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<blockquote data-quote="Caliburn101" data-source="post: 7713177" data-attributes="member: 6802178"><p>I understand various people have their own preferences, including me of course.</p><p></p><p>However, you need to see this from WoTCs point of view.</p><p></p><p>First of all the setting <em>is</em> going to be Forgotten Realms. Anyone genuinely thinking otherwise is deluding themselves. WoTC have this product to push and simply won't green light anything else. They will use it's 'everything but the kitchen sink' approach to fantasy to sell the setting in fact - as 'can host any story' is just what a franchise needs, and the depth of lore and already established buy-in from a resurgent hobby fanbase as a predictable 'bums on seats' baseline.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, we already know it is going for a Guardian of the Galaxy vibe, so 'cool' characters are going to be a must-have. This makes Drizzt a probability unless the 'Matriarchal Black Race = Bad Guys' is seen as too much political incorrectness for Hollywood. If so, then consider which other FR characters fill the cool space and it will likely be them.</p><p></p><p>Vin Diesel will move heaven and earth to get to play a part in the movie - but I get the feeling he won't get the party leader role, it will I think have a female lead, or co-lead.</p><p></p><p>The story will be fast paced, drop in the lore as it goes with a brief narrator introduction at most to introduce the world (maybe 30 seconds or so long) and start of with an action scene involving the lead character and party and a decent but not overloading amount of D&D combat action stuff - including of course spells. It will deal with character backgrounds and how they became a party with flashbacks and probably link the main protagonist to the main antagonist with a shared background of some kind...</p><p></p><p>... the characters <em>won't</em> be motivated to sort the bad guy/gal out by a meeting in a pub with an old guy whose village was destroyed by Orcs, but some planning <em>will</em> undoubtedly happen in the Yawning Portal by the established party towards the end of Act 1.</p><p></p><p>There will be Orcs - because the public 'understand' them, and there will be a Dragon at some point as it's the franchise name call and the party will NOT be noobs at adventuring!</p><p></p><p>The party will likely defeat the antagonist in a way which leads them to understand there is another antagonist behind that one, and there will be a scene amongst the titles at the end setting up the next movie.</p><p></p><p>I will revisit this set of predictions once the movie is out to see how I did... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p>I terms of party composition, they won't want to ape Lord of the Rings, but they will want to emphasise the D&D'ness of it, so I would predict;</p><p></p><p>Human Fighter (female) - 'haunted by past' leader - Battlemaster noble-born type</p><p>Half-Elf Wizard (male) - tension with barbarian - Evoker with Candlekeep connections</p><p>Half-Orc Barbarian (male) - tension with wizard - Rager with a surprising personal side to them</p><p>Gnome Rogue (male) - acid-edged humorous character - Assassin with a hatred of 'fantasy race x'</p><p>Human Cleric (female) - courageous moral core - Light Domain (you know the bad guys HAVE to be 'dark')</p><p></p><p>Of course this is if they go for an original party and not established NPCs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Caliburn101, post: 7713177, member: 6802178"] I understand various people have their own preferences, including me of course. However, you need to see this from WoTCs point of view. First of all the setting [I]is[/I] going to be Forgotten Realms. Anyone genuinely thinking otherwise is deluding themselves. WoTC have this product to push and simply won't green light anything else. They will use it's 'everything but the kitchen sink' approach to fantasy to sell the setting in fact - as 'can host any story' is just what a franchise needs, and the depth of lore and already established buy-in from a resurgent hobby fanbase as a predictable 'bums on seats' baseline. Secondly, we already know it is going for a Guardian of the Galaxy vibe, so 'cool' characters are going to be a must-have. This makes Drizzt a probability unless the 'Matriarchal Black Race = Bad Guys' is seen as too much political incorrectness for Hollywood. If so, then consider which other FR characters fill the cool space and it will likely be them. Vin Diesel will move heaven and earth to get to play a part in the movie - but I get the feeling he won't get the party leader role, it will I think have a female lead, or co-lead. The story will be fast paced, drop in the lore as it goes with a brief narrator introduction at most to introduce the world (maybe 30 seconds or so long) and start of with an action scene involving the lead character and party and a decent but not overloading amount of D&D combat action stuff - including of course spells. It will deal with character backgrounds and how they became a party with flashbacks and probably link the main protagonist to the main antagonist with a shared background of some kind... ... the characters [I]won't[/I] be motivated to sort the bad guy/gal out by a meeting in a pub with an old guy whose village was destroyed by Orcs, but some planning [I]will[/I] undoubtedly happen in the Yawning Portal by the established party towards the end of Act 1. There will be Orcs - because the public 'understand' them, and there will be a Dragon at some point as it's the franchise name call and the party will NOT be noobs at adventuring! The party will likely defeat the antagonist in a way which leads them to understand there is another antagonist behind that one, and there will be a scene amongst the titles at the end setting up the next movie. I will revisit this set of predictions once the movie is out to see how I did... :p I terms of party composition, they won't want to ape Lord of the Rings, but they will want to emphasise the D&D'ness of it, so I would predict; Human Fighter (female) - 'haunted by past' leader - Battlemaster noble-born type Half-Elf Wizard (male) - tension with barbarian - Evoker with Candlekeep connections Half-Orc Barbarian (male) - tension with wizard - Rager with a surprising personal side to them Gnome Rogue (male) - acid-edged humorous character - Assassin with a hatred of 'fantasy race x' Human Cleric (female) - courageous moral core - Light Domain (you know the bad guys HAVE to be 'dark') Of course this is if they go for an original party and not established NPCs. [/QUOTE]
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