Congratulations on your acceptance into our exclusive and secret society! Now that you’ve past our rigorous examinations(1) and have been recommended by a fellow XDM of no less than 20th level(2), you are now ready to be officially inducted into our cult(3) (even though, being secretive, we never refer to ourselves as a cult(4)).
Despite what you have heard or been led to beleive, it is surprisingly simple to become an XDM.
Complete membership instructions are included in every copy of ‘XDM: Xtreme Dungeon Mastery’!
(1) Or, in other words, have finally figured out how to get the best score on the XDM Compatibility Test.
(2) This recommendation requirement is also fulfilled by purchasing this book from an authorized retail outlet, from our online store or out of the back of one of the author’s cars.
(3) A ‘cult’ in this case, takes the common usage as coined from 1920 onward referring to a cohesive social group and their beliefs or practices, which the surrounding population – or in this case gaming community, — considers to be outside the mainstream. Yeah, baby, that’s us.
(4) You never refer to XDMs as ‘a cult’ because it sounds too much like ‘occult’ and most people can’t tell the difference even if you explain it to them until you are blue in the face. They will instantly insist that you’re telling them you’re some sort of demonic worshipers which is how Dungeons & Dragons got into that whole sorry nonsense in the first place.
Themocracy
Does it count if your received the book as a gift(Purchases from an authorized retail outlet)?
Yes! However the person giving the book also still retains their level for purchasing it … ergo gift purchase can gain two agragate levels.
So does this mean that purchasing copies for friends is a mildly unscrupulous way to continue gaining levels?