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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8982637" data-attributes="member: 6987520">There is never enough time, is there.... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />It isn't the same thing as being familiar with the game system the movie is "based on" (so to say...).Not everyone in the world always wants to branch out and try new things. Most people like what they know and are comfortable with. I have enough demands on my time (in general anyway) doing the things I know I'm likely to enjoy to waste any time on something I won't.Finally, any "flashy, high-magicy, silly (not "funny", but actually silly)" fantasy movie isn't going to appeal to me, which given the reviews and trailers, is pretty much what this "D&D" movie is. A plethora of animal-head peoples, renaissance-level tech, magic prevalent through the culture, etc. is NOT my D&D. Never has been, never will be.For instance, IIRC one of the D&D setting cities had "Griffon Patrols" (Waterdeep? Maybe Greyhawk? I can't remember) flying through the skies. You would never encounter such a mundane use of magical and fantasical things in my D&D games. I don't want "commonplace" magic. I don't have a cleric in every town, etc. My city streets are not lit up by continual flame/light spells. Magic items are (and should be IMO) rare and unique. When I read about "common magic items" in Xanathar's I cringed.Now, there are specific areas, etc. where magic might be more common, but in general those are few and far between. That is how I like my D&D. I am not "missing out" on anything by not seeing the movie, just as I am not missing out by not listening to music I don't like, or eating food I don't like, or doing anything else I don't like, and in fact I am saving some money. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />So, if you want to engage, branch out, etc. into things you think you won't like, go nuts. But please respect that not everyone is like that, nor do they want to try to be like that. Call me "set in my ways" if you want, but that is just who I am. Cheers! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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