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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chatdemon" data-source="post: 247975" data-attributes="member: 228">........................................um, yeah, rightanyway, I've got a few thoughts on this:1> Why is BoVD drawing all this attention? It's not even out yet, the content is all speculation. Books such as Evil, Legions of Hell, and Secret College of Necromancy didn't draw this much attention. It makes me think a thread like this isn't really about the content, but I have no idea what the true motive might be. Then again, there's that qoute at the top of this post...2> I think the religious right who get targetted in threads like this are getting a bum rap. At least some of the problem is gamers themselves. Like some pagans I know, some gamers go on a crusade to make everyone accept their hobby as a legitimate pasttime. "Hey, that guy is born again, he thinks I'm evil, I'll show him!" What's the point? If someone thinks that, let them think it, ignore them. Just look at how many times the Jack Chick issue gets brought up here. Do you really believe there are that many people who actually see that drivel and get so offended that they need to bring it here? I don't. It seems to me to be more along the lines of rallying the troops to a cause to garner acceptance among them. When you look at it, the 'followers' and 'preachers' type people are just as common among us as they are among religious folk. Not everybody, by any means, and not even a lot of people, but enough to make it ironic every time we see the issue of anti-rpg zealots brought up.3> I'm not overly religious, and I'm about the farthest thing from a devout christian anyone could imagine. I like evil in my games, I've used themes like rape, prostitution, kidnapping, murder, extortion, etc, in my campaigns for quite some time. To me, it comes down to crafting the story so that the players actually start to hate the villains, instead of them just playing the role they are expected to. By painting your villain in the colors of pure evil, you make fighting, and defeating, that villain much more satisfying for the players.If you think a book like BoVD, or a campaign like mine, is over the line and apalling, I can respect that. I'm not going to argue or call you a zealot or rant and rave about the differences of our religious outlooks. Im just going to ask you to turn the other way, and let me run my game the way I want, as I would let you do.</blockquote>

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