No question that Dungeons and Dragons is an intense field of battle for nerds across the land, what with all the wizards and magic and murder and, uh…dice! But how can it get even more intense? When someone beats you with a hammer due to how the game turned out.

When Logan Bryson suddenly awakened in the early morning of May 30, he thought he was having a bad dream until he realized someone was beating him with a hammer.

“I didn’t realize I was being attacked until I fell to the floor with my arms up to defend myself,” said Bryson, who took the stand Monday in 5th District Court in Cedar City during the preliminary hearing for Zachery Frank King, charged with beating Bryson and Daniel Shokrian at Shokrian’s home in this southern Utah city.

Testimony Monday suggested a motive for the attacks may have grown from the trio playing the fantasy role-playing game “Dungeons and Dragons” and jealousy over a girl who King and Bryson knew.

Bryson, 23, suffered a concussion and bruises in the attack; Shokrian, 20, lost some vision and his ability to read and write, which he is trying to recover through therapy.

Bryson and King knew each other at school and had spent time the previous day playing “Dungeons and Dragons” with Shokrian, who was acting cocky during the game, according to Detective Nathan Williams. Shokrian was directing the game as Dungeon Master, and King didn’t like what he was doing with King’s character, Williams said.

Oh I think we’ve all been there. You don’t know how many times I’m rolling dice while wearing a hat I stole from an old Robin Hood costume and thought, “Man, this Dungeon Master is totally screwing me. He’s making my character look like such a douchebag.” Which sucks because, with all the hot babes watching and seeing me looking ridiculous, I have no clue how I’m ever going to get laid as a result. Why else would you get into Dungeons and Dragons if not for the chicks?

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