D&D General You thought the Mercer Effect was bad...

[Krachek]

Wotc invest millions to bring new players to the game,
maybe they should make a dedicated training video to DM, how to welcome new players that just see the movie!

otherwise I ask myself, can my session can be as fun and crazy as the movie?

 

[jmartkdr2]

There's already a thread on wild shaping into an owlbear (consensus was "owlbears are okay but monstrosities in general are case-by-case" if I recall correctly).

Other than that, the movie is pretty darn spot-on, although I'd recommend against letting the dmpc solo an encounter, even if it is just a bunch of mooks.

 

[jmartkdr2]

On the other hand - could you imaging dming for someone who only saw the old (2000) movie? They'd be so surprised!

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

On the other hand - could you imaging dming for someone who only saw the old (2000) movie? They'd be so surprised!

You think that's surprising? I sat down to play Battleship after watching the 2012 Movie ...


I was shocked!

 

[iserith]

The games my regular group has are hilarious from start to finish every time. The D&D movie's got nothing on us!

 

[payn]

Probably as easy as Jumanji.

 

[Bedrockgames]

I’m still waiting for D&D to be like the classic D&D cartoon

 

[Bayushi_seikuro]

Except for Chris Pine's character. He seemed to be a level 0 bard

Makes you wonder if he was actually just a thief that can play the lute

 

[bedir than]

Wotc invest millions to bring new players to the game,
maybe they should make a dedicated training video to DM, how to welcome new players that just see the movie!

otherwise I ask myself, can my session can be as fun and crazy as the movie?

They do have videos about how to play, including how to DM. These are accessable at PlayDnD.com and here's a direct link


They are also in Spanish, German and French

 

[Oofta]

Makes you wonder if he was actually just a thief that can play the lute

Charlatan that was pretending to be a bard? In some cases you could have interpreted what he said as inspiring words.