You sir win the day. Here is 1 million experience points for the next DnD character you make :D

Indeed. One has a dark history of rooting out "evil" sorcerers, condemning them through sham trials, and burning them at the stake. And also uses a known torture device as their main symbol.

Great article!

D&D was a bit before my time (at least the demonic craze) but I experienced the same thing when Magic: The Gathering came out. Some churches around my hometown strongly opposed the game because it had 'black magic' (swamps). :eyeroll:

Ah the times before the internet came along and gave…

It was never a fair fight between fundamentalist Christianity and D&D. One was a dangerous system full of dark mysticism and threats to warp a young mind beyond repair, and the other was a tabletop RPG.