User blog:TheGoodDeath/Potions Wars

LBC is proud to announce it’s new competition show, hosted by Merlin Graves, Potions Wars! Potions Wars features four potioneers in a three-round elimination competition. The contestants will face auctions in which they can bid on opportunities to sabotage each other. The potioneers will be given 6,000 galleons at the start of the show and the person remaining will get to keep the money they have not spent on auctions. At the beginning of each round, the potioneers will be assigned a potion, each round generally becoming more complex. After the potion is announced, the chefs have one minute to collect all of the ingredients they need from the apothecary in one trip. When the time runs out, the doors will be shut and Graves will confiscate one ingredient from any competitor who is still inside, before letting them leave. In each of the first two rounds, the shopping time is followed by auctioning off a series of items that the potioneers can use to sabotage one another. The highest bidder will pay for the item out of their remaining funds, and if necessary, decides which opponent(s) will face the sabotage. In the final round, the two remaining potioneers will begin brewing immediately after shopping for their ingredients, and the auctions take place while they are working. Once the brewing time has expired, all visible indication of the sabotages is removed from the set and a judge for each potioneer is brought into the brewing room to evaluate the potions. In order for the judges to be able to offer an unbiased opinion, they are sequestered in an isolation room during each round and is not told about any of the sabotages that were in effect. The potioneer whose potion is judged the least satisfactory is eliminated from the game and forfeits all of their remaining money. After the final round, the surviving potioneer keeps whatever money they have not spent on auction items. ​