Jesus saves

all other members of the party take 2d20 crushing damage.

sorry, kneejerk from way way back

Moses invests! I'm gonna use that!!!

:7

:bounce:

"From the gory glory seekers, who use his name in death." (I love singing that song in my band.)
The Professor

what's the name of that song again? cross eyed mary?

... I believe, off the album "Aqualung" (which also has Cross-Eyed Mary).

:bounce:

The Professor

Most of them sold out to card games.

david

I still play regularly: my spouse and a friend and I have been playing a Rolemaster-based game for the past (oh my gawd) 4 years.

on edit: I remember the line as, "Jesus saves and takes half damage," so I googled it and came across this. You thought the Eighties' paranoia about roleplaying was over?

http://www.christianitytoday.com/tcw/2001/006/1.37.html

I Was Hooked on Dungeons and Dragons
I didn't know role-playing games could take over my life.
By Michelle M. Woods

...

Ironically, even as I gamed into my college years, deep within me I knew Dungeons and Dragons was something God didn't want me to do. But God had become this distant figure who dished out presents like Santa Claus when I was in need. I figured I could do what I wanted in life, then settle up with him before I died so I could get into heaven.

...

I can't wait until my son is old enough to play D&D with me! All my D&D friends have moved away long ago (well, I actually moved first).

Hilarilous that D&D still offends the Christian Conservatives. I remember all that nutty stuff from the 80's. Remember that made for TV movie "Mazes and Monsters" with Tom Hanks that had him so mezmerized by the M&M game that he was about to jump off a skyscraper.

Nutty, nutty stuff.

david

yowza! I am old!

Who else remembers the scandal caused by the issue of Dragon that had the priestess wearing the semi-transparent robe? You could so see nothing, yet the editor's note (what the hell was his name? M-something?) was contrite and abasing... "We crossed the line ... we know our place ..."

I've never heard...

"How much vitality does your character have left?"

In fact, Dungeons and Dragons didn't use vitality at all, at least in 1st Edition.

Plus no amount of vitality (HP?) would mean necessarily that your neck was snapped with one hit.

I think this person is bluffing.

I love this:

"But the reality is, many of us smoked in secret, listened to heavy metal music, and were sexually active."

Oh no! Heavy Metal music!!!

and this one:

"When Mike returned, he was determined to dispose of the D&D materials once and for all—a resolution I can only attribute to God."

Yeah, either God or Hitler.

david

It rocks.

Fun way to spend a slow Sunday night or a boring weekday night.

_

I feel like I should also say, "Wow! IRC!" None of my nephews or my neice know what IRC is, yet they all think themselves quite the 'net experts.,... ah, kids!

So, Traveller or Traveller: 2300?

Miroslav Satan

:evilgrin:

Heh. :)

or triple, on occasion!!

:evilgrin:

and has to roll for difficulty!

H'mmmm... where *did* I leave my bag of d20s?

"COOL! So we torch the house and all the occupants inside!"
"Uhh, Dude! What's your Humanity?"
"Dunno.. I'll check afterwards."

309

that just kills me.

-- Allen