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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5430264" data-attributes="member: 22779">Delericho - just on the Harry Potter point - I'm not sure.&nbsp; Considering you generally have between three to five choices every time you gain a new power (either encounter or daily), creating a specialized wizard isn't all that difficult.&nbsp; The basic powers are the at-wills, and Prestidigitation covers 99% of the non-combat stuff like writing quills and the like.I actually think you could do a Harry Potteresque wizard pretty well just with core 4e.As far as &quot;Wizard Olympics&quot; and the like, I think that the big issue here isn't one of game design but one of legality.&nbsp; JK Rowlings would crush WOTC if they came within a hundred yards of Quiddich in a product.&nbsp; Back in the early days, when TSR rip... err... borrowed ideas from other people's IP, it was a fairly minor thing.&nbsp; I mean, they outright used Moorcock's IP and what happened?&nbsp; They had to pull it from the rerelease of the Dieties and Demigods.&nbsp; These days, the lawsuits would be much more serious.The days when RPG's companies could willy nilly lift IP to use are long behind us.&nbsp; Look at the beating FASA took over the use of the various Mech's &quot;borrowed&quot; from Japanese anime.There's no way WOTC's going to risk that sort of thing.&nbsp; Hasbro would have a litter of kittens if they even suggested it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5430264, member: 22779"] Delericho - just on the Harry Potter point - I'm not sure. Considering you generally have between three to five choices every time you gain a new power (either encounter or daily), creating a specialized wizard isn't all that difficult. The basic powers are the at-wills, and Prestidigitation covers 99% of the non-combat stuff like writing quills and the like. I actually think you could do a Harry Potteresque wizard pretty well just with core 4e. As far as "Wizard Olympics" and the like, I think that the big issue here isn't one of game design but one of legality. JK Rowlings would crush WOTC if they came within a hundred yards of Quiddich in a product. Back in the early days, when TSR rip... err... borrowed ideas from other people's IP, it was a fairly minor thing. I mean, they outright used Moorcock's IP and what happened? They had to pull it from the rerelease of the Dieties and Demigods. These days, the lawsuits would be much more serious. The days when RPG's companies could willy nilly lift IP to use are long behind us. Look at the beating FASA took over the use of the various Mech's "borrowed" from Japanese anime. There's no way WOTC's going to risk that sort of thing. Hasbro would have a litter of kittens if they even suggested it. [/QUOTE]

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