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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pdkoning" data-source="post: 2059757" data-attributes="member: 18140">The problem is often, that devote believers don't like to worship anyone / anything else than their own god. They even don't like 'their' characters to worship Torm or Illmater or whatever...So for some of those people, real-life religion in an RPG helps. If you introduce (let's say a christian) into gaming, he might be more happy with the fact that the game takes place in a Medieval world were his character can worship the chrisitian God. When you say: hey look here and pick one -> [Deities and Demigods]  he might not like that.Some (Christians and Muslims alike) however, would not like the fact that you use 'their God' in a game at all.I would not emphasize the religious thing of D&D too much and let the new players choose what they think is appropriate, if they want to worhsip Allah in-game, just let them do so.You might also consider going with a low-magic or no-magic setting so they don't have to worry about magic and the source of magic either. Some mainstream real-life religions forbid the use of magic.Being a theology student and gamer I know a lot about what people tend to accept and what not. I do not wish to offend anyones believe, so if you don't agree with the above, just ignore it.</blockquote>