But save yourself some trouble and just stick to AD&D 1st or 2nd Ed. Apart
from mixing up different RPG systems...

Oh, no.  That would gut the story of some of the best stuff --
Harry's ability to pick and choose the best effects from dozens of
magical "traditions".  Plus it would require DragonBard to
completely rewrite the existing five chapters.  No, if anything
throw in "Shadowrun" and other even more wildly varying sources;
GURPS has several alternate magical systems including rune magic
and fully-improvised spellcasting, and Harry might even want to
look into the theurgic aspects of real-world Wicca (similar to
necromancy but you talk to much nicer entities).  (In fact, the
complete lack of theurgic/spirit magic in the HP world is an
issue I plan to address when I get to Drunkard's Walk XII, but
since that's a long ways off, let me just note that *something*
funnels prophecies through Trelawney -- why hasn't anyone tried
to talk to it?)

-- Bob

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Bob Schroeck          http://www.eclipse.net/~rms           rms@eclipse.net
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
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