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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kaladhan" data-source="post: 3850378" data-attributes="member: 46936">I did have a similar problem in my youth. And yes, I live in the province of Quebec (Canada). So it's not totally an american problem.This happened around 1991 or 1992. I was in high school back then.My friend's father was some kind of hippie left over from the 60s. As such, he was totally against anything containing violence. So it wasn't the cosmology around DnD that bothered him, but the role-playing of violent act. Even in a good context. I decided to invite his dad to come game with us, for one session. Knowing in advance that he would object to anything violent, I made the session almost completely intrigue. We really had a blast, until the players arrested the criminal they were after. That was after a six-hour role-playing session. I wanted to put a fight in the game. One fight. It was out of some honesty, but also because I wanted to portray the violence happening in the game in a good light. Sometime, as a last resort, violence is necessary. The criminal didn't want to be arrested, so he made a stand. He said to the characters: "I will never go again to prison. If you really want me, draw your swords!" A fight began.After two rounds of fighting, the father stand up and said the game was too violent for him. He didn't want his kid playing a game that will make him violent. He forbade his son to even talk to me.The somewhat funny thing about this is that is son became a drug addict, a school drop out and a criminal (burglary, I believe). If his son would have been allowed to continue gaming with our gang, we would have been a far better influence on him then the friends he made after us.About gaming with parents, I have learned that they already have an opinion. Inviting them over will change nothing. They are not there to discover, but to proove their point. Some people prefer being right than being just.</blockquote>

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