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6 years ago ::
Aug 02, 2007 - 11:34AM
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Back in my college 2E days I knew of two Hasidic rabbis, and I was curious what would be their take of the game. I described the game a bit and even told them about the existance of clerics, many gods, ande demons and devils. When I spoke of spells, I mentioned Sticks To Snakes like pharoah's magicians and Part Water like splitting the Red Sea. One rabbi didn't fully comprehend what I was saying, but he said there was nothing wrong with playing the game. The other one was rather quite intrigued and ever since then when we met he'd jokingly ask me if I had parted the Red Sea yet.
On a different yet similar note, when the first Lord of the Rings movie was about to come out, a co-worker decided to buy the book to read before seeing the movie. (Ironically I never read the trilogy.) One day he asked me: "What's an orc?" I was stunned into silence to be asked such a question. It had never dawned on me that there are people who have absolutely no concept of orcs or anything related to D&D in general. Logically I knew that was true, but I was never so abruptly confronted by that fact.
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6 years ago ::
Aug 02, 2007 - 11:41AM
#32
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This thread is so filled with things that beg to be sig'd, I can't even sig them.
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6 years ago ::
Aug 02, 2007 - 11:43AM
#33
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Date Joined:
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I had on a DnD shirt one casual Friday.
Coworker: What does your shirt mean?
Me: It’s a DnD joke.
Coworker: You play DnD?
Me: Yeah
Coworker: My brother in law plays games like that, do you know him?
Me: Um, what’s his name?
Coworker: I don’t know, he is tall with dark hair.
Me: Oh him! His DnD name is Trogdor the Burninator.
Coworker: He doesn’t play DnD he plays something else.
Me: Oh, well then I don’t know him.
I used to get questions like this when I worked at Disneyland. Do you know so and so? He works there.
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6 years ago ::
Aug 02, 2007 - 11:58AM
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Date Joined:
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Me: I play dnd.
She: What is this?
Me: A game, kinda like a pc game but without the pc.
She: Nice, can i join?
Me: (thats not what u expect to hear from a barbie girl)
Recruit!!!
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6 years ago ::
Aug 02, 2007 - 12:14PM
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Date Joined:
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Wow, a thread that got me to de-lurk  It want D&D, but me and a couple army buddies were playing epic 40K in the battallion day room one day when the battallion commander and half his staff came in. We got some wierd looks, but I almost think that some were interested but just didnt want to show it in front of anyone else. I dont get much in the way of anyone saying anything about D&D to my face. Prolly comes from being 6'5" and way too close to 300 lbs. I mighta had someone say something to my navel before, but didnt hear it
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6 years ago ::
Aug 02, 2007 - 1:23PM
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- VCL Emeritus
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True Story...
During training in the Air Force back in '94, I was talking with a buddy of mine about D&D and getting a temporary group together. This rather attractive gal plops down next to us (I was 18 and single at the time) and says, "Are you guys talking about D&D? I love that game."
She never joined the gaming group. Instead, she tried to recruit me into her Satanic cult. Talked a lot about her vampiric powers granted by her dark master and such. And she was dead serious.
Still gives me the heebie jeebies.
Quentin Small
WotC Online Community Coordinator
All around helpful simian
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6 years ago ::
Aug 02, 2007 - 1:26PM
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Date Joined:
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When I tell that I play roleplaying games people usually stare and ask "is it that BDSM thing?" :embarrass
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6 years ago ::
Aug 02, 2007 - 1:40PM
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Date Joined:
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When I tell that I play roleplaying games people usually stare and ask "is it that BDSM thing?" :embarrass
Oddly, for me that usually comes around the other way. I study psychology on the side and occasionally, they talk about using roleplaying as a form of therapy. I can't help but smirk and think of my D&D game.
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6 years ago ::
Aug 02, 2007 - 1:46PM
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Date Joined:
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Holy Water to the Face.
I went to a Catholic high school. One day, the fire and bromstone vice principal came barging in to our session (held in the most veteran priest's classroom, no less. He demands to know which "son of Satan" is running the group.
So I stand up and say hello. For my troubles, I get doused in holy water. I just shook my head. "Look Jack Chick, I have a pulse and a - your water don't work on me." This woke the priest/teacher whose room we were using up.
Then the 70+ priest started yelling at Fire and Brimstone being an "ignorant, embarrassing example of how not to behave with the colar on."
It was glorious. :D
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6 years ago ::
Aug 02, 2007 - 2:20PM
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Date Joined:
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Holy Water to the Face.
I went to a Catholic high school. One day, the fire and bromstone vice principal came barging in to our session (held in the most veteran priest's classroom, no less. He demands to know which "son of Satan" is running the group.
So I stand up and say hello. For my troubles, I get doused in holy water. I just shook my head. "Look Jack Chick, I have a pulse and a - your water don't work on me." This woke the priest/teacher whose room we were using up.
Then the 70+ priest started yelling at Fire and Brimstone being an "ignorant, embarrassing example of how not to behave with the colar on."
It was glorious. :D
nice.
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