Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

[Palanan]

And then there's this:





Looks like high-budget goofy, silly fun.

Also accurately depicts bards in most campaigns.

[Dire_Flumph]

I think I saw more D&D references in this one trailer than the last 3 movies combined.

It's got an owlbear. I'm in.

[Palanan]

Looks like a grand tour of classic monsters, actually.

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Owlbear, displacer beast, gelatinous cube, mimic, and of course several dragons.

And whatever the giant red spider was.

[Millstone85]

I will echo the general sentiment of YouTube, which is surprise at the fact that the movie might not suck after all.

[DigoDragon]

As long as the movie doesn't try to take itself seriously, this could be pretty entertaining. I'll give it a chance.

[Dame_Mechanus]

So despite taking place in ostensible fantasy setting it's full of ridiculous wisecracking with a classic rock soundtrack and a general sense of a group of people who have an incredibly bad plan with little foresight doing very stupid things and then solving problems they caused.

Sounds like a fair slice of actual D&D games, all right. I'm game.

[JNAProductions]

So despite taking place in ostensible fantasy setting it's full of ridiculous wisecracking with a classic rock soundtrack and a general sense of a group of people who have an incredibly bad plan with little foresight doing very stupid things and then solving problems they caused.

Sounds like a fair slice of actual D&D games, all right. I'm game.

When you put it that way, I’m suddenly interested!

[Palanan]

Originally Posted by DigoDragon
As long as the movie doesn't try to take itself seriously....

Pretty sure there's close to zero chance of that.

[Saelethil]

I had pretty low expectations for this but it looks like it could actually be a lot of fun.
Fingers crossed

[Corvus]

Not going to lie, that looks like good dumb fun and I'm in for it.

The druid shapeshifting into an owlbear is what sold it.

It's giving off fantasy Guardians of the Galaxy vibes.

[Millstone85]

The druid shapeshifting into an owlbear is what sold it.

Let's take a moment for all the poor 5th Edition DMs who will have to deal with "But in the movie the druid could do that!"

[Dame_Mechanus]

Let's take a moment for all the poor 5th Edition DMs who will have to deal with "But in the movie the druid could do that!"

"And in the movie it looks like Michelle Rodriguez batters people around while her hands are bound, but I'm not letting you get weapon proficiencies in 'manacles' either."

[Jervis]

The owlbear druid better be accompanied by a monstrosity Druid subclass or something. If it isn’t i’m gonna hear people asking if their moon Druid can turn into one for a solid year. Alternatively maybe this movie is running off 5.5 mechanics, in which case Druid buff question mark?

Also were those the Red Wizards of Thay?

[dancrilis]

Well a trailer is not meant to actively put you off watching the movie - so mission accomplished.

My hopes are still pretty low - going after the 'greatest evil the world has ever known' sounds like a lot for a single movie unless the evil doesn't live up to the hype (or the world has been lacking in evil up to now).

[Mechalich]

The trailer gives off the general vibe that this movie isn't taking itself too seriously, which is absolutely essential, so that's good. Also Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez are about as good as you can ask for when it comes to 'quality fantasy action' which suggests that the fights will be good, as does the owlbear bit. An action comedy romp with some fun and inventive fight sequences is to me exactly what you should try to do for a D&D film, so it definitely appears that they tried to do this the right way. It remains to be seen whether the execution will be there.

[Zevox]

It's giving off fantasy Guardians of the Galaxy vibes.

That was my takeaway as well, which is considerably better than I was expecting. This has just gone from something I have no interest in or expectations will be even decent to something I might just actually see. I'm pleasantly surprised.

[Ralanr]

The owlbear druid better be accompanied by a monstrosity Druid subclass or something. If it isn’t i’m gonna hear people asking if their moon Druid can turn into one for a solid year. Alternatively maybe this movie is running off 5.5 mechanics, in which case Druid buff question mark?

Also were those the Red Wizards of Thay?

Or they just went Rule of Cool since, by Raw, wait...

Frantically reads wild shape.

Huh...either I'm blind, or you can wild shape from one form to another without reverting to your base form. Neat.

Just rule the bear transformation as Owl Bear.

[Jervis]

Or they just went Rule of Cool since, by Raw, wait...

Frantically reads wild shape.

Huh...either I'm blind, or you can wild shape from one form to another without reverting to your base form. Neat.

Just rule the bear transformation as Owl Bear.

I was so bothered by it that I made a subclass in the homebrew thread. Curse you hyper fixation!

[GentlemanVoodoo]

My hopes are still pretty low.

Same. Looks just meh and trying to hard to copy Guardians and Thor movie formula of the big action comedy (which is getting old at this point). Perhaps next trailer might do more with it but as of now will pass on it.

[Grey Watcher]

Well a trailer is not meant to actively put you off watching the movie - so mission accomplished.

My hopes are still pretty low - going after the 'greatest evil the world has ever known' sounds like a lot for a single movie unless the evil doesn't live up to the hype (or the world has been lacking in evil up to now).

Yeah, for me I just get this bad vibe off of it. Like I know trailers in general and action movie trailers in particular are pretty frenetic in the editing, but I can't shake the feeling that it's so full of very short cuts of action heavy scenes because anything longer or lower key just isn't good enough to show. The two dialogue scenes we get are... ok?

I dunno, it really is more of a vibe than anything else. Maybe I've just been disappointed too often.

[chainer1216]

When this was first announced I assumed it wouldn't make it through production, and if it did it'd be another terrible movie.

But now that there's a trailer I'm hesitantly looking forward to it.

If it's just Guardians Of The Galaxy but D&D I'll consider it a win because GotG was just D&D but space.

[KorvinStarmast]

a group of people who have an incredibly bad plan with little foresight doing very stupid things and then solving problems they caused. Sounds like a fair slice of actual D&D games, all right. I'm game.

It does indeed. The trailer opening with Led Zepplin was OK by me.

Not going to lie, that looks like good dumb fun and I'm in for it.
The druid shapeshifting into an owlbear is what sold it.
It's giving off fantasy Guardians of the Galaxy vibes.

Know your audience (and I am not in the demographic) and tell them a fun story. Profit. I will go for sure. Hope I can talk my wife into joining me.

Let's take a moment for all the poor 5th Edition DMs who will have to deal with "But in the movie the druid could do that!"

"This isn't a movie"

[EggKookoo]

The closing credits better be ByTor and the Snow Dog or there'll be Unrest in the Forest!

[Giggling Ghast]

I have a feeling Chris Pine is gonna carry the movie cast-wise.

Anyone notice the chonky dragon?

[Millstone85]

Anyone notice the chonky dragon?

I have seen comments that it might be Themberchaud from Out of the Abyss.

[J-H]

Edwin's line from Baldur's Gate II about low expectations comes to mind.
Still, it looks kind of fun, and has a bunch of D&D monsters in it. I think someone's at least read the source material.

The overall plot, as far as I can tell, matches a fairly typical D&D campaign structure.
-Party tries to get rich.
-Party accidentally releases BBEG Evil in a Box that may Destroy The World.
-Party has to go get richer and level up to face BBEG. Party engages in bad plans along the way, manages to survive and get loot and level up.
-Party goes and kills BBEG using newfound abilities, teamwork, and magical loot.
-Party is rewarded with gold and status, and can resolve personal goals.

I see a bard, a barbarian (or fighter, but probably barbarian), a druid, a wizard or sorc, and I'm not sure what class the other guy is.

[BRC]

Edwin's line from Baldur's Gate II about low expectations comes to mind.
Still, it looks kind of fun, and has a bunch of D&D monsters in it. I think someone's at least read the source material.

The overall plot, as far as I can tell, matches a fairly typical D&D campaign structure.
-Party tries to get rich.
-Party accidentally releases BBEG Evil in a Box that may Destroy The World.
-Party has to go get richer and level up to face BBEG. Party engages in bad plans along the way, manages to survive and get loot and level up.
-Party goes and kills BBEG using newfound abilities, teamwork, and magical loot.
-Party is rewarded with gold and status, and can resolve personal goals.

I see a bard, a barbarian (or fighter, but probably barbarian), a druid, a wizard or sorc, and I'm not sure what class the other guy is.

Either Fighter or Paladin, I get Paladin vibes from him?

If this is a fantasy action heist romp with a few sprinkles of fan service, it will probably be fun but forgettable.

[DigoDragon]

I have a feeling Chris Pine is gonna carry the movie cast-wise.

Maybe true, but I don't mind Michelle being in this.

[EggKookoo]

I see a bard, a barbarian (or fighter, but probably barbarian), a druid, a wizard or sorc, and I'm not sure what class the other guy is.

Bard, barb, druid, sorc, pally. The villain is a rogue. What are the odds that he's their former leader?

I said way back when it was first announced. To my mind a good D&D movie will revolve around the themes that players experience while playing the game. Teamwork, trust, growth, challenges, difficult decisions, humor, wonder, awe, fear, and turning failure into success. The trailer suggests that's what we'll get.

[KorvinStarmast]

If this is a fantasy action heist romp with a few sprinkles of fan service, it will probably be fun but forgettable.

I can live with that.

Bard, barb, druid, sorc, pally. The villain is a rogue. What are the odds that he's their former leader?

Decent odds on that.

To my mind a good D&D movie will revolve around the themes that players experience while playing the game. Teamwork, trust, growth, challenges, difficult decisions, humor, wonder, awe, fear, and turning failure into success. The trailer suggests that's what we'll get.

The only problem is that so many trailers are so misleading ... but yes, I think that's what's on tap.