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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: [Bell of Lost Souls] It's Canon: Baldur's Gate 3 Brings D&D To The Vatican Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 07:47:12 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 50 Message-ID: References: <96cfjjtj2pbhif7vqrdsclrtepcggk3ebe@4ax.com> <9nepjjl28cfnjj40eadfgchg5p8dr5vgob@4ax.com> <32tpjj1c6lbk98rbeavpn8rujr44p5st4l@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:47:11 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="eba173125751a057e1219d33197d9d86"; logging-data="179767"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX199uwLQYoSxyuXhqgc9t8I6" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:jCYqY7e6lKa27Yk+toEXRK1D5n8= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <32tpjj1c6lbk98rbeavpn8rujr44p5st4l@4ax.com> Bytes: 3673 On 11/19/2024 12:26 PM, Xocyll wrote: > Spalls Hurgenson looked up from reading the > entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs > say: > >> On Mon, 18 Nov 2024 19:31:43 -0600, Jhulian Waldby >> wrote: >> >>> I guess the concern is that players may become unable to differentiate >>> the truth from the water elemental. I've noticed this in some Dungeon >>> Masters who argue rules as if it were a physics laboratory. Not one >>> hint of "this is fiction" or "we can't find a rule for that." >> >> Tabletop RPG afficiandos always point to 'rule zero: the DM has >> ultimate say in what goes, overriding even what the books say.' But >> few acknowledge that there is --or should be-- a rule -1: the goal of >> the game is to have fun. And if you, as DM, are pissing off your >> players, you've broken the most fundamental rule of the game. ;-) >> >> >>> Funny though, I haven't heard anyone mention Satanism in D&D for yrs. >>> That all stopped a week before I picked up Basic Dungeons & Dragons. >>> Who were those people? I couldn't tell you, I've forgotten. >> >> Almost entirely people who had not only never played the game, but had >> never even read the books. >> >> Usually small-minded hypocrites who themselves have such difficulty >> discerning fantasy from reality that they need an authority (usually >> religious in nature) to tell them the difference and can't imagine any >> one else not being so restricted in their thinking. >> >> Yes, these people existed, and they still exist; I had somebody >> confront me on the game's supposed Satanic connections just a few >> years ago. They're far less common (and, as mentioned, almost entirely >> an American construct) but they're still around. And it's not just D&D >> they have a hate for; Harry Potter, Twilight, tarot cards... it's all >> burnable to them. >> >> But it's America; what do you expect? > > America, a nation founded by people who were kicked out of England for > being too uptight for the Puritans. > *DING* *DING* *DING* *DING* *DING* *DING* *DING* We have a winner! -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.