D&D General D&D is so mainstream...

... that 5,000 miles and an entire continent away from where it's made, the BEHOLDER is a drink in a pub.

Mainstream media outlets regularly feature D&D, as do popular TV shows like The Big Bang Theory and Stranger Things, and now it's in pubs across the world!

The pub in question is The Hobbit, in Southampton. The ingredients of the Beholder appear to be melon liquer, blue curaçao, and vodka energy.

 

[darjr]

Oh yes there are. Tons of them actually. For instance some the youtuberatti of body builders, strength competitors and powerlifters that I watch have had little bits of D&D show up in their videos. From Jon Call, to Martins Licis (who actually played one or two sessions of D&D on his channel), to Omar Isuf (who's shirts are very cool), to Dr. Mike Israetel.

And others that, due to oblique references in their content, I suspect they play or used to, like Gregg Knuckols.

When I recently changed gyms a trainer asked about my lifting belt with the words "Bend Bars Lift Gates" embroidered on it. Turns out he's a huge fan of the Adventure Zone.

And I think many of them, me included, understand the difference between str and con.

From another thread.

From yet another thread!

Martins Licis, the Worlds Strongest Man plays Dungeons and Dragons. Two of my worlds collide!


Haven’t watched it yet but I had to share.

D&D 5E - Worlds Strongest Man, Martins Licis, plays Dungeons and Dragons!

Martins Licis, the Worlds Strongest Man plays Dungeons and Dragons. Two of my worlds collide! Haven’t watched it yet but I had to share.

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Ope and the stream isn't there anymore. Dangit I really dislike twitch for that.

3.2K views · 127 reactions | THIS FRIDAY! WE ARE PLAYING DND! Twitch.tv/martins_licis | By Martins Licis | Facebook

THIS FRIDAY! WE ARE PLAYING DND! Twitch.tv/martins_licis

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[Dire Bare]

Mainstream D&D is what ruined the game for me. Anything popular usually gets ruined as the game morphs into something far too different and leaves behind those who wish to stay more conservative about it and who wish their style could be more supported. Wish it stayed niche. We had such great products and a vast number of them pre-4E days.

One day WotC, or some other company, will do the smart thing and support ALL editions. Be nice if the DMs Guild opened up permission to publish D&D material for ALL editions, instead of 5e only which is crap. It'd be nice to see a 3.5e version of some of the 5e adventures, newer monsters, and more. Or an Expanded Incarnum book, a Fiendish Codex 3: Yugoloths, a Tome of Psionics book, Monster Manual VI, and more.

I was a fan of D&D before they sold out. /s

 

[J.Quondam]

I was a fan of D&D before they sold out. /s

"Man, I knew D&D was cool before it was cool to think D&D is cool."

 

[Oofta]

"Man, I knew D&D was cool before it was cool to think D&D is cool."

Yeah. Don't you just hate it when other people like the same thing you do? So lame.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Mainstream D&D is what ruined the game for me. Anything popular usually gets ruined as the game morphs into something far too different and leaves behind those who wish to stay more conservative about it and who wish their style could be more supported. Wish it stayed niche. We had such great products and a vast number of them pre-4E days.

One day WotC, or some other company, will do the smart thing and support ALL editions. Be nice if the DMs Guild opened up permission to publish D&D material for ALL editions, instead of 5e only which is crap. It'd be nice to see a 3.5e version of some of the 5e adventures, newer monsters, and more. Or an Expanded Incarnum book, a Fiendish Codex 3: Yugoloths, a Tome of Psionics book, Monster Manual VI, and more.

Here ya go!

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[Morrus]

One day WotC, or some other company, will do the smart thing and support ALL editions.

This is a fun thread about D&D being in a drink. Don't derail it, please.

 

[Grantypants]

"melon liqueur, blue curaçao, and vodka energy" - They weren't kidding about the Forces of Evil thing, yeesh.

 

[Scott Christian]

The only question is: What night do they host D&D games?

My friends and I have always thought it would be smart of a backroom, one where a group could go on say Wednesday, and test their mettle against some unbeatable hour-long adventure. The pub could show the game on their TVs. Bets could be placed on who would last the longest. And the group that gets the farthest could get a free dwarven ale.

 

[TerraDave]

If the pub was The Halfling, then it would be mainstream.

 

[loverdrive]

Don't know about any beholder cocktails, but here in the East we have Dungeon Master imperial IPA.