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I play D&D, and I have other LDS friends who play D&D (and other real-life roleplaying games), and we've never had a problem with not having a good spirit in the home while we play. I think it really depends on your approach to the game--if you treat it like the mere game that it is, it's harmless. But if you start to confuse the game with reality and use its fictional theologies as a substitute for Christ, then yeah, you've got a problem. (And if you consistently play evil characters, then you really need counseling...)

I'm actually writing a roleplaying game that's like a feel-good version of D&D. It doesn't have any complicated theologies, your character is not pre-prescribed a moral stance, and the "magic" utilized is merely a channeling of the planet's energies.

I hear you, I hate playing evil characters as well. Most of my characters are paladins, lol. And in an all-evil campaign in Realms of Glory, my character is decidedly the least evil (in fact, she could probably be best described as neutral). We'll see how that goes...we haven't really played it yet.

So...there's my two cents.

Er, it's more like five dollars, now... sweatdrop

Um... absolutly nothing. But this forum is for gaming discussions.

Thanks for the responce Lucentas. The reason I asked that question is because a friend of mine likes to flip-flop about D&D. He likes the game but his mom (whom by the way is an awesome person but molly mormon) keeps telling him that D&D is a satanic game. I try an explain to him that a bunch of mormon guys arn't going to go astray. D&D is no worse than a lot of video games out there today. At least with D&D we have to power to make right choices. With some video games you have to go down this set path of killing and violence.

Anyways, D&D to me is like a book that I take part of. One of those choose your own ending books. And I like to use my imagination. What happend to the good ol days when kids would read instead of watch TV?

its not normal games. don't you see the rest of them are about video games? It's called "video games and gaming dsicoushin"! thats it! I'm telling the kingdom keeper your breaking the rules!

Yeah, It's not a bad game. you broke 2 rules.

D&D isn't against the gosple, It's not some sort of talking to gost thing, and imagine isn't bad. you don't know anything.

As you can with any other game. Even a good game can become bad if you become addicted to it, can't it? Moderation in all things? Or shooting games. I think KOTOR would be a bad game if when you keep playing it and constantly keep choosing the dard side. I don't think D&D is satan's game. I know imagination isn't a sin. But it's the way that we use the things that are given to us that can make them sinful. Like if we treat our car like a false idol. I just threw out this discussion to see what everyone else thinks. So thanks for the comments everyone!

I have always wanted to play dungeons and dragons. razz It's not popular where I live and no one in my church has or does play it.
As it being evil. I don't think it would be evil.
People read harry potter and I would think that would be much worse. Even most of TV shows like Friends, Everybody loves Raymond...ect almost all shows have bad things in it.