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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Torm" data-source="post: 1529783" data-attributes="member: 12706">I fear I'm treading close to the line of discussing religion, but I couldn't let your comment about belief in "real magic" being bad pass without a little clarification. A belief in "real magic" is a valid part of many world religions - even the word "gospel" is a corruption of "godspell". IMHO, the belief in Hollywood-style magic, or D&D style magic, is the dangerous part.I highly recommend the book "True Magick" by Amber K. It's a quick read, and provides an excellent insight into people who believe in Magick. If nothing else, it might give you something to think about next time you're roleplaying or DMing a Cleric or Wizard. (I don't want anyone thinking I'm trying to push religious literature - I picked that book because it isn't preachy - it reads more like one of those "Dummies" books, actually, but like it was written by someone who knows their stuff - unlike the "Dummies" book on the subject, unfortunately. And I also always recommend reading the the Bible, Koran, Talmud, the Satanic Bible, the Book of Mormon, etc. - for the same reason. Insight into the rest of mankind is always valuable - as a roleplaying tool and otherwise.)If anyone is offended by this post, I apologize deeply. I realize I'm walking the edge. But when the thread is called "Is D&D Good?", and "good", as a word, is a form of the word "god", its bound to go close to the line a little.I can only trust from what I've seen so far on the board that people who can have calm, rational discussions about the benefits of having characters be followers of Bane can stand a wee little bit of purely informational discussion such as my comments above.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />In other words, I've got faith in y'all.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />P.S. Thanks again to all for their kind words the last few days. I'm feeling much better now.</blockquote>

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