Anton the Drevin

[GlobalEconomy]

Would anyone like to see a Role-Playing Game based on the bible? There is some really cool stuff in there that, done right, could make a killer game in my opinion. There is great potential for character classes, spells, artifacts, etc. Think about it, when is the last time in a D&D campaign that you saw a whole sea parted?

As for the one out there: consider this bait.

 

[Creamsteak]

You know the topic for this thread should be changed to something related to the substance.

And I fell for the bait .

Oh, about the subject, I agree, though I never thought about it before.

 

[Heretic Apostate]

There actually used to be a Christian role-playing game. I don't remember the name of it, because I never more than glanced at it. I remember that dragons were the personification of evil, and that there were characters that could speak with animals.

That's all I remember about it.

 

[Tewligan]

There actually used to be a Christian role-playing game. I don't remember the name of it, because I never more than glanced at it. I remember that dragons were the personification of evil, and that there were characters that could speak with animals.

I remember when that was around. I want to say it was called "Warriors of Light", or something like that. PC's were called "Lightbringers", I believe. I could be off on these names, but it's close. Didn't it involve reciting bible verses to cast spells? I'm basing most of this on a review I read a long time ago. Dragons represented evil, and other monsters were personifications (creaturifications?) of various sins and vices.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Whilst there are some good ideas in the Bible for gaming, the sheer media hoo-ha and blathering and tedious arguing would be so utterly boring that no one would play it.

Besides, can anyone really see it being done in a non-Church (NOT Christian) promoting way?

Hmmm...what I mean is this: I have no problem with Christian ideas (being generally nice to people seemed to be the point of the New Testament to me) but I do have a big problem with the various churches. Don't bother flaming me, I'm not going to be drawn into a religious argument, but there it is. I have a viewpoint, it's a considered viewpoint, hopefully people can respect that and not start arguing with me over it.

 

[James McMurray]

Never played the game myself, but yeah, it did involve memorizing Bible verses. If you couldn't remember the words to Psalms 14:12, then your character couldn't create peanut butter that day (or whatever spell effect would be tied to Psalms 14:12).

 

[Moe Ronalds]

So the player had to memorize passages for the character to cast spells? And they say people who just say their character casts a spell are loony. My dad (who believes nothing is sacred) who hates fantasy and religion, once thought Bible D&D would be a good way to piss off the masses. I'm thinking about helping him make it if I can get him to actually do it...