Setting

Note that Hogwarts was founded shortly before the year 1,000 A.D., so this [wiki] may be used as is for games set any time after then. If your group would prefer to have a game set before the founding of Hogwarts, or if you’d rather not even play as Hogwarts alumni, feel free to ignore Houses and adjust ability scores accordingly. In these cases, you may even choose a house in everything but backstory only, treating the house as you would a race in another ruleset.[1]

If a rule is unexplained or unclear according to this text, refer to either the Pathfinder or 5th edition Player’s Guide. For games taking place in modern times, players may wish to refer to d20 modern for tips on dealing with modern firearms in combat (if Muggles or their technology will play a prominent role in your campaign). In short, weapons other than wands will not be covered extensively in this book.[2]