Tika            Ukyo or maybe Akane

I would say Ukyou, from the waitress connection.

Ditto, because I would probably place Akane as Lauranna.

Flint           Genma?

I can't see Genma in the Flint role . . . but Ranma 1/2 is notoriously
short on dwarf-types.

Happosai maybe.  <shudder>  Man, I shouldnt have even GONE there.

Raistlin        ?????

Gotta be Gosunkugi Hikaru: the "dark-souled mage"

How about Tofu?  Nah.....actually, Happosai may be better here....

Goldmoon        Kasumi
Riverwind       ??? (Dr. Tofu has the romantic attatchment to Kasumi,

of

course, but his personality and skills don't fit very well)

I *don't* think the Goldmoon/Riverwind pair can be mapped to Ranma
characters . . . unless you cast Shampoo as Goldmoon, and Mousse as
Riverwind.

That would actually work.  Although Shampoo as a cleric is an idea that
gives me nightmares.  And my mind rebels on having good old blind Mousse
being an eagle-eyed ranger.

Kitiara         Kodachi

This works, in that Kitiara and Tanis were lovers - but that's about it.

Hmm...if I remember my Dragonlance history right, didn't she also love
Sturm?

Haven't decided for anyone else.

Who are you going to have as Fizban? ^_^ Or Takhisis, or Lord Soth, or

the

other Dragon Highlords (who *are* major characters when they appear).

Fizban: COLOGNE!  Wahahahahahaha....

Like I said, my initial reaction is that this won't work - but then, I
thought that about Usagi getting pregnant, and Misconception turned out

to

be one of the best stories I've been witness to on the FFML. Still, if a
Ranma/DragonLance fusion is going to succeed, I think it's going to take

a

LOT of work.

No doubt.  Kuno's twisted honor being put in Sturm's shoes is a trick I
would refuse to try.

	If anyone decides to run with this, I have one over-riding
suggestion: *Review the sources.* I actually remember DragonLance better
than I know Ranma 1/2, and that's why I have my doubts about inserting
Ranma 1/2 characters into the original roles - the characters are just

too

different, individually and in their relationships.

Very true.  They might actually work better as "tagalongs" who don't really
change anything....

But I would agree, revies the sources.  There are some good works from TSR
(or WotC now) which can give you a more in depth analysis of the history of
the world.  I'd also probably read Chronicles, Legends, and maybe some of
those other goofy ones.  I think I found Preludes 1 to be reasonably
enlightening, but I don't know about the rest, I gave up on Dragonlance
long ago.

Christopher Angel