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Dragon has decided a crazy book and a crazy wizard are not enough torture for you all.

Therefore, I have chosen to inflict upon you all a HORRIBLE WEREWOLF who also taught Defense Against the Dark Arts for a year.

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That's not really a tough competition to win. A houseplant would get the medal if not for Lupin.

I interpret it as requiring an actual moon, so everyone is fine unless he accidentally walks into a glorious full-moonlit night in a Sensorium at some point. He'll be thrilled.

OK, but if Stacy is in orbit around a planet that has a moon, will that moon's cycle affect Lupin? Inquiring minds want to know!
(And welcome to the game BTW.)

Short answer: No, it's magic, screw your logic.

Long answer: I'm actually interpreting (or really, choosing to interpret) this as requiring a great deal more than "a moon is a natural satellite of a planet" sort of thing. The concept of "moon" as it relates to magic, wizardry, and the lycanthropic curse relates much more the the moon-as-myth than moon-as-fact. The Earth's moon counts because it is, well, our moon. A moon in the Sensorium, even if it's not an Earth-moon, would count because it's been created by the sensorium relying on the mental knowledge of the myths and legends and stories surrounding the moon from the person creating the image. A random moon outside the ship doesn't count because it isn't "the Moon", it's "a moon" -- even if it's a moon familiar to a person on the ship, there's a difference between seeing it objectively and stepping into a created world which contains the subjective interpretations.

If that made any sense.

(what is the emoticon for thumbs-up?)

Anyway, thumbs up. Excellent answer! Hope to see you on board.

o/

Excellent, maybe. Answer for keeping him reasonably playable, without constant "oh no, Lupin's on another rampage!" posts, definitely. :)

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