Phoenicia
| Sunfire Witch |
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| Portrayed by Peyton List |
| Name: | Phoenicia Felicity Phillips |
| Aliases: | Phee; Phee-Phee |
| Birthday: | June 21st, 1925 |
| Position: | Gryffindor |
| Lineage: | Half-blood |
'Failin' jes' means I'm playin', s'what me auld aunt Mary say fer aye.'
— Phoenicia, to a friend.
Description
The first thing to notice about Phoenicia is her hair: reddish-gold locks of hair that tumble with an arranged carelessness across pale peach skin. When you consider that she stands a bit taller than average for a girl her age, she's easy to pick out of a crowd of students. The second thing to notice about her is (probably) her smile; rare that she doesn't smile, either out of genuine cheerfulness or nervousness. And when she's smiling, she has twinkling brown eyes on a heart-shaped face, and dimpled cheeks with just a light dusting of freckles. Whatever cosmetics she uses are subtle but impeccable, the best tell being lips a color of pink that are just a little too real to be real. If she's giggling — and that's often — it's with a light Scottish brogue, the words coming almost too quick to handle.
Background
Everyone knows three things about Phoenicia:
- She was a rather ugly girl her first few years, and still gets taunted for being so.
- She fell off of her broom every class for the first two months of her first year.
- She's a mudblood bastard who doesn't even know who her father is.
The first and second were unavoidable; the third she walked into when, in her first year, she honestly answered a sarcastic question from a Pureblood about her family line. Since then, she tries not to volunteer information about her home life, and any friends she has will hit a sudden brick wall on that front no matter how warm and friendly things were up until that point. Any other details generally have to be tricked out of Phee. Kieran Blackwell and some of the Hogwarts Faculty know, but aren't likely to tell students in most cases.
The Full Story
Fennick Felix Phillips was born on the summer solstice of 1925, in a country estate on the Isle of Skye. Fennick's mother was a rich muggle aristocrat who required some discretion after an indiscretion with a charming (unbeknownst to her) wizard. Her husband — feeling something was off about the whole matter but unsure what — agreed to let her keep the boy, but he would have to live separate from the rest of the family. The boy was raised in the Scottish countryside by his doting Aunt Mary as though he were her only child. It was, in many ways, a good thing for Fennick. He had two odd quirks that would have defied easy explanation in London: first, a proclivity for sneaking into women's wardrobes and wearing their things; second, things had a habit of catching on fire when he was around. Both traits emerged before he was five, and caught the attention of the Muggle Liaison in the area, who explained to Mary and Fennick what he was: a witch born in the wrong body. While the family's honor had to be maintained, it was agreed that as long as Fennick was in the Wizarding World, he could be whatever he chose to be.
With the help of the liaison, it was Phoenicia Felicity Phillips who showed up to Hogwarts in the fall of 1932, a shy extravert witch who enjoyed the company of others but spoke little at first, and sorted into Gryffindor despite that initial shyness. Phoenicia — or Phee-Phee, as some took to calling her — showed a talent for Charms from the first, excepting those of the mind which she found distasteful. Other talents were not quite so obvious; she fell off her broomstick every day for a month, and in general found classes to be overwhelming at first. But she never gave up, spending summers in remedial work to handle both aspects of being a witch — the magical and the mundane. She took Muggle Studies just to make her workload easier at first, but she found herself coming to adore the Care of Magical Creatures, fascinated by her accidental namesake, the Phoenix. Phee-Phee consciously adopted much of its symbology for her new life.
In many ways, Phee isn't much like the witch she came here as; she's still quiet in large groups, but is now cheerful and bouncy with small clusters of friends. She's gone from struggling with every aspect of being a witch — she never forgot falling off her broom constantly in front of everyone — to being a Gryffindor Prefect and a chaser for the House Quidditch team. She's gotten a late start on a few things, but if a Phoenix has to wait 500 years for a rebirth, she figures she handle a few years.
Academics
Wand
Thirteen inches, rosewood, swishy, with a unicorn hair core.
Pet
Phoenicia's familiar, Lugh, is affectionate, easily scared, and a bit stupid. Even so, he is quite loyal to her and loves to bring her presents. She's working on teaching him to bring her shiny things instead of dead things. Lugh is an ordinary horned owl, but he's been magicked with Gryffindor's colors to show his house pride!
Despite struggling significantly her first year, Phee has ended up becoming something of a model student with time. What she lacks in a long background of magic she makes up for with strong lateral thinking and mnemonic rituals for improving herself on difficult subjects. She's taking four N.E.W.T.S.: Care of Magical Creatures, Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Transfiguration. With her heavy club involvement, this means she has little time for herself, though she does her best to stay sane.
Going into her sixth year, she has finally dropped the Arts Club as she realized she was more of an audience member watching anyway. She still goes to Broom Club every day to practice, but she is less involved in Domestics and Duelling than she used to be.
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 Amplification Charm |
"Sonorus" (soh-NOR-us) | Counter-spell • Sound |
| Increases the volume of a sound. This is the counter-spell for the Quieting Charm. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 2nd Year Charms class | Duration: Varies with success level |
- Success: Target sound is amplified for five minutes.
- Good Success: Target sound is amplified for fifteen minutes
- Great Success: Target sound is amplified for thirty minutes
- Amazing Success: Target sound is amplified for one hour.
| Antler Jinx |
"Anteoculatia" (an-TEE-oh-coo-LAY-sha) | Transformation |
| Causes antlers to grow out of the head of the target of the jinx. |
| Skill/Roll: Transfiguration / +roll Transfiguration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 4th Year Transfiguration Class | Duration: Permanent until untransfigured or otherwise removed |
- Any Success: Antlers grow from the target's head. Success levels may determine size of antlers.
| Arrow-Shooting Spell |
"Sagitta" (sah-JEE-tah) | Conjuring • Harmful |
| Fires one or more arrows out of the tip of the wand. Can be used as an attack. |
| Skill/Roll: Conjuration / +roll Conjuration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 6th Year Transfiguration class | Duration: Instantaneous |
| Ascending Charm |
"Ascendio" (ah-SEN-dee-oh) | Movement |
| Lifts the caster high into the air, or propels the caster to the surface if underwater. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 4th Year Charms Class | Duration: Instantaneous |
- Success: Up to 5 feet in the air.
- Good Success: Up to 10 feet in the air.
- Great Success: Up to 20 feet in the air.
- Amazing Success: Up to 50 feet in the air.
| Babbling Curse |
"Garrulus" (GAIR-uh-luhs) | Mind |
| Causes target to babble incoherently whenever they try to speak. Any attempt to cast magic with a vocal incantation while under the effect of this curse will result in a magical backlash, as if an Embarrassing Failure had been rolled. |
| Skill/Roll: Glamers / +roll Glamers | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 3rd Year Charms | Duration: Varies with success level |
- Success: Lasts for the remainder of the scene, or until countered with a Success or better.
- Good Success: Lasts for a day, or until countered with a Good Success or better.
- Great Success: Lasts for a week, or until countered with a Great Success or better.
- Amazing Success: Permanent, or until countered with a Great Success or better.
| Banishing Charm |
"Depulso" (de-PUHL-so) | Counter-spell • Movement |
| Sends a target (mostly) harmlessly away from the caster. The target is said to have been Banished. Can be used as a counter-spell to the Summoning Charm, sending a Summoned object back to its original location. While normal Banishment is limited by the size and weight of the target object, any Summoned object can be Banished with any success level, so long as the caster overcomes the success level of the summoner. Generally, only targets that could be physically moved by a single human adult can be Banished. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 4th Year Charms Class | Duration: Instantaneous |
- Success: Banishes a small target (e.g. a cat, a footstool, a broomstick)
- Good Success: Banishes a medium target (e.g. a human child, an armchair)
- Great Success: Banishes a large target (e.g. a human adult, a twin bed)
- Amazing Success: Banishes a huge target (e.g. a queen-sized bed, a fully-packed steamer trunk)
| Bird-Conjuring Charm |
"Avis" (AH-viss) | Beast • Conjuring |
| Conjures a flock of birds. The birds are shot from the caster's wand tip, accompanied by smoke and a loud blast that sounds like a gun being fired. |
| Skill/Roll: Conjuration / +roll Conjuration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 5th Year Transfiguration Class | Duration: Instantaneous |
| Bird-Transfiguration Spell |
"Avifors" (AH-vi-fors) | Beast • Transformation |
| Transforms a unintelligent target of Small or smaller size into a bird, or a collection of similar targets into a flock of birds. |
| Skill/Roll: Transfiguration / +roll Transfiguration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 2nd Year Transfiguration class | Duration: Varies with success level |
- Embarrassing Failure: Would you like toast with that? The target is transfigured into an egg, instead.
- Failure: Fizzle! Nothing happens.
- Success: Effects last for one minute, or one round if in combat.
- Good Success: Effects last for one scene, or two rounds if in combat.
- Great Success: Effects last for one day, or three rounds if in combat.
- Amazing Success: Effects are permanent until untransfigured.
| Bubble-Head Charm |
"Spiranabulla" (spee-RAH-nah-BOO-la) | Conjuring • Protection |
| Creates bubble of air around the target's head, allowing them to breathe normally and safely when the environment would not otherwise allow it (e.g. being underwater). |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 4th Year Charms class | Duration: One scene |
| Bubble-Producing Spell |
"Aurnamento" (OR-nah-MEN-toh) | Conjuring |
| Several dozen non-bursting golden bubbles spew out of the wand, and can be directed into pleasing arrangements, such as Christmas tree ornaments. They require a great deal more pressure than normal bubbles to pop. |
| Skill/Roll: Conjuration / +roll Conjuration+1 | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 1st Year Domestics Club (1 Cookie) / Private study (2 Cookies) | Duration: Up to two months |
| Cannon Curse |
"Bombarda" (bom-BAR-dah) | Harmful |
| Creates a small but powerful impact, like a cannonball strike. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms 5 / +roll Charms-1 | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 4th Year Charms class | Duration: Instantaneous |
- Success: The spell strikes the target with enough force to break bone.
- Good Success: The spell strikes the target with enough force to shatter three inches of wood.
- Great Success: The spell strikes the target with enough force to break an iron lock.
- Amazing Success: The spell strikes the target with enough force to pulverize six inches of stone.
| Cheering Charm |
"Exultus" (eks-ULL-tus) | Mind |
| A spell that induces happiness in a person. The incantation must be spoken with pep and joy. One cannot successfully cast a Cheering Charm if one is sad (meaning that a sad person cannot use this spell on himself to cheer himself up). |
| Skill/Roll: Glamers / +roll Glamers | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 3rd Year Charms Class | Duration: Varies with success level. Happiness may continue of its own accord after duration expires |
- Success: Fleeting smiles (one minute)
- Good Success: Warm fuzzies (ten minutes)
- Great Success: Happy thoughts (one hour)
- Amazing Success: Fits of hysterical laughter (one to three hours). This is generally considered overdoing it.
| Cleansing Charm |
"Tergeo" (TER-jay-oh) | — |
| Cleans off a target by wiping away or siphoning off dust, grime, blood, etc. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 2nd Year Domestics club (2 Cookies) / Private study (4 Cookies) | Duration: Instantaneous |
| Colour Change Charm |
"Multicorfors" (MUL-tee-COR-fors) | Transformation |
| Causes a target (or a specified part of a target) to change to a desired colour. |
| Skill/Roll: Transfiguration / +roll Transfiguration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 1st Year Transfiguration class | Duration: Permanent |
| Conjuration Spell, Simple |
"-creo" (-KRAY-oh) | Conjuring |
| The Simple Conjuration Spell can be used to conjure a Small (or smaller) unintelligent target. Living things cannot be conjured with this spell. Only solid physical things can be conjured — conjuring liquids, gases, or energy requires specific spells suited to those tasks. The following roll modifiers apply. • -2 if the thing being conjured has separate, moving parts. The prefix for this spell's incantation can vary greatly, depending upon what is being conjured. Usually it will be some derivative of the Latin name for the thing. For example, if conjuring a cup, one might incant "Calixicreo". |
| Skill/Roll: Conjuration / +roll Conjuration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: Fifth Year Transfiguration Class | Duration: Varies |
| Conjuration Spell, Standard |
"-creo" (-KRAY-oh) | Conjuring |
| The Standard Conjuration Spell can be used to conjure a Medium (or smaller) target. Only solid physical things can be conjured — conjuring liquids, gases, or energy requires specific spells suited to those tasks. The following roll modifiers apply. • -2 if the thing being conjured has separate, moving parts. • -2 if the thing being conjured is alive. The prefix for this spell's incantation can vary greatly, depending upon what is being conjured. Usually it will be some derivative of the Latin name for the thing. For example, if conjuring a chair, one might incant "Sellacreo". |
| Skill/Roll: Conjuration 5 / +roll Conjuration -2 | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 6th Year Transfiguration Class | Duration: Varies |
| Cushioning Charm |
"Pulvino" (pul-VEE-noh) | Protection |
| Creates an invisible cushion on an object or area. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 3rd Year Charms class | Duration: One scene |
| Dancing Feet Spell |
"Tarantallegra" (ta-RON-ta-LEG-gra) | Movement |
| Forces the target creature or object to dance wildly. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 2nd Year Charms class | Duration: Instantaneous |
- Success: Target dances for one minute.
- Good Success: Target dances for five minutes.
- Great Success: Target dances for thirty minutes.
- Amazing Success: Target dances for one hour.
On an Opposed Roll:
- DRAW: Target can dance if he wants to. He can leave your friends behind. (No effect.)
- Marginal Victory: Target dances for one round, suffering -1 to rolls.
- Solid Victory: Target dances for three rounds, suffering -1 to rolls.
- Crushing Victory: Target dances madly for three rounds, suffering -2 to rolls.
| Defermentation Charm |
"Defermento" (deh-fer-MEN-toh) | — |
| Reverses the fermentation process, turning vinegar back to wine, wine back to grape juice, mead back to honey, and so on. Though this spell may seem like transfiguration, in the strictest sense it is not, as it is merely affecting the natural process of the target, not actually transforming it from one substance to another. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 6th Year Charms class / 5th Year Domestics club (5 Cookies) | Duration: Instantaneous |
| Deflection Charm |
"Deflecto" (deh-FLEK-toh) | Protection |
| Considered the most basic form of hex deflection, this charm is commonly used in magical duels. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 2nd Year Defense Against the Dark Arts / 1st Year Duelling Club (2 Cookies) | Duration: Instantaneous |
- Any Success: If the caster is victorious on the Opposed Roll, the attacking spell is deflected harmlessly away.
| Descending Spell |
"Descendo" (deh-SEN-doh) | Counter-spell • Movement |
| Causes a target to descend or lower itself. This can be used as a counter-spell to Movement spells that lift a target into the air. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 4th Year Charms class | Duration: Instantaneous |
- Any Success: Target is lowered to the ground. Objects at rest can be toppled in this manner, if the caster chooses not to lower the target safely. If the target is held up by magic, the caster must exceed the original Movement spell's level of success.
| Disarming Charm |
"Expelliarmus" (ex-PEL-ee-AR-mus) | Movement |
| Disarms the victim of whatever is being held at the time. This spell can affect an opponent's wand. More powerful castings can have additional effects. This spell appears as a jet of red light. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms 5 / +roll Charms-1 | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 2nd Year Duelling Club (6 Cookies) / 6th Year Defense Against the Dark Arts | Duration: Instantaneous |
On an Opposed Roll:
- DRAW: Target feels a mild tug, but is not disarmed. No additional effects.
- Marginal Victory: Held item lands a few feet away, and can be retrieved in one round. See Additional Effects, below.
- Solid Victory: Held item lands over a dozen feet away, and can be retrieved in two rounds. See Additional Effects, below.
- Crushing Victory: Held item lands far away, and can be retrieved in three rounds. See Additional Effects, below.
Additional Effects:
- Success: No additional effect.
- Good Success: Victim is knocked back a step.
- Great Success: Victim is knocked back a few paces, and must roll Body + Reaction to keep footing.
- Amazing Success: Victim is knocked to the ground, and must roll Body + Presence to remain conscious. Unconsciousness lasts for a few minutes, but may be countered with an Energizing Charm.
| Dishwashing Spell |
"Puricatinus" (PYOO-ree-cah-TEE-nus) | — |
| Enchants all dirty dishes stacked by a sink will wash themselves, provided soap and water are available. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 3rd Year Domestics Club (1 Cookie) / Private study (3 Cookies) | Duration: Until the dishes are done |
| Drying Spell |
"Arificus" (ah-rih-FEE-kus) | Water |
| This spell dries off a person and his or her clothing with a small warm whirlwind. Unfortunately, it has a way of ruffling up said clothing and hair. |
| Skill/Roll: Conjuration / +roll Conjuration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 1st Year Domestics Club (2 Cookies) / Private study (5 Cookies) | Duration: Instantaneous |
| Engorgement Charm |
"Engorgio" (en-GOR-jee-oh) | Counter-spell • Transformation |
| Causes a target to grow in size. Sometimes called the Enlargement Charm or the Growth Charm. The counter-spell is the Shrinking Charm. |
| Skill/Roll: Transfiguration / +roll Transfiguration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 2nd Year Transfiguration Class | Duration: One scene |
- Success: Target grows half again its original size.
- Good Success: Target grows to twice its original size.
- Great Success: Target grows to four times its original size.
- Amazing Success: Target grows to ten times its original size.
| Erecting Charm |
"Erecto" (uh-REK-toh) | — |
| Erects a simple structure (e.g. a tent, a simple shelter, a very basic one-room building), provided that the materials are present. The structure is sound and will last until some other force dismantles it. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 3rd Year Charms class | Duration: Permanent |
| Extinguishing Spell |
"Deflammo" (deh-FLAH-moh) | Counter-spell • Vanishment |
| Puts out fires. Can be used as a counter-spell against most spells with the Fire keyword (not including the Fiendfyre Curse), but at a Difficulty of -2. |
| Skill/Roll: Conjuration / +roll Conjuration (-2 vs. magical fire) | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 1st Year Transfiguration class | Duration: Instantaneous |
- Success: Extinguish up to a brazier flame.
- Good Success: Extinguish up to a fireplace.
- Great Success: Extinguish up to bonfire.
- Amazing Success: Extinguish up to small house fire.
| Feather-light Charm |
"Perfusorius" (PER-foo-SOR-ee-us) | — |
| Makes an object more lightweight. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 1st Year Charms class | Duration: One scene |
- Success: Object's weight is reduced to 50% of its original weight.
- Good Success: Object's weight is reduced to 25% of its original weight.
- Great Success: Object's weight is reduced to 10% of its original weight.
- Amazing Success: Object's weight is reduced to 1% of its original weight.
| Fire-Making Spell |
"Incendio" (in-SEN-dee-oh) | Conjuring • Fire |
| Conjures fire. This is one of the most commonplace and useful spells in the wizarding world. |
| Skill/Roll: Conjuration / +roll Conjuration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 1st Year Charms class | Duration: Instantaneous |
- Success: Conjures up to a small flame, enough to light several candles or a torch.
- Good Success: Conjures up to a medium flame, enough to light a fireplace.
- Great Success: Conjures up to a large flame, enough to light a bonfire.
- Amazing Success: Conjures up to a huge flame, enough to light a small house on fire.
| Flame-Freezing Charm |
"Ignis Inermus" (IG-nus ee-NER-mus) | Fire • Protection |
| A spell that makes fire harmless. Instead of burning, it feels like a warm summer breeze. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 5th Year Charms class | Duration: Varies with success level |
- Success: The fire remains harmless for fifteen minutes.
- Good Success: The fire remains harmless for one hour.
- Great Success: The fire remains harmless for one scene.
- Amazing Success: The fire remains harmless until it is extinguished.
| Flame Writing |
"Flagrate" (flah-GRAH-tay) | Fire |
| This spell creates a burning trail in the air or on a surface. The flames are warm, but will not burn. The caster may write or draw with this fire, shaping and directing it with his or her wand. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 3rd Year Charms class | Duration: Up to an hour (cast may dispel the writing at will) |
| Freezing Charm |
"Immobilus" (ih-MOH-bih-lus) | Area • Movement |
| This spell immobilizes creatures or objects within a given area, preventing them from moving under their own power. Generally used on living things, it is also useful against objects with automatic functions. At least half of a creature or object must be within the target area to be affected by the spell. Any creature affected by this spell may make a free Body + Presence roll (this does not require an action) on their own turn each round to shake off its effects. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms 5 / +roll Charms-1 | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 2nd Year Defense Against the Dark Arts class | Duration: Three rounds |
- Success: Immobilizes creatures or objects within a one foot radius from the target point.
- Good Success: Immobilizes creatures or objects within a 2 foot radius from the target point.
- Great Success: Immobilizes creatures or objects within a 5 foot radius from the target point.
- Amazing Success: Immobilizes creatures or objects within a 10 foot radius from the target point.
| Fur Spell |
"Pellicius" (peh-LEE-see-us) | Transformation |
| Causes a target to grow a coat of fur all over its body. When cast on furry creatures, their coats grow longer and thicker. |
| Skill/Roll: Transfiguration / +roll Transfiguration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 3rd Year Transfiguration class | Duration: Permanent |
- Any Success: Target grows fur. Thickness may vary with success level.
| Gouging Spell |
"Defodio" (deh-FOH-dee-oh) | Movement |
| Used to gouge out portions of earth or stone. It has practical applications, both in digging and in making passageways through solid rock. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms 5 / +roll Charms-1 | Casting Time: Three rounds |
| Training: 1st Year Herbology class | Duration: Instantaneous |
- Success: Digs out enough earth to fill a wheelbarrow, or enough stone to fill a bucket.
- Good Success: Digs out enough earth to fill a large tub, or enough stone to fill a wheelbarrow.
- Great Success: Digs out enough earth to fill the back of a lorry, or enough stone to fill a large tub.
- Amazing Success: Digs out enough earth to fill a large swimming pool, or enough stone to fill the back of a lorry.
| Gripping Charm |
"Contineo" (kon-TEE-nee-oh) | — |
| Allows an object to be more easily gripped. The Gripping Charm revolutionized the design of the Quaffle. It allowed for players to hold, throw and catch the ball with one hand, which eliminated the need for straps or finger holes. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 1st Year Charms class | Duration: One scene |
- Any Success: The target object is more easily gripped. The the object is designed to be held in the hand (e.g. a sword, a pen, a handbag, etc.), the holder gains +1 to resist any effort to remove the object from the hand.
| Hairstyling Spell |
"Crinus Muto" (kree-NUS MYOO-toh) | Transformation |
| Changes the colour and style of the target's hair, including facial hair. Length cannot be altered with this spell. |
| Skill/Roll: Transfiguration / +roll Transfiguration | Casting Time: 10 seconds |
| Training: 3rd Year Domestics Club (2 Cookies) / Private study (5 Cookies) | Duration: Instantaneous |
| Hair-Thickening Charm |
"Cappilus" (kah-PEE-lus) | Transformation |
| Causes the target's hair to grow longer and thicker. Generally used for cosmetic reasons, but if performed poorly, this can affect eyebrows, facial hair, or even body hair. |
| Skill/Roll: Transfiguration / +roll Transfiguration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 1st Year Domestics Club (1 Cookie) / Private study (2 Cookies) | Duration: Permanent (until cut) |
- Any Success: The target's hair grows longer very quickly. Success level may indicate precision or length.
| Hiccough-Curing Charm |
"Singultio" (sin-gul-TEE-oh) | Counter-spell • Healing |
| Cures the hiccoughs. Considered a counter-spell if the hiccoughs are magically induced. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms+1 | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 2nd Year Charms class | Duration: Instantaneous |
| Hover Charm |
"Levioso" (leh-vee-OH-soh) | Movement |
| Causes a target to hover in mid-air. A hovering objects cannot be controlled with this spell, and is subject to drift about if pushed or knocked by outsides forces, such as a breeze. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms+1 | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 1st Year Charms class | Duration: Fifteen seconds |
- Success: Hovers an object up to 5 pounds in weight.
- Good Success: Hovers an object up to 20 pounds in weight.
- Great Success: Hovers an object up to 50 pounds in weight.
- Amazing Success: Hovers an object up to 100 pounds in weight.
| Ice-Conjuring Spell |
"Glacius" (GLAY-shus) | Conjuring • Water |
| This spell conjures ice. It can freeze targets, put out fires, or even create structures out of ice. |
| Skill/Roll: Conjuration / +roll Conjuration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 4th Year Transfiguration class | Duration: Varies with success level. |
- Success: Freezes or creates a target the size of a cat.
- Good Success: Freezes or creates a target the size of a human.
- Great Success: Freezes or creates a target the size of a horse.
- Amazing Success: Freezes or creates a target the size of a large automobile.
On an Opposed Roll:
- DRAW: Target gets a chill, but is otherwise unaffected.
- Marginal Victory: Only part of the target is frozen, such as a limb. The target can try to break free after one round with a Body roll, requiring the same degree of success as the original spell roll.
- Solid Victory: The target is frozen solidly in place.
- Crushing Victory: The target is frozen solidly in place, and all attempts to counter the spell or break the ice are made at -2.
| Illegibility Jinx |
"Illegibilus" (ih-LEH-jih-BIL-us) | Mind |
| Bewitches text to make it unreadable. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 4th Year Charms class | Duration: Varies with success level |
- Success: Targeted text is illegible for up to one day.
- Good Success: Targeted text is illegible for up to one month.
- Great Success: Targeted text is illegible for up to one year.
- Amazing Success: Targeted text is permanently illegible, or for any length of time decided by the caster.
| Impediment Jinx |
"Impedimenta" (im-PED-ih-MEN-tah) | Movement |
| Impedes forward motion, slowing or stopping an object or individual. This can effectively immobilize the target for a short time. Powerful castings can even knock a target off their feet. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 2nd Year Charms class / 1st Year Duelling Club (2 Cookies) | Duration: Ten seconds, or through the following round if in combat |
- Success: Target's movement is slowed, inflicting -2 to any roll requiring physical motion through the next round.
- Good Success: Target's movement is slowed, inflicting -4 to any roll requiring physical motion through the next round.
- Great Success: Target's movement is halted, preventing any physical motion through the next round.
- Amazing Success: Target's movement is halted, preventing any physical motion through the next round, and the target is knocked to the ground.
| Incarceration Jinx |
"Incarcerous" (in-KAR-ser-us) | Binding • Conjuring |
| This spell conjures thick ropes, which then bind the target. The ropes will actively resist attempts to physically free the target for the duration of the spell (even attempting to tie cut ends), unless the caster wills otherwise. |
| Skill/Roll: Conjuration 5 / +roll Conjuration-1 | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 4th Year Defense Against the Dark Arts class | Duration: Varies with success level |
- Success: The ropes bind for one minute, or one round in combat.
- Good Success: The ropes bind for five minutes, or three rounds in combat.
- Great Success: The ropes bind for ten minutes, or five rounds in combat.
- Amazing Success: The ropes bind for twenty minutes, or 10 rounds in combat.
On an Opposed Roll:
- DRAW: The target avoids being entangled by the ropes.
- Marginal Victory: The target is bound, but still has limited movement, suffering -3 to any attempts to move or cast a spell. Physically freeing the target requires a Body + Mind roll at the same penalty (meaning a target trying to free himself suffers the penalty twice, for -6 total).
- Solid Victory: The target is bound, but can manage very restricted movement, suffering -6 to any attempts to move or cast a spell. Physically freeing the target requires a Body + Mind roll at the same penalty (meaning a target trying to free himself suffers the penalty twice, for -12 total!).
- Crushing Victory: The target is completely bound and gagged, and cannot move or speak. The target cannot be physically freed until the spell duration expires.
| Intruder Charm |
"Cave Inimicum" (KAH-vay ih-NIM-ih-kum) | Area • Sound |
| Detects intruders to an area and sounds an alarm. Intruders are defined as anyone not within the area of effect when the spell is cast. The spell must be cast upon an object which serves as the center of the area of effect. The area does not move with the object, and the effects end if the object moves outside of the area of effect. |
| Skill/Roll: Ancient Runes or Charms / +roll Ancient Runes or +roll Charms | Casting Time: Five minutes |
| Training: 5th Year Ancient Runes class / 6th Year Defense Against the Dark Arts class | Duration: One day |
- Success: Area of effect is a 10 foot radius around the target object.
- Good Success: Area of effect is a 20 foot radius around the target object.
- Great Success: Area of effect is a 40 foot radius around the target object.
- Amazing Success: Area of effect is a 100 foot radius around the target object.
| Ironing Charm |
"Levigo" (LEH-vee-goh) | — |
| Heats an iron and causes it to iron a pile of laundry, remove unwanted wrinkles, and putting creases in the right places. Alternately, no iron is required if the caster remains on hand, using his or her wand for the duration of the spell. A version of this charm is used to create self-ironing robes. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 2nd Year Domestics Club (2 Cookies) / Private Study (5 cookies) | Duration: Until clothes are ironed (with iron), or Concentration (without iron) |
| Jelly-Fingers Curse |
"Digitus Wibbly" (DIH-jeh-tus WIH-buh-lee) | Transformation |
| Causes the target's fingers to turn floppy and malleable, like a glove filled with jelly. |
| Skill/Roll: Transfiguration / +roll Transfiguration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 2nd Year Defense Against the Dark Arts class | Duration: Varies with success level |
- Success: Spell effects last for five minutes, or one round if in combat.
- Good Success: Spell effects last for ten minutes, or two rounds if in combat.
- Great Success: Spell effects last for half an hour, or three rounds if in combat.
- Amazing Success: Spell effects last for one hour, or four rounds if in combat.
On an Opposed Roll:
- DRAW: Target feels a momentary jiggling sensation in the hands, but otherwise no effect.
- Marginal Victory: Only the target's primary hand is affected. Target suffers -2 to any rolls requiring the use of both hands, or -1 for one-handed activities with the off-hand.
- Solid Victory: Both hands are affected moderately. Target suffers -4 to any rolls requiring the use of hands.
- Crushing Victory: Both hands are affected severely. Target suffers -6 to any rolls requiring the use of hands.
| Knitting Charm |
"Confervo" (kon-FAIR-voh) | — |
| Enchants knitting needles to perform their knitting autonomously. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 1st Year Domestics Club (2 Cookies) / Private study (4 Cookies) | Duration: Three hours |
| Knockback Jinx |
"Flipendo" (flih-PEN-doh) | Movement |
| A fairly simple spell that knocks a creature back away from the caster. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms+1 | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 1st Year Defense Against the Dark Arts class | Duration: Instantaneous |
- Success: Knocks the target away with mild force, up to a few feet.
- Good Success: Knocks the target away with moderate force, up to ten feet.
- Great Success: Knocks the target away with strong force, up to twenty feet.
- Amazing Success: Knocks the target away with powerful force, up to fifty feet.
On an Opposed Roll:
- DRAW: The target feels a strong shove, but is otherwise unaffected.
- Marginal Victory: The target is knocked back, but remains standing.
- Solid Victory: The target must match the spell's success level on a Body + Reaction roll, or be knocked down.
- Crushing Victory: The target is knocked down.
| Launching Charm |
"Alarte Ascendare" (ah-LAR-tay a-SEND-da-ray) | Movement |
| Causes a small target (no bigger than a breadbox) to launch up into the air and land unharmed. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 1st Year Charms class | Duration: Instantaneous |
- Success: Up to 5 feet in the air.
- Good Success: Up to 10 feet in the air.
- Great Success: Up to 20 feet in the air.
- Amazing Success: Up to 50 feet in the air.
| Leek Jinx |
"Aliumauro" (AL-ee-um-AW-roh) | Plant |
| Causes leeks to sprout out of a target's ears, leading to trouble hearing, and likely some embarrassment. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 3rd Year Charms class | Duration: Permanent |
| Leg-Locker Curse |
"Locomotor Mortis" (LOH-koh-moh-tor MOR-tis) | Binding |
| Binds the victim's legs together. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 2nd Year Charms class | Duration: One day |
| Levitation Charm |
"Wingardium Leviosa" (win-GAR-dee-um leh-vee-OH-sah) | Movement |
| With a swish and flick of one's wand the target is levitated. The levitation direction and height can be controlled by the caster. This spell works primarily on objects, but is not very effective against living creatures. At best, a powerful Levitation Charm might lift a person or animal a few feet into the air. But there are much more useful spells for levitating humans. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 1st Year Charms class | Duration: Concentration |
- Success: Levitates a target weighing up to 10 lbs.
- Good Success: Levitates a target weighing up to 50 lbs.
- Great Success: Levitates a target weighing up to 100 lbs.
- Amazing Success: Levitates a target weighing up to 200 lbs.
| Light-Making Charm |
"Lumos Maxima" (LOO-mohs MAKS-ee-mah) | Light |
| Creates a powerful ball of light at the end of the caster's wand, which can be detached and left to hover on its own. If flung from the end of the wand, it can travel up to fifty feet before slowing to a stop. Placing it in a specific location requires a Marksmanship roll. The ball can be deliberately manipulated by physical force or by appropriate Movement spells, but incidental forces like wind will not shift its position. Though made of light, the ball behaves like a solid object, and cannot pass through other matter. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms 5 / +roll Charms-2 | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 3rd Year Charms class | Duration: One scene |
| Locking Spell |
"Colloportus" (cuh-loh-POR-tus) | Locking |
| A very simple spell to lock a door, or to seal a door that otherwise has no lock on it. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 1st Year Charms class | Duration: Permanent, until unlocked |
- Success: Target door is locked, and can be opened with a key or by picking the lock. A door without a lock is wedged shut, and can be forced open with a Body roll.
- Good Success: Target door is locked, and cannot be unlocked by mundane means. A door without a lock is wedged shut, and can be forced open with an Opening spell, or a Body roll at -2.
- Great Success: Target door is locked or wedged shut, cannot be unlocked by mundane means, and Opening spells suffer -2 to unlock it.
- Amazing Success: Target door is locked or wedged shut, cannot be unlocked by mundane means, and Opening spells suffer -4 to unlock it.
| Locomotion Charm |
"Locomotor" (LOH-koh-moh-tor) | Movement |
| Lifts an object a few inches off the ground and moves it to a location specified by the caster (up to 100 feet away, or within the same building). The incantation is typically followed by the name of the spell's target (e.g. "Locomotor trunk"). This spell cannot be used on a living target. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: Fourth Year Charms class | Duration: Until target reaches destination |
- Success: Moves a target object weighing up to 50 lbs.
- Good Success: Levitates a target object weighing up to 100 lbs.
- Great Success: Levitates a target object weighing up to 200 lbs.
- Amazing Success: Levitates a target object weighing up to 500 lbs.
| Mending Charm |
"Reparo" (reh-PAH-roh) | Transformation |
| Seamlessly repairs broken objects. This spell cannot repair the magical function of broken magical items, including wands. It is illegal to use this spell on people or animals, as it can result is serious scarring or disfigurement. This spell cannot restore an object broken down by natural weathering. If there are pieces missing, the roll suffers a -2 penalty, or -4 if one-quarter to one-half of the object is missing. If more than half of the object is missing, the spell will not work. Similarly, if the object has moving parts that are broken, the spell may suffer a penalty of -1 to -3, depending upon the complexity of the mechanics. |
| Skill/Roll: Transfiguration / +roll Transfiguration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 1st Year Charms class | Duration: Instantaneous |
- Success: A target object up to the size of a book is repaired.
- Good Success: A target object up to the size of an office desk is repaired.
- Great Success: A target object up to the size of an automobile is repaired.
- Amazing Success: A target object up to the size of a building is repaired.
| Obliteration Charm |
"Oblitero" (oh-BLEE-teh-roh) | Vanishment |
| Erases markings made within the last hour, including writing, doodles, and footprints. |
| Skill/Roll: Conjuration / +roll Conjuration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 2nd Year Transfiguration class | Duration: Instantaneous |
| Obscuring Charm |
"Obscuro" (ub-SKYOO-roh) | Conjuring |
| Conjures a blindfold over the target's eyes, preventing them from seeing. The blindfold is held in place magically, and cannot be physically removed. |
| Skill/Roll: Conjuration / +roll Conjuration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 3rd Year Defense Against the Dark Arts class | Duration: Varies with success level |
- Success: Target is blinded for five minutes, or one round if in combat.
- Good Success: Target is blinded for ten minutes, or two rounds if in combat.
- Great Success: Target is blinded for half an hour, or three rounds if in combat.
- Amazing Success: Target is blinded for an hour, or four rounds if in combat.
| Packing Charm |
"Pack" (PAK) | Movement |
| Causes a trunk, box, bag, backpack, or similar container or luggage to pack itself with the desired nearby items. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 3rd Year Domestics Club (5 Cookies) | Duration: Instantaneous |
| Pimple Jinx |
"Furnunculus" (fur-NUN-kyoo-lus) | — |
| Causes a target to break out in boils or pimples. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 3rd Year Charms class | Duration: Varies with success level |
- Success: The blemishes last for one day.
- Good Success: The blemishes last for three days.
- Great Success: The blemishes last for one week.
- Amazing Success: The blemishes last for one month.
| Plant-Growth Charm |
"Herbivicus" (her-BIV-uh-cus) | Plant |
| Causes a plant to grow at an accelerated rate. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 2nd Year Herbology Class | Duration: Varies with success level |
- Success: The target plant flourishes instantly — a seed sprouts, fruit ripens, flowers bloom, an ailing plant springs back to health, etc.
- Good Success: The target plant achieves one month's worth of growth in one round.
- Great Success: The target plant achieves six months' worth of growth in three rounds.
- Amazing Success: The target plant achieves a year's worth of growth in six rounds.
| Post-Drop Charm |
"Subvectio" (sub-VEK-tee-oh) | — |
| A very common Charm (easily learned from a Ministry pamphlet) for identifying a residence or container as a post-drop, making the target a beacon for post owls looking to deliver letters and packages to any wizard living at the residence (or otherwise intended as a recipient for the drop box). A wizard can also attune the post-drop so the charm is only a beacon to certain owls. This charm can also be used on a letter or package to assign it to the listed address (but not a specific person), even if that address is not designated as a post-drop. Letters sent to Hogwarts students during the school year will be delivered to Hogwarts (delivered during the morning meal) unless specifically addressed to another post-drop. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One minute |
| Training: Private study (0 Cookies) | Duration: Permanent |
| Puppet-Body Charm |
"Mobilicorpus" (MOH-bil-ee-COR-pus) | Movement |
| Moves the body of a person who cannot walk, whether due to incapacitation, ensnarement, or unconsciousness. The target's movements have the appearance of a puppet on strings. If used on a person who is able to move on their own, the target will feel the sensation of something like strings pulling at their limbs, but can move normally. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 6th Year Charms class | Duration: Varies with success level |
- Success: Target is mobilized for five minutes.
- Good Success: Target is mobilized for fifteen minutes.
- Great Success: Target is mobilized for thirty minutes.
- Amazing Success: Target is mobilized for one hour.
| Quieting Charm |
"Quietus" (KWI-uh-tus) | Counter-spell • Sound |
| Reduces the volume of a sound. This is the counter-spell for the Amplifying Charm. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 2nd Year Charms class | Duration: Varies with success level |
- Success: Target sound is quieted for five minutes.
- Good Success: Target sound is quieted for fifteen minutes
- Great Success: Target sound is quieted for thirty minutes
- Amazing Success: Target sound is quieted for one hour.
| Reductor Curse |
"Reducto" (ree-DUK-toh) | Harmful |
| A powerful curse that breaks objects to pieces. This spell cannot be used to target a living creature. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms 6 / +roll Charms-2 | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 5th Year Charms Class | Duration: Instantaneous |
- Success: The target object is broken into several chunks.
- Good Success: The target object is shattered into rubble.
- Great Success: The target object is reduced to dust.
- Amazing Success: The target object is pulverized with explosive force. Anyone standing within five feet must +roll Body + Reaction or be knocked to the ground.
| Refilling Charm |
"Repleo" (reh-PLAY-oh) | — |
| Refills a glass or small container with whatever drink it was last filled with. This is not conjuration, but rather a replication of the traces of drink still in the container. |
| Skill/Roll: Transfiguration / +roll Transfiguration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 4th Year Charms class | Duration: Instantaneous |
| Repelling Spell |
"Recedo" (reh-SAY-doh) | Movement • Ward |
| Repels a moving object or creature, sending it harmlessly back in the direction it came from. The spell is only strong enough to repel small targets, up to the size and weight of a cat, quaffle, or thrown knife. Considered an Opposed Roll if used against a creature (vs. Body + Reaction) or a missile attack. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 2nd Year Charms class | Duration: Instantaneous |
| Revealing Charm |
"Aparecium" (AH-par-EH-see-um) | Revealing |
| Cause invisible ink and other hidden markings to appear, whether hidden by magic or more mundane means. Higher success levels may be required for markings hidden by more powerful magic. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 2nd Year Charms class | Duration: Instantaneous |
| Reviving Spell |
"Rennervate" (REN-er-vait) | Counter-spell • Healing |
| Awakens a sleeping or stunned target. It serves as the counter-spell to the Stunning Spell and similar effects, but is ineffectual against Dark magic. |
| Skill/Roll: Glamers / +roll Glamers | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 4th Year Charms class | Duration: Instantaneous |
- Success: Awakens a target that is sleeping, or that has been affected by a single Stunning Spell.
- Good Success: Awakens a target that is sleeping, or that has been affected by up to two Stunning Spells.
- Great Success: Awakens a target that is sleeping, or that has been affected by up to four Stunning Spells.
- Amazing Success: Awakens a target that is sleeping, or that has been affected by any number of Stunning Spells.
| Revulsion Jinx |
"Relashio" (reh-LASH-ee-oh) | Counter-spell |
| Forces a person or object to release its hold on something. If used against a living target, make an Opposed Roll against the target's Body + Fighting. Similarly, if used against magical bindings, the caster must achieve a greater success level than the original casting. Can be used as a counter-spell to Binding spells. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 4th Year Defense Against the Dark Arts class | Duration: Instantaneous |
On an Opposed Roll:
- DRAW: The target feels the pull of the spell, but maintains their grip. If it is a living creature being gripped, it may make an Opposed Body + Fighting roll at -2 to escape.
- Marginal Victory: The target is forced to release their grip.
- Solid Victory: The target is forced to release, and is pushed back several steps.
- Crushing Victory: The target is forced to release, and is knocked back several yards (+roll Body + Reaction to avoid being knocked prone).
| Scouring Charm |
"Scourgify" (SKOOR-juh-fye) | Conjuring |
| Cleans an object by conjuring soap and scrubbing the target. If used on a living target, the spell fills the subject's mouth with soap. |
| Skill/Roll: Conjuration / +roll Conjuration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 3rd Year Domestics club (3 Cookies) / Private study (6 Cookies) | Duration: Concentration (or Instantaneous if used on a living target) |
| Seize and Pull Charm |
"Carpe Retractum" (KAR-pay reh-TRAK-tum) | Movement |
| Creates a "rope" of light that can be whipped out to seize a target (thought it does not bind it), then whipped back with the intent is to pull the target to the caster, as a sort of cruder form of the Summoning Charm. The charm does not grant any additional strength to the caster, that could not be pulled with a normal rope cannot be pulled with this charm, either. If attempting to pull a moving target, such as a large creature, there is a serious risk of the wand being yanked from the caster's hand (likely requiring a Body + Reaction roll to keep hold of the wand long enough to release the spell), or even pulling the caster unceremoniously along with the target. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: Third Year Charms class | Duration: Until target is pulled or released |
- Embarrassing Failure: The wand is yanked from the caster's hand, flinging toward the target.
- Failure: The rope misses entirely and dissipates.
- Any Success: The target is successfully seized. If pulled through the air, +roll Reaction + Body to catch the pulled target.
| Severing Charm |
"Diffindo" (dih-FEEN-doh) | Harmful |
| This spell is used to make precision cuts. It is generally used as a tradesman's tool for cutting relatively soft materials like fabric, or clipping plants. If used inappropriately, it can cut flesh and cause serious injury. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms 5 / +roll Charms-1 | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 2nd Year Charms class | Duration: Instantaneous |
- Success: The spell is strong enough to sever very soft materials, such as light cloth, paper, or hair (not recommended for haircuts).
- Good Success: The spell is strong enough to sever soft materials, such as heavy fabric, thick rope, or flesh.
- Great Success: The spell is strong enough to sever durable material, such as wood or bone.
- Amazing Success: The spell is strong enough to sever hard material, such as stone or metal.
| Shrinking Charm |
"Reducio" (ruh-DOO-see-oh) | Counter-spell • Transformation |
| Causes a target to shrink in size. This is the counter-spell to the Engorgement Charm |
| Skill/Roll: Transfiguration / +roll Transfiguration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 2nd Year Transfiguration class | Duration: One scene |
- Success: Target shrinks to half its original size.
- Good Success: Target shrinks to one quarter its original size.
- Great Success: Target shrinks to one tenth its original size.
- Amazing Success: Target shrinks to one hundredth its original size.
| Signalling Spell |
"Periculum" (puh-RIK-yoo-lum) | Light |
| Sends out red sparks from the wand, which shoot like fireworks or a flare gun. They can shoot up to a great height, and then hover in the air. This spell is commonly used as a signal that the caster is in danger and in need of assistance. |
| Skill/Roll: Conjuration / +roll Conjuration+2 | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 3rd Year Transfiguration class | Duration: Ten minutes |
| Silencing Charm |
"Silencio" (sih-LEN-see-oh) | Sound |
| This difficult charm renders the victim temporarily mute, unable to speak. Wizards are therefore unable to recite incantations, and can only cast spells non-verbally. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms 7 / +roll Charms-3 | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 5th Year Charms class | Duration: Varies with success level |
- Success: Victim is silenced for one minute, or one round if in combat.
- Good Success: Victim is silenced for five minutes, or two rounds if in combat.
- Great Success: Victim is silenced for fifteen minutes, or three rounds if in combat.
- Amazing Success: Victim is silenced for one hour, or five rounds if in combat.
| Slide Spell |
"Glisseo" (GLIS-eh-oh) | Transformation |
| Transforms a staircase (or other slanted ground, such as a hillside) into smooth slide. The Grand Staircase of Hogwarts is charmed against this spell, and nothing short of an Amazing Success will work on it. |
| Skill/Roll: Transfiguration / +roll Transfiguration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 6th Year Transfiguration class | Duration: Up to one hour (caster's choice) |
- Any Success: Anyone standing on the slide must +roll Body + Reaction to avoid some bumps and bruises on the way down.
| Slowing Charm |
"Arresto Momentum" (ah-REST-oh moh-MEN-tum) | Movement |
| Slows or halts the movement of a target. This only affects the general motion of a whole target through space. It does not slow or prevent a person's motor functions. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 4th Year Charms class | Duration: Instantaneous |
- Success: Movement rate slowed by one-quarter.
- Good Success: Movement rate slowed by half.
- Great Success: Movement rate slowed by three-quarters.
- Amazing Success: Movement is completely halted.
| Snake Summons Spell |
"Serpensortia" (ser-pen-SOR-tee-uh) | Beast • Conjuring |
| Conjures a large snake from the tip of the caster's wand. Understandably, the summoned snake will be fairly agitated, and may attack the first person it sees. However, the snake is not under the caster's control. |
| Skill/Roll: Conjuration / +roll Conjuration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 2nd Year Transfiguration class | Duration: 24 hours |
| Softening Charm |
"Spongify" (SPUN-juh-fye) | Transformation |
| Softens a target area or object, making it rubbery and bouncy. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 1st Year Charms class | Duration: Instantaneous |
- Success: Softens an object up to the size of a large book, or a 2 square-foot area.
- Good Success: Softens an object up to the size of a chair, or a 5 square-foot area.
- Great Success: Softens an object up to the size of an office desk, or a 10 square-foot area.
- Amazing Success: Softens an object up to the size of an automobile, or a 20 square-foot area.
| Sticking Charm |
"Epoximise" (ee-POX-uh-mize) | — |
| Secures an object in place, as if it were glued or nailed to the spot. Also sometimes called a Fixing Charm. This spell requires the caster's wand to touch the part of the object to be made adhesive. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: Three rounds |
| Training: 6th Year Charms class | Duration: Permanent |
- Success: The object will stay in place, but can be removed with some effort. Attempts to remove the object suffer a -2 penalty.
- Good Success: The object is firmly in place, and attempts to remove it suffer a -4 penalty.
- Great Success: The object is held fast, and attempts to remove it suffer a -6 penalty.
- Amazing Success: Often called a Permanent Sticking Charm. Attempts to remove the object suffer an enormous -10 penalty.
| Stunning Spell |
"Stupefy" (STOO-peh-fye) | Harmful |
| Colloquially called a "Stunner," this produces a jet of red light that renders victims unconscious. Multiple Stunners from different sources can cause serious injury, even risking death. This spell is always an Opposed Roll (for unaware victims, roll Body + Presence). |
| Skill/Roll: Charms or Dark Defense / +roll Charms or +roll Dark Defense | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 5th Year Defense Against the Dark Arts class / 4th Year Duelling Club (15 Cookies) | Duration: Varies with success level |
On an Opposed Roll:
- DRAW: The spell is resisted or avoided.
- Marginal Victory: The target is knocked unconscious for five minutes, or one round if combat is ongoing.
- Solid Victory: The target is knocked unconscious for ten minutes, or two rounds if combat is ongoing.
- Crushing Victory: The target is knocked unconscious for fifteen minutes, or three rounds if combat is ongoing.
| Summoning Charm |
"Accio" (AK-see-oh) | Movement |
| Causes a target object or creature (but not a sentient Being) at a distance to fly through the air into the caster's hand or arms. The target must be able to be carried under normal human power. This is one of the few spells that does not require line of sight with its target. However, it does require the caster to be able to visualize the target and its location in his or her mind. In addition, if the target cannot be seen and pointed at with one's wand, it must be named with the incantation (e.g. "Accio broom!"), which most wizards tend to do habitually anyhow. If the target is being held by another person or creation, the caster must make an Opposed Roll of Mind + Presence against the holder's Body + Reaction in order to wrench the target free of the holder's grasp. Difficulty modifiers can vary. The following modifiers are cumulative: • +2 if target is extremely familiar to the caster (e.g. your own wand, a favourite book) • +2 if specific name of target is known (e.g. summoning a book by its title)*. • –2 if target is not in line of sight. • –2 if target has never been seen by the caster. • –4 if caster guessing at target's location. *Only applies if target has a proper name. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms (see below) | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 5th Year Charms class | Duration: Varies with distance |
- Success: The target is successfully summoned, and will arrive as quickly as it is able. Objects can move roughly 100 feet per round if unobstructed.
- Good Success: Gain +1 to Opposed Roll to wrench target from a holder.
- Great Success: Gain +2 to Opposed Roll to wrench target from a holder.
- Amazing Success: Gain +3 to Opposed Roll to wrench target from a holder.
| Sweeping Charm |
"Purgo Tabulato" (PER-goh tah-boo-LAH-toh) | Movement |
| Causes a broom or mop to animate under its own power to perform its function and clean the floor of an indicated room. Brooms will create piles of dust and debris, unless provides dustpans, bins, or an aperture to sweep out through. Mops require a nearby source of water. It is a more difficult charm than it might seem, due to the potentially serious consequences of miscasting it. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms 4 / +roll Charms-1 | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 4th Year Domestics Club (3 Cookies) / Private study (6 Cookies) | Duration: Until task is complete |
- Embarrassing Failure: It works. Oh boy, does it work. The effects are permanent until dispelled (requiring no less than a Great Success to achieve). The animated appliance is far too assiduous in its activity. Brooms scour away carpet, deface floorboards, or wear themselves to nubs on flagstones. Mops go so overboard that minor flooding can occur (and will even seek out new water sources if theirs are depleted).
- Failure: Do it yourself.
- Any Success: The indicated room is cleaned. The better the success, the faster the work is done and the more intelligently the appliance functions.
| Switching Spell, Lesser |
"Permuto" (pair-MOO-toh) | Transformation |
| Switches are partial transformations in which the features of two targets are swapped for one another. Switching Spells must effectively be cast twice — once on each target to be switched, but only roll for the second one — and both spells must be cast in the same scene. The effect only takes place after the second Switching Spell is cast. If either target is untransfigured, both are. The Lesser Switching Spell can be used for switches on Tiny (or smaller) unintelligent targets. Targets may be a specific part of a larger thing, such as a nose or cup handle. Cross-species switches (switching features between two different living creatures) are not possible with this spell. The following roll modifiers apply. All modifiers are cumulative. • -1 if one of the targets is a living creature. • -2 if either of the features being switched has moving parts. |
| Skill/Roll: Transfiguration / +roll Transfiguration | Casting Time: Two+ rounds (one per casting) |
| Training: 2nd Year Transfiguration class | Duration: Varies with success level |
- Embarrassing Failure: The transformation is incorrect, either switching the wrong part, or affecting the caster.
- Failure: The spells fizzles, and nothing happens.
- Success: The transformation lasts for a scene, unless untransfigured.
- Good Success: The transformation lasts for twelve hours, unless untransfigured.
- Great Success: The transformation lasts for twenty-four hours, unless untransfigured.
- Amazing Success: The transformation lasts for a week, unless untransfigured.
| Talon-Clipping Charm |
"Amputungo" (AM-poo-TOON-goh) | — |
| A charm for maintaining claws and talons of domesticated creatures. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 4th Year Care of Magical Creatures class | Duration: Instantaneous |
| Tickling Charm |
"Rictusempra" (ric-tuh-SEM-pruh) | — |
| Produces a jet of silver light that causes a victim to become overwhelmed with a tickling sensation, causing them to buckle with laughter. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 1st Year Charms class | Duration: Varies with success level |
- Success: Spell's effects last for 1 round.
- Good Success: Spell's effects last for 2 rounds.
- Great Success: Spell's effects last for 3 rounds.
- Amazing Success: Spell's effects last for 4 rounds.
On an Opposed Roll:
- DRAW: Target gets a mild thrill. Otherwise, no effect.
- Marginal Victory: Target suffers -1 to all actions.
- Solid Victory: Target suffers -1 to all actions, and cannot walk more than a few steps per round.
- Crushing Victory: Target suffers -2 to all actions, and cannot walk at all.
| Tongue-Tying Curse |
"Mimble Wimble" (MIM-buhl WIM-buhl) | — |
| Binds up the target's tongue, making it very difficult to speak coherently. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 2nd Year Charms class | Duration: Varies with success level |
- Success: Spell's effects last for 1 round.
- Good Success: Spell's effects last for 2 rounds.
- Great Success: Spell's effects last for 3 rounds.
- Amazing Success: Spell's effects last for 4 rounds.
On an Opposed Roll:
- DRAW: Target's tongue tingles. Otherwise, no effect.
- Marginal Victory: Target suffers -1 to any roll involving speaking, including casting spells verbally.
- Solid Victory: Target suffers -2 to any roll involving speaking, including casting spells verbally.
- Crushing Victory: Target suffers -3 to any roll involving speaking, including casting spells verbally.
| Transformation Spell, Complex |
"-fors" (-fors) | Transformation |
| The Complex Transformation Spell can be used to fully transform a Medium (or smaller) unintelligent target into something else of Medium (or smaller) size. Partial transformations are not possible, except as a result of the spell going awry. The following roll modifiers apply. All modifiers are cumulative. • +2 if the target and final form share a common quality, such as name*, shape, function, or material. • -1 if the target is (or will become) a living creature. • -1 for trans-species transformation (transfiguring one living creature into another). • -2 if the shape being changed into has moving parts. *Odd as it sounds, it is easier to transform a target into something with a similar name (e.g. guinea pig to guinea fowl, toadstool to footstool) The prefix for this spell's incantation can vary greatly, depending upon what the target is being transformed into. Usually it will be some derivative of the Latin name for the thing. For example, if turning the target into a chair, one might incant "Cathedrafors". |
| Skill/Roll: Transfiguration / +roll Transfiguration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 4th Year Transfiguration class (requires Standard Transformation Spell) | Duration: Varies with success level |
- Embarrassing Failure: The transformation is incomplete, or incorrect.
- Failure: The spells fizzles, and nothing happens.
- Success: The transformation lasts for twelve hours, unless untransfigured.
- Good Success: The transformation lasts for twenty-four hours, unless untransfigured.
- Great Success: The transformation lasts for a week, unless untransfigured.
- Amazing Success: The transformation lasts for a month, unless untransfigured.
| Transformation Spell, Simple |
"-fors" (-fors) | Transformation |
| The Simple Transformation Spell can be used to fully transform a Tiny unintelligent target into something else of Tiny size. Trans-species transformation (transfiguring one living creature into another) is not possible with this spell. Partial transformations are not possible, except as a result of the spell going awry. The following roll modifiers apply. All modifiers are cumulative. • +2 if the target and final form share a common quality, such as name*, shape, function, or material. • -1 if the target is (or will become) a living creature. • -2 if the shape being changed into has moving parts. *Odd as it sounds, it is easier to transform a target into something with a similar name (e.g. guinea pig to guinea fowl, toadstool to footstool) The prefix for this spell's incantation can vary greatly, depending upon what the target is being transformed into. Usually it will be some derivative of the Latin name for the thing. For example, if turning the target into a lizard, one might incant "Stelliofors". |
| Skill/Roll: Transfiguration / +roll Transfiguration+2 | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 1st Year Transfiguration class | Duration: Varies with success level |
- Embarrassing Failure: The transformation is incomplete, or incorrect.
- Failure: The spells fizzles, and nothing happens.
- Success: The transformation lasts for a scene, unless untransfigured.
- Good Success: The transformation lasts for six hours, unless untransfigured.
- Great Success: The transformation lasts for twelve hours, unless untransfigured.
- Amazing Success: The transformation lasts for twenty-four hours, unless untransfigured.
| Transformation Spell, Standard |
"-fors" (-fors) | Transformation |
| The Standard Transformation Spell can be used to fully transform a Small (or smaller) unintelligent target into something else of Small (or smaller) size. Trans-species transformation (transfiguring one living creature into another) is not possible with this spell. Partial transformations are not possible, except as a result of the spell going awry. The following roll modifiers apply. All modifiers are cumulative. • +2 if the target and final form share a common quality, such as name*, shape, function, or material. • -1 if the target is (or will become) a living creature. • -2 if the shape being changed into has moving parts. *Odd as it sounds, it is easier to transform a target into something with a similar name (e.g. guinea pig to guinea fowl, toadstool to footstool) The prefix for this spell's incantation can vary greatly, depending upon what the target is being transformed into. Usually it will be some derivative of the Latin name for the thing. For example, if turning the target into a book, one might incant "Librofors". |
| Skill/Roll: Transfiguration / +roll Transfiguration+1 | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 3rd Year Transfiguration class (requires Simple Transformation Spell) | Duration: Varies with success level |
- Embarrassing Failure: The transformation is incomplete, or incorrect.
- Failure: The spells fizzles, and nothing happens.
- Success: The transformation lasts for a scene, unless untransfigured.
- Good Success: The transformation lasts for twelve hours, unless untransfigured.
- Great Success: The transformation lasts for twenty-four hours, unless untransfigured.
- Amazing Success: The transformation lasts for a week, unless untransfigured.
| Tree-Moving Charm |
"Mobiliarbus" (MOH-bil-ee-AR-bus) | Movement • Plant |
| Uproots and levitates a tree (can also be used for other plants) safely to a new location, which must be dug out ahead of time. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 3rd Year Herbology class | Duration: Varies with success level |
- Success: Target is mobilized for five minutes.
- Good Success: Target is mobilized for fifteen minutes.
- Great Success: Target is mobilized for thirty minutes.
- Amazing Success: Target is mobilized for one hour.
| Twitchy-Ears Hex |
"Vellauris" (vell-OR-is) | — |
| Causes the target's ears to twitch. This is essentially a harmless spell used for practicing purposes, such as learning basic wand technique, and practicing Shield Charms. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms+2 | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 1st Year Charms class | Duration: A few seconds to a few minutes |
| Unlocking Charm |
"Alohomora" (ah-LOH-hoh-MOR-ah) | Counter-spell • Opening |
| This spell unlocks locked doors. This is the counter-spell to the Locking Spell. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 1st Year Charms class | Duration: Instantaneous |
| Wand-Extinguishing Charm |
"Nox" (nox) | Counter-spell |
| This is the counter-spell to the Wand-Lighting Charm, and will extinguish the light instantly. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms+1 | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 1st Year Defense Against the Dark Arts class | Duration: Instantaneous |
| Wand-Lighting Charm |
"Lumos" (LOO-mohs) | Light |
| Illuminates the caster's wand tip with an ambient white light, suitable for illuminating up to a ten-foot radius. Can also repel spectral foes such as Gytrashes and malevolent spirits. |
| Skill/Roll: Charms / +roll Charms+1 | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 1st Year Defense Against the Dark Arts class | Duration: One scene |
Some variants have been developed to change the color of the light:
- Pink — "Lumos Rosea" (LOO-mohs roh-SAY-ah)
- Red — "Lumos Rubeo" (LOO-mohs ROO-beh-oh)
- Orange — "Lumos Luteo" (LOO-mohs LOO-teh-oh)
- Yellow — "Lumos Flavus" (LOO-mohs FLAH-vus)
- Green — "Lumos Viridus" (LOO-mohs vuh-RID-us)
- Blue — "Lumos Caerulo" (LOO-mohs kah-ROO-loh)
- Purple — "Lumos Ostrinus" (LOO-mohs OS-tree-nus)
| Water-Making Spell |
"Aguamenti" (AH-gwah-MEN-tee) | Conjuring • Water |
| Shoots a jet of pure water from the tip of the caster's wand. Can also be used to fill a receptacle with water. |
| Skill/Roll: Conjuration / +roll Conjuration | Casting Time: One round |
| Training: 4th Year Transfiguration class | Duration: Instantaneous |
- Success: Up to the force of a garden hose, or enough water to fill a large bowl.
- Good Success: Up to the force of a garden hose with spray nozzle, or enough water to fill a wash basin.
- Great Success: Up to the force of a fire hose, or enough water to fill a large bathtub. Can cause damage or knock target down (victim rolls Body + Reaction to stay upright).
- Amazing Success: Up to the force of a crashing wave, or enough water to fill a swimming pool. Will cause damage and will knock target and surrounding things down.
RP Hooks
- Pulp Fiction: Phee loves to read, but her favorites are the cheap 5-knut adventure novels starring Juno Invictus, Lady of Action.
- The Lovegood Connection: Somehow you've discovered Phee's blood relation to the Lovegoods. How do you handle the subject?
- Study Buddies: You might be in over your head or she might be looking to bone up on a weaker subject.
- Magical Beasts: Her specialty; if you've got a problem with one that you can't bring to Professor Kettleburn, she might be a good resource. Though she's still a prefect…
- Picture Prefect: She considers it her job to keep her house in line, help them study, and give extra-friendly words of warning to members of other houses who are getting just a bit too snobby.
Quirks
- Bully Bait: She's a mudblood who frequently seeks approval the most from the people who are worst to her: pretty purebloods.
- Girl Crazy: She falls often and falls hard, albeit from a distance. The most she'll do is send a girl some fairy cakes and hope to be noticed.
- Hidden Fire: Sure, she's demure and polite. Doesn't really stop her from hatching crazy plans when no one's looking…
- Mama's Girl: She hides behind the robes of authority figures early and often if social situations get messy.
- Wealth: Comfortable: Her muggle family's wealth doesn't translate well to Hogwarts, but she has enough that she's not wanting for anything.
Special Quirks
- Gryffindor Prefect: Starting her sixth year, she became a Prefect of Gryffindor House.
Logs
| Logs featuring Phoenicia | Logs that refer to Phoenicia |
Relationships
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Medea |
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Bowen |
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Margaret |
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Mackenzie |
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Kieran |
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Mary Anne Phillips |
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Fiona Agnes Wiggins (née Phillips) |
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Zelos Lovegood |
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Unknown Half-Siblings! |
