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"The Womanizer"

Feb 1, 2023 2:38:19 GMT

Additional Character information

CHARACTER DEFINITIONS

With the number of characters being deleted, shelved, modified, etc. We've developed a system for members to know and understand what they need to do.

If you have questions, please contact an admin.

NEW CHARACTER.	these are the brand spanking new people you are creating that have never before been on the site. These characters require a completely new application, including the activity check if you meet the requirements of 10+ characters, see application.
RE-APPLICATION.	These are the characters that have been deleted, shelved or unsorted for inactivity that members wish to bring back. Deleted or shelved characters must wait 1 month before they can be re-apped. A full character application much to completed, including the activity check if required, see application. If you were unsorted, you are free to re-apply without restrictions as long as you follow the most current rules to creating a character.
AMENDED CHARACTER.	These are characters you are making small changes to that do not affect who the character is as person. Changes such as their age, house, school, birthday, birth place, renaming siblings or parents or adding them to a new family. Please post these changes in this thread: Amend a Character. A new application is not required for these changes. Post the details and an admin will update your original application once reviewed.
AMENDED CHARACTER PLUS.	These are the characters where major changes have been made which do affect who the character is a person such as their personality (unless developed via RP) or their histories. These characters require a new application and 1 activity check per character. You are exempt from being required to have a certain post count for your other characters when amending a character. You must wait 1 week before you can amend or create another character. If the amended character has an ability that you are keeping for the new character, you do not need to re-app the ability. There is no exemption period for amended characters during activity checks because technically you should have been actively RPing with the character before amending them anyway.

AGE GUIDELINES

Age can sometimes be a confusing factor in RP, especially when Hogwarts students must be 11 by Sept 1 in order to attend school. This can make it confusing for students who turn 11 after Sept 1, and can't attend Hogwarts. Below is a nifty little (frustrating!) guide for figuring out how old your character will be based on the birthdate you want them to have. It will be updated regularly as the years' change. The chart below is for the current school year of Sept 2019 - June 2020. Please remember, if your character's birthday is after Sept 1, they will not be permitted to go to Hogwarts until the following year and will be a year older than most of their classmates.

Dean Stewart

"The Womanizer"

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characters with special needs

Various Common Learning Disabilities	• Your character will get to attend tests/exams in a quiet setting separate from the rest of the class with the special needs professor supervising and will have an extended period to complete the test or exam. • Your character will attend classes regularly and work closely with the special needs professor after class in order to stay on top of your school work. • Any student who struggles with reading will be taught the “Read Me” spell which reads text out loud. • Any student who struggles with writing will be provided with Quick Quote Quills – this quills write down what the author is saying (similar to speech to text for cell phones)
Various Mobility Disabilities	• Hogwarts has installed a series of ramps and lifts for those with mobility issues that prevent them from climbing the vast staircases within the castle – these are for use only with the school designated passwords. Do not share these passwords as abled body students and staff do not require the use of their supports • Attendance will be flexible for these students as the staff understand the difficulties of getting to and from class therefore these students will not be penalized if they are late within 5-10 minutes of class starting. • Any personal assistive devices your character requires will be at your discretion IE: Canes, Walkers, Wheelchairs, Special Holsters for wands, adaptive devices for wand use...etc.
Mental Illness and Psychiatric Disorders	• Your character will be assessed by Healers at St. Mungo’s prior to beginning each school term in order to determine your needs and if changes are in order for your medical care plan. • Your character will attend mandatory sessions with the school healers and counsellors at minimum once a month to keep an eye on your progress. • Your character will work with the special needs professor outside of class in order to stay on top of your school work.
Hearing Impairments	• All classrooms will be equipped with an enchanted wipe board and Professors will have Quick Quote Quills that will write out their verbal lectures on the wipe board for students. • If available, sign language interpreters will be present for students with these impairments. These will mostly be NPC characters for all members to utilize.
Visual Impairments	• Any student with visual impairments will be taught the “Read Me” spell which reads text out loud. • Any student with visual impairments will be provided with Quick Quote Quills – this quills write down what the author is saying (similar to speech to text for cell phones). • Any student with visual impairments will be provided with textbooks in Braille (if they have learned it) in order to participate in their reading. These textbooks will have a tactile tracing of appropriate wand movements for each spell they will learn throughout their school years. • If they are not fluent in Braille, the student can acquire the same tactile tracing of wand movements from their Professors.
Speech and Language Impairments (including mutism)	• Most speech and language impairments can be treated, therefore, students will participate in therapies with the school counsellor, the special needs professor and the school healers in order to help them improve/overcome their difficulties. • Should your character have a form of impairment than cannot be improved or overcome, alternative measures of learning will be developed based on a strategic learning plan from healers, counsellors and the special needs professor – approved by staff. • Some speech and language impairments are developed at birth or early age, while others are developed later in life. Depending on when your character has developed these, adjustments may be made to learning non-verbal magic. Students begin learning this in their sixth year so unless your character had speech and language impairments in existence prior to their sixth year, they will not be an exception.
Rules for Non-Verbal Magic for Those with Disabilities	• Those with Hearing Impairments will continue to struggle because although they can typically speak, they cannot hear the proper pronunciation of spells to be able to cast effective verbally or non-verbally. They will rely on seeing the incantation pronunciation written out for them and may still struggle. There is very little that can be done to improve this and their level of struggle vs success will be up to the writer, please be realistic. • Those with Visual Impairments can still hear therefore are exempt from any special circumstances with regards to non-verbal magic use. You can hear and you can speak therefore you can learn verbal spells beginning in your first year and begin learning non-verbal spells in your sixth year like everyone else with the assistance detailed above. • Those with Speech and Language Impairments will be allotted revised versions of when/how they can learn non-verbal magic and what they can learn based on time frames.
Born with Speech and Language Impairments	• You may begin learning non-verbal magic upon entering Hogwarts (or your school of choice). • You will follow the same guidelines as students learning magic verbally in that your character can only cast spells based on their year. Ex: First Years can cast first year spells, second years can cast first and second year spells, etc. NOTE: If your Speech/Language Impairment occurs later in life, you will begin learning Non-Verbal Magic when the impairment becomes compromising and you will begin at first year level as you will be basically learning magic all over again and will spend a period with the special needs professor working on your non-verbal magic to keep you up to the same level as your classmates. It will be harder for you to learn new spells within your year but you will not be behind your classmates.

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Slytherin Graduate
Head of Slytherin
DADA Professor

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Slytherin Graduate
Head of Slytherin
DADA Professor

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Plots, News & Events ModSlytherin GraduateHead of SlytherinDADA Professor

Plots, News & Events ModSlytherin GraduateHead of SlytherinDADA Professor

Plots, News & Events Mod
Slytherin Graduate
Head of Slytherin
DADA Professor

Plots, News & Events Mod
Slytherin Graduate
Head of Slytherin
DADA Professor