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		<title>Vampire</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;SilverDerstin: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;'''Vampires''' are humanoid creatures that drinks the blood of various living beings for sustenance and to maintain physical strength necessary to survive. Most modern vampires are divided in a variety of clans and castes, each vying for power over one another. Powerful vampire princes control the underground life of most major cities in North America , controlling various criminal organizations, like the mafia, in their bid for immortal power. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Major vampire clans in North America have been influential in the election of president George Walker Bush, as many thought that having an incompetent in power of the US would make the once major super-power far less stable, destroying it's economy and allowing for the various vampire groups to take control over a larger part of the United States. Nobody expected their plot to be this successful.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
United Kingdom vampires, sometimes called &amp;quot;Albions&amp;quot;, have become far more powerful in the recent years due to large scale investments by the British crown in their organization, in an attempt to create a powerful undead army to use in the recreation of their Empire.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>SilverDerstin</name></author>
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	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Dungeons_and_Dragons&amp;diff=207419</id>
		<title>Dungeons and Dragons</title>
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		<updated>2007-06-24T03:13:01Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;SilverDerstin: /* Controversy and Criticism */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[Image:WotC Dungeons Dragons.jpg|thumb|right|The 3rd Edition Dungeons &amp;amp; Dragons logo.]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''Dungeons and Dragons''' (D&amp;amp;amp;D or DnD) is a role-playing game which takes place in [[magic]]al [[fantasy]] world of [[myth]]ical creatures such as [[elves]], [[dwarves]], [[orc]]s, and [[dragons]]. Players undertake a series of heroic adventures or quests, following a plot controlled by one player called&lt;br /&gt;
the ''dungeon master'' (DM).  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The game was originally published in 1974 by [[Gary Gygax]] and [[Dave Arneson]] and is now published by [[Wizards of the Coast]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Wizards of the Coast's [http://www.wizards.com/dnd D&amp;amp;amp;D site]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Game play==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Dice of various types are used to determine outcomes.  As players' characters accomplish more, they gain experience points (XP) which allow their characters to gain levels, which in turn make them more powerful and have more abilities. The DM may use a commercially-produced adventure, or may create one of his own.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The game's allows players to play either good, neutral, or evil characters.  &lt;br /&gt;
The game may include [[occult]] elements like [[ghost]]s, [[spirit]]s, [[demon]]s and [[devil]]s which the characters may fight, use or aid as they see fit. &lt;br /&gt;
Most DMs forbid evil characters as they are often disruptive to the game, unless they REALLY want to have fun and have their players kick ass, takes names, drink vodka out of the skulls of decapitated villagers after a healthy pillage/rape, double (or triple) cross various deities and demons...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The game settings manufactured by [[Wizards of the Coast]] (''Greyhawk'', ''Faerun'', ''Eberron'', etc.) also expressly adopt a polytheistic [[pantheon]] of deities and reject real-world [[religion]]s as a part of the game.  That being said, there is nothing to stop a DM from coming up with a monotheistic world in which to run his adventures. In fact, there is an unofficial published setting, ''[http://www.greenronin.com/catalog/grr1019 Testament]'', that is about roleplaying in the Biblical Era. Most characters in the game worship fictional deities both as lay persons and as &amp;quot;clerics&amp;quot;, a profession than any character may choose to undertake assuming their alignment matches or is close to a match with their chosen god.  Clerics of these deities are granted magical powers by their chosen deity by means of which they can defeat their enemies, or heal their party members.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The game has been steadily modified and expanded since the original first edition and is now in edition 3.5.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There is now a Dungeons and Dragons Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game (MMORPG) known as ''Dungeons &amp;amp; Dragons Online: Stormreach'' which takes place in the ''Eberron'' campaign setting.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== The Magic System ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The magic system used in Dungeons and Dragons was adopted very roughly from the writing of fantasy and science fiction author [[Jack Vance]]. In the Vancian system, magic-users such as wizards must prepare all of their spells in advance for that day by memorizing them and a spell leaves the wizard's memory upon being cast. To cast the spell again, the magic-user must once again memorize the spell. The Vancian system was chosen for a variety of reasons such as its originality compared to pre-existing magical systems, its avoidance any connection with systems of magic described in any religion or occult theory, and it being the creation one of Gygax's favorite authors.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Forum discussion: [http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/printthread.php?t=182603 &amp;quot;Is D&amp;amp;amp;D magic purely Vancian?&amp;quot;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;RPGnet: [http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10222.phtml Review of &amp;quot;The Primer of Practical Magic&amp;quot;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== The Combat System ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:dnddice.jpg|thumb|right|Some of the unusual dice required to play Dungeons and Dragons.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Players fight by throwing [[dice]] having 20, 12, 10, 8, 6, and 4 sides.  These dice are properly called polyhedral dice.  This is important to distinguish these dice from standard six sided dice.&lt;br /&gt;
Rolling two 10-sided dice creates a two-digit random number for percentages, which the rules will sometimes refer to as rolling a 100-sided die. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In combat there are three different ways that a character can damage another character: melee, ranged, or magical. Attacking another Player Character (PC) is often an evil act that will get you tossed out that group, but PC-vs-PC combat is sometimes entered by mutual agreement of the players as part of a plot.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Controversy and Criticism ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Starting in the late 1970s the game and others like it came under attack mainly from some conservative Christians as promoting occult and criminal activity. Its dangers were summarized in the Dark Dungeons tract by controversial fundamentalist Christian author [[Jack Chick]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Jack Chick: [http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0046/0046_01.asp &amp;quot;Dark Dungeons&amp;quot;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, who claims that D&amp;amp;D players whose characters reach a high enough level can learn to cast real magic spells. Gamers usually mock those &amp;quot;Chick Tract&amp;quot; as completely retarded.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
One item of concern for conservative Christians is that players' characters do not usually worship [[God]], but instead choose a [[patron]] deity from a fictional [[polytheistic]] pantheon. But really, when you're playing a game, it doesn't really matter if you're not worshiping the same gods as you are on the outside world, since it is make-belief and not real, and as such, many conservative Christians are retarded in their way of looking at this non-debate.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Player characters are sometimes rewarded with treasure and occult powers for summoning and worshipping demons and devils (but this depends upon the dungeon master and alignment of the character - in other words it never has to occur). They can also gain rewards for summoning and worshiping various benevolent spirits, too.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Another criticism is that illustrations in the rule books for Dungeons and Dragons often contain images of immodestly dressed women, and, in fact, in the first addition Monster's Manual a number of pencil drawings were topless (such as harpies and succubus).  When the drawings switched to color many years ago, topless pictures were removed. As this was clearly a marketing tool targeted at the target audience of Dungeons and Dragons (young man), this comes as no surprise.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Tracy Hickman, one of the main authors of the Dungeons and Dragons DragonLance book series, and a Christian with conservative politics and theology, has written a number of articles defending and discussing D&amp;amp;D from a Christian perspective. &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Waldron&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture: [http://www.usask.ca/relst/jrpc/art9-roleplaying.html &amp;quot;Role-Playing Games and the Christian Right&amp;quot;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Others within the Dungeons and Dragons community responded by writing other defenses from rationalist perspectives or other perspectives or by writing parodies such as &amp;quot;&amp;quot;Chess: The Subtle Sin: Should Christians play chess?&amp;quot;. In response to the perceived Christian persecution of the Dungeons and Dragons, darker themed, deliberately counter-cultural games appeared in reaction such as [[Call of Cthluhu]] which is based on the horror writing of [[H.P. Lovecraft]] and set in the [[Cthulhu|Cthulhu Mythos]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Waldron&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;, or [[Vampire: the Masquerade]], where players acted the roles of vampires, believe it or not. There's also Mage, where they play mages and sorcerors, borrowing powers regarded as &amp;quot;divine&amp;quot; by some. Oh, and Werewolf, where they play various lycanthropes, protecting &amp;quot;mother nature&amp;quot;. Real nasty stuff for poor poor Christians, who can't make the difference between real life and fiction.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I mean, they attacked the Harry Potter series...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==References==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Games]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>SilverDerstin</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Dungeons_and_Dragons&amp;diff=207411</id>
		<title>Dungeons and Dragons</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Dungeons_and_Dragons&amp;diff=207411"/>
		<updated>2007-06-24T03:10:35Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;SilverDerstin: /* Game play */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[Image:WotC Dungeons Dragons.jpg|thumb|right|The 3rd Edition Dungeons &amp;amp; Dragons logo.]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''Dungeons and Dragons''' (D&amp;amp;amp;D or DnD) is a role-playing game which takes place in [[magic]]al [[fantasy]] world of [[myth]]ical creatures such as [[elves]], [[dwarves]], [[orc]]s, and [[dragons]]. Players undertake a series of heroic adventures or quests, following a plot controlled by one player called&lt;br /&gt;
the ''dungeon master'' (DM).  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The game was originally published in 1974 by [[Gary Gygax]] and [[Dave Arneson]] and is now published by [[Wizards of the Coast]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Wizards of the Coast's [http://www.wizards.com/dnd D&amp;amp;amp;D site]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Game play==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Dice of various types are used to determine outcomes.  As players' characters accomplish more, they gain experience points (XP) which allow their characters to gain levels, which in turn make them more powerful and have more abilities. The DM may use a commercially-produced adventure, or may create one of his own.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The game's allows players to play either good, neutral, or evil characters.  &lt;br /&gt;
The game may include [[occult]] elements like [[ghost]]s, [[spirit]]s, [[demon]]s and [[devil]]s which the characters may fight, use or aid as they see fit. &lt;br /&gt;
Most DMs forbid evil characters as they are often disruptive to the game, unless they REALLY want to have fun and have their players kick ass, takes names, drink vodka out of the skulls of decapitated villagers after a healthy pillage/rape, double (or triple) cross various deities and demons...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The game settings manufactured by [[Wizards of the Coast]] (''Greyhawk'', ''Faerun'', ''Eberron'', etc.) also expressly adopt a polytheistic [[pantheon]] of deities and reject real-world [[religion]]s as a part of the game.  That being said, there is nothing to stop a DM from coming up with a monotheistic world in which to run his adventures. In fact, there is an unofficial published setting, ''[http://www.greenronin.com/catalog/grr1019 Testament]'', that is about roleplaying in the Biblical Era. Most characters in the game worship fictional deities both as lay persons and as &amp;quot;clerics&amp;quot;, a profession than any character may choose to undertake assuming their alignment matches or is close to a match with their chosen god.  Clerics of these deities are granted magical powers by their chosen deity by means of which they can defeat their enemies, or heal their party members.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The game has been steadily modified and expanded since the original first edition and is now in edition 3.5.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There is now a Dungeons and Dragons Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game (MMORPG) known as ''Dungeons &amp;amp; Dragons Online: Stormreach'' which takes place in the ''Eberron'' campaign setting.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== The Magic System ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The magic system used in Dungeons and Dragons was adopted very roughly from the writing of fantasy and science fiction author [[Jack Vance]]. In the Vancian system, magic-users such as wizards must prepare all of their spells in advance for that day by memorizing them and a spell leaves the wizard's memory upon being cast. To cast the spell again, the magic-user must once again memorize the spell. The Vancian system was chosen for a variety of reasons such as its originality compared to pre-existing magical systems, its avoidance any connection with systems of magic described in any religion or occult theory, and it being the creation one of Gygax's favorite authors.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Forum discussion: [http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/printthread.php?t=182603 &amp;quot;Is D&amp;amp;amp;D magic purely Vancian?&amp;quot;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;RPGnet: [http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10222.phtml Review of &amp;quot;The Primer of Practical Magic&amp;quot;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== The Combat System ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:dnddice.jpg|thumb|right|Some of the unusual dice required to play Dungeons and Dragons.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Players fight by throwing [[dice]] having 20, 12, 10, 8, 6, and 4 sides.  These dice are properly called polyhedral dice.  This is important to distinguish these dice from standard six sided dice.&lt;br /&gt;
Rolling two 10-sided dice creates a two-digit random number for percentages, which the rules will sometimes refer to as rolling a 100-sided die. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In combat there are three different ways that a character can damage another character: melee, ranged, or magical. Attacking another Player Character (PC) is often an evil act that will get you tossed out that group, but PC-vs-PC combat is sometimes entered by mutual agreement of the players as part of a plot.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Controversy and Criticism ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Starting in the late 1970s the game and others like it came under attack mainly from some conservative Christians as promoting occult and criminal activity. Its dangers were summarized in the Dark Dungeons tract by controversial fundamentalist Christian author [[Jack Chick]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Jack Chick: [http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0046/0046_01.asp &amp;quot;Dark Dungeons&amp;quot;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, who claims that D&amp;amp;D players whose characters reach a high enough level can learn to cast real magic spells. Gamers usually mock those &amp;quot;Chick Tract&amp;quot; as completely retarded.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
One item of concern for conservative Christians is that players' characters do not usually worship [[God]], but instead choose a [[patron]] deity from a fictional [[polytheistic]] pantheon. But really, when you're playing a game, it doesn't really matter if you're not worshiping the same gods as you are on the outside world, since it is make-belief and not real, and as such, many conservative Christians are retarded in their way of looking at this non-debate.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Player characters are sometimes rewarded with treasure and occult powers for summoning and worshipping demons and devils (but this depends upon the dungeon master and alignment of the character - in other words it never has to occur). They can also gain rewards for summoning and worshiping various benevolent spirits, too.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Another criticism is that illustrations in the rule books for Dungeons and Dragons often contain images of immodestly dressed women, and, in fact, in the first addition Monster's Manual a number of pencil drawings were topless (such as harpies and succubus).  When the drawings switched to color many years ago, topless pictures were removed. As this was clearly a marketing tool targeted at the target audience of Dungeons and Dragons (young man), this comes as no surprise.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Tracy Hickman, one of the main authors of the Dungeons and Dragons DragonLance book series, and a Christian with conservative politics and theology, has written a number of articles defending and discussing D&amp;amp;D from a Christian perspective. &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Waldron&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture: [http://www.usask.ca/relst/jrpc/art9-roleplaying.html &amp;quot;Role-Playing Games and the Christian Right&amp;quot;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Others within the Dungeons and Dragons community responded by writing other defenses from rationalist perspectives or other perspectives or by writing parodies such as &amp;quot;&amp;quot;Chess: The Subtle Sin: Should Christians play chess?&amp;quot;. In response to the perceived Christian persecution of the Dungeons and Dragons, darker themed, deliberately counter-cultural games appeared in reaction such as [[Call of Cthluhu]] which is based on the horror writing of [[H.P. Lovecraft]] and set in the [[Cthulhu|Cthulhu Mythos]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Waldron&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;, or [[Vampire: the Masquerade]], where players acted the roles of undead blood-suckers.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==References==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Games]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>SilverDerstin</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Dungeons_and_Dragons&amp;diff=207405</id>
		<title>Dungeons and Dragons</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Dungeons_and_Dragons&amp;diff=207405"/>
		<updated>2007-06-24T03:08:57Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;SilverDerstin: /* Controversy and Criticism */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[Image:WotC Dungeons Dragons.jpg|thumb|right|The 3rd Edition Dungeons &amp;amp; Dragons logo.]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''Dungeons and Dragons''' (D&amp;amp;amp;D or DnD) is a role-playing game which takes place in [[magic]]al [[fantasy]] world of [[myth]]ical creatures such as [[elves]], [[dwarves]], [[orc]]s, and [[dragons]]. Players undertake a series of heroic adventures or quests, following a plot controlled by one player called&lt;br /&gt;
the ''dungeon master'' (DM).  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The game was originally published in 1974 by [[Gary Gygax]] and [[Dave Arneson]] and is now published by [[Wizards of the Coast]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Wizards of the Coast's [http://www.wizards.com/dnd D&amp;amp;amp;D site]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Game play==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Dice of various types are used to determine outcomes.  As players' characters accomplish more, they gain experience points (XP) which allow their characters to gain levels, which in turn make them more powerful and have more abilities. The DM may use a commercially-produced adventure, or may create one of his own.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The game's allows players to play either good, neutral, or evil characters.  &lt;br /&gt;
The game may include [[occult]] elements like [[ghost]]s, [[spirit]]s, [[demon]]s and [[devil]]s which the characters may fight, use or aid as they see fit. &lt;br /&gt;
Most DMs forbid evil characters as they are often disruptive to the game.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The game settings manufactured by [[Wizards of the Coast]] (''Greyhawk'', ''Faerun'', ''Eberron'', etc.) also expressly adopt a polytheistic [[pantheon]] of deities and reject real-world [[religion]]s as a part of the game.  That being said, there is nothing to stop a DM from coming up with a monotheistic world in which to run his adventures. In fact, there is an unofficial published setting, ''[http://www.greenronin.com/catalog/grr1019 Testament]'', that is about roleplaying in the Biblical Era. Most characters in the game worship fictional deities both as lay persons and as &amp;quot;clerics&amp;quot;, a profession than any character may choose to undertake assuming their alignment matches or is close to a match with their chosen god.  Clerics of these deities are granted magical powers by their chosen deity by means of which they can defeat their enemies, or heal their party members.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The game has been steadily modified and expanded since the original first edition and is now in edition 3.5.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There is now a Dungeons and Dragons Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game (MMORPG) known as ''Dungeons &amp;amp; Dragons Online: Stormreach'' which takes place in the ''Eberron'' campaign setting.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== The Magic System ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The magic system used in Dungeons and Dragons was adopted very roughly from the writing of fantasy and science fiction author [[Jack Vance]]. In the Vancian system, magic-users such as wizards must prepare all of their spells in advance for that day by memorizing them and a spell leaves the wizard's memory upon being cast. To cast the spell again, the magic-user must once again memorize the spell. The Vancian system was chosen for a variety of reasons such as its originality compared to pre-existing magical systems, its avoidance any connection with systems of magic described in any religion or occult theory, and it being the creation one of Gygax's favorite authors.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Forum discussion: [http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/printthread.php?t=182603 &amp;quot;Is D&amp;amp;amp;D magic purely Vancian?&amp;quot;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;RPGnet: [http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10222.phtml Review of &amp;quot;The Primer of Practical Magic&amp;quot;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== The Combat System ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:dnddice.jpg|thumb|right|Some of the unusual dice required to play Dungeons and Dragons.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Players fight by throwing [[dice]] having 20, 12, 10, 8, 6, and 4 sides.  These dice are properly called polyhedral dice.  This is important to distinguish these dice from standard six sided dice.&lt;br /&gt;
Rolling two 10-sided dice creates a two-digit random number for percentages, which the rules will sometimes refer to as rolling a 100-sided die. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In combat there are three different ways that a character can damage another character: melee, ranged, or magical. Attacking another Player Character (PC) is often an evil act that will get you tossed out that group, but PC-vs-PC combat is sometimes entered by mutual agreement of the players as part of a plot.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Controversy and Criticism ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Starting in the late 1970s the game and others like it came under attack mainly from some conservative Christians as promoting occult and criminal activity. Its dangers were summarized in the Dark Dungeons tract by controversial fundamentalist Christian author [[Jack Chick]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Jack Chick: [http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0046/0046_01.asp &amp;quot;Dark Dungeons&amp;quot;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, who claims that D&amp;amp;D players whose characters reach a high enough level can learn to cast real magic spells. Gamers usually mock those &amp;quot;Chick Tract&amp;quot; as completely retarded.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
One item of concern for conservative Christians is that players' characters do not usually worship [[God]], but instead choose a [[patron]] deity from a fictional [[polytheistic]] pantheon. But really, when you're playing a game, it doesn't really matter if you're not worshiping the same gods as you are on the outside world, since it is make-belief and not real, and as such, many conservative Christians are retarded in their way of looking at this non-debate.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Player characters are sometimes rewarded with treasure and occult powers for summoning and worshipping demons and devils (but this depends upon the dungeon master and alignment of the character - in other words it never has to occur). They can also gain rewards for summoning and worshiping various benevolent spirits, too.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Another criticism is that illustrations in the rule books for Dungeons and Dragons often contain images of immodestly dressed women, and, in fact, in the first addition Monster's Manual a number of pencil drawings were topless (such as harpies and succubus).  When the drawings switched to color many years ago, topless pictures were removed. As this was clearly a marketing tool targeted at the target audience of Dungeons and Dragons (young man), this comes as no surprise.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Tracy Hickman, one of the main authors of the Dungeons and Dragons DragonLance book series, and a Christian with conservative politics and theology, has written a number of articles defending and discussing D&amp;amp;D from a Christian perspective. &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Waldron&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture: [http://www.usask.ca/relst/jrpc/art9-roleplaying.html &amp;quot;Role-Playing Games and the Christian Right&amp;quot;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Others within the Dungeons and Dragons community responded by writing other defenses from rationalist perspectives or other perspectives or by writing parodies such as &amp;quot;&amp;quot;Chess: The Subtle Sin: Should Christians play chess?&amp;quot;. In response to the perceived Christian persecution of the Dungeons and Dragons, darker themed, deliberately counter-cultural games appeared in reaction such as [[Call of Cthluhu]] which is based on the horror writing of [[H.P. Lovecraft]] and set in the [[Cthulhu|Cthulhu Mythos]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Waldron&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;, or [[Vampire: the Masquerade]], where players acted the roles of undead blood-suckers.&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Talk:Hillary Rodham Clinton</title>
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&lt;div&gt;Whoever selected the picture seems to have deliberately tried to find an unattractive one.  Sorry, but conservative bias is just as bad as liberal bias.&lt;br /&gt;
: I disagree. This is '&amp;quot;Conservapedia&amp;quot; and I don't mind a conservative bias. I'm tired of the liberal bias everywhere else and liberals trying to get rid of anything they don't agree with. I'm annoyed at seeing Hillary's smiling, happy face on all the other sites and I'm happy to see this picture. [[User:Crocoite|Crocoite]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User Talk:Crocoite|talk]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 13:27, 15 March 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Do you know why bias (any bias) is bad in the first place?  Becuase it makes us ignorant to the true state of the world.  The cost of saying that &amp;quot;in my bias, slavery, the holocaust, and the murder and marginalization of the american indians never happened&amp;quot; is you are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past.  Has hillary made mistakes?  sure!  We all have.  But no one's life is doomed to only their mistakes and failures, no matter how much that's all we care to see.&lt;br /&gt;
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Did someone suggest that Hillary could be anything other than unattractive?  LOL.  The picture here is better than fair.  --[[User:Bob Arctor|Bob Arctor]] 22:47, 18 March 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I'm trying so hard not to make a crude joke about that. [[User:MountainDew|MountainDew]] 22:48, 18 March 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Huh?  The criticism of Hillary Clinton consists entirely of a poll?  [[User:Kolbe|Kolbe]] 23:12, 22 March 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Most people it seems are made or broken based on their polls, even if the people polled do not understand the questions they are being polled on. [[User:TheComputerWizard|TheComputerWizard]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Presidential Campaign 2008 ==&lt;br /&gt;
I think what she meant that no mother had been a MAJOR candidate for president. The correction is basically of very minor importance.[[User:Alloco1|Alloco1]] 19:15, 16 March 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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RObS entire new addition regarding Hillary's possible &amp;quot;clinical condition&amp;quot; should be removed as gossip at best.  The cited reference is a conservative website that references a book written by someone with no medical training, and yet we are to accept her as an authority on Hillary's possible mental illness?  This is just a baseless smear. [[User:QNA|QNA]] 12:08, 18 May 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Baseless smear? Since when do smears need a base?  It has been well documented, for instance, what an idiot George W. Bush is, without foundation.  For example, Google Bush+idiot brings up 1,590,000 hits. [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;amp;q=bush%2Bidiot]  [[User:RobS|RobS]] 14:11, 18 May 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I find it interesting that RobS justifies smearing Clinton in this article on the basis of smears against George Bush he alleges to have found on the internet at large. Sounds like he's got a small chip on his shoulder that is having a negative affect on his editorial policies. NitramNos 13:57, 23 May 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I didn't say it, it's a reputable citation.  [[User:RobS|RobS]] 14:06, 23 May 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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The list of &amp;quot;intriguing&amp;quot; symptoms Buchanan purported to include in her endnotes -- specifically endnote 74, Chapter 1 -- appears to be missing from the book entirely. Buchanan does not reference her study of &amp;quot;narcissistic personality style&amp;quot; elsewhere in the book.&lt;br /&gt;
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Additionally, Fox and MSNBC failed to identify Buchanan as a senior adviser for Republican presidential candidate Rep. Tom Tancredo (CO). Buchanan's biography on the back of the book's dust jacket also fails to note her role as an adviser for Tancredo's campaign. The back cover includes a note of praise from Tancredo.&lt;br /&gt;
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Human Events and Regnery Publishing are both subsidiaries of Eagle Publishing, a &amp;quot;leading conservative publishing company.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Recommend ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Conservapedia:Manual of Style/Politicians]] - [[User:Myk|Myk]] 02:21, 3 April 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I recommend removing the Bible smack talk at the end of the article. Conservatism = Separation of Church and State. REMEMBER THAT KIDS!&lt;br /&gt;
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==A genuine classic==&lt;br /&gt;
For you serious students of politics, and others who worship at the alter of public opinion polls, this Poll is a classic in the genre of public opinion molding and shaping.  You just gotta love the choices given respondents,&lt;br /&gt;
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*Very corrupt &lt;br /&gt;
*Somewhat corrupt &lt;br /&gt;
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*Not at all corrupt&lt;br /&gt;
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Can we suppose the key idea here must be &amp;quot;corrupt&amp;quot;?  and what influence do you suppose the wording may have had on the findings of the poll?  [[User:RobS|RobS]] 13:56, 7 April 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==For those who dislike this woman==&lt;br /&gt;
I have a funny picture i would like to share with you all (espically those who dont like her): [http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_jul2003/BabyPunch.jpg funny pic] --[[User:Will N.|Will N.]] 12:02, 8 May 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
: Hah. We can all find ''hilarious'' photoshoppings on the internet. We should probably also not try and look for the worst pictures of someone for their article - not too bad here, but the [[Al Gore]] article - eugh. --&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#222222&amp;quot; face=&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Wik&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#444444&amp;quot; face=&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;i&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font color=&amp;quot;#666666&amp;quot; face=&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;nterpreter&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;'''&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:Wikinterpreter talk?]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Hillary ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Senator Clinton is the best Democratic candidate for President in the upcoming election.&lt;br /&gt;
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Past both biases. You can't just insert opinion pieces into a &amp;quot;factual&amp;quot; article. If you want to be &amp;quot;conservative&amp;quot; in your writing, then get rid of the political/ideological opinion. This is ridiculous for a website that presupposes itself to be more factual than wikipedia.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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