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!

 

[Paul Farquhar]

You still wouldn’t be able to Wildshape into a roc, they’re CR 11.

Or a purple worm. Max CR is 6.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I don't think it adds to the scene, other than explaining what the creature is to people who don't know.

Okay.

 

[darjr]

The poster animation is cool too!

 

[Micah Sweet]

For a lot of us, "class" is a mechanical tool for building characters, nothing more. Class as a concept doesn't even exist within the fiction of the majority of my game worlds. No one is a "wizard" or a "fighter" or a "cleric".

I'd say that is definitely YMMV. Class certainly means something in-universe in my games.

 

[TwoSix]

I'd say that is definitely YMMV. Class certainly means something in-universe in my games.

Of course. It's just one of those concepts that players often have implicit assumptions about and might not realize there's other perspectives that exist, so I find it useful to call out so people are aware.

In my own games, I just like to make it clear that a NPC labeled as a "druid" or a "wizard" can easily have abilities that the PCs aren't familiar with; likewise, a PC of a certain class is often the only person in the setting to have access to certain abilities.

 

[Azzy]

I'd say that is definitely YMMV. Class certainly means something in-universe in my games.

Huh. I've always found that class is too artificial a construct to be an in-universe concept for me.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Of course. It's just one of those concepts that players often have implicit assumptions about and might not realize there's other perspectives that exist, so I find it useful to call out so people are aware.

In my own games, I just like to make it clear that a NPC labeled as a "druid" or a "wizard" can easily have abilities that the PCs aren't familiar with; likewise, a PC of a certain class is often the only person in the setting to have access to certain abilities.

I prefer not to have PCs be that unique mechanically. No reason two druids have to have exclusionary powers from each other, especially if in-universe they received similar training.

 

[Parmandur]

Huh. I've always found that class is too artificial a construct to be an in-universe concept for me.

The 3E DMG assumed not only that Class was very concrete in the world, but provided detailed population demographic algorithms to dwteine how.many Fighters or Druids would be in a city or kingdom, and their Level.

I think D&D has been wise to move away from that approach.

 

[Chaosmancer]

I don't think it adds to the scene, other than explaining what the creature is to people who don't know.

Combined with the fully armored guy falling down behind them as they calmly talk? It is literally meant to be a humorous scene. The owlbear was just a good way to tie it into the scene.

 

[payn]

The 3E DMG assumed not only that Class was very concrete in the world, but provided detailed population demographic algorithms to dwteine how.many Fighters or Druids would be in a city or kingdom, and their Level.

I think D&D has been wise to move away from that approach.

I dont mind this as GM prep for running adventures, but yeah its not something I'm going to call out and role play at the table.