One of my direct manifested encounters was surrounding my participation in the game Dungeons and Dragons back in the 80’s along with the music I listened to at the time (i.e. Suicidal Tendencies, DRI and other such demonically inspired bands). A being attacked me in the night from which it was surrounding my pile of books, maps, notes and albums in which it made loud, clear and definable noises. Once I approached, it physically came up against me but the Holy Spirit ushered it away so that it may not posses me. My friends had similar encounters, I thus got rid of that stuff. Much happened in those days and not all were as guarded as I, it seems.
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The feeling of an evil presence in the night is a common symptom of sleep paralysis, with probably an unheathly dose of fundy guilt thrown on top of it.
Let me guess: A parent, grandparent, pastor made you feel like a piece of shit because you liked loud counter culture music and fantasy games? Am I close?
Sure, sure, but I find a simple "piss off I'm sleeping, come back tomorrow and we'll discuss it" get's rid of the demons equally well.
Okay if God protects you, sends the holy ghost and all the angels to guard over you. Why is it you're the one attacked by demons?
The rest of us go through life never seeing such a thing. Never suffering from paranormal attacks. The worst we get is the odd nightmare. But we're not protected, according to you.
Of course the simple answer is that you people lie through your teeth about demon attacks because it makes you feel important.
Well, given your potential as a cleric, what you most likely experienced was a turn undead moment. Now, given that the Abrahamic god is a solar deity, you are liable to have chosen the Sun domain, which would have given you even greater turning power. Despite all this, I suspect that what attacked you was only a minor undead, given that you have stated this was one of your first encounters, and as such were manifestly of low, if not first level, not to mention that you obviously have low charisma.
Come back and see me once you've faced and triumphed over a dragon, then we'll talk. In the meantime, have fun with your non-caster kobolds and simple arrow traps.
and yet my gaming library has not only quite a bit DnD but Vampire and World of Darkness, gurps, and even Kult (gee, you want a game ot freak the fundies, try Kult)
And yet I haven't had any demonic possessions yet.
What am I doing wrong?
I've played D&D for years and I've never gotten possessed. It's too bad a Celestial protected you, sometimes those things can give you levels. Or you could have beaten it for EXP, and don't Shadows give a large amount of treasure?
Fanatic-Templar wins though~
A being attacked me in the night from which it was surrounding my pile of books, maps, notes and albums in which it made loud, clear and definable noises. Once I approached, it physically came up against me but the Holy Spirit ushered it away so that it may not posses me.
A quick blast of Magic Missile would have sent it packing. Did you get any good loot?
Pffft. Big deal. In college I once had Spock and Dr. McCoy from Star Trek , along with The Doctor (Tom Baker incarnation) from Doctor Who , in my dorm room consulting with each other over how to best treat me for my excruciating case of the flu -- which had given me a fever of 104 and was making me hallucinate them.
Annoyingly, none of them had any useful ideas. You'd think that with all their advanced science, those guys could have come up with something.
The bastard thanked a celestial? What the hell? It was a Tiefling!
Silly humans, unable to tell creatures of the void apart.
"A being attacked me in the night from which it was surrounding my pile of books, maps, notes and albums in which it made loud, clear and definable noises. Once I approached, it physically came up against me but the Holy Spirit ushered it away so that it may not posses me. My friends had similar encounters, I thus got rid of that stuff."
Was this after the use of illegal drugs or before you were prescribed the legal ones?
Well, where the hell was your Paladin or your cleric? I figure a quick Turn Undead would've done the trick here.
As I've been playing D&D since childhood (the early-mid 80's) and I haven't been molested by an evil entity yet, I have to wonder...why wasn't I attacked by Casper? Oh I know why...I don't have to make crap like this up to feel self-important.
David D.G.: I'm rather jealous. My temp hit 104 about six years ago and I just felt crappy (and my hair hurt). Didn't see anything odd. I always have wondered what that would be like.
As for NovaStorm: You might not want to try to have your character summon demons until you're a few levels higher. Once there: ring of protection vs. evil. Works fairly well, for the most part. Turn it inward so they're trapped inside, and work out a deal - their true name for freedom. Always did a world of good for our wizard Nigel...
Otherwise, retire to somewhere nice and stick to some good ol' level 1 farming.
1) Lying for Jesus.
2) Watched "Mazes and Monsters" too many times.
3) Delusional.
I'm not sure which applies.
But, as an avid long-time DnD player, I can honestly say that Nova's story is bullshit.They're just games. Fiction. Not bloody real.
Not that RR members can tell the difference between fiction and reality, anyway.
David D.G: Reminds me of the time I had pneumonia. I saw dancing skeletons (one of them was a t-rex, but he wasn't dancing), a girl popping up behind tombstones which were behind the hospital room chairs, and Salem the cat from Sabrina eating an apple.
It was freaking weird.
Okay, NovaStorm, if you really DID participate in D&D back in the 1980s, you'll be able to answer this simple question:
What character-class did you play, what was the highest experience level he attained, and what were his Armor Class and approximate hit points at that level?
If you really were an [A]D&D player, those little facts would be burned into your memory. So ... how 'bout it?
There are no drugs that good. There are only two choices here:
#1. He was an adolescent at the time with a big imagination bordering on undiagnosed psychosis, who had also had his head filled with religious nonsense before he "rebelled" and got all "satanic" with his games and music. The events later swelled in his mind as happens to everyone. This is the generous interpretation.
#2. This one is my real guess, based on my experience with
I'm trying to be fair here. I thought I saw the devil once, too. For about five or ten seconds. I was seven years old and it was my neighbor, in a full-body devil suit, trying to scare the kids; but we just weren't that stupid. Not exactly a conversion moment, but infinitely more real than anything that could've happened to NovaStorm.
Sorry Nova, you rolled a 1 on your Bluff check, and I rolled a 20 on my Sense Motive. Not that I needed any of that to know you're a liar.
I'm 27 now, been playing D&D for 17 years. Nothing like this has EVER happened to me or *anyone* that I've ever known.
My best friend has a huge collection of RPGs; which not only includes "D&D", but "Vampire: The Masquerade", "Werewolf: The Apocalypse": along with those, and what he's currently running a campaign with: "Call of Cthulhu".
He's a long-time Church of England Christian .
Your move, NotevenaFartinthefog: literally .
Confused?
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