Remathilis
Legend
I'm trying to comply/validate/invalidate a variety of D&D based Urban Legends. Basically, these are the stories we've heard about D&D that are either made up, have a grain of truth, and actually happened.
Feel Free to add as many as possible, including ones you know are false. Add, debate, clarify, or question, any. Lets seperate fact from fiction.
My starters
"The Paladin and the Assassin"
Source: Word of Mouth
Premise: Two PCs were old adventuring buddies. One was a paladin, the other an assassin. (First edition is usually the rule source for this.) The game goes on, and the two are best or friends (both in game and out). However, on the "last game" of that campaign (usually before the group breaks up because of jobs, college, etc). the assassin strikes/kills the paladin, takes his stuff, and levels from the XP of the act. This causes the two players to never speak to each other again.
Vailidity: Unsure.
"Steam Vents"
Source: 1983 Newspaper reports, various books and movies on the subject.
Premise: A student (first described as a MSU freshman) dissappears from college. After an extensive manhunt, his body is found in Steam Tunnels near the campus. A long investigation determines he and a bunch of his friends were playing D&D/Larping in the tunnels, and either suffered some sort of accident or was murdered by his fellow players and left there.
Vailidty: This one is the most debunked UL in existance.
"You've Reached Level 8"
Source: Classically Described in Jack Chic's "Dark Dungeons" pamphet circa 1985. B.A.D.D. material.
Premise: There are Dungeon Master's whom lure young teens and children into the occult via the D&D game. These victims often either commit suicide or become rampaging manics that commit horrible atroscities.
Vailidty: While there are undoubtably DMs who are interested/involved with occult lore, D&D has never (on any meaningful level) been used as a "recruitment" tool. The suicide rate for gamers is lower than the national average.
Add, correct, reply.
Feel Free to add as many as possible, including ones you know are false. Add, debate, clarify, or question, any. Lets seperate fact from fiction.
My starters
"The Paladin and the Assassin"
Source: Word of Mouth
Premise: Two PCs were old adventuring buddies. One was a paladin, the other an assassin. (First edition is usually the rule source for this.) The game goes on, and the two are best or friends (both in game and out). However, on the "last game" of that campaign (usually before the group breaks up because of jobs, college, etc). the assassin strikes/kills the paladin, takes his stuff, and levels from the XP of the act. This causes the two players to never speak to each other again.
Vailidity: Unsure.
"Steam Vents"
Source: 1983 Newspaper reports, various books and movies on the subject.
Premise: A student (first described as a MSU freshman) dissappears from college. After an extensive manhunt, his body is found in Steam Tunnels near the campus. A long investigation determines he and a bunch of his friends were playing D&D/Larping in the tunnels, and either suffered some sort of accident or was murdered by his fellow players and left there.
Vailidty: This one is the most debunked UL in existance.
"You've Reached Level 8"
Source: Classically Described in Jack Chic's "Dark Dungeons" pamphet circa 1985. B.A.D.D. material.
Premise: There are Dungeon Master's whom lure young teens and children into the occult via the D&D game. These victims often either commit suicide or become rampaging manics that commit horrible atroscities.
Vailidty: While there are undoubtably DMs who are interested/involved with occult lore, D&D has never (on any meaningful level) been used as a "recruitment" tool. The suicide rate for gamers is lower than the national average.
Add, correct, reply.
