Eh. It skips out of perspective occassionally, and the writing is so-so, but it's pretty fun.

 

Oh no, he really doesn't. Then again most of the real abuse comes from using the various items that litter the DM's guide such as a bag of holding to make really elaborate traps by inserting physics into the world, or creativity with utility spells. That said I do like the growth I've seen in Milo who has, slowly, been changing from a cardboard cutout and into an actual person. A case in point would be the fact that he is freaking out over saving Hannah even though she's a 'NPC' and he, as an neutral adventurer, would never do something like that without the promise of a quest reward.

 

The funniest HP fanfic I read in a while.
leveling up, NPC's - ah nostalgia

 

A moderately interesting fanfic let down by its length and lack of 'hook'. The writing is nothing spectacular, and the story itself is fairly predictable. On the other hand, I'm not sure what else the author could've done in ~14k words; if she had continued on, the first-person perspective would've dragged down the story anyway.

Overall, not a bad foray into unusual character filter combinations - I'd place this somewhere in the 2.5/5 - 3/5 range.

 

Minion wanted it posted and Zeelthor though it was just plain weird.

I haven't read it all the way thru but w/e.

 

Well - it kind of is DLP material - though rather almost recommendable than worth the wtf-thread or the library.

 

It's disturbing, but I guess in a good way?

 

I certainly like the idea of an extremely genre-savvy character in a humor story, but it's kind of weird that the OC works on a completely different magic system.
There's not attempt at all to integrate the two, like you'd usually see in these kind of crossovers.

I kind of want to read a story now of that OC in a D&D setting abusing all kinds of rules and loopholes to win the day and maybe even break the system.

But especially combined with the HP world it's probably very polarizing. Some people might love and some will hate it, depending on their personal pet-peeves.

 

Okay, I just started reading this today and I am loving it. I dunno, there's just something about DND metagaming that gets me into stitches every time. There's too many funny moments to list here: Milo shouting "shenanigans, shenanigans!" to a non-existent DM while being chased by Death Eaters, his conspiracy theories regarding the evils of the Hogwarts Kitchens, I could go on forever. Milo's character is also reasonably well-done for an OC, what with his complete lack of any damaging spells (a fucking cantrip notwithstanding, lol). His one-on-one conversation with Dumbledore in his office is also fairly compelling. More than anything, I can't remember the last time a fic did such a good job at keeping me glued to it for such a protracted period of time. It's spellbinding.

It's not like there aren't problems, though. The narration's got way too many parenthetical digressions, to the point where I could consider them just one step above in-chapter AN's in terms of being annoying. Also, there's a reason Crabbe and Goyle didn't get any lines until DH in canon. Lord knows I wouldn't deviate from that without a good reason, and the attempts to make the two of them funny definitely fall flat. What's worse, these scenes seem to be increasing in frequency. Make it stop, please. My last quibble is relatively trivial compared to the first two, but the Halloween troll is a bit...sturdy for my tastes. It shouldn't have survived all the punishment it got, and yet it hardly seemed to slow down at any point. Maybe it was a DND troll after all, and regenerated its lost hit points? Not buying it.

I'm more than a little biased here, since the humor in this story was pretty much perfectly tailored to make me laugh, but what's a review but opinion, anyway? My verdict's 4/5, with potential for improvement, depending on how well the plot develops.

 

Yawn with a side of eye-roll. Will put this in spoiler tags but for fuck's sake I've no idea why. The author couldn't have telegraphed this any better if she'd put STOP at the end of each sentence.

Spoiler

Ooh look! Girls diddling unwilling but conveniently evil women! Ginny's red leather is proof positive of the dark side she's harbored since first year! And Harry - boy is /he/ grey. Ish. Tweaks her nips and /almost/ forgets to be gentle and chivalrous putting his thingie into Ginny's hoo-hah in the missionary position.


Snore. Wake me if anything remotely unpredictable happens, okay? Make Luna really - and I mean Really - crazy and dangerous to both sides and I'll give it another go. If it's just gonna be half-assed teenager smut, count me out.

 

It's strange, because there are so many plot points being set up I know I should logically hate yet cannot help but look forward to them happening. I guess that speaks tons about the writing, even if it feels a bit weird here and there. I like the story a lot, despite--hell, because of a few moments that should be terrible but somehow aren't.

Spoiler

Harry going pseudo-pro wrestler cutting a promo during the first task should, by all means, be stupid. And perhaps it was. But it was still fucking cool.

It's like the story does what it wants to do so hard, with no self-awareness whatsoever but somehow still has enough writing talent to keep it interesting. It's a pretty rare combination but I love it.

It has issues but I like it a lot, 'is what I'm getting at.

 

I can only think this story as a very clever troll.

All the characters are stupid and have zero empathy for Harry, whom is at the same time unemotive and angst-filled.

That would make you think that the story can only be garbage? But no, since the writing is at the same time good and unusual enough to make you intrigued. There is also very well thought out ideas and clever use of clichés.

It's like the author gets its jollies by torturing us, making the story fucking horrible most of the time but with enough interesting things to make us continue reading.

It pisses me of.

 

HP and the Natural 20 had me laughing more than a few times. The concept seemed really stupid to me at first, but since someone else here liked it I gave it a shot.

Its a polarizing fic- if you don't like it, you will probably hate it. If you're not familiar with DnD, (or don't like humor) I wouldn't recommend it.

 

I've been laughing my ass off. It reminds me of my days on the D&D optimization boards.

 

The Natural 20 story is both good and horrible. I really hate the way the plot is structured and I don't like the protagonist one bit. Also, I'm kind of tired of munchkins myself.

But it had me laughing at unexpected places and afterwards I just sighed and continued on, till another well done gag or joke. It was a fun experience, but I think the chapters until now will suffice - I can say that I have read it, and liked it somewhat, but leave it there, in the warped darkness of the internet, until such a time that I need it again.

 

There's a new chapter for Concerning Wizards. I would have posted to the Library Thread of the story but was stopped by the 30 days Necro protection.

 

Hmmm, it seems they're abandoning the story.

I'm kinda sad. I liked that story.

I hope the rewrite gets a dedicated telling.

 

There is a check box wich you can click and bypass Necro protection.

 

I have no idea if this was already posted in this thread or the previous ones, but I have been following this for a while. It's a Harry Potter/ Sherlock Holmes(BBC) crossover. Warning: John Watson's gender is changed.

Title: A Study in Magic.
Author: Book of Changes

Summary:When Professor McGonagall went to visit Harry Watson, son of Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, to deliver his Hogwarts letter, she certainly wasn't expecting to find the cause behind Harry Potter's disappearance. BBC Sherlock HP crossover AU featuring one gender bent character.

Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7578572/1/

The writing is good and the story moves at a slow pace. It over 37 chapters and around 2,50,000 words and we are still at the beginning of the third year. Give it a try.

 

For future reference (and perusal);
http://forums.darklordpotter.net/showthread.php?t=16843
This one in particular is listed under S, line 42.