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<blockquote data-quote="N'raac" data-source="post: 6681231" data-attributes="member: 6681948">One difficult aspect is that good fiction needs plot, setting and characters.&nbsp; A D&amp;D game provides bits of setting.&nbsp; A module or specific game world provides more.&nbsp; Older modules tended to provide less plot than newer ones.&nbsp; Your Dragonlance example brings that home.&nbsp; To me, a Dragonlance movie would adapt the novels, which is a criticism often levied at the Dragonlance modules.&nbsp; Could a decent movie be made of Against the Giants?&nbsp; Probably.&nbsp; But the plot would have to be clarified/fleshed out, we'd probably need a character, or a few, to focus on as antagonists rather than &quot;generic giants&quot; (much like was done in the Hobbit movies, giving us a single Orc leader to focus on).&nbsp; We'd have to design the characters, as each game group brought their own PC's to the scenario.&nbsp; We'd have to set the tone, as gaming groups vary widely from serious to silly.&nbsp; Having done all that, we might match the feel of some D&amp;D games, but not all.If you want the best D&amp;D adventures to film, you could do worse than to start with a forum search for &quot;railroad&quot;.&nbsp; The railroad adventures have plots, and in some cases characters, already.As I think on this, there's some logic to using modern world people thrust into a D&amp;D world.&nbsp; The players seldom know everything about the world to the same extent the DM does.&nbsp; And having to have it explained to them means it's also explained to the audience through them.&nbsp; That's not my D&amp;D feel, but it has a good justification to transition the game to the screen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="N'raac, post: 6681231, member: 6681948"] One difficult aspect is that good fiction needs plot, setting and characters. A D&D game provides bits of setting. A module or specific game world provides more. Older modules tended to provide less plot than newer ones. Your Dragonlance example brings that home. To me, a Dragonlance movie would adapt the novels, which is a criticism often levied at the Dragonlance modules. Could a decent movie be made of Against the Giants? Probably. But the plot would have to be clarified/fleshed out, we'd probably need a character, or a few, to focus on as antagonists rather than "generic giants" (much like was done in the Hobbit movies, giving us a single Orc leader to focus on). We'd have to design the characters, as each game group brought their own PC's to the scenario. We'd have to set the tone, as gaming groups vary widely from serious to silly. Having done all that, we might match the feel of some D&D games, but not all. If you want the best D&D adventures to film, you could do worse than to start with a forum search for "railroad". The railroad adventures have plots, and in some cases characters, already. As I think on this, there's some logic to using modern world people thrust into a D&D world. The players seldom know everything about the world to the same extent the DM does. And having to have it explained to them means it's also explained to the audience through them. That's not my D&D feel, but it has a good justification to transition the game to the screen. [/QUOTE]

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