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

[Sacrosanct]

I think WotC missed an opportunity here. In an age of post-credit scenes, they really should have had a post-credit scene of gamers playing those characters around a table.

Also, some of the things the characters in the movie did were improvised and not part of the script. Like when Xenk walked over the rock. What whole part was ad-libbed by Pine and Page. Pine had no idea Page was going to just walk in a straight line, so his commentary was off the cuff.

 

[Mica Fetz]

I loved the D&D Movie. Super fun. Laughed harder and more than any other film I can think of. But hot damn... can you imagine DMing for players who's only experience of D&D is seeing the movie?

Imagine it? Absolutely!! I’ve been DM-ing for nearly 40 years… I’ve had plenty of brand new players that didn’t even have the context of D&D:HAT. They just got dropped in completely green.

 

[jayoungr]

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

Charlatan that was pretending to be a bard?

I just (finally) saw the movie myself, and my theory is that he's a mastermind rogue with the entertainer background.

 

[Stormonu]

I loved the D&D Movie. Super fun. Laughed harder and more than any other film I can think of. But hot damn... can you imagine DMing for players who's only experience of D&D is seeing the movie?

Probably a better experience than those players of mine whose only experience was Monty Python and the Holy Grail...

 

[Clint_L]

Probably a better experience than those players of mine whose only experience was Monty Python and the Holy Grail...

OMG, so much this!

Don't get me wrong, I love Monty Python...when done by Monty Python. Not when it's done by untalented nerds like me. "Yes, yes, we all think the killer rabbit is hilarious. Right, teeth like this. It's funny because rabbits aren't normally scary. Got it. Now can we please play this game?"

 

[Stalker0]

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

Chris Pine was a high level Rogue Mastermind with a lute proficiency. I mean realistically he did nothing in the movie that required the bard class.

 

[Emberashh]

Was Ed ever explicitly called a Bard in the movie? I don't actually think he was though I could have missed it.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Not in the movie, but in pressers and other official outlets.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

Really the killer rabbit was not an original idea by the Monty Python.

 

[Andrew Anderson]

Really the killer rabbit was not an original idea by the Monty Python.

Well that puts the harengon is a darker place. Based on the Feywild, I was thinking Bugs Bunny. Apparently Bun-Bun is a bigger option.