The defining skill to seperate the muggles from the regular people.
We bring you a new hidden magic skill that can be learnt and used for nifty things like potions.

For the magic skill to work, you'll need to download and install the 'DA_Echo_Magicskill' file.
Once the magic skill is in place, these are the tools of your trade:





The Cauldron

The Cauldron teaches you the subtle science of potion-making, while gradually training your magic skill. Bottle fame, brew glory, stopper death.. your options become wider as you get better at understanding the liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the sim senses.



The Phoenix Spell Book

Source of jinxes, counterjinxes and a few handy tips on resisting unforgivable curses. This Spellbook trains magic skill.



The Deatheater Spell Book

Forgotten how to pronounce 'Avada Kedavra'? Or just need something really nasty to fling at your opponent? This book has all the cruel and heartless reading your heart desires, while training your magic skill.



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Even The Dark Lord needs a job!

Your average muggle sim is a cook, doctor, athlete, politician and possibly time traveller, but what about your most un-ordinary magical sims? Sims who want to break free from the restraints of the muggle world, sims who want to be different. What do they do? (am I going on a bit?) They follow the Harry Potter career path of course

The levels (most important)
House Elf
Gringotts Goblin
Care of Magical Creatures Teacher
Dragon Handler
Local Team Quidditch Player
National Quidditch Player
International Quidditch Star

but where do you go from there? Depending on what career you picked...

Good
Order of the Phoenix Member
Defence Against the Dark Arts Teacher
?????

Evil
Death Eater
Dark Arts Teacher
?????

Oh, cramberries- I've forgotten the last levels- looks like it's up to you to find 'em out

Clothing (as if witches and wizards would dress in muggle uniforms...)

For these careers, four sets of clothing are used-

Clothing (included)

The Wizard's Apprentice By Deb (By Emerald, SS2)
Professor Severus Snape (by Lady MoonShadow, SS2)
Evil Queen Mesh With Cape! (by JosephTheSim2k5, MTS2)
Waiting for the Dawn (by GrandDuchessEmerald, MTS2/SS2)

Clothing Meshes (required, not included)

Male Kimono (by mrolow, MTS2)
EvilQueenMesh (by JosephTheSim2k5, MTS2)

Rewards (for the hard working witch or wizard)

All hard working wizards deserve a reward- but what reward you get depends on what type of wizard you are. For the good and the justus, the beautiful phoenix book will become available for your use. For the evil and the downright devious, the more sinister death eater book will become yours to indulge in. (P.S. These rewards will NOT override the slacker career reward).

But that's not it. From level 8 onwards you need magical skill points to advance further in your wizarding career-
4 to get to level nine
8 to get to level ten

The points are available through these rewards books! So what are you waiting for? Get studying, young witches and wizards, get studying!


Technical stuff-

** The file DA_Echo_Magicskill is needed to make the career work.

** Two files are included within the download- a hacked version and an unhacked version. Both share the same guids, so you can only have one set in at a time. The unhacked version is for back-up if the magical skill point hacked one proves to have problems (see below)

** Adding new skill points to a career is a new thing, and this is the first set of careers to have them. Although they've been tested, problems may still crop up- please report any errors, and use the unhacked careers as a standby if the hacked one is found to have an error. Hopefully this shouldn't happen *fingers crossed *

And that's it Enjoy!

Dumbledore's Army

Recolours and new meshed wizarding essentials. Need that special Dark artifact? That personal item your character can't live without? Find it here.




The Pensieve

A mystical, shallow bowl with slowly swirling liquid that emits a silvery light. When your sims touch it, the pensieve takes them back to relive memories. It becomes easier spot patterns and links that way.





Haunted Painting

The Fresco Phasmatis (L. Eucharagmae) or Haunted Painting looks like a normal painting during the day. At night, however, its occupants become restless. Haunted Paintings are known to be very shy, so don't expect too much movement while sims are in the room.





Weasley Clock

This handy device tells you where your family or housemates are, and in which state.





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Step right up and get your magical teachers here! We've got transfiguration, divination and POTIONS! Half price!







Minerva McGonnagal
Catty, strict but overall friendly old biddy.

• Makeup: LyricLee
• Eyes and skin: helaene

Trelawney-
Cooky but occasionally brilliant psychic. Keep her away from the liquor cabinet.

• Hair: Mesh needed!jeanette beiderman or here if you don't understand german
• Brows, shadow: helaene
• Eyes: barcelonista
• Skin: jamelia
• Mask and outfit by LyricLee

Severus Snape
We know you all secretly want him.

• Robe: Mesh needed!Lord Dragonstone (Search under "male dress") or direct link
• Hair: Mesh needed! Lady Raven (Search under "snape hair" or "snape") or direct link
• Eyebrows: Helaene
• Eyes: Barcelonista at mts2
• Skin: Avialle

We recommend the following already made sims
Hagrid
Dumbledore
Moody
Lupin



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We recommend the following already made sims

Major characters

Harry Potter trio
Harry
Ron
Hermione
Draco
Twins
Ginny
Luna
Neville

The Hogwarts Bunch

Gryffindor Dorm Boys
Gryffindor Girls
Slytherin Boys
Slytherin Girls
Ravenclaw Girls
Ravenclaw Boys
Hufflepuff Boys
Hufflepuff Girls

Transparent, floating and very dead. These ghosts give panache to even the dullest castle school.






Moaning Myrtle
Miserable, moaning, mopey toilet ghost

• Clothes : bipsouille Need mesh!
• Skin: Transparent Skintone by Bink13y
• Hair :Janna from simconnection in freebie section
• Glasses :mesh by besen
• Make up: Psychocandy

The Bloody Baron
aka, 'Mr Baron' or 'His Bloodiness' and Slytherin House Ghost

Clothes needed (not included)

• Clothes : Tabala at pico multiwear

Credits (all included)

• Skin: Invisible skintone byBink13y
• Hair :sussissogoodsims2
• Brows: Putowtin

Sir Nicholas
Dashing, nearly headless Gryffindor Ghost

• Skin: Invisible skintone byBink13y
• Clothes :all about style
• Hair : Sussi at sussissogoodsims2

The Fat Friar
Jolly, friendly Hufflepuff Ghost

• Skin: Invisible skintone byBink13y
• Eye: get skintight
• Clothing :Tabbala at pico multiwear

The Grey Lady
Tall, mysterious and highly intelligent RavenClaw Ghost

• Hair and Clothes : all about style
• Lipstick : around the sims 2

Peeves the poltergeist
Chaos embodies and, according to the others, not technically a ghost

• Skintone : transparent skintone
• Clothes: mrlo15
• Hair/circus hat: the weirdo zone

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Death eaters, scum of the earth, the mean, the rich and the downright dirty. But aren't they gorgeous?






Lucius
The guy you love to hate, and love to look at.

• Hair: Arthemista (Go to Downloads, Accessories, then Hair and it's the second one in the list.) Need mesh!
• Robe mesh: Need Mesh!Lord Dragonstone's Male Dress or direct link
• Skin: Louis from Simscribbling (modified by Avialle)
• Eyes: Belle_Ange_16 at mts2 (modified by Avialle)
• Eyebrows: Mimewhite at mts2 (modified by Avialle)
• Eyeshadow: Mimewhite at mts2
• Lipstick: February v2 (desert sand) at Helaene

Narcissa (by Avialle)
Snotty, arrogant and hawt.

• Dress: Parsimonious (page 19 in Female Formal) Mesh needed!
• Hair: XM Sims Mesh needed!
• Necklace: Dr Pixel Mesh needed!
• Skin: Louis of Simscribbling (modified by Avialle)
• Eyes: Barcelonista at mts2
• Eyebrows: Mimewhite at mts2 (modified by Avialle)
• Lipstick: Simply Elau
• Necklace: ShadowTerra13 at mts2

Bellatrix Lestrange
Everyone's favourite psycho babe

• Clothing: tehhi Mesh needed! ***Thank you for those noting that the link for the mesh was not included- This file has no been added as per Sim Chic's generous redistribution policies- please grab the mesh with the sim***
• Brows: LyricLee
• Shadow: helaene
• Eyeliner: aikea guina
• Skin: enayla
• Hair: janna

Peter Pettigrew
Creepy weasel of a man

• Hair: seomi Need mesh!
• Brows: helaene
• Teeth: LyricLee
• Skin: simchic

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The kind and the righteous.





Tonks
Every fashionista's dream, and she decides to go punk!
Must have OFB

• Hair recolor: Liegenschonheit
• Brows, eyes, blush, lashes, lips, skin: LyricLee
• Eye shadow: barcelonista
• Outfit: here

Sirius Black
Is it a dog? Is it a plane? No! It's Sirius, fresh from Azkaban.

• Hair mesh: the jeanette hair for males by CEVIC at mts2 Need mesh!
• Brows: Barcelonista
• Eyes: Helaene

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This is where it all started. The house of the Dursleys, a perfectly normal house, thank you very much.




4 Privet Drive
Credits for custom content included

• Round table by simnuts at MTS2
• Light wood floor by Mango Sims
• Natural butter floor by Celebkiriedhel
• Kitchen cabinets by RGiles at MTS2
• Shrubs by 4ESF, aussietopenders and mickyss at MTS2
• Kitchen recolours by kathy
• Bayou kitchen recolours by McTrick
• Modern gas fire by Boblishman at MTS2

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Objects by other creators

Divination Decor
Goblet Of Fire
Hidden Bookcase door
Animated Fat Lady Door
Sirius Black Animated Poster

More Links over at the wiki

http://www.sims2wiki.info/wiki.php?...sy/Harry_Potter

Did we forget something? Did you make fabulous Potter-related content? Let us know

- A huge, movie-based Hogwarts by hpfreak517

:valentine Reserved post :valentine

I'd like to get in quick and say a little something to all the DA members- It's been a pleasure to work with such skilled and magical people (pardon the rather weak pun), producing stuff that I never would have dreamt possible. It's taken some time, with lots of niggly details to sort out, but at last it's complete- I hope that you all enjoy it

Woah... I like big projects! This looks really cool. How did you add a whole new skill though!? Nice job eveyone involved

You guys are AMAZING! Thank you so much for all your hard work. I'm gonna go on a downloading spree right now, and considering that I only have stupid dial up...this is gonna take awhile *Grumbles*, but it is SO worth it!!! Thank you again for these great downloads, you all are the best!

(Too bad we can only give a few stars...this deserves SO much more!)
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I just wondered these files are rar and it wont show up as a change on my sims2 how do I get them to work? (im trying to use the cauldron)

Ditto

I love these themed sets and this one just looks fantastic!!! I am always amazed at what you guys can create. Simply amazed! Thanks so much for all of your hard work and talents!! I can't wait to try these out!

This is utterly amazing :D. Thank you so much.

I agree with SuperFly, it was a pleasure, no honor, to work on this project with all these talented people.
Echo figured out how to use a memory token for it.

poke056, please read downloading for dummies. It's in the Game Help section.

Excellent!
And it's reminded me of my old project trying to add another aspiration.. maybe I'll do some more on that...

Thankyou all muchly!

can someone put this in a zip file WinRAR isnt working for me...

No poke. Get Q-Xpress Installer instead.