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<blockquote data-quote="YourSwordIsMine" data-source="post: 3851749" data-attributes="member: 19381"><p>I grew up in a very religious family. I was looked on as a pariah by not only my own parents but many of my other relatives; and those few cousins that started playing Champions about the same time as I was getting into the hobby, I could no longer associate with them. I lost friends when their parents found out I played &quot;role-playing games&quot;. I wasnt even playing D&amp;D at the time but Marvel Super-Heroes (and Champions to a lesser extent). All this did was drive me further into my own little world and has unfortunately left its scars. All I heard was how evil D&amp;D was and I was going to hell because played it. I didnt even buy my first AD&amp;D books until I was 14 and then the lengths I had to go into to buy them and sneak them into the house and having to hide them between the walls of my closet... Why did I buy them? I was curious. I wanted to know why I was going to hell. I didnt even really play all that much until I was older and 2e came out. Did I run out and join a Satanic Cult like my mom thought I would? No I didnt. Does the lies and deceit I perpetrated to hide my interest in the RPG hobby still bother me? More than you can imagine. Has this affected my life adversly? Yes it did, and has taken me many years to repair a lot of the damage it caused and it is an ongoing process. So do I think the &quot;evil reputation of D&amp;D&quot; was a good thing for the hobby? Hell no... It has only made things worse.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="YourSwordIsMine, post: 3851749, member: 19381"] I grew up in a very religious family. I was looked on as a pariah by not only my own parents but many of my other relatives; and those few cousins that started playing Champions about the same time as I was getting into the hobby, I could no longer associate with them. I lost friends when their parents found out I played "role-playing games". I wasnt even playing D&D at the time but Marvel Super-Heroes (and Champions to a lesser extent). All this did was drive me further into my own little world and has unfortunately left its scars. All I heard was how evil D&D was and I was going to hell because played it. I didnt even buy my first AD&D books until I was 14 and then the lengths I had to go into to buy them and sneak them into the house and having to hide them between the walls of my closet... Why did I buy them? I was curious. I wanted to know why I was going to hell. I didnt even really play all that much until I was older and 2e came out. Did I run out and join a Satanic Cult like my mom thought I would? No I didnt. Does the lies and deceit I perpetrated to hide my interest in the RPG hobby still bother me? More than you can imagine. Has this affected my life adversly? Yes it did, and has taken me many years to repair a lot of the damage it caused and it is an ongoing process. So do I think the "evil reputation of D&D" was a good thing for the hobby? Hell no... It has only made things worse. [/QUOTE]

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