I've been thinking about a potential HP/Dresden Files crossover, where the Potterverse follows the conventions of the Dresdenverse. Here are a few of the ideas I've got:

1. The events of the Harry Potter series would chronologically take place before Storm Front.
[1991; Sorcerer's Stone]/[~2000; Storm Front]

2. The (British) Ministry of Magic is not the government; it's the bureaucratic arm of the White Council within England. Following this logic, the Wizengamot becomes the public forum for various bloodlines and hereditary holdings of Britain to discuss their grievances towards the Council.

3. The Techbane is unique to Practitioners of the modern era (~1850-present).

4. Grindelwald was an ambitious apprentice to Kemmler; the only one who could reliably be called his lieutenant.
Following Kemmler's Defeat, Grindelwald was the one who held the opposition together.
The Deathly Hollows are artifacts that belong to a major player (maybe one of the following); Mother Winter, Hades and/or Odin.

What do you guys think? And how should I go about expanding upon this idea?

Let's say that Dresden gets dragged into the underworld of crime and meets one of the following criminals…how would he interact with them, treat them?

Raymond Reddington (The Blacklist), The Pontiac Bandit (Brooklyn 99), Frank Underwood (US House of Cards), etc.

So, what are you looking for here? Advice on how to handle it mechanically?

I'd probably make it an Aspect.

On a mechanical level…but you've answered me, so thanks!

On second thought, I think an IoP would work better. We still go with the Spider Totem theme, but now his character wears a literal totem necklace that is the source of his powers. Everything else stays the same, that would give you the following build:

- Breath Weapon -2 (in the end I went with no extra stunt for a Grapple effect, it can be simulated by using the attack as a manoeuvre to give your opponent an aspect like "entangled in my webs", no stunt needed)
- Echoes of the Beast -1 (to give him an alertness bonus to simulate the Spidey-sense)
- Spider Walk -1
- Wings -1 (for sling-web shooting through the skyscrapers)
- Cloak of Shadows -1 (for spider-like sneaking around)
- Inhuman Speed -2 (for his agility)
- Inhuman Strength -2

Which gives us a refresh cost of 10, take the +2 bonus from the IoP and you end up with refresh 8. If you play Chest Deep, drop the Cloak of Shadows for example.

Thank you!

You know, if it wasn't Merlin, it could have been Arthur.

But if it wasn't either of them, (likely, since I recall that Shakespeare was only a few hundred years ago), it could have been Shakespeare himself…but nah, it could (and probably is), somebody else.

And Maeve wasn't of either of these, as I recall per WoG that it was an Austrian Composer, which means it was possibly Beethoven or Mozart.

So, with the cults of extraterrestrials that are in existence now, do you think links to other planets, even if they are fictional, could start to be being formed?

Jim has said that through the never-never, one COULD reach the Jedi Galaxy.

But are they the real thing (parallel or alternate universe) or just a reflection/demesne within the NeverNever?

This isn't an accident. He's never rezipped his pants.

Ever.

Heh. That does explain why Chairty knocks him on his ass /immediately/ after seeing Molly in the room in the next book.