1. I hate FRPG's because the people who play them irritate me. Most FRPG players are little snobs that won't let truly intelligent people like myself join their games. And if I do join their game, their characters snub mine because they are different. I get my character killed off because I made the mistake of looking different. That's why I accuse FRPG's of teaching racism.
I almost never play human (elves and dwarves are humans to me) characters unless they are very humorous. Otherwise, its not fantasy for me. I'm already a weakling in a human body. Where's the fantasy in playing a human character that's constantly getting beaten up? Elves and dwarves just aren't fantastic enough for me. I need to express my creativity by picking a truly nonhuman character. It has nothing to do with wanting to be mega-powerful, which most players accuse me of.
5. In FRPG's, players pass their God-given self-control over to a set of dice and some paper. Players have killed themselves when their best character, an imaginary friend who might be their only friend, gets killed by a callous DM. What a stupid thing to die for! And yet, I can sympathize with these victims because I too have had my best characters, in which I invested precious ideas and time, killed like cannon fodder.
6. In FRPG's, you cannot win a game at all unless you resort to using magick. In other words, you will not survive and defeat evil unless you rely on shady demonic powers which are evil in themselves. Really, this isn't fair at all. It forces the person to accept the game's idolatrous ideology if he wants to enjoy the game.
7. FRPG's train the mind to think of everyone in terms of finite statistics. God isn't finite. It becomes very difficult to worship an infinite God when you limit him with numeric statistics. You begin to wonder if God could possibly be defeatable, which He isn't. You lose absolute trust because you no longer think in absolutes but in die rolls and bonuses.
You begin to wonder if God could possibly be defeatable
I always pictured God as having about 7000HP and resistance to fire. I think if you attacked with your +7 Crystal Sword of Deity-Slayer you might have a chance.
I was raised Baptist. My mother found out recently that we have a D&D game at our house -- and asked me fearfully if that wasn't demonic. "No, Ma. I found it boring because it's too morally simplistic. Clearcut good versus evil." Kinda like fundamentalism, in fact.
1. I hate FRPG's because the people who play them irritate me. Most FRPG players are little snobs that won't let truly intelligent people like myself join their games. And if I do join their game, their characters snub mine because they are different. I get my character killed off because I made the mistake of looking different. That's why I accuse FRPG's of teaching racism.
I almost never play human (elves and dwarves are humans to me) characters unless they are very humorous. Otherwise, its not fantasy for me. I'm already a weakling in a human body. Where's the fantasy in playing a human character that's constantly getting beaten up? Elves and dwarves just aren't fantastic enough for me. I need to express my creativity by picking a truly nonhuman character. It has nothing to do with wanting to be mega-powerful, which most players accuse me of.
5. In FRPG's, players pass their God-given self-control over to a set of dice and some paper. Players have killed themselves when their best character, an imaginary friend who might be their only friend, gets killed by a callous DM. What a stupid thing to die for! And yet, I can sympathize with these victims because I too have had my best characters, in which I invested precious ideas and time, killed like cannon fodder.
6. In FRPG's, you cannot win a game at all unless you resort to using magick. In other words, you will not survive and defeat evil unless you rely on shady demonic powers which are evil in themselves. Really, this isn't fair at all. It forces the person to accept the game's idolatrous ideology if he wants to enjoy the game.
7. FRPG's train the mind to think of everyone in terms of finite statistics. God isn't finite. It becomes very difficult to worship an infinite God when you limit him with numeric statistics. You begin to wonder if God could possibly be defeatable, which He isn't. You lose absolute trust because you no longer think in absolutes but in die rolls and bonuses.
This is a joke... right? Has to be.
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I always pictured God as having about 7000HP and resistance to fire. I think if you attacked with your +7 Crystal Sword of Deity-Slayer you might have a chance.
... but that's just me.
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I've personally found that a .45 works well too. But that's just me.
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I was raised Baptist. My mother found out recently that we have a D&D game at our house -- and asked me fearfully if that wasn't demonic. "No, Ma. I found it boring because it's too morally simplistic. Clearcut good versus evil." Kinda like fundamentalism, in fact.
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