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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 8053974" data-attributes="member: 19675">True story: I was a freshman in college and I was taking a class called “Biblical Themes In Literature” with Dr. Bates Hoffer.&nbsp; We were dissecting a passage from a book in which the author was using descriptive prose hinting that the child being described was devilish/demonic in nature. As it happens, a lot of the stuff I had read in my love of mythology, horror, Sci-fi and fantasy was on the reading lists mentioned by numerous early RPG designers.&nbsp; And coincidentally, I had JUST reread the Devil and Demon sections of the AD&amp;D Monster Manual the night before class while designing an adventure.So, when he started picking out passages and asking which particular evil being the author was invoking, I- very uncharacteristically- raised my hand.&nbsp; He called on me, and I answered properly.&nbsp; I turned my head downwards to scribble notes, but he kept asking similar questions about other passages, and my hand would go up, and he’d call on me again.&nbsp; And again.&nbsp; And again.When he finally called on me by name, I looked up from my note taking...EVERYONE was looking at me.I answered correctly again, and class ended.&nbsp; I got lots of funny looks from my classmates as we filed out.&nbsp; I asked 2 other students whom I knew from my dorm why I was getting all the stares.&nbsp; They told me I was the only one who raised my hand for any of the questions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 8053974, member: 19675"] True story: I was a freshman in college and I was taking a class called “Biblical Themes In Literature” with Dr. Bates Hoffer. We were dissecting a passage from a book in which the author was using descriptive prose hinting that the child being described was devilish/demonic in nature. As it happens, a lot of the stuff I had read in my love of mythology, horror, Sci-fi and fantasy was on the reading lists mentioned by numerous early RPG designers. And coincidentally, I had JUST reread the Devil and Demon sections of the AD&D Monster Manual the night before class while designing an adventure. So, when he started picking out passages and asking which particular evil being the author was invoking, I- very uncharacteristically- raised my hand. He called on me, and I answered properly. I turned my head downwards to scribble notes, but he kept asking similar questions about other passages, and my hand would go up, and he’d call on me again. And again. And again. When he finally called on me by name, I looked up from my note taking...[I][B]EVERYONE[/B] was looking at me.[/I] I answered correctly again, and class ended. I got lots of funny looks from my classmates as we filed out. I asked 2 other students whom I knew from my dorm why I was getting all the stares. They told me I was the only one who raised my hand for [B]any[/B] of the questions. [/QUOTE]

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