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 Post subject: Random Event Generator
 Post Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2016 4:46 pm 
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Sometimes it can be hard to come up with stuff that happened to your character while you were offline. I've had a request to share my personal list that I use for inspiration, so I spent a bit of time today fleshing it out and making it legible to people who are not me. The best way to use it is as inspiration, randomizing scenarios until something strikes your fancy, but feeling free to substitute your own ideas or put your own spin on it. The whole point of this is to give your RP the spark it needs to get going, not to issue a challenge that must be completed to the letter.

To use this list, I recommend this online thing picker. Simply copy the entire list under the heading into the text box, and press "pick a random item." If you encounter a placeholder such as $PERSON or $PLACE, that means you should locate the list in question in the next post(do a CTRL+F for "~PERSON~", etc, to jump straight to that list) and use the thing picker to choose from it. Feel free to click as many times as you need to if your results aren't making sense(you didn't meet your 5-year-old sister in the dungeons this morning, nor did you get assigned homework for a class you don't take), again this is inspiration and not a letter-of-the-law challenge.

Feel free to reply with feedback, ideas, stuff that never made it onto my list, or particularly amusing prompts that you've generated!


List of Random Events


Somebody from $HOUSE has been bullying you, and shows no sign of backing off.

You committed a $CRIME and got away with it!

You committed a $CRIME but were caught by $PROFESSOR, and just finished serving your detention.

You were just framed for a $CRIME that you did not commit, and were caught by $PROFESSOR and assigned detention.

You had an encounter with $PERSON in $PLACE, which has left you feeling $EMOTION.

You had an encounter with Peeves in $PLACE, during which he committed a $PRANK on you.

You had an encounter with a student from $HOUSE in $PLACE, during which they committed a $PRANK on you.

You have lost $OBJECT and need to find it.

There's something new for sale at $SHOP, and you really want it.

You read an article in the Daily Prophet this morning about $PERSON which has left you feeling $EMOTION.

You are stuck on a seemingly impossible essay for $CLASS.

You have been assigned a group project for $CLASS.

You have just received an owl from somebody important – for good or bad – from your childhood, which has left you feeling $EMOTION.

You have just received an owl with news pertaining to your family, which has left you feeling $EMOTION.

You encountered an adult witch or wizard who works in your intended career field, and the conversation left you feeling $EMOTION.

You have just had an $ACCIDENT.

You read an article in the Daily Prophet this morning about a famous witch or wizard, living or dead, which has inspired you in $CLASS.

Rumor has it there's something going down at $PLACE today.

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Karen Bonoa - Ravenclaw Alumni
Madeline Ingleman - 2nd Year Hufflepuff
Niven McLaren - 1st Year Slytherin
Sam McKinnon - 6th Year Ravenclaw

Jabari Nwosu * Joshua Tannerman * Lenora Hollings * Lillian Stewart * Maria Bonoa


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 Post subject: Re: Random Event Generator
 Post Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2016 4:49 pm 
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~HOUSE~


Gryffindor
Hufflepuff
Ravenclaw
Slytherin


~CLASS~


Ancient Runes
Arithmancy
Astronomy
Care of Magical Creatures
Charms
Defense Against the Dark Arts
Divination
Herbology
History of Magic
Muggle Studies
Potions
Transfiguration


~PLACE~


Entrance Hall
Great Hall
Your Dormitory
Your Common Room
The Toilets
The Candy Shop
Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom
The Trophy Room
The Courtyard
The Front Fountain
The Gates
The Lake
The Top of the Astronomy Tower
The Darkest Corner of the Dungeons
The Prefect's Bathroom
The Pool
The Gardens
The Quidditch Pitch
Outside the Greenhouses
$CLASS Classroom
$PROFESSOR Office
Classroom Eleven
The Kitchens
The Library
The Hospital Wing
The Dueling Hall
The Owlry
Near the Whomping Willow
The Staircase
The Forbidden Forest
Near the Forbidden Forest
Diagon Alley
Knockturn Alley
Hogsmeade
On the Path to Hogsmeade
$SHOP


~SHOP~


Bakery and Sweets Cafe (Diagon)
Broomstix (Diagon)
Cibi Noctis Restaurant (Diagon)
Eeylops Owl Emporium (Diagon)
Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour (Diagon)
Flourish and Blotts (Diagon)
Grover's Gloves (Diagon)
Haxby's Scales (Diagon)
Humbard's Hats (Diagon)
Insteckoro's Cloaks (Diagon)
Junk Shop (Diagon)
Leaky Cauldron (Diagon)
Live Wire Music (Diagon)
Madam Primpernelle's (Diagon)
Madame Malkin's Robes for All Occasions (Diagon)
Magical Menagerie (Diagon)
Obscurus Books (Diagon)
Ollivanders (Diagon)
Pandora's Bottles (Diagon)
Potage's Cauldron Shop (Diagon)
Quality Quidditch Supplies (Diagon)
Scribbulus Writing Instruments (Diagon)
Slug and Jiggers Apothecary (Diagon)
Telera's Telescopes (Diagon)
Terror Tours (Diagon)
Twittering's Tailoring (Diagon)
Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes (Diagon)
Wizeacre's Wizarding Equipment (Diagon)
Borgin and Burkes (Knockturn)
Cobb and Webb's Rarities (Knockturn)
Mr. Mulpepper's Apothecary (Knockturn)
StarKnuts Coffee (Knockturn)
The Betting Shop (Knockturn)
The Coffin House (Knockturn)
The Mystique Tavern (Knockturn)
The Spiny Serpent Pets (Knockturn)
Dervish and Banges (Hogsmeade)
Gladrags Wizardwear (Hogsmeade)
Hog's Head Pub (Hogsmeade)
Honeydukes (Hogsmeade)
Puddifoot's Teashop (Hogsmeade)
Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop (Hogsmeade)
Three Broomsticks Tavern (Hogsmeade)
Zonko's Joke Shop (Hogsmeade)


~PERSON~


$PROFESSOR
Your Mother
Your Father
Your Sibling
A $HOUSE Student
Albus Dumbledore
Argus Filch
Mrs. Norris
The Candy Lady
Poppy Pomfrey
Irma Pince
Rolanda Hooch
Shopkeeper at $SHOP
Peeves
Nearly-Headless Nick
The Bloody Baron
The Grey Lady
The Fat Friar
Moaning Myrtle
A Portrait Denizen


~PROFESSOR~


Aurora Sinistra (Astronomy)
Bathsheda Babbling (Ancient Runes)
Charity Burbage (Muggle Studies)
Cuthbert Binns (History of Magic)
Filius Flitwick (Charms)
Firenze (Divination)
Gilderoy Lockhart (Defense Against the Dark Arts)
Horace Slughorn (Potions)
Minerva McGonagall (Transfiguration)
Quirinus Quirrell (Defense Against the Dark Arts)
Pomona Sprout (Herbology)
Remus Lupin (Defense Against the Dark Arts)
Rubeus Hagrid (Care of Magical Creatures)
Septima Vector (Arithmancy)
Severus Snape (Potions)
Sybill Trelawney (Divination)


~EMOTION~


Satisfied
Cheerful
Happy
Delighted
Amused
Playful
Inspired
Fascinated
Thoughtful
Relaxed
Sentimental
Eager
Reckless
Excited
Flirtatious
Bored
Distracted
Confused
Jealous
Afraid
Anxious
Concerned
Disgusted
Cautious
Depressed
Ashamed
Guilty
Hurt
Skeptical
Irritated
Furious


~PRANK~


Stole $OBJECT
Dropped a Dungbomb
Set off Fireworks
Covered Somebody in Goop
Sang a Rude Rhyme


~OBJECT~


Your Pet
$CLASS Textbook
Your Wand
Your Favorite Book
Your Broomstick
A Sentimental Possession
An Item of Clothing
Something Embarrassing


~CRIME~


Violated the Dress Code
Violated Curfew
Entered the Forbidden Forest
“Borrowed” $OBJECT That Did Not Belong to You
Got in a Fistfight
Dueled with Magic in the Halls
Talked Back to $PROFESSOR
Committed $PRANK
Possessed Contraband


~ACCIDENT~


Nasty Spell Backfire
Potion Explosion
Sprained Ankle
Broken Bone
Knocked Head

_________________
Karen Bonoa - Ravenclaw Alumni
Madeline Ingleman - 2nd Year Hufflepuff
Niven McLaren - 1st Year Slytherin
Sam McKinnon - 6th Year Ravenclaw

Jabari Nwosu * Joshua Tannerman * Lenora Hollings * Lillian Stewart * Maria Bonoa


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