Timeline for Why doesn't Harry Potter use Veritaserum or a Confundus Charm instead of Polyjuice Potion?
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| Aug 27, 2021 at 18:47 | comment | added | straycat | The same way they administered the Sleeping Draught to Crabbe and Goyle? :) OK, for Malfoy it probably needs to be something more sophisticated. To quote Prof. Snape: "But unless you watch your step, you might just find that my hand slips — right over your evening pumpkin juice." (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) Also: Who says a Veritaserum-enhanced interrogation has to be pulled of during the Christmas party? | |
| Aug 26, 2021 at 19:34 | comment | added | rtaft | There is also that aspect of getting the target to drink the veritaserum. I don't know how they would pull that off in the Great Hall being at different tables and eyes everywhere. | |
| Aug 14, 2021 at 19:44 | comment | added | Frank Hopkins | well, polyjuice requires some skills too, but of the non-magical category: you need to be able to play the assumed role and covertly interrogate. Ron and Harry didn't do a particular good job at that and were lucky they still got what they wanted undetected. A certain other character later showed much more skill as a covered polyjuice operative. | |
| Aug 14, 2021 at 7:21 | comment | added | Alexander The 1st | As I recall, but I don't have the books on hand, one other benefit is the stealthy approach of where said asking questions happens - specifically as I recall, they were in the Slytherin House Common Room. Having Malfoy try to blurt out details outside of that area seems prone to someone else catching on to the question asking, whereas it would be more likely to be common behavior in that room to discuss what his father knew about the Chamber of Secrets. | |
| Aug 14, 2021 at 0:02 | history | edited | straycat | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
elaboration on the difficulty of using the Confundus Charm
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| Aug 13, 2021 at 23:46 | history | answered | straycat | CC BY-SA 4.0 |