Get ready to defend your hobby again...

[Bardsandsages]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ct/20061025...ormurderafterkillingcoworkerwithhomemadesword

Just saw this today. Be prepared to defend yourself and your hobby from every wacko who decided D&D is going to turn you into a homicidal creep.

 

[Hammerhead]

Dude, no one cares. No one is going to say D&D caused this guy to go crazy. The article indicts the murderer's mental disorder, not his hobby. D&D is for dorks, not for satanists. Just look at all the D&D video games; a lot of them are pretty mainstream.

 

[diaglo]

so a two year old murder case is supposed to mean something to me rolling dice in my home?

 

[Bardsandsages]

Dude, no one cares.

A co-worker cared enough to forward me the link, because he knows I play.

 

[BlackMoria]

Should be interesting to follow the trial on TV and see if what comes of the D&D connection.

Maybe Jack Chick or the person who started Mad About Dungeons and Dragons will be subject matter experts for the prosecution.

 

[Crothian]

I doubt I'll hear about this from anyone

 

[Brimshack]

I don't see an attack on gaming, at least not in that article. If someone out there takes advantage of the situation and plays demagogue on the issue, then yes, I think they will need a firm response. At present, it does not appear that the gaming is central to either side in the case; they are far more focused on questions about the man's mental capacities. This looks more like a case to be watched than one that requires direct action today.

 

[Wik]

He used a samurai sword? Doesn't he know those things only deal, like, 1d10 damage? I mean, what if his co-worker was 3rd level, or something?

I would've used my fireball. I mean, I've been practicing it for years... it's about time I used it to take out some orcs.

 

[Jim Hague]

Should be interesting to follow the trial on TV and see if what comes the D&D connection.

Maybe Jack Chick or the person who started Mad About Dungeons and Dragons will be subject matter experts for the prosecution.

Seems unlikely - Pat Pulling died back in the 1990s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BADD

Man, WotC or GAMA really need to get it in gear and educate Joe Public about RPGs. Eesh.

 

[Brimshack]

Yes, but given the coworkers penchant for teasing him about the game, I think it's quite likely the fellow had a Spell Resistance. And since the attacker had previously defeated relatives with the same sword, I am guessing he probably had a level or 2 in Fighter. I'm guessing, he went on full power attack with double bonus for wielding the sword two handed.