12 ways to use MOVIES to improve your D&D game

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@theDMLair 19 күн бұрын

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@threadscore 15 күн бұрын

"I'm among friends." Are the "friends" in the room with us?

@stevehall5000 15 күн бұрын

I always have to stand up for storm troopers, they are at a major disadvantage that always shooting at main characters

@stevehall5000 15 күн бұрын

Londo, the king of butter, from Londo Lakes

@xisle555 15 күн бұрын

It's true. The first takeaway from movies, for me, was for combat. I fell in love with Jackie Chan movies and realized that 80% of fights in those movies was the environment. Whether it was Jackie using the environment or the bad guys, the environment isn't just important, it's vital. After that realization, I was running the 2nd ed. Marco Volo series that incorporated a run-away stagecoach fight and my players raved about that for weeks.

@DramakilzU 12 күн бұрын

When homebrewing, I like to follow a formula: 1. Start campaign diving into action. 2. Have some respite to explore the environment, build intrigue, or do side quests. 3. Build up tension nearing the main goal/quest. 4. Have a climactic event (whether final combat or plot twist) 5. Have a full lengthy rest to deal with the aftermath of the climax. 6. Repeat steps 2-5 with some variation of pacing to not make the cycle predictable.

@Josh-qw1qm 15 күн бұрын

The mispronounced names are killing me lol

@MikeAshkewe 15 күн бұрын

I was hoping I wasn’t alone in that 😂😂😂 Londo?!??

@Josh-qw1qm 15 күн бұрын

Baba Fett… Awnakin… 🤦🏻‍♂️

@Bagel-Man. 15 күн бұрын

Holth💀

@willmena96 15 күн бұрын

Like with Bethesda games, “it's a feature"

@SenorSeahorse 15 күн бұрын

Conspiracy theory: it’s for engagement

@RIVERSRPGChannel 15 күн бұрын

Hooks for characters can be derived from their backstories and an overall hook for the party

@r.downgrade5836 15 күн бұрын

It's pronounced Ruin Johnson and Jar-Jar Abrams, respectively.

@sw33n3yto00 15 күн бұрын

Who the heck are Bubble Fett and Londo Kardashian!?

@iPivo 15 күн бұрын

Next week: 12 lessons from Indiana Jones

@psykomarvin 15 күн бұрын

Next in line : how to make the perfect The call of Cthulhu game following the Bridget Jones’s Diary rules.

@davecam4863 15 күн бұрын

Oh Attack of the Clones is actually watchable if you fast forward through the Anakin padme scenes

@archersfriend5900 15 күн бұрын

Only the first three were good.

@NikozBG 15 күн бұрын

True, as Luke said it is like 2 movies jammed in one. The Obi Wan movie was actually good, the Anakin's one was a cringefest and total nonsense!

@NegatveSpace 15 күн бұрын

I'd be curious to see if a version like that is any good.

@jackmorrison5272 14 күн бұрын

True when compared to the New Trilogie. The only good Things about those is that they made me reevaluate the prequels in A more positive light

@markmurex6559 14 күн бұрын

@@archersfriend5900 This is mostly correct, although Episode 3 was decent. If I had to just make a choice, I would agree with you that the first three movies were the best.

@schwarzerritter5724 14 күн бұрын

"Have you ever noticed Stormtroopers can never hit what they where aiming for?" No, I have not. In the first movie, they take over Leia's ship quickly despite the defenders controlling a chokepoint. On the Death Star, they where under orders to let the intruders win, and they did not hit anyone on accident.

@Dexter-ix1cx 12 күн бұрын

And to add to these theories, obi wan calls out how accurate stormtrooper can be back on tatooine as well as the weapon they use, the E-11 being designed for close range rapid fire and portability sacrificing combat efficiency ending up being horribly inaccurate (jedi outcast players will atest to this). Like much of the imperial gear, it is designed to be cheap and mass produced, to induce fear above all else and control the population through. Check out the Tarkin Doctrine if anyone is interested in more info on the subject. To end this lore dump, the fact stormtroopers can hit anything at all with the E-11 is already an achievement.

@zenonx1 15 күн бұрын

Next week: best plot hooks involving bacon!

@charlesbarthalmuelmortimer1445 15 күн бұрын

Great episode!

@AaronJCM 7 күн бұрын

Hello!!! I love your videos and you have ABSOLUTELY been the only reason I can navigate being a DM! I run a campaign for a club at my work, primarily for young adults. This being said, your videos have helped me make this game amazing for the kids! However, some of the players are now starting to get frustrated with their own game play since the. campaigns have started picking up and being real fun to play, because they feel they don't understand how to use their own players on par with the others. It would be SUPREMELY helpful if you did a video that targets the Paladin (Solider), and did a run-through on how combat specifically works for them. My players are visual learners and would very much benefit from your video! Thanks for all the amazing content! And I hope you take this challenge on!

@ismirdochegal4804 15 күн бұрын

Points 9 and 10. In my current campaign I asked the players over and over what their characters goals are and they answer: I have no goal. Just amke things happen and my character reacts to that. So I came up with a plot. And now I have to figure out: how to engage the playercharacters, how to tell the story without loredumping it on them, and how to have the plot unfold at all without the players shutting down any going ons immediately.

@jancatperson8329 12 күн бұрын

In addition to being a great description of how to run a good game, this video also perfectly explained why Episodes IV-VI were awesome and the other trilogies…well…. I pretend episodes I-III never happened. Episodes VII-IX…well…yeah. The best thing about them is that my kid brother and I got to see Star Wars movies together again. (We saw the movie currently known as Episode IV twelve times over the summer of 1977. )

@WilliamSlayer 14 күн бұрын

There are a bunch of movies that after watching I've said to myself: "That was a good day of D&D". Movies can hit the three pillars just like a good day at the table! 👍

@johncook8900 14 күн бұрын

Ep 7 broke me. I never went further and I'm with you: I can't believe some people like those movies.

@Frederic_S 13 күн бұрын

I LOVE your videos much more than ANY Star Wars movie!

@MoonlitMongrel 15 күн бұрын

The Heroes Journey by Campbell is a great read. Once you have you will notice similarities to it in every movie

@antimatters6283 11 күн бұрын

Luke: best twist, redone a millions times: Casablanca: Rick (Bogart) shoots Major Strasser. Renault says after tense moments: "Round up the usual suspects." Then to add to it, Renault and Rick walk off to join the fight against the Nazis.

@EPPicstuff 14 күн бұрын

26:00 This is myth that Disney leaned into for some dumb reason. In A New Hope, the stormtroopers were ordered to miss their shots and let the princess escape because the empire planted a tracking device on falcon, and were planning to follow it to the Rebel Base. As soon as they escape the death star, Princess Leia figures out right away that the empire let them go too easily. Despite being tracked knowing they are being tracked, she makes the risky bet to return to the rebel base anyways so they can lure the Death Star into their Rebellion x-wing fleet attack. It was an all or nothing gamble. That was the part of the plot of Star Wars: A New Hope. Not to mention how the Stormtroopers massacred the Rebel troopers IN THE VERY FIRST SCENE OF A NEW HOPE. In Empire Strikes Back, stormtroopers killed a bunch of rebels on Hoth, and in Return of the Jedi, they were blasting Ewoks in the Battle of Endor before the Ewoks started to get creative with traps.

@Pobafett 15 күн бұрын

I remember watching The Rise of Skywalker and thinking "This is so convoluted and poorly strung together, it sounds like one of my DnD adventures". I did not enjoy it. But I doubt I could do better,

@NikozBG 15 күн бұрын

Well if you or I could do a better movie is besides the point. J.J. Abrams is a critically acclaimed professional in his field and he had one of the most popular movie IPs in his hands and somehow managed to fluff it up. This is absolutely inexcusable in my books.

@Dreamfox-df6bg 15 күн бұрын

@@NikozBG I never was a fan of J.J., but even I am saying that he was a victim of the Disney and Lucasfilm way of making movies and shows. Filming scenes and cutting them together, leaving some out, without a real plan. Which brings me to the greatest weakness of the sequel trilogy. There was no plan. I'm even questioning to call them a trilogy. By the definition of the term I would say that we got a two-parter and a single movie.

@neilchristensen87 10 күн бұрын

In actuality, JJ Abrams had a full three movie story arc. Rian Johnson on the other hand, absolutely hates sequels and franchises. He tried to kill the entire Star Wars franchise, on purpose. JJ was then forced to cobble a finale together in the end. However, that doesn't excuse the sheer number of universal inconsistencies that made those movies a mess.

@user-tp4mn2oj4l 14 күн бұрын

Thank!! I'm DM for a year. I watch your advise every video since I start DMing. I always want to do better however lately I feel I hit a barrier and I just can't... I'm stuck!! I look for answer everywhere.. I can now finally found it.. Thank you with all my heart for making this video!! Well I feel like I will watch it 10 or more time till it in my cerebrum can you plz do time stamp 😂

@SirPogsalotCreates 14 күн бұрын

Luke gets goofier and goofier with every video lol

@nickwilliams8302 14 күн бұрын

I totally agree that GMs should be looking at other media and asking how they can bring what works there into their campaigns. But there is a flip side. Sometimes there's things that can be done in other media that just don't work in TTRPGs. One of the more common reasons is that in TTRPGs, the audience is controlling the protagonists. Take the "Ocean's" movies as an example. You can't run those as adventures in a TTRPG. Those movies all have a twist where the audience finds out that they have been deceived as to what the protagonists are doing for the entire movie. That just can't happen in a TTRPG. It's prevented from happening by the very structure of TTRPGs, rather than the rules of any particular system.

@DonKrypto 15 күн бұрын

You have innocent Street urchins? Wow all we have is small cut-purses and culits.

@kurisu7885 15 күн бұрын

In Han's case at some point his debts become irrelevant, namely with Jabba's death, so we seem him go all in on helping.

@WanderingSkullkid 14 күн бұрын

Man woke up and choose straight violence with the star wars fandom 🤣🤣

@baliofterenas 15 күн бұрын

You can't steal from an innocent street urchin because no street urchins are innocent....

@brandtthebrent7227 15 күн бұрын

One thing I'd like to take a moment to point out is that some of the decisions made in movie creation that shouldn't be made in running a campaign or adventure are made because they're movies, intended for viewing audiences. The very notion of this in storytelling is called dramatic irony, when the audience knows things that characters may not. That's why things like the example of one character learning something the foreshadows or affects future events for another character who isn't part of the scene and may even be very far away work in movies, because the audience knows that it's foreshadowing what's happening which creates that drama and suspense that keeps people watching. All the points made and advice given about having things happen that directly involve the characters and drive action forward are all still very valid for story creation and definitely apply to running a dnd session. Since your "audience" is your players, who are directly controlling characters, scenes that affect them should definitely involve them, or at least if the fighter is having a foreshadowing experience about the wizard, it shouldn't be off in another city where he can't do anything to help his fellow party member.

@brettmelnrick4854 15 күн бұрын

That’s Hollywood baby 😎

@emessar 14 күн бұрын

Stormtroopers can hit things ... just not the main characters. Rebel Soldier #5? Sure. But even the main characters aren't completely safe. In Return of the Jedi Leia gets shot by a Stormtrooper ... it was only a graze, but it can happen.

@wulphstein 15 күн бұрын

I diagree. I want characters who I care about. I want meaningful activity, not just action gor action sake. I want discovery. In a d&d game, I wants treasure.

@user-jv4he5sq1q 10 күн бұрын

I don't think the last 3 Star Wars movies are as bad as you say they are. Your examples are points that make sense when comparing to creating a story in D&D and other role-playing games.

@GenericUsername-qp1ww 15 күн бұрын

if we're using films as an example then the Disney SW trilogy is Hoard of the Dragon Queen. We pretend it doesnt exist.

@lucaalbanesi3193 15 күн бұрын

We want 12 lessons from Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon

@paularnegard2773 14 күн бұрын

Not to be that guy, but "the best twist in the history of science fiction", copied by so many after, was actually another thing Lucas stole from the novel Dune, which had the Paul / Baron Harkonnen twist over a decade earlier. Just here to give Frank Herbert his due for the greatest twist.

@samparker4420 3 сағат бұрын

The prequel trilogy was great in it's own way Even phantom menace If for no other reason then for Darth maul.... And Liam Neeson

@morrigankasa570 14 күн бұрын

I respect your effort and right to Opinions/Thoughts. BUT I DISAGREE WITH MUCH OF THIS VIDEO! The best types of Movies are Romantic Comedies and/or Regular Comedies! So therefore you don't need lots of action or conflict or drama to be enjoyable. I actually like "Shopping Episodes" and randomness being a big part of things. If I was playing a campaign/game I would prefer a ratio of 70% being casualness/roleplay/randomness with 30% being Combat/Action.

@TheRambonator 15 күн бұрын

Tolerated member berries on 7. Almost walked out of 8 on opening night. Refused to have any part of 9...

@averykersjes3270 15 күн бұрын

I was in denial for 8, my first watch thru I really liked it but when I was rewatching it I kept going, this scene sucks but I can get through it, and then I did that for the whole film

@biffstrong1079 8 күн бұрын

Conflict. Indeed. Now the prequels are railroads because we already know the ending. So it has to be a railroad. And even then they get some things wrong

@intergalactic92 15 күн бұрын

16:10 would you say that in the next film the Empire strikes back?

@MrTheholycole 14 күн бұрын

Star Wars catching strays this video lmao

@paddyohoyal 14 күн бұрын

"30 years?" How old are you my dude? Love the channel btw

@dirtywhitellama 15 күн бұрын

I've seen denouement written, and I've heard it pronounced, but never did it occur to me that they were the same word.

@Fnorder23 15 күн бұрын

Funnily enough, many of my best adventures were inspired by mid to bad movies 😂

@LeonardAndHisBiscuit 14 күн бұрын

"Man, the Prequel Trilogy kind of sucks, huh?" >Sequel Trilogy is created "Prequel Trilogy, my beloved..."

@GeraldKatz 14 күн бұрын

Does it count if I run an adventure that is the movie? For example, I have an adventure that is literally the movie Night of the Living Dead. Starts in a graveyard of a pc visiting the grave of his grandfather. Attacked by undead, they eventually find an empty house . . .

@terribe_preacher743 15 күн бұрын

I have to disagree. The final climax in aotc is not the arena battle, but the chase and duel with Count Dooku. Also, that duel was an absolute setback for Anakin and Obi-Wan.

@NickTheCat_DieGoettlichenZehn 15 күн бұрын

What to do with players who don't like too many battles but more calm everyday situations the more the plot thickens?

@theserpentshallwin 13 күн бұрын

You are100% correct about Episodes 7,8,9 Disney destroyed the franchise with Mary Sue and their garbage writing, and zero understanding of Star Wars & The Force. I have challenged both Johnson and Abrams to show up to a Con, so I can punch them in the face for fans everywhere. They are so pathetic it's like they did it on purpose. Thats not Luke Skywalkers character at all,,, he would never stand over a student, saber in hand, while he sleeps, deciding on whether or not to off him? See Maulers videos, he says it best for all of us, his critiques of 7,8,9 are priceless, you would really enjoy them. You're in-person players are really fortunate to have you as a DM too. Thanks for the videos,,

@Malvisk 15 күн бұрын

Baba Fett? :) Baba Yaga on the brain?

@idleghawkeye1414 15 күн бұрын

Do you have real play videos of ur campaigns

@TheSasquatchjones 15 күн бұрын

Maybe if my group angers me I'll introduce Jarar binks as the BBEG

@robertburns4429 15 күн бұрын

The opportunity to slaughter that monstrosity of a character would be a delight.

@Grimtheorist 14 күн бұрын

Hothe, huh?

@markmurex6559 14 күн бұрын

This video is all about Star Wars.

@EPPicstuff 14 күн бұрын

Gehnosis. 7:02

@user-su5ih2ws9u 15 күн бұрын

Jeeeeiiii

@lyudmilapavlichenko7551 8 күн бұрын

Dora the Explorer is top teir adventure fuel for DMs. Mark my words.

@dungeonrock 15 күн бұрын

IMHO, "Rogue One" is the best Star Wars movie (and/or TV show). But that's totally not the point and your video is a very good lesson.😂👍

@EpicMuttonChops 15 күн бұрын

you're right about R1

@dennisthornton4434 15 күн бұрын

As long as your not still in Grandma's or Mama's basement. 😅

@EPPicstuff 14 күн бұрын

I feel like calling this video "Lessons DMs can learn from star wars" would be more accurate, and would get more clicks.

@WebbScoutLeader 15 күн бұрын

LonDoe Lando's sister.

@fred_derf 15 күн бұрын

But, what if you don't like Michael Bay movies?

@GeraldKatz 14 күн бұрын

Should have spent less time ranking on Attack of the Clones and more time ranking on Disney Stars. Then again, Attack of the Clones at least deserves the passion behind the ranking and Disney Star Wars deserves to be ignored, so good job!

@tscoff 15 күн бұрын

Adventurers never steal from street urchins! Street urchins are poor!! Adventurers steal from merchants and bankers because that’s where the money is!!! 🤣

@fishlobs 15 күн бұрын

im just not convinced that dnd games ought to follow the same pacing good movies do.

@scottbartlett-ls7gc 15 күн бұрын

Boba Fett is a long O sound, like boba tea. If you are going to be a Star Wars purist please pronounce things correctly, huh? :) Despite that, love the channel! Edit: a couple minutes later ok, now you're just punking us with the mispronunciations...right??

@jaybakata5566 12 күн бұрын

Did you say, "Baba Fett" twice? I love all of the DM Lair videos. And I love them even more when he mixes D&D (Baba Yaga) with Star Wars (Boba Fett).

@Darkwintre 15 күн бұрын

Better, much better aotc wasn’t that bad!

@viktore8 15 күн бұрын

I for one honestly love the politics in the prequel as well as the dialogue.

@gameraven13 15 күн бұрын

Hey now Attack of the Clones gets a bad rap. Overhated lol

@iron_rush_theater1246 11 күн бұрын

Nice touch on the general weakness of all prequels .

@RuBoo001 6 күн бұрын

Hmm… How could one take these points and apply them to the prequel trilogy? Make them better movies, able to stand on their own as a trilogy, rather than “backstory”. Pages and pages of Anakin Skywalker’s cringe, edgy Mary Sue Sith OC backstory…

@darcyw156 15 күн бұрын

Good vid Luke! I enjoyed even your terrible pronunciations!

@siliconhobbit483 14 күн бұрын

Luke! WHO is Baba Fett?? You've watched these films "a bajillion times" but...BABA FETT? /facepalm

@robblumenberg5965 8 күн бұрын

I liked the STAR WARS prequels and original trilogy and I hated the sequel trilogy.

@markturner1220 15 күн бұрын

I’m guessing your comments about the sequel Star Wars trilogy are comment bait, if so it worked on me! I liked them.

@chronosmyth2106 14 күн бұрын

I wonder if the mispronunciations are intentional?... Intentionally mispronunciating a word doesn't make seem interesting or unique. It just makes one look like a fool.

@CountAdolfo 15 күн бұрын

Luke... are you SURE you ever saw Star Wars? You are killing me, here... Geonosis. Geo... No... Sis. Etc. Etc. Etc. LOL... Oh... and The Last Jedi is the worst of them. By comparison, The Force Awakens is a masterpiece. Indeed... if you consider the title being literal... The Force Awakens ... it's actually a step towards fixing the Midichlorian nonsense... but Rian Johnson undid everything because his arrogant ass thought what HE wanted, and not what the audience wanted, was what mattered. But, I digress...

@karsonkammerzell6955 15 күн бұрын

I actually felt like a lot of the issues of the sequel trilogy can be found in the original trilogy; but the OG trilogy had the benefit of being a fresh IP with no established canon. Few, if anyone, doubt that the sequel trilogy directors tried to damn near shot for shot much of what the OG trilogy did (especially 7) and this gave them the exact same issues, but whereas the OG trilogy got by on Star Wars as a universe having no meat EXCEPT what it was handing the audience at that moment, the sequel trilogy ended up stepping all over every movie, spin off, book, comic, encyclopedia, interview, etc. that ever fleshed out the universe. In short; the audience knew better. One of the complaints I saw constantly was Rey suddenly gaining power off screen, but Luke did the exact same thing. The difference was that it was much more believable in the OG trilogy because at the time it happened live (when the movies first premiered) the audience just accepted it because there was nothing to compare it against in fiction. Later more information from Lucas and such fleshed out the adventures that Luke had that showed that 'power up' and future generations knew what happened between scenes. In Rey's case there were no tie ins, books, info, etc. It was Luke's original state all over again, but the audience wasn't going to let it slide this time because the IP had SHOWN that it could explain the off screen stuff reliably. In fact what's so baffling was that two of the big complaints actually had scenes written AND shot that explained EVERYTHING but they cut them out as unneeded or bloat on the run time. That's just a overall movie problem I'm seeing lately now where directors, producers, and studios just seem to be okay explaining it all with the deleted scenes in a Blu-Ray release for more cash. Really annoying.