You can wield spells to both aid in exploration and combat, with each mapped to a specific color group. While Unforgivable Curses are taught outside of school, the rest of your magical repertoire will need to be learned under the tutelage of Hogwarts' esteemed professors – attending lessons is a great way to incentivize us to roleplay as a student. But, should the player continue these actions, the world will reflect back knowledge of them,' adds Murphy. 'Characters will react visually and audibly to seeing the player cast an Unforgivable, but we don’t have a morality system that punishes them for doing so – this would be too judgemental on the game maker’s part.

Even if the player learns them, they don't have to use them,' adds Squier, 'And the world does react to their use.' 'The are not learned in school, and the player very specifically chooses whether or not to learn them.

But, it's an option and an interesting one at that when you look at it in the context of the lore. I'm the Hermione who's never had detention, so I doubt I'll be the kind of witch to sign up to seriously breaking the rules. Interactive Entertainment)Īs someone who has always feared getting told off at school, the idea of willingly wielding Unforgivable Curses gives me serious anxiety.

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