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<blockquote data-quote="Harmon" data-source="post: 3013448" data-attributes="member: 24357"><p><strong>Let them figure it out.</strong></p><p></p><p>Hand them every gaming book that you have and have them read them then ask- “where in those books does it encourage evil acts?”</p><p></p><p>Consider pointing out the Core Classes- “which one of these says that you must Play the character as Evil? In fact there are more Core Good classes then evil ones are there not?”</p><p></p><p>Now ask them this- “the monsters in the Monster Manual- how many are Good? How many are evil? Do you think that the evil critters would prefer to team up with good or evil characters? Do you think that good characters would team with evil or good?”</p><p></p><p>If at the end of this they don’t see that the game of D&D encourages Good aligned characters over evil ones then you are speaking to a narrow minded moron that has already taken the stand that all gamers and RPGs are evil and they will not be swayed in any way to the understanding.</p><p></p><p>On a personal note- gaming quite literately kept me from evil. My first drunk was at 5, smoking pot a few years later (mostly from contact high), got into gaming by 12, and it really changed my direction as I was already doing weekend bartending for my parents. My father informed me that he wanted me to follow him into a place that my family refers to as- “The Dark Time.” Because I didn’t, because I gamed I led my Father towards recovery, my parents separated because of it, but it was for the better. Mom would never admit her issues, but she had to stop what she was doing because she couldn’t support her habits. </p><p></p><p>People make issues with gaming being evil because its not understood by those that are the “good” side of society, the same side that seems to be having issues with child molestation, and such right now. </p><p></p><p>In the last two dozen years I have played maybe a half dozen characters that were evil. I don’t play them consistently because they do not appeal to me, what appeals is saving the innocent from the evils of the world. I want to make a difference, I want to save people, I can’t in real life so I make believe that I can and it has in return saved myself, and my parents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harmon, post: 3013448, member: 24357"] [b]Let them figure it out.[/b] Hand them every gaming book that you have and have them read them then ask- “where in those books does it encourage evil acts?” Consider pointing out the Core Classes- “which one of these says that you must Play the character as Evil? In fact there are more Core Good classes then evil ones are there not?” Now ask them this- “the monsters in the Monster Manual- how many are Good? How many are evil? Do you think that the evil critters would prefer to team up with good or evil characters? Do you think that good characters would team with evil or good?” If at the end of this they don’t see that the game of D&D encourages Good aligned characters over evil ones then you are speaking to a narrow minded moron that has already taken the stand that all gamers and RPGs are evil and they will not be swayed in any way to the understanding. On a personal note- gaming quite literately kept me from evil. My first drunk was at 5, smoking pot a few years later (mostly from contact high), got into gaming by 12, and it really changed my direction as I was already doing weekend bartending for my parents. My father informed me that he wanted me to follow him into a place that my family refers to as- “The Dark Time.” Because I didn’t, because I gamed I led my Father towards recovery, my parents separated because of it, but it was for the better. Mom would never admit her issues, but she had to stop what she was doing because she couldn’t support her habits. People make issues with gaming being evil because its not understood by those that are the “good” side of society, the same side that seems to be having issues with child molestation, and such right now. In the last two dozen years I have played maybe a half dozen characters that were evil. I don’t play them consistently because they do not appeal to me, what appeals is saving the innocent from the evils of the world. I want to make a difference, I want to save people, I can’t in real life so I make believe that I can and it has in return saved myself, and my parents. [/QUOTE]
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