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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daedrova" data-source="post: 1546805" data-attributes="member: 11835">Well, it has been a while since I have been able to post (though I havent had too many posts yet) God bless internet access from work.  Anyway, it is good to "be back".To add to our Urban Legends here: I did have the "advantage" of growing up in an extremely religious home. (I say that of course sarcastically, but not as a slam on the relgious.  I myself still have Christian beliefs).  My father loved his scrouples though, and many of my family members were quite taken back when I expressed interest in RPGs.  I had previously heard of the many horror stories (which include most of the "demonic involvment" stories above), but decided to take a slightly more reasonable approach to looking at the game (i.e. looking at the books themselves that Gaming friends of mine had).  At the point I began to play my father, being the concerned type, did look into the game finding all pertinent information he could.  Unfortunately he didnt manage to take a look at the game itself, but every fantical write up he could find "proving" the evils of Role-playing.One such was this:The "original creators" of the Dungeons and Dragons game were heavily involved in the occult.  "They" even had close ties to a satanic priest who could call forth demons.  To have as much realism as possible in D&D, the creators went to the home of this priest and studied all of the rituals and spells that are used in the game...Anyone else heard this one before? <grin>  This he printed out for me from a web site.  I think it still be found via search engines for topics on D&D.  Interesting that the name "Gygax" isn't even mentioned though...I could just imagine being able to actually cast fireball.Who then would rule this world?...</blockquote>

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