D&D Still Satanic? "So my mom threw away all my D&D books..."

[nedjer]

Why would you quote Umbran's post telling you to drop the subject in this thread/forum and then continue the discussion of that subject in this thread and forum? You're not normally a problem poster, nedjer so I'm not thread banning you or anything. But "drop it" means "drop it".

 

[Diamond Cross]

If it's hard science then you can provide the proper scientific studies.

 

[Fifth Element]

If it's hard science then you can provide the proper scientific studies.

And if so (and it is so), I'd recomment moving it to the other forum as Umbran mentioned.

 

[Twowolves]

My wife doesn't associate D&D with Satan or anything like that, but she has expressed on multiple occasions that she wants my D&D books "put up" before our daughter is old enough to see them because, "They have scary pictures in them."

My son since age two could identify many monsters from the Pathfinder Bestiary/3.5 MM, including what the chromatic dragons breathe and where they live. He's almost 4 and has been hooked on my old D&D cartoon DVDs for some time now. In fact, he has an imaginary dragon friend who "lives in a cave, far far away. In Chattanooga." This dragon also helps him fight mosquitos. Don't ask.

 

[David Howery]

I was a D&D player way back in the early 80's when the whole 'Satanic' thing started up. Luckily, my parents aren't the religious type, so when they found out I was a D&D player, they didn't forbid it. They did look at me sadly and sigh a lot, but they didn't forbid it...

 

[WHW4]

RE: the OP.

You can't reason with madness. Hopefully she will accept his hobbies one day, if not then she can continue to be ignorant. One more in the world won't make that big of a difference.

 

[rgard]

Its only a matter of time before we see pics of Sadam playing dnd.

With Satan as his DM.

 

[nedjer]

Dear Rel

I just came back to copy and paste those notes I made earlier on the giant pinboard called the Net and you'd deleted what would have been a worthwhile post on my blog on an issue that's relevant to RPGs as a whole.

Had Umbran wished to question me on this I believe he would have assumed I meant no disrespect and accepted where my next post was going to take the topic. (I had to go RPG with my kid). As it is, my figurative Rapunzel didn't get to unravel all her hair).

Your edit is, therefore, technically correct but thoroughly unprincipled. Consequently, this is a matter of honour and I must cast down a gauntlet before you and say - Yield Sir! - or meet me in The Thread of Trial by Ordeal; where you shall lose your RPG life, but through your suffering not your honour

 

[Diamond Cross]

It's a mud house! A mud house! A muuuuuuud hooooouse!

Er, wait a minute, wrong movie.

 

[renau1g]

My son since age two could identify many monsters from the Pathfinder Bestiary/3.5 MM, including what the chromatic dragons breathe and where they live. He's almost 4 and has been hooked on my old D&D cartoon DVDs for some time now. In fact, he has an imaginary dragon friend who "lives in a cave, far far away. In Chattanooga." This dragon also helps him fight mosquitos. Don't ask.

My twins are age 3 now and their favourite book is the 3.5e MM1. We usually read it every night and they keep trying to take it to daycare to show and tell. I have to say it would scare all the other kids, which they think about and then agree with. They enjoyed the D&D live-action movie (ugh) and we watched the princess and the bride which they loved Inigo Montoya and of course Fezzik (oh...daddy! Lookit the giant). They also love playing with my D&D minis (anything sized large or huge they can play with).

Funny thing is they get more scared of children's stories than D&D monsters or even LOTR (which thanks to their papa they were allowed to watch...). The only things they've ever been scared of were the witch (after we read them Hansel and Gretel.... stupid move) and of pumpkins (after Halloween last year... can't figure out why)