D&D Movie/TV 5 (nitpicking)) things the D&D Movie got wrong

[Henadic Theologian]

(Ed Greenwood)

Ed loved the movie, he just points out some funny nitpicks.

Cool side notes not only is Ed the creator of the Forgotten Realms, he's also the creator of Sending stones which appear in the movie.

But the big bomb drop is confirmation from Ed Greenwood that contractually they can NEVER DECANONIZE THE NOVELS.

This is why logically FR can never get rebooted in canon, it only evovle.

 

[Greggy C]

wow, I hope Ed makes some money from the new social media partnership. That is brutal.

 

[Greggy C]

Between Ed and Professor DM I feel confident they could write a D&D movie script, that somebody would watch, but almost nobody would see.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

But the big bomb drop is confirmation from Ed Greenwood that contractually they can NEVER DECANONIZE THE NOVELS.

Random characters being the descendents of Horny Gandalf makes more sense now.

 

[Stormonu]

Ed is wrong about the multiple wild shapes. My son and I went over them, he is forgetting she's high enough level (we figured about 10th-12th, considering some of the spells being thrown about by her and Simon), allowing her to use her higher level spells for polymorph (since that was likely her only encounter for the day and it was desperation, she probably blew her 6th, 5th & 4th level spells in addition to her 2 standard wild shapes).

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Ed is wrong about the multiple wild shapes. My son and I went over them, he is forgetting she's high enough level (we figured about 10th-12th, considering some of the spells being thrown about by her and Simon), allowing her to use her higher level spells for polymorph (since that was likely her only encounter for the day and it was desperation, she probably blew her 6th, 5th & 4th level spells in addition to her 2 standard wild shapes).

They never mention Doric casting spellsi the movie, she only uses wildshape.

 

[teitan]

Ed is wrong about the multiple wild shapes. My son and I went over them, he is forgetting she's high enough level (we figured about 10th-12th, considering some of the spells being thrown about by her and Simon), allowing her to use her higher level spells for polymorph (since that was likely her only encounter for the day and it was desperation, she probably blew her 6th, 5th & 4th level spells in addition to her 2 standard wild shapes).

She’s CR 5. So I would say she’s about 6th level but even then, it’s a movie. I don’t expect them to follow the game rules anymore than I do the novels.

 

[teitan]

They never mention Doric casting spellsi the movie, she only uses wildshape.

Neither does Edgin as a bard.

 

[Mirtek]

But the big bomb drop is confirmation from Ed Greenwood that contractually they can NEVER DECANONIZE THE NOVELS.

This is why logically FR can never get rebooted in canon, it only evovle.

Doesn't seem current WotC agrees with that interpretation of the contract.

They were pretty clear with their nothing printed before 20xx (forgot the exact date) is canon

 

[Ruin Explorer]

They were pretty clear with their nothing printed before 20xx (forgot the exact date) is canon

Source?

I ask because I've never heard this claim made before and it's a pretty strong/specific one.