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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rafael Ceurdepyr" data-source="post: 3564088" data-attributes="member: 16566">Hi, Willowisp--Stormborn did indeed mention your question to me at church and I'll see how well I can answer some questions.I've played D&D from about 1977-1983 (high school/early college) and then from around 1999 to the present. I guess I missed the "D&D=Satanism" period in the 80s, but I've never considered there to be a problem with a Christian playing D&D. Mind you, I'm from a fairly conservative religious background in a very conservative state, but the people I hung out with never had a problem with it--the religion or the D&D. I tend to have fairly open minded friends anyway. I'm the music leader at the church where Stormborn pastors, but we don't tend to discuss gaming in front of members of the congregation. Mostly I think they'd be confused, as most of them are at least 20 years older.I don't really like to think of myself as an ordinary person  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  but I am a female gamer (despite my screen name). I generally like hobbies that guys find interesting, and the people in my early gaming group were mostly guys. I have a masters in library science, am a web administrator and designer at a private Christian university and I teach a web design class each year for the journalism department on campus. I'm also a freelance writer of RPGs. Our current group consists of Stormborn, his wife, and me. My husband used to play, but he was never as enthusiastic about it as the rest of us. Now he hangs out while we play and then goes to dinner with us.I don't hang out on this forum too much, unless I'm deep in research. I think I'm easily intimidated by the level of knowledge out there and don't always contribute, but this is a great way to find out about the game. The BEST way, as many others have said before me, to play a roleplaying game, or at the very least watch one.The dynamics of a group are really important to me. I think at this stage I'd have a difficult time walking into a group where I didn't know the people. Stormborn and I have talked about joining a game at a convention, but they were always full, so we didn't get the chance. I'd never have the nerve to do that if he weren't there--which has more to do with my personality than the game itself. The RP experience is rather personal to me, and I need to be in a group where I feel safe doing what is essentially acting, albeit on a very small stage, and knowing I won't be ridiculed. Laughed at, sometimes, sure.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  But all in good fun.Hope this helps some. I'll be glad to answer any other questions I overlooked or that occur to you.</blockquote>

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