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<blockquote data-quote="NaturalZero" data-source="post: 7540768" data-attributes="member: 55705">I like the idea of having two parallel groups: one of real-life players and one of in-game characters. As for tone? Looks no farther than the Princess Bride.In the PB, we have Peter Faulk reading a story to Fred Savage in the real world, while we cut back and forth with the very tongue-in-cheek world of Wesley and Buttercup. It's lighthearted, fantastical, and memorable. The characters are charismatic and comical, but there's still action. This is exactly how a real DnD game plays out!So, we get some well-known faces like Seth Rogan and Wil Weaton to comprise our group of players. They're comedic and wise-cracking, but as we see their adventures play out, we get PCs played by Dwayne Johnson, Chris Pratt, et al, in big budget action scenes. The story has a relatively serious tone, but we have a strong comedy quotient, like we have in a Guardians of the Galaxy movie. The 4th wall is broken, weird stuff happens, and the movie isn't structured as another generic fantasy movie knock-off.The main thing is that the movie can't just be a straight fantasy movie, or at least it doesn't benefit at all from being such. Having 4th wall breaking antics and a certain measure of comedy would actually make it feel like REAL DnD. Not DnD the IP, or DnD the novel, or DnD the vanilla homebrew, but DnD as it is actually played, as an experience. It should capture what makes DnD special as an activity.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NaturalZero, post: 7540768, member: 55705"] I like the idea of having two parallel groups: one of real-life players and one of in-game characters. As for tone? Looks no farther than the Princess Bride. In the PB, we have Peter Faulk reading a story to Fred Savage in the real world, while we cut back and forth with the very tongue-in-cheek world of Wesley and Buttercup. It's lighthearted, fantastical, and memorable. The characters are charismatic and comical, but there's still action. This is exactly how a real DnD game plays out! So, we get some well-known faces like Seth Rogan and Wil Weaton to comprise our group of players. They're comedic and wise-cracking, but as we see their adventures play out, we get PCs played by Dwayne Johnson, Chris Pratt, et al, in big budget action scenes. The story has a relatively serious tone, but we have a strong comedy quotient, like we have in a Guardians of the Galaxy movie. The 4th wall is broken, weird stuff happens, and the movie isn't structured as another generic fantasy movie knock-off. The main thing is that the movie can't just be a straight fantasy movie, or at least it doesn't benefit at all from being such. Having 4th wall breaking antics and a certain measure of comedy would actually make it feel like REAL DnD. Not DnD the IP, or DnD the novel, or DnD the vanilla homebrew, but DnD as it is actually played, as an experience. It should capture what makes DnD special as an activity. [/QUOTE]

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