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<blockquote data-quote="DonTadow" data-source="post: 2436568" data-attributes="member: 22622"><p>I honestly do think that Dungeons and Dragons, its original concept, is directly against some religous doctrines. There's little place for a "real" god in it. Even if yo udo that, there are so many other aspects that would be "against" most religous doctrines. Again, so what if you put a god in it, how do you deal with sorcery, magic and killing. At some point you got to start pretending this is fantasy, else you're playing that beautiful game called "real life". If you can't play a game without worrying about being smited then you could be playing the wrong game. I just don't buy it that someone can't suspend his belief if he really wants to play the game. He just has to face facts, the core of this game is evil dungeons and magical dragons. The weapons are sharp and the magic may or may not be divine. </p><p></p><p>I'd love to see this game grow but I don't believe this game is for everyone. I have half a dozen friends whom I know wouldnt accept this game. I have a best friend and a brother whom both love the concept but to get them to play I'd have to change too much of the core.</p><p></p><p>To my friend who brought up the anime example, anime is different again. Youre talking about converting fantasy to another form of fantasy. What he is describing is attempting to make d and d as religous friendly as possible for his friend. Being a former muslim, if you're practicing it correctly you'd have to have a seriously "g" rated game to not offend someone following that religion to the text.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DonTadow, post: 2436568, member: 22622"] I honestly do think that Dungeons and Dragons, its original concept, is directly against some religous doctrines. There's little place for a "real" god in it. Even if yo udo that, there are so many other aspects that would be "against" most religous doctrines. Again, so what if you put a god in it, how do you deal with sorcery, magic and killing. At some point you got to start pretending this is fantasy, else you're playing that beautiful game called "real life". If you can't play a game without worrying about being smited then you could be playing the wrong game. I just don't buy it that someone can't suspend his belief if he really wants to play the game. He just has to face facts, the core of this game is evil dungeons and magical dragons. The weapons are sharp and the magic may or may not be divine. I'd love to see this game grow but I don't believe this game is for everyone. I have half a dozen friends whom I know wouldnt accept this game. I have a best friend and a brother whom both love the concept but to get them to play I'd have to change too much of the core. To my friend who brought up the anime example, anime is different again. Youre talking about converting fantasy to another form of fantasy. What he is describing is attempting to make d and d as religous friendly as possible for his friend. Being a former muslim, if you're practicing it correctly you'd have to have a seriously "g" rated game to not offend someone following that religion to the text. [/QUOTE]
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