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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 995754" data-attributes="member: 99">I think that what you've put forward so far is very cool.  I'm not exactly clammoring to run a HP rpg at the moment, but my wife is very into the books and I have read and enjoyed them as well.  I have little doubt that these books will eventually be read to may daughter as bedtime stories and such.  If I'm going to get her hooked on roleplaying, Harry Potter seems the perfect gateway drug.My take on the setting as a basis for a RPG is that it will require a great deal of work by the DM.  I agree with Chris_Nightwing that setting it outside the timeline of the books would be best so that the PC's are not running afoul of the central plot.The setting seems ideal for the sorts of "kids solve the mystery" type adventures made popular by the likes of Scooby Doo and Nancy Drew.  This will take intensive planning and perhaps even flow charts if you are looking for maximum verisimilitude.  But for younger kids, you can probably just wing a lot of it.It sounds to me that the type of adventures you've been running so far are perfect for the genre.  The Sorting Hat, chase by Filch and flying lesson are just the sorts of things that I'd imagine would draw people to the setting in the first place.I've got a lot of time before my daughter is even ready to start with the books (she's only 2), much less the RPG.  By that time, there may be an official HP RPG on the market.  But I'm still going to copy all your stuff, Stone Angel, because it might be better than what get's published.  You never know.Keep up the good work and keep us posted on the further adventures of your budding new RPG addicts.</blockquote>

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