Add a new rule to the ruleset, entitled The Bullies:

Blodger, Scraggs and Venter are, collectively, the school Bullies. The effect that they have on the game depends on the current Ascendancy.

Add the following as sub-rules to the newly created rule, with the first entitled During Light Ascendancy and the second entitled During Dark Ascendancy:

During Light Ascendancy, the bullies’ fear of punishment and the Headmaster limits their capacity for mischief. Once, within 24 hours of a Student (“the Nerd”) carrying out Chores or becoming a Teacher’s Pet, any other Student may make a Bullying roll by posting “Bullying: DICE2” in the GNDT. If the result is a 1, then the Bullies attack the Nerd, stealing all of their sweets - their Tuck is set to -.

During Dark Ascendancy, the vicious natures of the Bullies become more apparent. As a weekly action, and only if no Student has done so within the preceding seven days, whichever Student has most recently Channelled Lord Marvolo may incite the bullies.

To do so, they must make an Incitement roll to the GNDT by posting “Incitement: DICEx DICE10”, where x is the number of Students whose condition is Alive. The result of the DICEx roll determines which Student is targeted by the Incitement and corresponds to the order in which Student names are listed in the GNDT. The result of the DICE10 determines the outcome of the incitement.

On a roll of 1, the targeted Student is wedgied to death and becomes a Zombie.
On a roll of 2, the targeted Student is conventionally bullied and their Tuck is set to -.
On a roll of 3 or 4, the targeted Student fights the bullies off with magic; their LAT is incremented.
If the result anything from 5 to 9, the Student successfully hides from the bullies. There is no effect.
On a roll of 10, the Bullies’ manage enough articulation to actually cast a spell. Roll DICEy, where y is the number of spells in the ruleset; the spell described in rule 2.6.y in the ruleset is cast. The effect of the spell (regardless of who the spell would normally target) is applied to the targeted Student.

If Proposal: Incentive/Disincentive failed, then remove the last effect on the above list and change the text “5 to 9” to “5 to 10”.

Add the following to the end of the spell description for Guardian Toothfish:

If a Student with a Toothfish Enchantment would be the target of a Bullying or Incitement action, then nothing happens and they instead lose one Toothfish Enchantment.