I've never played Dungeons and Dragons, but I've seen it being played on PC and I've read rants and raves about it being evil.
Maybe it is sort of a sin to roleplay using 'black magick' and all that stuff considering it is real(though not magical at all) but it's JUST YOUR IMAGINATION. As long as you don't get so into it that you believe it's really happening or want to REALLY get into magick then I think you'll be okay. And even if the black mage thing would bother somebody, who says you can't play as some sort of Holy Warrior that believes in the Christian diety?
Now, as some people might know I enjoy bashing role-playing games just because I can make jokes about them... but they're NOT evil unless it's a game where you play as an allegorical 'Satan' or 'demon'
with the objective to destroy an allegorical 'heaven'. But as far as I know even if you play as an 'evil character in most role-players you're battling a source of evil. A few rays of hope (only 2 or 3 individuals) fighting through hordes of evil and triumphing in the end sounds good to me.
Anybody else have thoughts on this?
EDITED IN:Lord of the Rings has wizards like Gandalf and is fantasy in every aspect. Yet it's NOT some allegory of Christianity and everyone considers it so Christian appropriate because good triumphs over evil. So why is Dungeons and Dragons any different?
[This message has been edited by Born2Preach, 04-10-2004]
Wanna feel God? Step onto the wrestling mat and you'd be crazy to deny the uplifting spirit.