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Message: <blockquote data-quote="taliesin15" data-source="post: 4444983" data-attributes="member: 22058">Ah, yes, the good old days. I lived in the boring mass of suburban North Dallas (Richardson to be precise) when I got into D&D in the late 70s. At the time when I first got into it I was actually into a quasi evangelical form of Christianity which I decided was a crock, having nothing to do with D&D (though surely there are some madmen out there who would decide otherwise). One particularly bizarre moment was when we were playing at the house of a friend whose father was American, and his mother Philipino, both Catholics, and she freaked out upon seeing the cover of the 1st edition DMG, crossing herself, etc. In retrospect, too bad she didn't get that the big nasty fiery Efreeti was the monster, and that the player characters were the Good guys fighting him. Most PCs tend to be on the Good side.Then the next year, when Deities and Demigods came out, my friends and I perused it with fervent interest. The section on the Arthurian heroes led some of us to surmise that it is essentially a Christian based system overlaid on a Celtic/Pagan one (with some Norse). One person said "where's Jesus Christ, Lawful Good Major Deity, 400 hit points?"Another bit of hysteria was when I joined a campaign in Austin in 1982, wanting to play an Assasin character. The group was highly spooked out by the prospect of playing with an evil character. It all seems very strange to me now.FWIW, even though I attended school here in Texas, definitely the Bible belt, there was never that much hysteria towards gaming among fellow students. Even teachers were tolerant. The danger was being seen as nerds. Ironic now, since some of these nerds are the most successful and richest alumni of my high school (IOW, computer and engineering types).</blockquote>

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