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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mystaros" data-source="post: 125485" data-attributes="member: 3921">Long before anyone ever heard of Harry Potter there was a D&D (as in, Original Dungeons & Dragons) setting called Mystara. Back before it was even known as Mystara, when it was simply The Known World, a Gazetteer was published, a certain GAZ 3: The Principalities of Glantri, by Bruce Heard (published in 1987). Glantri was a magocracy, a nation run by and for magic-users.The heart of Glantrian society was the Great School of MAgic, where those with the talent (and some, well, with less talent than some) learned the ways of magic. Students began at an early age, 12 to 16, at 1st level and graduated when they reached 9th level. In between they would have all sorts of adventures and misadventures, including duels. The Grand Master of the school was Prince Etienne d'Ambreville (Stephen Amber, from the old Castle Amber adventure), a figure not unlike Dumbledore (though admittedly, Dumbledore and Etienne are both not unlike the typical portrayal of wizards after all).In Glantri anyone that graduates can return to the school for extra studies or to browse the library (for a fee, of course).Here's the info on the original GAZ 3:GAZ 3 The Principalities of Glantri, by Bruce Heard, 1987, TSR9208, ISBN 0-88038-485-9. Original cost: $8.95. Currently sells for no less than $20 to $30 or more on eBay and at auctions; one of the most sought-after Gazetteers.Most of the material was republished later in the abortive attempt to adapt Mystara to AD&D 2E, in the following boxed set:Glantri: Kingdom of Magic, by Monte Cook and Bruce A. Heard, 1995, TSR2511, ISBN 0-7869-0120-9. Original cost: $30.00. Usually available for far less on sale at many shops, sometimes can be found at discount toy shops (like KayBee) for as low as $3.00.James</blockquote>

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