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That seems like exactly the sort of thing that belongs in the epilogue! After all, its the end to THEIR story - not the beginning of their kid's... I'm sure I'll gripe about Rowling using tantalizing details like this to sell future books... as I stand in line to pay for them. :o

As far as I know, northern Italy was very much involved in the Holy Roman Empire and I believe a number of those states were part of the Empire (though I can't recall if any ever served as electors or anything like that). In fact, the unification of Italy was severed hampered by the HRE's...

You find the Far Realm broken? Doesn't it destroy your mind and typically end in getting eaten by some unknown horror? It can't be broken if it works out to the DM's advantage, can it? :]

I imagine we can get the different game sign ups and such going in this thread? This should be lots of fun once it gets rolling.

I concur with the Mythic Earth recommendation. The mix-and-match spell creation + skill-based magic really fit the setting. I'd like to see a house rule treatment to round off the rough edges, but otherwise it seems right.

Having spent some time reading the thread on broken balance and expansions (here), I got wondering what stuff I should be on the look out for as a DM. I allow my players to pick and choose from books as they please (tho I limit the # of books any one character can draw from by level, keeping...

I'm really curious about the level progression / time spent in those games? My current group only meets for 4 hours every other week and we use standard DMG progression, so its been slow goings (I do give experience for skills encounters too). We've gone from level 2 to level 3 in the course of...

That hardly seems fair for Harry Potter! However, I can understand the notion to remove gaming supplements. They don't really offer the same casual reading experience as does the rest of the list... Still doesn't mean those numbers shouldn't be reported! Maybe some kind of spin-off list...

I'm sure you have addressed this before, but what is it that you usually DM these days? As a younger player, I broke into the system with 3e and therefore have no experience with the older rules. However, all the talk about the feel of older games + the recent threads about old modules has...

While I have no direct experience running a full campaign with an evil party, I did have a really good time running a one-shot (that lasted over 12 hours.. oi) for one. The premise was simple: each character had acquired a magical token necessary to unlock a crypt containing a lost artifact...

Expedition to the Sunless Citadel!! ... What? I started in 3rd edition... :o Besides, surely anybody would love to return to see what Meepo is up to these days... and his army of white dragons...

Ok, slightly off-topic, but: an American wizard who used his wand like a cowboy dueling with pistols would have been a fun gimmick ;). I could totally have seen an exchange student showing up to recklessly rough up a few Death Eaters to fill out the WW2 analogy in the HP series. Of course, the...

I did ponder this one too. It could easily be done, there is a moon with a similar pattern to ours. Of course, there is also a second (smaller, but closer) moon. However, this second moon travels very slowly (it was created to only be full every 100 years - magic, I have no other way to explain...

I'm pretty sure Venture Bros. is in for a new season in the fall. As for Korgoth - I heard that never got picked up.

This just comes as a surprise considering how possessive JKL is over her characters. I suppose it does leave her room to expand where and when she chooses to. For example, a book on Hogwarts might mention Professor Longbottom, the future headmaster, and other such details.

In establishing background for my homebrew (actually a joint homebrew created by players acting as deities over the course of 6 months), I decided it would be beneficial to come up with calendars used by various races. Considering that the world is young, I figured there could still be multiple...

Interesting. I generally only watch Adult Swim for some of the comedy shows. I enjoy the syndication of Futurama and Family Guy (though they are growing stale considering I've been watching for years...) as well as many of the original shows like Aqua Teen, Sea Lab, Harvey Birdman (RIP), and...

Just curious, which line-up are you referring to as crappy? The saturday night anime heavy lineup, the Sunday night primarily Adult Swim owned shows, or the weekday grab bag?

I wholeheartedly agree here. Kreacher's character fit in with the whole house elf subplot that we've seen throughout many of the books. It also tied a loose end into the story quite nicely without feeling forced and nicely complemented the whole business with R.A.B., the locket (which I also saw...

*** This whole post is a potential spoiler *** Well, I just finished off my copy of the book. To be honest, I was a bit disappointed. Once again, Rowling proves that she is quite capable of coming up with an extremely detailed world and complex characters - but she is utterly unable to make...