The top 10 D&Disms you want to see in a D&D movie?

[Fast Learner]

Wandering Monsters!: The random encounter that makes zero sense to the story or the environment.

They have this! I don't think it was intentional, but they have it!

 

[KenM]

A nice one for the not overly serious approach... a dragon in a room with no exit large enough to get out.

Bye
Thanee

In the same vien, I want them to go into a dungeon that does not have a bathroom. Also then need to have one room with a chest guarded by a single orc.

 

[Mercule]

1. Deck of Many Things
2. Brown Mold
3. Girdle of Femininity/Masculinity
4. Summon Monster
5. Cure Light Wounds diminishing in relative value as the movie continues
6. Sleep cast on a group of mooks, then slitting throats
7. Trying on random articles of clothing -- blood-splattered and smelling of gnoll -- just 'cause they're magic
8. Someone cutting their way out of a Swallow Whole
9. A really cool staff that runs out of charges
10. "I'll memorize it tomorrow"

 

[Tonguez]

you know what would be really awesome (in a 'it could be a real scene but geeky in-joke anyway' kind of way)

a scene showing the PCs sneaking through a dungeon and they walk into a room in which they find

[sblock]an Orc with a Pie[/sblock]

 

[sniffles]

They have this! I don't think it was intentional, but they have it!

What?! I thought their random encounters were fine!

Actually, I've now seen one D&D cliche' amply exemplified by movie #2: calling other PCs by their class names at every opportunity.

No chainmail bikinis, but they do have a babe in chainmail, and another babe in a bare-midriff outfit. At least, I guess most guys would call them babes. I don't know; I'm female.

 

[Zander]

Some of these have already been mentioned but I'd like to see:

• Frost giant
• Troll
• Doppleganger
• Clay golem
• Rust monster
• Skeleton taking less damage from edged weapon than bludgeoning one
• Lightning bolt bouncing off a wall
• Magic missile
• Halfling - so that everyone can see how ridiculously small they are in 3.x
• Dead gnome

 

[Fast Learner]

What?! I thought their random encounters were fine!

I write specifically of the

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bandits

. C'mon,

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bandits

are guarding the entrance to the uber-important place? And in lieu of

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surrounding the party and getting surprise

, they

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make noise to get everyone's attention

.

Dude, those are some lame-ass

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bandits

. I think the DM was having an off-moment.

 

[Hand of Evil]

1.DM
2.Dice
3.DM Screen
4.Minis
5.Chainmail bikini
6.Paladin
7.Cleric
8.Drow
9.Mindflayer
10.Tavern fight

 

[Plane Sailing]

I think it would be nice to see "sacred cow" elements:

1) Classes (rationalised as guilds?)
2) Spell preparation, spells used up as cast.
3) Classic spells (fireball, magic missile, sleep, featherfall)
4) uh... dungeons? I can't think what else!

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hey Zander mate!

• Frost giant - okay I am stumped on this one. :\
• Troll - see Chinese Ghost Story 2
• Doppleganger - see Krull
• Clay golem - see The Golem...okay I cheated its a stone golem not a clay one.
• Rust monster - I have seen a rust monster (possibly a godzilla foe?) but I cannot remember exactly where.
• Skeleton taking less damage from edged weapon than bludgeoning one - see Seventh Voyage of Sinbad or Jason & the Argonauts
• Lightning bolt bouncing off a wall - see Big Trouble in Little China
• Magic missile - see The Raven
• Halfling - so that everyone can see how ridiculously small they are in 3.x - see Fellowship of the Ring
• Dead gnome - theres an episode of One Foot in the Grave where a garden gnome bites the dust IIRC.