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Now I do not know what I did to trigger these offers as I have made no mention of my interest in seeing the world as a complex roll-playing game on FB, but whatever triggered these offers has reminded me of a time very many years ago when I first learned to play D&D and therein began to understand how life on earth had similar relationship to roll-playing and character building.
In relation to "God" as presented through the Christian religion, there appear to be similarities between His position and that of the Dungeon Master in D&D where by, there are certain types of character to choose from that the player can become and certain attributes each character can have, weaknesses and strengths.
The DM sets the game environment and sets quests for the players to go through to reach objectives.
The players cannot step out of character, so in that they are somewhat tied to the whims of the DM, who can make it very difficult for a player's character to survive the quest.
This could be very annoying for a player who can see clearly that a certain decision made in a certain circumstance would contribute to the chances of the character not surviving the quest, and thus the player would not make such a choice, but because the player has to stay true to the characters overall character, the player is forced to make his character make a stupid choice.
The upside is that the DM might not have the last laugh, because the dice determine the result of said choice the character has made, and so there is a chance that even if the choice was stupid, the dice make the result favorable for the character, and then in turn the character gets 'experience points' and develops in wisdom etc...when the dice do this, the DM has to explain why and how the character managed to survive a seemingly stupid choice...
