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March 30, 2003
8th-level Cleric of Jesus Christ
An actual conversation from my high school years, where my cousin from Mississippi and I were working up a D&D character for him to play:
Jimbo: "OK, so what kind of character do you want to roll up?"
Cousin: "I want to play a Cleric of Jesus Christ."
Jimbo: "Umm, you can't do that..."
Cousin: "Why not? Jesus performed miracles."
Jimbo: "Jesus was an avatar of God."
Cousin: "Well, he walked on water and healed people."
Jimbo: "Yeah, but none of his followers could do that."
Cousin: "Well then, how do you explain Moses? He parted the Red Sea and called down plagues on the Egyptians."
Jimbo: "Neither Jesus nor God are part of the Greyhawk pantheon of dieties."
Cousin: "I still want to play a Cleric of Jesus."
Jimbo: "But...OK fine then."
Don't anyone ever say I'm not flexible. Rumour has it that D&D is the shit in Hollywood. I'm not holding my breath for Colin Farrell to come knocking on my door during an intense session in the Forgotten Realms, however.
Posted by jimbo at March 30, 2003 6:58 PM
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Funny how all of a sudden playing D&D, watching Anime, and being big in the Sci-Fi is cool again.
I always knew learning how to speak Quenya (Tolkien Elvish) would pay off some day.
Long live the reign of the Geeks!
PRITINAMA
Posted by: DAX at March 30, 2003 8:48 PM
Sadly, some things are just way over that line and too geeky beyond redemption.
Burl
Posted by: Burl at March 31, 2003 12:54 PM
Someone also might want to explain to your cousin that Moses was emphatically not a follower of Jesus.
Old Testament, New Testament-- who can remember the difference really?
Posted by: Andrew at March 31, 2003 2:03 PM
So, the first thing in my mind is what is Vin going to play in a retry at D&D, Warrior, Paladin, Ranger, Wizard, definitely not an elf - or maybe an evil foe - in/out of costume, definitely out - human, half-orc, ogre? Naked Vin is a definite so can't be something elaborate make-up wise.
Posted by: kiri at March 31, 2003 4:21 PM
So,how did a Cleric of Jesus Christ fare in the rough and tumble world of Greyhawk?
Posted by: torgonus at March 31, 2003 11:24 PM
Wish I had something smart to say, but I don't
I am a Shaman though, and I have a website that talks about some weird stuff called The WE. (www.TheWE.cc)
8th level Cleric of Jesus Christ?
OK.
Posted by: kewe at April 2, 2003 6:21 PM
Both my cousin and I played the tuba in high school together, by the way.
I think he did well in the game. I recall just regarding his character as a 'cleric' as opposed to his demanded religion.
Posted by: jimbo at April 2, 2003 7:17 PM
gee..I played trombone and much later realized that I should have given tuba a whirl.
Posted by: torgonus at April 2, 2003 11:31 PM