Amph “You make plans that fail?” Dungeons & Dragons - Honor Among Thieves (and P+ TV Series)

It seems interesting, I'll see it.

Also I see comments on the vid that Chris Pine being the bard, they have expectations that he HAS to try and seduce a dragon. Cause that's what bards do.


I'll admit, I only know little from D&D lore, I watched the Vox Machina series on amazon, so there's that. Interesting the druid a redhead like Keyleth in VM, or is that just a druid thing?

 

Exactly what I did not want.

 

What did you want?

 

Not Guardians of the Galaxy D&D.

 

there's way too much serious fantasy movies and TV series trying to be LotR and GoT (or even new LotR and GoT), I need dopey. Great mincing by Pine at the end there!

 

That's funny, because the D&D format came from LOTR via Dave Arneson. If it worked for LOTR it could have worked for D&D.

 

Guardians actually isn't a bad template for D&D, to be honest, in that it does kind of get to the core of what sitting at a table to play is like - you have a ragtag group, often playing with varying levels of seriousness to their characters/backgrounds/investment, coming together to go on their adventure as a team. This seems to get that spirit, and in a way that (at least in the two minutes we've seen here) doesn't totally seem to be undercutting itself with disingenuous snarky humor (the humor seems more... of the world here) the way so many modern blockbusters that are embarrassed of their source material tend to do (hopefully that actually remains true in the movie).

I'm... moderately, potentially interested in this. I wasn't before today. So that's neat.

Hoping this ends up being a fun fantasy adventure.

 

kind of a lame subtitle though but at least they didn't call it "Dawn of _____" or "Origins" or "The First Adventure" or whatever that promises more installments off the jump.

 

Well it being a D&D thing it can have totally new groups per movie in a way, just intersecting with the old like a lot of adventures do. As long as the world works, you can go on as many adventures with whoever you want, so lots of potential for vast variety of stories. I.E:

Each group is different. Some funny, some get series later on, some series from beginning. So potential

 

Never played D&D though hope to in the nearish future, but this just looks like fun.

 

Back to waiting for a serious Forgotten Realms or Dragonlance movie. Oh well.

 

Would it be possible to do one here on the forum? Would take a lot though. Would have to buy dice and have someone dm etc.

 

Yeah seems like Guardians of the Dungeon Dragon. Im 100% in now.

Reminds me of DnD drunk in college, loving the tone a lot. Those were good days.

 

I've no idea, but the group I've played Star Wars rpg in the past and currently playing Mutants and Masterminds with are talking about doing D&D.

 

Not too impressed by initial teaser. Granted my fondness for Dungeons and Dragons comes much more from the Dragolance novels (and occasional Forgotten Realms and even Greyhawk) than the game. I will give it points for the black dragon breathing acid instead of fire (now give me a lightning spitting blue) and having a gelatinous cube. But am very tired of the MCU ironic joke formula. Particulary as none of the jokes in the trailer are as sharply written as even the MCU.

Also, would have preferred a party thrown together by fate more than just a group of thieves (I get that they are different classes but I mean in terms of motivations for joining the quest). Plus the CGI looked a little weak, especially with the Game of Thrones spinoff dragons looking much more impressive but I figure there's time to tighten that up.

 

Chris Pine's character seems to be wearing a Harper pin which is an interesting detail.

Hope we get to see a Beholder. Love those awful, hypochondriac floaty bois.

 

Fun footage in the BTS reel, with some really cool monsters. I'm still shockingly looking forward to this (I just really hope it doesn't pull the rug out from under itself with a meta "oh they were players sitting around a table all along" gag).

But man, what an absolutely awful poster.

 

Saw the trailer last night as the family finally saw Wakanda Forever.

Will probably be terrible but I am also cautiously optimistic. Hope it’s a real fun time and if it’s that and no more, I’ll be satisfied.