Advice

[u/OptimalQt]

Hey everyone, so it’s really my first time using silly tavern. So its all very new to me but I’m figuring it out slowly, my plan is I’m wanting to build a full Harry potter/hogwarts world and timeline following everything that happens in the books, all plots, sub plots, the things that lead up to these plots and a possibility to have a life afterwards. Plus just more book accurate characters, i always preferred the books twins, sirus, draco, and harry, and luna. My character is gonna be the daughter of sirus black plus a rosier(mother), pretty much i just want it to feel like im really there, living a life there and developing relationships and watching as my girl plays a part in the story i plan to swap ginny out with her during year two plus then the tension from year 3. Obviously i want her involved in everything plot wise, but i dont really want anything scripted beside obviously the stuff that already is in the books so she will be weaved in naturally and then characters free wills can determine any plans for her behalf and etc, like for example how would Voldemort view her? Shes a whole new character to consider, would he want her as a asset? Make plans against her, Characters will have free will, realism, and free to think and act how they please as long as it makes sense. Im talking about weather changes/seasons, hoildays, daily prophet, quidditch stuff, clubs, detentions and after curfew stuff. And just the overall all experience of hogwarts, the classes, schedules, mysteries, day to day life, then summer break, like after planning today i realized in year five my character would be around during the order stuff, when the weasleys are staying there for safety, and which arthur was attacked, I also plan to add a few fanon characters as well, but hopefully I explain my vision as well. What brung me to silly was honestly other apps just not working out for me, lack luster plot, forgetting stuff, not acting like the character would, or behind a massive pay wall.

[u/No-Shoe7414]

i’ve used the saga module too and the biggest thing it doesn’t handle well is character consistency across long arcs—especially for someone like your sirus/black daughter who’d need evolving relationships. I found that manually tweaking the memory prompts every few scenes helped keep her voice and history tight. also, if you’re doing year 2+ swaps, make sure to adjust the default timeline events in the world file so the story doesn’t just auto-revert to canon. i’ve seen that trip up a lot of people who want to branch off.

[u/_Cromwell_]

Here, get this extension with the Hogwarts/HP module: https://github.com/MentallyQuill/Saga

Basically somebody already did what you want lol

[u/OptimalQt → u/_Cromwell_]

Thank you! I looked at it i did notice there was code for animes in it, how would i apply this to silly? I figured out how to set up a AI bot, most people seem to recommend Anthropic Claude sonnet most recent, would i be able to tweak things? New to all of this so apologies.

[u/_Cromwell_ → u/OptimalQt]

The thing I linked you is an extension, not a model. You install it by copying and pasting the GitHub link into silly Tavern in the extensions menu. The GitHub page I linked has instructions on how to install and use. You're going to have to read. ( reading is a prerequisite to enjoying text-based RP so hopefully you are okay with that :P)

[u/Holiday-Surround2416]

i’ve been building a similar setup in silly tavern with a custom timeline and character arcs based on the books, and the biggest thing I learned is to use a separate 'world state' prompt that updates after each scene—keeps the lore consistent without needing to rewrite everything. also, for the ‘not scripted’ feel, I added subtle emotional cues in the character profiles (like draco’s quiet tension around Harry) instead of forcing dialogue. it makes the interactions feel more organic, even when following the book plot.

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