D&D Movie/TV Here's The D&D Movie Trailer!

"Who needs heroes when you have thieves?" The movie arrives March 3rd, 2023. Here's the trailer! When they said it was inspired by Guardians of the Galaxy, they weren't kidding! We have dragons, owlbears, mimics, gelatinous cubes, quips, and more!



There was also a clip shown at San Diego Comic Con where the party cast speak with dead, and got to ask five questions. Also, apparently, the D&D cartoon characters from the 80s have a cameo!

 

[Ruin Explorer]

I’m saying what makes her a Barbarian aside from class skills and high str score? She doesn’t seem “barbaric”.

Welcome to 90% of Barbarians ever played in D&D since the 1980s!

I'm actually struggling to think of a Barbarian (class) I've seen played in D&D who was in any way more "barbaric" than the rest of the PCs. I think the closest is usually they "dress" Barbarian-style and come from a say, a Viking-esque or Steppe Tribe-esque culture rather than a late-Medieval-esque culture. I can think of a few small-b barbarians who weren't the class, but not really vice-versa!

Anyway the trailer looks both:

A) More fun and action-y than I was expecting (more in line with what I hoped than what I actually expected).

and

B) Waaaaaaaaaaaaaay more D&D-ish than I expected, with tons of classic D&D things being shown (even them diving into a gelatinous cube to dodge a displacer beast!), and surprisingly diverse environments for what I expected to be something centered on a city in the FR.

So looks good.

 

[Mistwell]

Earlier in the trailer we see a dragon statue that looks just like it…

They're in Waterdeep. Doesn't Waterdeep have statues which can animate?

 

[DarkCrisis]

classes don’t have to dictate personality….

I thought people were more into “role playing” now instead of “roll playing”.

 

[Bolares]

Or that the other players are just idiots who dont know the best class in the game when they see it? "Oh YeAh We NeEd A rOgUe FoR tHe DoOrS, anyway, here's Knock."

I'm kidding, I'm kidding, Sorcerer is best class. They do what wizards do but look cooler by default.

Sorry, but sorcerers do 17 things the wizards do, at most.

 

[This Effin’ GM]

Sorry, but sorcerers do 17 things the wizards do, at most.

Oh look at Fancy Bolares here, everyone, who needs a class that can do 18 things!

 

[Paul Farquhar]

classes don’t have to dictate personality….

Indeed. The barbarian in our last campaign was a mild-mannered halfling archaeologist. In the current one she is a Disney princess.

 

[Bolares]

I thought people were more into “role playing” now instead of “roll playing”.

C’mon… don’t be THAT person

 

[CleverNickName]

I am lost on to why you see this as so good exactly?

Mostly the part about how more children will be excited to play D&D. For any reason.

Let's say that I'm watching this movie with my nieces and nephews. "Woah, that was so cool!" the oldest gushes, walking back to the car. "Uncle Nick, can I play a druid that can turn into giant monsters like that?!" And the way I see it, I can respond in a couple different ways.

Response 1: "Sorry kiddo, but that's against the rules. Here, let me show you what the rules allow."
Response 2: "A druid that can transform into monsters? That sounds awesome, let's make it happen!"

I know what my response is gonna be.

 

[This Effin’ GM]

I know what my response is gonna be.

"Go home, you aren't my kids and I want a beer"

(Joking, you are 100% correct here)

 

[Bolares]

Oh look at Fancy Bolares here, everyone, who needs a class that can do 18 things!

Well… only idiots don’t