answer would expand on Couture’s, but he was pleased when it went in a somewhat different direction. “Sound reasoning, Miss Blackthorne,” he said with an approving nod. Seeing no more hands in the air, Norman took that as a sign that it was time to move on. “Great answers!” he addressed the class. “As you can see, transfiguration can be used to obtain all of the items on this list. While Gamp’s Law states that food cannot be produced out of thin air, you can use transfiguration as a means to hunt your own food, as Mr. Nam suggested.” He paused for a brief moment before continuing, “Today we won’t be in this environment long enough to require shelter, water, or food -” After all, it would be dinnertime in a couple of hours! “- so we’ll be focusing on…” With a wave of his wand, the fiery list in midair all but disappeared, leaving only one item: Fire/warmth. “Today we’ll be covering two ways of creating and preserving warmth, the first of which is the spell Miss Blaze mentioned,” he went on. “Focalia is a spell that conjures firewood, which can be used in tandem with either a fire conjuring charm or non-magical means of starting a fire. To cast, visualize the type and size of wood you want. Concentrate on that vision; make an X motion with your wand, and say the incantation Focalia." He waved his wand to clear the remaining fiery letters, and soon new information appeared in their place midair: Quote: Originally Posted by spell info Focalia Wand Movement: X-shape Use: Conjures firewood Norman demonstrated the spell by brandishing his wand and drawing an X shape. *“Focalia,”* he said clearly and firmly. In an instant, a small, neat pile of firewood materialized at his feet. “Ideally, you’ll want different sizes of wood in your pile - smaller sticks, or kindling, to build the foundation of the fire and larger wood pieces for long burning fuel - but for now, let’s focus on conjuring any firewood.” Baby steps, kids! “For the next several minutes, your task is to build your own campfire.” See, there was a reason for the lack of heating charms in the room! “Practice conjuring firewood with Focalia, and when you have a pile about yea big-” He gestured toward the pile of firewood at his feet. “- go ahead and start your fire. You can use incendio or if you’re not confident using that spell, I have matches up here that you can use.” He pulled a small matchbook from his pocket and held it up as an example. “You may work by yourself or with a partner if you prefer. You have fifteen minutes starting… NOW!” OOC: Thank you for sticking with me so far and sorry for the delay! RL is not cooperating this week. For this activity, your character needs to practice conjuring firewood using the spell Focalia and use that wood to start a campfire. Partner/group work is allowed, but each person must attempt the spell. Spell attempts do not have to be successful to receive credit. If there are any questions, feel free to PM me for OOC questions and/or indicate in the title of your post for IC questions. You’ll have 48-60 HOURS for this activity! __________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true...