Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) - 🤯📼First Time Film Club📼🤯 -1st Watch/Reaction/Review

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@Hanmacx Жыл бұрын

Xenk: "So you blame his mother for his corruption?" Forge: "I blame my mother"

@SyxxPunk 7 ай бұрын

... how didn't I catch that...?

@davidshorb7453 2 ай бұрын

I've noticed that a lot of people miss this one

@przybylinski1129 Жыл бұрын

Jarnathon feels like a name the DM had to make up on the spot for an NPC they didn't intend on naming.

@chaost4544 Жыл бұрын

I almost named my character Jarnathon in Baldur's Gate 3.

@GameMasterToolbox Жыл бұрын

Noooo, we would never do that.....ok, I named my characters real names but backwards, and yes, I've just changed a few letters on a normal name.

@amandaasbury7524 Жыл бұрын

I asked my stepson the name of the house plant that I gave him (his first ever plant to care for, he's early teens) and he said, Jonathan. Out of nowhere, and it stuck. Jonathan, or variations of, are a default as far as I see it.

@matteoscanu5982 Жыл бұрын

for that purpose i always keep an Ikea catalog in my manual's bag. Pages and pages of quick names ready to use (unless you speak swedish...)

@davehaddy3189 Жыл бұрын

I made the mistake of asking my then 3 year old daughter what to name my character in Skyrim. Now all my created characters in every video game have to be named "Jeff Fashion".

@darklordsnuggles6159 Жыл бұрын

greatest joke in this movie most people missed, Bradley Cooper as a halfling means he's a mini cooper

@yermatedave4930 Жыл бұрын

Oh you bastard

@michaelfitzgerald38 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@LordLOC Жыл бұрын

I don't get it....

@user-ld9tf4td8s Жыл бұрын

@@LordLOCmini cooper is a type of car

@cryptc Жыл бұрын

When I thought the most useless scene in the movie couldn't be worse, it is also a pun 😅

@pappajudas9267 Жыл бұрын

I wonder exactly how many people went and found the lore on Thumberchaud the fat dragon and added that to their next campaign. Yes, the fat dragon is d&d lore and was created by Gary gygax apparently when his cat laid down on the table during a session.

@SilverScribe85 Жыл бұрын

They say inspiration can come from the strangest of places...but I NEVER thought it would come from something like THAT

@Flamebeard0815 Жыл бұрын

So basically Em can act on her inner cosplayer and create a costume for Pippinchaud!

@lich109 6 ай бұрын

I tried looking that cat fact up and got nothing. Could you tell me where you got it from?

@JeshuaSquirrel Жыл бұрын

The hither/thither staff feels totally like something the DM would pull out to fix that the puzzle was screwed up.

@joejawson5264 Жыл бұрын

"He's a lich, he's a lover..." Brilliant. lol

@RyoHazuki224 Жыл бұрын

The part where the illusion spell of Chris Pine breaking down had me DYING!! Hahaha that was the most hilarious part ever!

@gruumy Жыл бұрын

One of the things I really loved, is that of the few lore accurate characters from forgotten realms lore, they decided to bring in Themberchaud. I did not expect them to use him and I am really happy they used him.

@TheMarcHicks 3 ай бұрын

Szass Tamm & the Thayans are also a part of Forgotten Realms lore, so it was great to see them.

@desiv1170 Жыл бұрын

And just imagine this conversation with the 3D FX team.... Producers: You are going to do the displacer beasts... And you are going to do the owl bear... Now, you, we need to do the pudgy dragon.... Last FX tech: And what am I doing? Producers: We've saved the most important model for you... We need a potato...

@mikefoster6018 Жыл бұрын

As a lifelong D&D (etc) player, what I love about this thing is that it plays like a D&D game. So many things. Such as when they accidentally collapse the bridge so the DM (the person running the game) has to feed the players a way to continue ... in this case with his portal staff. Things like that, and the crazy lateral thinking of the players, happen all the time in D&D games.

@SpidermanandhisAmazingFriends Жыл бұрын

"She's throwing POTATOES!"

@robhax Жыл бұрын

The Red Wizard Sofina was played by Daisy Head... Anthony Stewart Head's daughter

@cometgirl217 Жыл бұрын

I hadn’t made that connection, but super cool! Also, Daisy Head played “Genya Safin” in Shadow and Bone

@dereknolin5986 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if she can sing really well like her dad and uncle?

@clementineshammer6808 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite tropes from the game is Simon being the keeper of stuff...there is always that 1 player that gets stuck holding all the party's stuff

@darksaviorx001 Жыл бұрын

they never mention but he has a bag of holding on him

@blackjackbarron5315 Жыл бұрын

This is so good - and Themberchaud is the BEST boy. We love us a chonky dragon.

@tehreporter Жыл бұрын

I love imagining the argument between player and DM over whether Holga is proficient in potatoes.

@WolfHreda 5 ай бұрын

Holga is a Variant Human Barbarian who took the Tavern Brawler feat at first level for sure.

@andrewward5891 Жыл бұрын

When the Owlbear stomps the evil Wizard at the end it reminded me of the Hulk doimg the same to Loki in Abengers.

@IronDino 6 ай бұрын

It was based directly off that.

@Fencmore 2 ай бұрын

A🅱️engers

@shuriken4852 Жыл бұрын

The reference to the animated series was golden.

@martinholt8168 Жыл бұрын

One of the best aspects of this movie is how they scoured the Monster Manuals for all the monsters no-one uses. Intellect devourers, gelatinous cubes, displacer beasts owlbear - they even had two baby rust monsters. Hell, even the dragon wasn't standard -he was a chonky boy.

@Knight-Bishop Жыл бұрын

They even gave nods to Themberchaud's inspiration. The way he clings onto that bridge looking like a chubby cat struggling to climb onto something... 😂

@erikbjelke4411 Ай бұрын

And the black dragon spewing acid. They really set out to show audiences unfamiliar with the game the DnD "identity," these things that don't exist in other fantasy worlds, or exist but in very different ways. It's interesting to me that DnD has Elves, Dwarves, orcs, goblins, and ogres, but those seldom or ever appear in favor of more esoteric and DnD-unique races and monsters.

@nucleargandhi2709 Ай бұрын

I'd say these are all classic monsters.

@Valandar2 Жыл бұрын

The reason neither Ed nor Doric cast any actual spells is the non-D&D players would ask, "If they can use magic, why do they need the sorcerer?". Also, the pudgy dragon is Themberchaud, an actual creature in lore - though, when last seen, he was in the Duergar city of Gracklstugh, a couple hundred miles from where they were in the Underdark.

@sydhamelin1265 Жыл бұрын

I never thought about that, but it's a good point. Since it would be way too awkward to explain different types, and spell levels, probably a good idea to just have the sorcerer cast.

@darksaviorx001 Жыл бұрын

@@sydhamelin1265 they released the character sheets for each one and Ed had spells like suggestion and friends

@sydhamelin1265 Жыл бұрын

@@darksaviorx001 On a character sheet I can see it, but I get the OP's point, that the non D&D fans might get confused about needing a sorcerer if it showed him using magic. Also, what did it say about Sofina? She cast 2 9th level spells back to back (meteor swarm, time stop). I wasn't aware of a spellcaster that could do that?

@johncox7169 Жыл бұрын

@@sydhamelin1265 They gave Sofina monster stats rather than player levels, so they didn't have to explain why she could cast both Time Stop and "Swarm of Meteors" each once per day. (I put Meteor Swarm as Swarm of Meteors because that is what they called it, and it wasn't a spell, it was an ability that she can use once per day, but it was pretty much word for word Meteor Swarm.)

@sydhamelin1265 Жыл бұрын

@@johncox7169 The fact that they'd go that far is kinda cool. Like they're still staying to the rules of the game. I also LOVE that this movie used some of the same plot devices as the 2000 movie, but showed how to do them well.

@3dartstudio007 Жыл бұрын

Do you know how HARD it was for me in the movie theatre when the Red Wizard ignited his GREEN FLAME blade... NOT to scream "GREEN FLAME!!!" I was white knuckles chewing on my foot!!! Glad you loved this movie as much as me! Good reaction!

@arklytte Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite scenes was where Xenk was explaining the hideously complicated means to get across the bridge, then, of course, Simon fuckered it all up. That was 1000% the DM, through their DMPC going off about the awesome trap/puzzle they took several hours to create...and the PC's just screwing things up, like we always do. And when Simon looked over at Holga and asked 'What's that?...even before he could say another word, I looked over at my wife and said "That's a DM ass pull", and I was right! I cant count the number of times I've had to make stuff up, literally out of thin air, to keep my games moving, after the PC's did something silly/horrifying/mega-awesome. Awesome movie; Incredible reaction!! Love all y'all!!

@TheTitandog70 Жыл бұрын

That is so true,

@calibadgerdude6082 Жыл бұрын

Couple of fun tidbits for you as players that I haven’t seen in the comments yet. 1) combat actually takes place in six second blocks and turns, especially the final fight with Sophina though she’s using legendary actions for action economy. 2) the maze arena is made up of 5’ square pillars that rise and fall, so it’s literally a table map and there’s a group of people hovering over top of it around a table playing a game of some sort. They really did a fantastic job capturing the feel of a true table game, you can follow how the dice roll almost perfectly and identify all sorts of player shenanigans and DM coping mechanisms. I love this movie so much!

@paulsparks771 Жыл бұрын

That's effing brilliant. I didn't catch that. Between this and the Save The Cat moment it makes me love this movie all the more and I am a long time player of D&D I think my first sessions was in 86 or 87,

@lordmortarius538 Жыл бұрын

The random magic item to keep the plot moving when the party fucks up the path forward and then uses later on in an unintended way to skip fights is so faithful to RL campaigns. That hither-thither staff is emblematic of all of those I also love Holga's obsession with potatoes, that is such a player move to add a weird quirk like that. Simon being a mediocre sorcerer is great too because his primary casting stat is Charisma, and he clearly has none lolol

@garylogan3640 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love this movie... partly because my go-to character when playing is a neutral/good rogue, but also because so much canon lore is represented. I watched this with a few of the guys of our former D&D group (unfortunately when you hit you 40's not everyone can commit to a regular gaming schedule) we all got excited whenever a spell or D&D creature showed up, just like you did. When Themberchaud showed up (the pudgy dragon) we all jumped up and cheered, because we had encountered him on a couple of our campaigns into the Underdark (some of the people around us did not appreciate this, but we were vindicated by not being the only ones in the theater doing so).0000000

@kiedragerl8119 Жыл бұрын

So apparently that walk away scene from the paladin wasn't scripted. He just started walking out of frame and it was noisy for some reason and he didn't hear them call "cut" so he just kept going and the bard ad libbed that whole later half of the scene on the spot. Also, later in the scene while they are talking you can still see the paladin way off in the distance.....still walking....

@nucleargandhi2709 Ай бұрын

Some say he walked in a straight line until he stumbled into Forge.

@ThomasVanhala Жыл бұрын

Ok, So Simon the Sorcerer is an old point and click adventure game from the 1990s. When Simon try to attune the the helmet he meet a vision of his ancestor Elminster and he is a very powerful wizard in forgotten realms. I never heard anyone saying that Szass Tam is a lover until now.

@thomasbaron5367 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love Doric She is my favorite character Pudgy dragon is best dragon 😁 The glitchy spell scene is hilarious! LOL The owl-bear smash scene gives hulk smash Loki vibes 😂

@Thundarr100 Жыл бұрын

You’ve clearly seen the 2000 D&D movie with Jeremy Irons. But have you seen the direct to DVD sequel, Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God? When it comes to writing and properly using D&D lore in your film, this movie has it all over the original. However, when it comes to production quality and VFX, it falls short. Still worth the watch though. The sequel to the 1982 Schwarzenegger classic, Conan The Barbarian, also has a major D&D feel to it, Conan The Destroyer. And then there’s the “So Bad It’s Good” spin-off, Red Sonja. I always thought Dragonheart was a lot of fun. Hawk The Slayer is hard to find on DVD, but if you can acquire it, it definitely plays out like a D&D campaign. Oh, and you guys have gotta see Beastmaster.

@sydhamelin1265 Жыл бұрын

The 2000 D&D sequel is a double edged sword in that, it's made much more competently than the first movie, but as a result, isn't "so bad it's good". I wouldn't go so far as to call it a bad movie though, but I'd only recommend it for someone who really, really needed to see a D&D movie. But, as far as the lore goes, the sequel was much closer to the game. No beholders acting as prison guards. An actual cleric. Spells from the game, and a Ring of the Ram. It was a little dry though, and uninspired. The story was pretty meh, but still, if you want a D&D adventure, it will probably scratch that itch.

@pauld6967 Жыл бұрын

@Thundarr100 The 2000 film isn't horrible but watching the deleted & unfinished scenes on the DVD made me angry. So many scenes that could've fixed the plot holes with one particularly helpful scene that clearly was only cut because of the expense of the special effects. Sigh, just sigh. I will concede that not going with the alternate "let's set up a sequel" ending was the correct choice.

@JohnGraves1985 Жыл бұрын

Matt is lucky to have a woman like Emily in his life.

@johnsparks2774 Жыл бұрын

Loved this movie, went with my son, who is a player and we both came out laughing. It was a good bonding experience for us

@agp11001 Жыл бұрын

That's why it works so well. D&D players are treated to a lot of inside jokes, non-players just get some laughs.

@chaost4544 Жыл бұрын

Chonky Dragon is best boy!

@IgnorantCrayon Жыл бұрын

Not Tiny Cooper. MINI-cooper.

@ricksgamemisc10 Жыл бұрын

After the prior "attempts" at D&D movies, I went into this one with low/medium expectations. And I *loved* it! My one-line description is that it's a good movie for a casual audience, and a GREAT movie if you know/love D&D.

@ctmdarkonestm Жыл бұрын

this movie really captures the feel of playing it with friends

@GriggsC123 Жыл бұрын

I like how they did a throw back to the D&D 80s Cartoon characters in the maze scene.

@P.HATHCOX 7 ай бұрын

Yes! I was hoping someone would mention that 👍 I was actually cheering when I saw them show up in that scene.

@jimballard1186 Жыл бұрын

I'm convinced there's a draft of this script that involved the characters being avatars of a D&D game in someone's basement.

@LTDdmg Жыл бұрын

Glad yous (yes...greetings from sNJ) reacted to this film. Awesome timing as I was doing NEVERWINTER dailies and inventory earlier today. From opening some chest drops and getting some mounts and companions, it was nice to see them in the movie (ex. gelatinous cube, {a grown up} bobby the barbarian, Uni the unicorn, displacer beast, etc).

@Awesome_Pichu Жыл бұрын

It must be a rule that anyone who sees Themberchaud must say, "oh lord, he comin'"

@sydhamelin1265 Жыл бұрын

A really underrated D&D movie: Zero Charisma. There's more to it than just D&D, and technically they're playing a home-brew, but they nail the culture. There's also a great snapshot of the old school vs. new school "pop culture" style of "geeking out".

@lordmortarius538 Жыл бұрын

The Gamers: Dorkness Rising is also an amazing D&D film

@StanleyMancil Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing this in the theater and the crowd went nuts when they showed T.V. D&D cartoon characters

@iKvetch558 Жыл бұрын

Oh my garsh...Em sure is showing off her huge... ...tracts of land! 😜😜

@stevebeaufoy7549 8 ай бұрын

I have to say,when I heard the word,"Underdark",I expected to see Drow Elves,was very disappointed! Otherwise,a very entertaining and funny movie! The Paladin character was originally meant to be Drow Ranger,Drizzt Do'Urden!

@kallreader7376 Жыл бұрын

Such a fun movie and really appreciate reactors who know D&D to catch all the inside Easter Eggs. It was nice having your friend along as well!

@tastyneck Жыл бұрын

Oh, man, I'm so happy y'all reacting to this film. It's so good and fun and a figurative D&D campaign come to life (on screen). Also, abolsutely love that y'all know the D&D references. lmao Also, GYAT, Andrea. Also also, that second "JARNATHON" is such an easy joke that works because it's smartly setup. This film was obviously setup by actual D&D lovers, and not just because that may have technically gotten it correct. I really hope there's a sequel.

@GigiC4 Жыл бұрын

I didn't love this movie when I saw it but then I have never played D&D and know nothing of the game but watching you enjoy it so much make me enjoy it more than when I first saw it,

@bterrik4107 Жыл бұрын

I loved this movie, and great reactions from you folks. The fact that you so often picked up the lines or story beats (like the Rochnon) just before they happened speaks volumes to how they effectively used the setting and the tropes without it being grating or inauthentic. In fact, that's one of my favorite bits - you can tell the passion for the source material from the people involved with the movie. Both of the directors played quite a bit, as I understand it, as well as two of the main actors. Both Michelle Rodriguez (Holga) and Sophia Lillis (Doric) have played a fair bit of D&D prior to signing on to the movie (Michelle a while ago but Sophia quite recently) and I feel that enjoyment of the material comes through in their characters. In fact, that cast all played a game together as the characters before starting shooting, and in interviews they all talked about how much they enjoyed it (OK, that's probably marketing but I'm choosing to believe!). Here's hoping for a sequel! EDIT to add, about not having a cleric: They agree with you! Or, at least Sophia Lillis does. When asked what they'd want to play if they played again everyone else picked either their own class or another character in the movie's class except Sophia, who was basically like, "I'd play a Cleric, we could have used one of those" kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iah6o5ySsLzQnHU.htmlsi=iGE6tK1YSiiNONKW&t=503

@dereknolin5986 Жыл бұрын

It's so great to watch a reaction from some true D&D nerds who really knew the game! It really is great fun to try and name all the spells that are cast throughout the movie. Send some good energy out there into the universe that a sequel gets made!

@erickremers3986 Жыл бұрын

You can practically feel the moment the DM of this campaign told the players about this really elaborate bridge puzzle, Simon's player fucked it up on the first step and the DM went: "Fuck it, that item Holga picked up is now a magic item."

@agp11001 6 ай бұрын

Typical DM last-minute ass-pull. Been there, done that.

@Liesmith424 Жыл бұрын

I love that Forge bragged about having new portcullises installed, and yet they *only* ever help the good guys get away.

@timroebuck3458 Жыл бұрын

Couldn't help going back to a time when I played D&D with my brother among others. His group got caught between leopards and cave wights. Since my brother was a frost giant, he decided to pick up the leopards and throw them at the cave wights.

@TheOtterBear61 Жыл бұрын

Simon's great, great grandfather in his attunement vision is Elminster from The Forgotten Realms lore. They share the last name Aumar.

@SteveMND 11 ай бұрын

Honestly, I'm just happy someone in one of these reaction videos recognized the axebeaks!

@Scimarad Жыл бұрын

I can't quite get across how utterly weird and fantastic it was to see The Realms on the big screen. I haven't played D&D in decades but around the time AD&D 2E turned into 3E I read tons of the books, played the games etc. I think it was seeing the Tears of Selune the completely pushed me over the edge into "OMG is this actually happening?":)

@snorpenbass4196 Жыл бұрын

The tiefling design in the movie is the original one from PlaneScape! Like seeing one of Tony Di Terlizzi's illustrations in reality. Loved it. Not a fan of how all tieflings have to look like draenei from WoW these days (much more fun if they can look like a lot of weird things llike in the original PlaneScape boxed set, which is gathering dust in my bookshelf). Edit: Also, my theory on Elgin is he's multiclassed Rogue/Bard, and picked a School that gets very little magic.

@sydhamelin1265 Жыл бұрын

I had the Planescape setup except for one of the outer planes box sets - whichever the last released was. I loved the setting, it was so abstract and a great curveball to throw at players. Exploring some ruins and *poof* welcome to Sigil. The art design was top notch, we're so overdue for another Planescape game. I was thrilled when Torment was released, and it completely NAILED the vibe of the Planescape campaign.

@ApesAmongUs Жыл бұрын

I was really pleased when I saw a more traditional tiefling.

@Scimarad Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm not quite sure when the red-skinned devilish looking Tieflings became a thing. There's s whole chunk of D&D from the beginning of 3rd Ed up to the present that I completely missed.

@ApesAmongUs Жыл бұрын

@@Scimarad It started with 4 when they decided to take heavy inspiration from video games. Calling them Draenei isn't being flippant.

@sydhamelin1265 Жыл бұрын

@@Scimarad I hear that. The last time I played was 2nd Edition. I played a couple video games that used 3e rules, and now BG3 that uses 5e. At least in BG3 you can create a pretty human looking Tiefling, BUT all the Tiefling NPCs are more devil than human. They remind me of Cambions more than Tieflings.

@henrymassey9904 Жыл бұрын

If you want a D&Desc movie, then you should try 13th Warrior. It is a very low to no magic D&D campaign. You will even sit there and figure out which ones are the fighters, the barbarians and the ranger. If you watch it in that frame of mind it is a fun movie.

@sumelar Жыл бұрын

Pronunciation is always interesting when adaptations like this come around. I had similar reactions with Dune.

@DCComicsGamer Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite movies this year and I'm not even that big a DnD fan (although I did geek out over the mention of Baldur's Gate)!

@hawke5311 Жыл бұрын

The writers/directors are named John and Jonathan. They personally finding adding an R to random places in people's names hilarious so it's not surprising that Jarnathan (so similar in pronunciation to Jo(r)nathan) made it in as a random, throw-away character.

@chuckhouse5179 Жыл бұрын

"Random throw away character"? It's Jarnathans story man! lol

@quixote6942 Жыл бұрын

This movie is 100 times better than the D&D movie made years before. I really miss playing AD&D. The Adventures, the Laughs, the Sodas and Snacks (Pizza and "Superbowl Snacks")... They were the best 10 years of my life! Unfortunately, I moved to a Rural Area, so drumming up a Game is impossible.

@captin3149 Жыл бұрын

Same boat. I feel you.

@insomnaholic Жыл бұрын

Reddit /lfg and discord. I found an amazing group there and we've been playing for over a year now. Took several tries, but we have a group that ranges from Maine to California and we have run a main campaign and filled in one shots when the DM needs a break.

@AnthonyfromPhoenix Жыл бұрын

I've never heard anyone mention it, but when they are fighting the executioner, etc. you can clearly see his hands can easily fit through the bindings. He's just rolling badly on dexterity on getting out of them.

@WhiteWolfDarkpaw Жыл бұрын

There's a theory that Edgin isn't a bard, but rather he's a mastermind rogue with a performer background. The only attacks he does are sneak attacks, but his ability to lay out plans.... plus the fact he does no bard spells.

@logandarklighter Жыл бұрын

OR - That he WAS a Bard. Then Cross-Trained over to Rogue. That's why he's equal level to the rest of the party, but isn't full level in either Rogue OR Bard. But his PLAYER is a genius master of Xanatos Speed chess and is having a HELL of a good time with this game. 😆

@jacobborton3114 Жыл бұрын

Except his official stat block lists him as a bard, sooo...

@dereknolin5986 Жыл бұрын

He definitely gave bardic inspiration, though.

@JakkFrost1 Жыл бұрын

I mean, he got Holga happily singing along immediately after a sad parting with the man she still loved. And I've never played D&D, are bards normally good at combat? Or are they better suited to opportunistic attacks when the target isn't looking?

@houseofaction Жыл бұрын

@@JakkFrost1 they are primarily support but they do have combat spells

@jacobborton3114 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact, the sorcerer (Simon Aumar) is a descendent of Elminster Aumar, the legendary Sage of Shadowdale. I always thought that was kinda cool.

@calibadgerdude6082 Жыл бұрын

I knew I heard that name somewhere before! I just ran into Elminster in BG3!

@agp11001 Жыл бұрын

@@calibadgerdude6082 That cheese-stealing old weirdo.

@graelgraan2428 Жыл бұрын

For fun and sheer immersion in d&d edness you can't beat the gamers series. The original short "the gamers", "the gamers: dorkness rising" and "the gamers: hands of fate"

@JustSUMMReactions Жыл бұрын

We actually have Dorkness Rising on the channel 😊

@graelgraan2428 Жыл бұрын

@@JustSUMMReactions well now I've got to go look that video up!

@makoshark2001 Жыл бұрын

I think the portrait they put the portal behind is actually Volo.

@thecatsnightmare Жыл бұрын

You've already seen it, but The Mummy plays like a modern adventure RPG session.

@Trilaan Жыл бұрын

Emily: "He's a lich, he's a lover." Matt: "No." Me: "Yes!"

@JeshuaSquirrel Жыл бұрын

Now I want that whole cover.

@crystalfire5564 Жыл бұрын

I love the part where they speak with the dead. That first one was hilarious!

@Domura Жыл бұрын

That death stare Xenk gives Simon when he steps on the bridge and triggers the trap is the approximation of the DM staring at Simon's player after he rolls a nat 1 on his dexterity save after saying he was going to "step towards the bridge", and internally debating the highest CR he can throw at them all right now before asking Simon to roll an Arcana check on some random junk the Barbarian is carrying. "Wow, she just happens to have a portal cane that can get you over the river of lava. What a coincidence." Ten minutes later Simon: "WHY is Themberchaud here and not in Gracklstugh!?" DM: "Wow, crazy shit right? Anyway roll initiative." Sofina's got to be at least level 17 to be able to cast Time Stop from preparation, meanwhile Simon is at least level 9 since he can use Bigby's Hand. I still think it's a tall ask for a level 9 to counterspell a Time Stop. He has a +3 Cha mod against a DC19 check. Not impossible but it's definitely a high stress roll, though Edgin's Inspiration die is a d8 and he can grant it as a reaction if an ally in view fails a check, so... And as a 20 year veteran of Cleric only supremacy; fuck yeah Clerics.

@dancosta9488 Жыл бұрын

I played D&D for the first time Saturday and then watched the movie the next day. I had so much fun with both.

@pauld6967 Жыл бұрын

Well, welcome to the gaming community.

@dancosta9488 Жыл бұрын

@@pauld6967 Thank you. Is it normal that I’ve wanted to play again, every day since?

@pauld6967 Жыл бұрын

@@dancosta9488 :-) Yes, entirely normal. I am an AD&D from the TSR days, D&D 3.0 & 3.5 and Pathfinder 1st Edition (which my gaming group considers D&D 3.75) kind of guy. D&D 4.0 books never got unwrapped after play-testing the system and finding that the rules were dumbed down and the game mechanics were made to be more like a video game. D&D 5.0 disappointed me even more. Other people, for some mystifying reason, like 5.0 and that at least has them playing a version of the game. The recent fiasco with the company "simplifying" things even more, making stupid decisions to show their "wokeness" and attempting to steal the intellectual property of others has me joining the tide of people switching to Pathfinder 2nd Edition & other game systems under the ORC license. Your mileage may vary. If you and your group are happy with the current company & game mechanics, that's good because I want people to have fun. If you want to slide over to Pathfinder or another system, I would encourage that. If your group wants to try rolling back to the more complicated (some would say restrictive, I say refreshingly challenging) game mechanics of the previous eras, on behalf of my fellow grognards, I say welcome to you. Enjoy. :-) In any event, as I climb down off of my soapbox, please remember that the biggest part of the fun is the laughing, fear and comaraderie around the table with your friends.

@Arborhawk Жыл бұрын

In the hand fight, Sofina cast Bigby's Hand and Simon cast Earthen Grasp.

@adamtate5661 Жыл бұрын

I kind of figured this film would be awesome when it was announced that the guys who directed Game Night were directing it

@martinbraun1211 Жыл бұрын

Please watch the original Star Trek movies. 🖖😌

@Sirala6 Жыл бұрын

Everyone looks so cute, but the most convincing costume is his.

@2chaskell Жыл бұрын

love this movie, and got my dad hooked on it so now he watches it all the time

@Nightroadtube Жыл бұрын

If ya just GOTTA get that d&d fix, Tom Hanks was in a movie titled Mazes and Monsters (1982); it was his first lead acting role (according to wikipedia).

@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself Жыл бұрын

I actually read that book around 1989/1990 and I started DMing AD&D 2nd ed. games the next year. It took me years to realize that M&M was meant to be a scare-them-away anti-D&D story. I thought (despite Hanks' character going nuts) roleplaying was awesome!

@Nightroadtube Жыл бұрын

@@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself I love that.

@ameyer1970 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite Easter eggs is the characters from the dungeons and dragons cartoon are in the maze

@yermatedave4930 Жыл бұрын

I'd heard that Xenk was actually supposed to be Drizz't Do'Urden, and the Thayans they fought in the Underdark were originally Drow. I'm not sure why they switched? Could've been Drizz't rights, or maybe they didn't like how the makeup came out (maybe it looked like blackface ir something...)

@richardrobbins387 Жыл бұрын

We're never, ever gonna get a drow story in a movie. People confuse fantasy with real-world issues. And a cult of sinister, matriarchal, spider-worshipping bad-asses who are profiled because of their racial heritage. Uhhh, it's too controversial and confusing. Too bad, though. It'd be very cool to see.

@Scimarad Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad they changed that; I was sick of Drizz't decades ago...

@yermatedave4930 Жыл бұрын

@@Scimarad yeah, me too, but I imagine he would've been a big draw for fans (other than you and I, of course.)

@IgnorantCrayon Жыл бұрын

I am so excited you watched this one. I was waiting and thinking, "How have they not done this movie yet? It's is exactly the kind of movie they would love!"

@Raven5150 Жыл бұрын

I saw this in the theater and knew the mimic was coming and it still got me

@CandleLight129 Жыл бұрын

Funny you should say you wanted to see some drow. Xenk was actually originally planned to be Drizzt Do'Urden but they decided it just wasn't the right place to introduce him. As for the main character's levels, DnD beyond released character sheets for all of them and they are actually surprisingly high level. I would have to check again but I believe the main cast are all lvl 16 and Sophina is lvl 19.

@sandrorocha790 Жыл бұрын

I don't know much about D&D but the 80's cartoon is quite popular where I live. So popular that the characters were used in a car ad and it turned out really well. I really enjoyed the movie, it's really fun. I hope there's a sequel.

@HelloThere.GeneralKenobi Жыл бұрын

My favorite game for the Nintendo GameCube was Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance and I saw a strong connection in the movie. I'm hoping that the success from this movie from DnD fans and movie fans will give them reason to make another movie but with other characters.

@JohnMiller-zn9pf Жыл бұрын

my hidden 7yr old 80s kid yelled with glee seeing the cartoon reference

@jmhaces 6 ай бұрын

The fat dragon is an actual thing in the source material. He was hatched in the Underdark and grew too big and fat to be able to leave.

@andthewallscametumblingdow2451 Жыл бұрын

For other D&D-related movies, I strongly recommend The Gamers trilogy! They're fan-made, they're all on KZfaq for free, and they are amazing!

@matteoscanu5982 Жыл бұрын

the guy on the portrait it's actually Volothamp "Volo" Geddarm, the author of the infamous "Volo's guide to monsters"

@urborg74 Жыл бұрын

She's throwing potatoes! To be fair, a raging barbarian with tavern brawler throwing potatoes would be terrifying.

@Nergalsama01 Жыл бұрын

4:46 Yep, I was really happy that they didn't do an "original" setting again and just said "Alright, Forgotten Realms, just go with it!"

@benniescarbrough6 Жыл бұрын

The "chunky dragon" is actually in the game. And the prison they started in was put into the game so people watching the movie could identify it.

@StarWarsMoments Жыл бұрын

One review of this movie said it was the Chris Pineiest thing Chris pine had ever done. I concur.

@sableghost Жыл бұрын

There is some debate about racial insensitivity regarding drow (and driders by inclusion) these days so they were left out of the movie. They initially wanted to use Drizzt Do'Urden as the hero who helps the party but because of the controversies, they turned that hero into Xenk Yendar. Much as I would love to see the old heroes of the realm have their cameos in the movie, I loved the way Xenk turned out.

@Perktube1 Жыл бұрын

25:00 - gold. 26:55 - a displacer beast! Where are the blink dogs when you need them???

@CinemaScrollKeeper Жыл бұрын

Hope your friend comes back for another time.

@martinholt8168 Жыл бұрын

When we got to see Bradley Cooper as Marleman, I can't believe Miss 'Never met a pun I didn't like' didn't say 'Mini-Cooper.'

@JustSUMMReactions Жыл бұрын

I know, I've lost sleep over it, lol

@vinsanity40k Жыл бұрын

as fantasy fans, you guys probably saw these already but my watch suggestion would be the sword and the sorcerer. you already watched conan but this came out the same year probably to capitalize on conan's popularity. or the year before both of those was another d&d-esque movie: dragonslayer

@chrislewis2946 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been waiting for this one!

@Thewingkongexchange Жыл бұрын

I never played D&D, but used to play a lot of 'Hero Quest', 'Warhammer Quest' and especially 'Space Crusade' back in the day. This looks like a lot fun though, so I need to watch this properly.

@Zoltan_Matravolgyi Жыл бұрын

When I first saw Andrea I thought she's your twin sister, Emily! :)

@Rand_Althor1966 Жыл бұрын

I thought I had seen this movie but I didn't. I will come back here again after I've watched. Lots of love guys. Oh and very nice to meet you Andrea

@JakkFrost1 Жыл бұрын

The only minor complaint I recall having is the painting portal. It was set in a frame that was _at least_ half an inch deep, so there's no way the portal would have been flush against the floor, and thus should have been easy to pick up.