Hall Passes

Like most online games on Facebook, SoW features a special kind of point system that can be purchased using Paypal and other online payment methods.

In this game these points are called Hall Passes and they can pretty much buy anything in this game. (see picture)

In order to play SoW, or any decent Facebook game for that matter, you don't ever have to spend cold hard cash to experience all the fun of the game. Some people don't mind, but personally, I never spent a dime on any Facebook game. I do however sign up to free trials and answer weird surveys from time to time, but they don't cost me anything other than 5~15 minutes of my time. (sometimes you don't get credited thought, but now if you have a confirmation email you can submit a claim)

Having said that, you can always get hall passes for free just by playing the game. There are several ways to do so:

Actually inviting a friend to play the game and your friend accepting your invitation will award you 1 hall pass.
(click on Order and select the friends to be invited)

Sending gifts to your friends. Once they accept your gifts, you'll have to click on a Facebook notification, and you should be awarded 1 hall pass. (click on the Gifts, and you can send up to 20 gifts per day, that should have been 20 hall passes. But Facebook spam control doesn't allow that to happen, so you'll probably get about half of that, 10, if you're lucky.)

Every time you level up you are get 5 skill points and 1 hall pass.

Mastering a lesson gets you 1 hall pass.

Master all lessons in a year and you'll receive 2 hall passes. Then Master Level 2 and Level 3, and you'll get more hall passes each time.

If someone attacks you and win the duel, sometimes, you'll also get a hall pass.

 Save up your hall passes and use it for things that you couldn't get otherwise like change character or on skill points (and use those skill point to get more energy).

If you plan on not buying hall passes you should never use you hall passes for:

• Energy refill
• Stamina refill
• Health refills
• Magic (at the Magic Shop)
• More Gold
• More Members (unless you really, really have a problem adding strangers to your Facebook friend list)
• Pick a new name (unless you already used 2500 to 8000 hall passes to pick a better character, you can always remove the application and reinstall it to change your name and/or character - raven-haired, broken wand and bookworm)

In a nutshell, all I'm trying to say is that you don't have to spend money to play this game. But if you want to, more power to you. Buying points also helps the developer, and I guess that's a nice way to thank him. But you can also thank him by signing up for those crazy free stuff at the bottom of the headmaster page, since I assume he also gets a cut from those offers.

Best way to spend your hall passes? Save up for a character that best suits your playing style. If you are satisfied with your character, use your passes to purchase more skill points -> More energy or Stamina/Health if you're a dueler.

(One day I will elaborate more on why using the hall passes to get more skill points is the best way to spend them)