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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Camelot" data-source="post: 5565647" data-attributes="member: 82617">Looking at the book, I can see how a misunderstanding might occur in a set-minded mom. "Okay, 'Heroes of Shadow.'  Let's see what this is about.  Table of Contents, blah-de-blah, too small for my weak eyes, let's turn the page...Oh, what a nice picture.  And the title...Into the Dark?  Subtitles are...Shadow Magic?  Soul Sacrifice?!  Waitaminute, let me read that. Soul SacrificeThose who wish to connect to the innate power of the Shadowfell must forge a strong bond with the plane.  To do so requires nothing less than a shard of the supplicant's soul, given over to the unknown of death.  How this gruesome task is accomplished varies among practicioners. WHAT?!" Just reading that, you don't get the vibe that this is a fiction book.  It does seem sort of instructional.  In fact, if you have no idea you're reading a game book, and you ignore the "About This Book" sidebar on the first page (page 4), it's not until page 10 that it even mentions a "DM" and a "campaign," then mentions some game elements on page 11.  This is probably not even as far as this woman read, so I can see how in her view it looks like satanic instructions. Of course, that makes it excellent writing in my view.  I hope her son can show her that it is actually just fiction for a game and in no way will influence his religious practices.</blockquote>