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incantations. However, he must serve a specific deity. Find out the relationship between him and his defty. You will get a good idea of just how "bound" he is by his degree of obedience to the deity. Let me give you an example. I was asked to speak with a 16 year old boy who had become a Christian. This boy (whom I will call Bob) was living in a Christian home for troubled teens. He admitted to being an 80th degree cleric in a role-playing game, but denied any knowledge of demons. However, in talking with Bob, I was interested to find the amount of fear in Bob regarding the rules of the game. Obviously Bob had a great deal of knowledge and skill in the game. I asked him why he didn't just break away from the group in which he was play ing and become a game leader for another group. His answer was, "Because I am not completely qualified." "What difference does that make? There's no law which says you can't break away and become a game leader of your own group, this is a free country. What's stopping you?" "Because I'm not qualified. I wouldn't consider doingsuch a thing." "Don't you get tired of being just a player. Wouldn't you enjoy being a game leader more?" "Yes." "Then why don't you do so?" "I told you, because I'm not qualified." Obviously, Bob was obeying some power which he feared. Finally I asked him if the reason why he wouldn't disobey the rules of the game was because he was afraid of angering his deity. He said that he would anger his deity and thus lose power. Finally, after further conversation, Bob told me that he had had a friend who served the same deity as he did in the game. This friend had disobeyed the rules of the

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