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@MaraJade Some snakes are poisonous. Most aren’t, but some are. A poison is simply something which is chemically or biochemically harmful to the body, when ingested. Plants do not have to be dried or otherwise processed, to constitute poison.

So, E. Coli wouldn’t constitute a poison, since it does not fall under the conceptual framework of being ingested.

Edit: “a animal who create poison poison itself is not a live”

That is not true. It is not the substance itself, per se, which is damaging, but the quantity of it. “The dose makes the poison” as Paracelsus would say. So, something alive can contain something which would be harmful to itself in certain doses, so long as it those doses are not present, or are not released.

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@MaraJade actually evaporate mentioned on the first page that you can transfigure nonliving objects like wine into other nonliving objects such as poison

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Yeah but plant abd snake arent eat alive lol. You pointed better than me what i trying to say. The transfiguration is not shapesifting because it only afects OTHER creature not your self so utility for a cunnning character or Sly are Zero. No sense im obliged to study it

@817819 ejem she says that its extreme difficult transform not living things I just use real poison in the wine lol practical because transfiguration is temporal lol if foe wait to drink it become wine again. NOT PRACTICAL NOT AT ALL

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@MaraJade Things are poisonous, whether they’re alive or dead. And things can likewise be consumed in either state.

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@Drazen ok but that dont make transfiguration practical at all. Not for a cunning politician. Poison it self is practical

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@MaraJade It gives you opportunities. What you make of them is a test of your cunning, not of the process itself.

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@MaraJade no it doesn’t it says it is extremely difficult to transform a non living thing INTO a living thing

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@Drazen but author oblidges me learn it assume a cunning person Has to use transfiguration . That´s totally inacurate its not a requirement use to be cunning :((

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WHY I HAVE TO TRANSFORM SOMETHING IN POISON IF I COULD USE POISON ? why i have to transform stuff or people . I dont gain nothing practical its temporal. It´s the magic i most hate why i have to learn it obligatory to be cunning Why? :((

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@MaraJade Because it is far less risky, and far more practical

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@817819 You never use poison in a rp i bet . Transfiguration magic is temporal and not stealthy so you has to make drink it in that instant with you there, real poisons could take effect in days you could be in other country

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Of course I don’t I use poison why would I take the time to poison someone when I can simply set them on fire with a flick of my wrist.

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@817819 It´s not my style but offensive magic has sense transfiguration is cool to an artist but for a cunning practical to achieve a objetive totally optative. If were shapesifting or illusion i understand the obligation but Transfiguration not at all

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I think the main two subjects I would like to History and Arithmancy. With the power of past and future the present is mine to control!!

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@MaraJade

Each student has to take 5 classes in total. There are only 2 mandatory classes for Azanell, so you can still pick 3 electives that you like.

And I’m sorry to hear that you dislike Transfiguration! It’s a very useful and versatile skill, which seems appropriate for Azanell students (who pride themselves on being resourceful). For example, if you were kidnapped by a crew of pirates, what you could do is transfigure your clothes into a pirate costume. Then instead of having to blast a hole in the wall or poison them all, you can just walk out! (Of course, you can always go back and poison them later).

3 types of transfiguration are possible:
EASIEST: Inanimate Object → Inanimate Object
EASY: Living Creature → Living Creature
DIFFICULT: Inanimate Object → Living Creature (e.g. turning a slab of rock into a stone golem)

If you STILL don’t like Transfiguration, that would be unfortunate, but you can still enroll in Azanell. Sometimes we just have to endure the classes that we find boring – c’est la vie. :slight_smile:

@Fairygodfeather

Transfiguration defies conservation of mass. The only limitation is your endurance and skill as a wizard. An amateur trying to transfigure a rat into a dragon would probably end up with a rat-sized dragon (or dragon-sized rat), but a master of transfiguration could do it.

Shapeshifting into an animal is possible, and advanced users of transfiguration can register as Animorphs so that they’re legally recognized as shapeshifters. I don’t want to delve too deep into this in Year One, though. It’s unlikely that a first year student would be skilled enough to become one (although they might meet other animorphs).

As for transfiguring yourself to look like other people: such glamour spells are possible, but very fatiguing. If you maintained it for too long (or tried to maintain it under duress), the illusion might break.

@trollhunterthethird

hah, I’m glad you like them.

@derekmetaltron

I agree. they seemed like ‘filler’ houses for the gryffindor/slytherin rivalry.

@Drazen

Precisely. The school teaches you skills, but what you do with them is entirely up to you.

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So no Azanell for me,i would kill them to oblidge me to use so stupid subject i will poison them and make them suffer in a poison wrath i never use learn or participate in any curse that include Transfiguration i dont need learn to transform a coup in a pot. And if i have any ocassion i would kill all transfiguration teachers. Except i like transfiguration in game all my table rol games with characters with transfiguration end with a dead before level 10 because transfigurationworks well in theory never in practical use. Also Mac Gonagall i hate that horrible woman. Their clases are so useless there its no practical use of any transfiguration spell in all the books NONE. Im thinking in enter Gemini to destroy all Azanels i hate them Emma friends! they would be suffer my rage . I want play demo now ^^ so entertainment planing my revenge. Azanell † RIP >:)

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@evaporate how much will your choice of college affect your dealings with others? Could you befreind people outside your college or even in a rival college?

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Sorry professor but I feel it’s frankly irresponsible for those students to bring that many spiders into class. And then the audacity to claim those spiders use to be their homework assignment. I’m just glad you were here to take thing under control swiftly, you would think the Gemini students would be more honest about their pranks.

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@FailingCups
Well done, you passed the initiation with flying colours.
Welcome to [REDACTED]. We think you’ll fit right in.

@MaraJade That’s certainly one way to play the game. Just don’t get caught, or you could be expelled. :slight_smile:

@817819 It influences which scenes are available to you. Certain scenes are restricted to your college, or take place in your common room, etc. At the start of the school year, you’re more likely to interact with people inside your own college (the scenes that you see will reflect this), BUT you can definitely meet and befriend people outside your college or in a rival college. There are many scripted opportunities to do so, and even if you pass on those, you have the option of actively seeking them out if you want. A word of caution: there may or may not be consequences involved for fraternizing with the enemy. :wink:

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@evaporate Ok then this story officially sounds awsome. any idea when the demo will be coming out?
Edit: surely not school sanctioned consequences? If not I intend on spending allot of time on primal I’ll take all comers
Also certain colleges seem like natural allies ragnar, and valhern for instance