Dungeons and Dragons

[AureateDawn]

I went over to a friend's house to play Dungeons and Dragons (DnD or D&D) for the first time ever. It was AMAZING! *twitch* Pizza, ice cream, soda, more pizza, and roleplaying with friends as a half elf druid. Amazing. Online RPGs are amazing too. I love them. But something about the imagination of a table top game is one of the most amazing feelings in the word. I had so much fun.

And you know what we did? We went to a small hicktown in the middle of nowhere, introduced my character freed from slavery, and went shopping. That's it. For 5-6 hours we did that. But it was. So. Amazing.

Now to keep concealing the fact from mom. I have to tell her we just play regular video games. Because, y'know, it's a pagan-sacrificing Satan-worshiping cult of suiciders.

Wow how much fun though. I luff DnD.

 

[Theophorus]

got one of these?

1st edition. I have the players handbook and dungeonmaster guide as well.

 

[AureateDawn]

Wow. The first edition is awful.

No, I don't. They're too big for me to buy and sneak down my pants and hide til I get home. I am going to have to have my friends by the Handbook, and if I have the cash the Monster Guide and DM Handbook as well. I will stick them under my bed. xD

I don't have dice, but I can get some and stick in my pocket next time I am in the mall.

It'd be fun to DM. Being a writer, it'd be really fun. Our DM is just "OK" but even then I had so much fun it is amazing.

 

[Michael G]

I fail to see how DnD can be reconciled with Orthodox Christianity.

 

[disasm]

Wow. The first edition is awful.

No, I don't. They're too big for me to buy and sneak down my pants and hide til I get home. I am going to have to have my friends by the Handbook, and if I have the cash the Monster Guide and DM Handbook as well. I will stick them under my bed. xD

I don't have dice, but I can get some and stick in my pocket next time I am in the mall.

It'd be fun to DM. Being a writer, it'd be really fun. Our DM is just "OK" but even then I had so much fun it is amazing.

I don't see anything wrong with D&D, but hiding things from your mother isn't a good idea It seems sadly a lot of posts I've seen from you have been about not letting your mom not know what's going on in your life. Maybe things wouldn't be so hard if you would just tell her what your doing and what your thinking?

I'm not one to judge or tell others what they should or shouldn't do, but I can tell you the worst 4 years I had in life were last year of middle school and first 3 of high school when I tried to hide everything from my parents. There is nothing they can do to you that will make things worse than telling them whats going on.

I hope you enjoy D&D but I also hope you set things right with your parents and level out with them. It only gets harder the further you separate yourself.

Praying for you and your family...

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me the sinner.

 

[AureateDawn]

Reconciled? DnD is one of the best things in the world. I have heard of priests listening to Led Zeppelin. If they can do that, I can play DnD. The only Orthodox people I can't see playing DnD are monastics. But that's kind of a "duh".

DnD rocks. I am so excited.

 

[AureateDawn]

disasm, thanks, but mom is a close minded bigot who believes DnD is about pagan sacrifice, Satan worship, and suicide. She hates DnD with a passion. I cannot convince her otherwise.

I HAVE to keep things from her. If it doesn't fit with her ideas of the world, she gets very angry. I have to hide all my spiritual struggles and even DnD from her. It's just how it has to be.

 

[Shubunkin]

My sister played D & D when a teenager, but after a while, she thought better of it, and decided it wasn't for a Christian. She quit.

 

[Shubunkin]

disasm, thanks, but mom is a close minded bigot who believes DnD is about pagan sacrifice, Satan worship, and suicide. She hates DnD with a passion. I cannot convince her otherwise.

I HAVE to keep things from her. If it doesn't fit with her ideas of the world, she gets very angry. I have to hide all my spiritual struggles and even DnD from her. It's just how it has to be.

Maybe she heard of some very bad things about it. You may do well to ask her what personal experience, or witness, she may have to have turned her to believe that way about it.

 

[Theophorus]

I fail to see how DnD can be reconciled with Orthodox Christianity.

Like life, it depends on the people you play with, since the "players" control the plot and outcome. It was modeled on JR Tolkien's Lord of the rings.

I fail to see how Harry Potter is compatible with Orthodoxy. (The obvious and tired comparison)

 

[AureateDawn]

cygne, tried it. I am telling you... close minded bigot.

Theo, Harry Potter is Christian too. I just don't care for it.

DnD > them all. xD Well, except LOTR.

 

[Theophorus]

Wow. The first edition is awful.

You should have better respect for tradition.

 

[Shubunkin]

cygne, tried it. I am telling you... close minded bigot.

I'm just curious how she came to think this way. Just wondering if she herself had a bad experience, or perhaps someone she knew. Perhaps it was just someone else's opinion that she adopted without really knowing it. Like I said, just curious.

 

[Theophorus]

I'm just curious how she came to think this way. Just wondering if she herself had a bad experience, or perhaps someone she knew. Perhaps it was just someone else's opinion that she adopted without really knowing it. Like I said, just curious.

Way back in the 80's, a kid committed suicide. Some attributed it to his D&D obsession. A big stink was made about it, including a TV drama of the "true story". If you were not living under a rock, and are old enough, one might remember it.

Pales in comparison to columbine.

 

[Michael G]

Like life, it depends on the people you play with, since the "players" control the plot and outcome. It was modeled on JR Tolkien's Lord of the rings.

I fail to see how Harry Potter is compatible with Orthodoxy. (The obvious and tired comparison)

Harry Potter is not compatible with Christianity. I have met actuall witches before and let me tell you they are nothing to mess arround with. The one witch I had met described something that happened to her that was nothing short of a demonic attack. Needless to say I had to stop talking to this person shortly after that conversation. I have a cousin who is a witch and her husband is a warlock and I stay as far way from the two of them as I can.

 

[AureateDawn]

DnD has witches and warlocks... It's a staple of fantasy...

And ya, cygne, what Theo said is the whole reason. Which in reality, the kid only had played DnD 2-3 times ever. It was really stupid and ridiculous. *grumbles at media*

 

[Michael G]

DnD has witches and warlocks... It's a staple of fantasy...

And ya, cygne, what Theo said is the whole reason. Which in reality, the kid only had played DnD 2-3 times ever. It was really stupid and ridiculous. *grumbles at media*

Justin,
What I am telling you is my real life encounters with witches and warlocks was anything but pretty. They are not something you really want to mess with.
Michael

 

[Theophorus]

Harry Potter is not compatible with Christianity. I have met actuall witches before and let me tell you they are nothing to mess arround with. The one witch I had met described something that happened to her that was nothing short of a demonic attack. Needless to say I had to stop talking to this person shortly after that conversation. I have a cousin who is a witch and her husband is a warlock and I stay as far way from the two of them as I can.

I agree, you are well advised to do so. From the testimony of others, stay away from the occult.

There is a difference between, "you need to roll a 15 or higher saving throw" and the actual reciting of occult spells. There is also a difference in the theme, Potter is not a Paladin or dwarf or elf from "middle earth": He is a boy from reality.

 

[Theophorus]

Justin,
What I am telling you is my real life encounters with witches and warlocks was anything but pretty. They are not something you really want to mess with.
Michael

Yes, And if my statement above about "testimony of others" was vague, let me add that it is 1st hand.

Don't recite spells or pantomime them, and stay away from those that do.

 

[Michael G]

I agree, you are well advised to do so. From the testimony of others, stay away from the occult.

There is a difference between, "you need to roll a 15 or higher saving throw" and the actual reciting of occult spells. There is also a difference in the theme, Potter is not a Paladin or dwarf or elf from "middle earth": He is a boy from reality.

I do understand what you are saying, but there is part of me that even has an issue with the Jedi in Star Wars, no matter how much I do love Star Wars. Yoda may be the most kick butt little green guy in the existence and a most wise old sage, but he still has a power that does not come from God. And all power that does not come from God comes from some place else that is not of God. So while I know Star Wars is fantasy I have to work harder and harder to willingly suspsend my disbelief while watching it the older I get. But Potter, that is just bad stuff and I don't get how Christians can let their children read the stuff.