Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves BREAKDOWN! Easter Eggs & Details You Missed!

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Dungeons & Dragons movie breakdown & references to DnD! Every easter egg you might have missed in the DND movie! To start playing with StartPlaying click this link and get $10 in credit for new accounts: bit.ly/3m9aOQl
What’s the DnD movie about? Who are the members of this adventure party? Edgin, Holga, Simon, Xenk, and Kira must fight the evil Red Wizard of Thay, Sofina, and her dastardly conman companion, Forge. Whitney Van Laningham goes frame by frame to break down everything you might have missed in the D&D Honor Among Thieves!
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@GreenNightlight Год назад

My favourite detail with the intellect devourers is that the group is ignored because none of them are intelligence based classes

@Ironlantern723 Год назад

"...That's hurtful."

@syazamuzini3299 Год назад

My DM gave the most belly-aching laugh when that scene came up 😂

@bobbywhite2494 Год назад

I'm glad that I wasn't thee only one who noticed that lol

@Hirosanman Год назад

Honestly, the whole of the underdark was GOLD.

@YasharelYahawadah Год назад

@GreenNightlight That was funny but also didn't make any sense because, by their classes alone, they're extremely intelligent.

@Blasted2Oblivion Год назад

I liked that the sorcerer was a terrible sorcerer because he wasn't confident enough since sorcerers are a charisma based class.

@LuisVelazquezLV3 Год назад

yeah most people don't know the difference between sorcs and wiz classes... this was a pretty cool distinction between them

@onomatopunic1710 Год назад

I did not think of that! That is pretty cool!

@kerrykellett8717 2 месяца назад

I figured it was just wild magic. Good point.

@sfrea Год назад

minor detail was during the underdark the two humans held lanterns while the tiefling and halfelf didn't maybe due to having darkvision.

@lazerboi6607 Год назад

That's a clever detail!

@Jumpoable Год назад

OMG yeah. It's all these D&Details that give me all the FEELz.

@Spartan-qw2tr Год назад

I noticed that too! I also noticed that Xenk didn’t have a lantern either which makes me wonder about his heritage

@gamerjoshwhite97 Год назад

I thought I was the only one who noticed that at my theatre. 😂

@gamerjoshwhite97 Год назад

@@lazerboi6607 It really is

@catello99 Год назад

Another fun detail you missed was that the Helm of Disjunction was surrounded by lead shavings, which prevents anyone from using Locate Object to find where it was

@rogerwilco2 Год назад

Oh, great thing to notice.

@indelebi Год назад

Wow. Nice

@jamesdominguez7685 Год назад

Oh wow, great catch!

@AndrewJohnson-oy8oj Год назад

Oh, nice one! I didn't notice that.

@CoolJoshido212 11 месяцев назад

lead shavings? like superman?

@celticson Год назад

I thought that Jarnathan being late for the hearing seemed a lot like a player being late for the game so they start without him.

@norcaloriginal9087 Год назад

I chalked it up to Bards bad rolls

@celticson Год назад

@@norcaloriginal9087 That works too. Either way, pure DND shenanigans :D

@oshsbernard08 Год назад

John Feathers is also the name of a giant eagle NPC in Dimension 20's Escape from the Bloodkeep

@Rimanda Год назад

Personally I think it's the DM hearing the player plan and try to play around it

@marvertjaysonneyra457 Год назад

As a non DnD player, I thought that using Jarnathan to escape was a well known, inside joke in the DnD community. I am a bit disappointed to discover that he is a movie original, but I do think that it will indeed become a running gag because of this movie

@omerhoffmann887 Год назад

The maze is a brilliant nod to the square ruled paper players use to draw maps on.

@TheWillster14 Год назад

Used to? That's still my go to in 5e lol

@AdamHetherington Год назад

Everything was 5 foot in it as well! So funny

@MonkeyBox331 Год назад

@@TheWillster14 use to not used to

@Saiyankev01 Год назад

Omg idk how I didn't catch that

@mynameismarkchun Год назад

There was also a hexagonal area iirc

@toastmilke Год назад

It's more a knowing joke than an easter egg, but my favorite bit from the film was when Simon says something along the line of "You can't use magic to solve EVERYTHING!" Many DMs, as well as a few game designers, have said that throughout the years. About as iconic as Edgin saying "You did not let me finish my backstory!" at the beginning (like a lot of players have exclaimed.)

@IceMetalPunk Год назад

I loved that, at the beginning, when he was like, "Jarnathan needs to hear my backstory, he needs to know my motivations!" I was like, "Oh, is Jarnathan the DM then?" 😂

@RodneyG669 3 месяца назад

As a dedicated and die hard wizard player, since 1st edition, I take offense at the idea "Magic can't solve everything". 😃

@jonah64 Год назад

When Xenk leaves the party and Edgin comments about how he's walking such a straight line ignoring the minor terrain made me laugh.

@YasharelYahawadah Год назад

@Jonah Henninger, I always wondered if I was the only one, thinking if Xenk would climb the mountain in front of him without going around it. But, he has super hearing. Maybe he was doing it as a jest, to annoy Ed.

@jessicav7210 Год назад

It felt like the DM dropping in a super OP NPC. Like they wanted the encounter/session to be challenging but was worried about a TPK. So they get an NPC escort.

@laszloeszik5033 Год назад

Also Xenk: was he wearing the Mariner's armor? The gambeson under the armor had aqua coloring. I found it odd, that someone in plate armor could swim upwards, so it's even some D&D sheninegan, or it's a Mariner's armor.

@Atom85825 Год назад

xenk has adhd confirmed

@nicku1564 Год назад

@@jessicav7210 yeah I got DM pc vibes from him which is why he did all the plot expos, gave the puzzle clues, let them to the macguffin and then walked off for no particular reason before the big fight

@Rufus555 Год назад

The paladin is 100% a DMnpc. Killings things without rolling and then walking straight towards the horizon without stopping.

@dave-yj9mc Год назад

Yep! Walked over that rock too. Like a video game npc.

@thenymphomancer5592 Год назад

Right? “My players are very underpowered for this dungeon. Hmm. How do I assist them?”

@crd88918 Год назад

1000%

@mikeyandsky2042 10 месяцев назад

So the actor actually didn't hear "cut" and he just kept walking in character, and Chris Pine improvised the line about him walking over the rock.

@SpecialInterestUnit Год назад

When Doric was beating down Saphina it definitely felt like a "how do you want to do this" moment and Doric obliged in a classic DND way of intense brutality

@frederickang1575 Год назад

YES! That part was my kids' favorite moment - too bad they're too young to watch all of Critical Role with me.

@le.domello Год назад

But I also considered this as a tribute to Hulk smashing Loki repeatedly at the end of one of the Avengers movies.

@chainsawboy2388 Год назад

@@le.domello lmao yes I said that to my friend as soon as it happens when we saw it together lol

@le.domello Год назад

@@chainsawboy2388 and the additional throw up at the edge of the building's walls and then corpse being smashed with debris made it all better than Hulk version :D

@JackTulsen77 2 месяца назад

It felt like they were trying to do a hulk moment, but it looked less like Hulk smashing a puny god into submission and more like trying to shake a baby to death. Great idea. Poorly executed.

@phntmthf5505 Год назад

9:24 fun fact! In 4e, druids *could* Wild Shape into owlbears, because they were classified as “magical beasts” instead of monstrosities.

@RonCarver Год назад

There was actually NOTHING fun or factual about 4E

@user-oz1li9du3w 9 месяцев назад

Or 3e shifter

@Valorhammer 5 месяцев назад

@@RonCarver eh, it's not my cup of tea either, but 4e has its playerbase. it was basically D&D with yugioh mechanics BS, and I can think of 2 people in my friend group who would LOVE that shit.

@ozpin8329 Год назад

My favorite detail was that during the speaking with corpses scene, when they question the first corpse it takes exactly 30 seconds. A round of combat in D&D is 6 seconds long, and it takes 5 rounds to ask 5 questions...equaling 30 seconds. Similarly, it only takes Sophia six seconds to kill all the guards - a single round of combat.

@sethwing1725 Год назад

This movie is a testament on how a good writing and passion can make even the weirdest or often times uninteresting movie into a great hit. This reminds me of the first guardians of the galaxy. I dont know dnd. But this movie, curl my interest in dnd.

@Jumpoable Год назад

Thank you. Now go find a team & roll/ role-play.

@StarFyreXXX Год назад

the producers said years ago their goal was to make a fantasy guardians of the galaxy...

@jonathan0225 Год назад

@@StarFyreXXX it definitely felt that way. was a fun thrill ride too.

@charlesajones77 Год назад

@@StarFyreXXX Stylistically, they succeeded. Monetarily OTOH, not so much. Which is a shame. I really enjoyed the movie, and hoped it would do better than it has.

@gozoogle Год назад

It should have a long shelf life streaming and on cable though.

@JustinSFilm Год назад

Fun thing I heard in some interview about the film, is that Jarnathan, the Arakokra, is the name of the character the directors played together during the cast campaign they played before shooting.

@bilbo837 Год назад

I'm so happy you pointed out the rust monsters and axe beaks. I love that they added D&D creatures that weren't crucial to the plot. I feel like it adds depth to the world building.

@originaluddite Год назад

I have this random love of rust monsters, including the fact they were based on some cheap toys from Hong Kong.

@endo_kun_da Год назад

the giant clams in the cart also was a brief cameo of classic DnD monsters

@davidandrew1078 Год назад

@@originaluddite I squealed when I saw them. 40 years veteran of D&D.

@originaluddite Год назад

@@davidandrew1078 I might have done something similar. Friends next to me possibly just assumed it was because they were cute. :)

@TitularHeroine Год назад

It looked like the rust monsters were fighting over a padlock, not just some hunk of metal

@RolePositiveGaming Год назад

I didn't see it in the video, and haven't seen it in the comments, but the painting they cut up to use for the portal was of none other than Volothamp Geddarm, author of Volo's guide to Everything! Well done video.

@livin4thelamb499 Год назад

Good catch!

@ProyectosPanda Год назад

Yesss i was watching the video to see if someone saw that the pain was Volothamp!

@shawnoleary6031 Год назад

I noticed that too!

@sammymusselwhite7260 Год назад

I'm pretty sure the reason Xenk is able to live so long despite being a human is he's an Oath of the Ancients Paladin. At 15th level 'you no longer suffer the drawbacks of old age...', and he's probably at least that high in level. Also in another scene he says that he was taught to 'be the light', which is an exact quote of one of the tenents of the Ancients.

@infinitesheldon5710 Год назад

He also explicitly mentions a lesson from the Ancients, or something to that affect, before Chris Pine's character cuts him off at one point in the movie.

@wynterfir Год назад

I thought he was an aasimar for a good while lol.

@ericpeterson8732 Год назад

Also he uses speak with animals to get the fish to release the tabaxi kitten.

@Deris87 Год назад

Yep, that was my takeaway as well. Mentioning "the ancients", and using speak with animals to save the Tabaxi kitten.

@garypotter5569 Год назад

Drizzt Do'Urden was initially going to take the Paladin's place. So very glad they did not waste such an iconic character on an initial offering.

@DrewTrox Год назад

I loved all the "game mechanics" moments! My favorite was when Doric breaks Sophina's concentration in that final battle.

@11yoyomama Год назад

I loved how Holga acted the part of having Intelligence as a dump stat. Coming up with terrible plans (sneak into a castle as a deer, throw an ax with a rope on it across the chasm)

@MisiekKijewski Год назад

To be fair, the deer plan wasn't that stupid after all... 🤣

@DarudeSandworm Год назад

Was great seeing D&D get an actually good movie.

@EpicMuttonChops Год назад

missed the first two, did ya?

@3ron Год назад

@@EpicMuttonChops he said a "good" movie.

@Superbadassyeye Год назад

@@EpicMuttonChops he said good

@optillian4182 Год назад

@@EpicMuttonChops missed the word ‘good’, did ya?

@DethLok Год назад

@@EpicMuttonChops Three, actually, the 3rd one is an evil party - and surprisingly good.

@nanogex2970 Год назад

I was terrified by the displacer beasts because I have lost 2 characters to those bastards

@IceMetalPunk Год назад

*I feel that*

@alexanderstine9136 Год назад

Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine played as his character Kimathi Stormhollow in Joe Manganello's campaign. He's the dwarf in the maze that falls victim to the displacer beast.

@TitularHeroine Год назад

Awesome

@recordednowhere 8 месяцев назад

He is also in the crowd watching the games

@Achridian Год назад

Jarnathan was 100% an on-the-spot DM-made name and I love it. DM: “There are four people on the council” Player: “What are their names?” DM, reading through the module: “Voss Anderton, human, Jil Torbo, a halfling, Kriv Norixius, a dragonborn, and uhhhhh….” *realizes that there were only 3 listed and they tricked themselves into thinking there was 4 when they were prepping “Jarnathan the Aarakocra.” Players, immediately bursting into laughter: “JARNATHAN????? WE HAVE TO KAKE OUR PLAN REVOLVE AROUND HIM THATS HILARIOUS” DM, internally: “oh gods, what are they about to do?”

@Fafnirod123 Год назад

Not to mention the directors being called Jonathan, the DM was like “Oh shit ehhh, my name but slightly different”

@IceMetalPunk Год назад

@@Fafnirod123 Daniel the DM: "He's, uh... Da'neel. Yes, Da'neel of the Smiths."

@DrplasmaLi 11 месяцев назад

Lol

@seangerry1143 Год назад

During the fight with the red wizard, after the the dragon statue has been overcome, you can see the characters take up position in all of the adjacent squares around their enemy, just like my party does

@brymetheous2387 Год назад

Flanking for that extra d20 roll lol

@jeffm9770 Год назад

I felt like Simon was able to Counterspell the Time Stop because his confidence was higher, reflecting a really high Charisma check.

@RRRRRRRRR33 7 месяцев назад

But spells are not supposed to be affected by Wisdom?

@lansones 5 месяцев назад

@@RRRRRRRRR33it depends on ur class, but sorcerers and warlocks use their charisma

@tsorf98 Год назад

When Simon was casting spells he supposedly used ASL (American sign language) incorporated into his hand gestures

@TempestRyu Год назад

I love that when Xenk is leading the party through the Underdark, he can hear every comment Edgin was saying under his breath, showing Xenk's high Wisdom/Perception.

@AdamHetherington Год назад

You missed that Edgin tells the Simon he has another 6 hours to try to attune while on the beach, as the party was taking a long rest. Simon is also exhausted the next day as he didn't get a chance to actually take a long rest because he was failing at attuning 😅 It was a very specific reference, and I was super impressed

@AdamHetherington Год назад

Also, the escape from the chubby dragon was based on a Skill Challenge: the best thing about 4e DnD!

@AdamHetherington Год назад

Also again! The intellect devourers didn't notice the party because they all have INT as their dump stat. They use CHR, WIS, STR & DEX as their primary stats for their classes, all dumping INT 😅

@DanielWoike Год назад

@@AdamHetherington wouldn't Simon as a Wizard have a high intelligence stat?

@costanzafaust Год назад

@@DanielWoike Sophia was a wizard, Simon was a Sorcerer, who cast naturally with Charisma rather than study magic with Intelligence.

@DanielWoike Год назад

@@costanzafaust yeah, I just realized that after making this comment. That he was a Sorcerer and not a Wizard.

@socialmoth4974 Год назад

I giggled a little when they began their face-off with the red wizard and a round basket rolled by, almost like a tumbleweed. It wasn’t a dnd Easter egg but more a nod to old westerns. Also, I was so hoping we’d see a reference to Drizzt or drows. Maybe in a sequel.

@ryanpratama5635 Год назад

Tbh, when the went into the Underdark, I kinda expected they met with some drows.

Год назад

@@ryanpratama5635 It's fairly easy to associate drows with the Underdark, so I believe they considered it, but noticed it wouldn't be of good taste to have a group of the most dark-skinned characters in the movie be evil and die within minutes. If I'm right in this assumption, it was certainly for the better. Here's hoping for a bit of Drizzt and drows (and more dwarves!) at the next one.

@peronicavanna Год назад

Drizzt was the film makers’ initial choice for the “guide DM PC” but was replaced with Xenk. And rightly so! He would’ve been too much of a name drop for the first movie. Hoping to see him in the sequel too.

@der1658 Год назад

right! like, you could hear the DM narrating it as a western standoff

@Bodharas 9 месяцев назад

I've been waiting my whole life to see Drizzt come to the big screen. Hopefully, they make a sequel and bring him in. He's so iconic though they have to take great care to not screw it up. Probably why they didn't do it here. Ultimately, they made the right decision. Drizzt being in this movie would be too much. Would have detracted from the main characters.

@ro-drums Год назад

Also love how there is a map of the maze on the floor tiles, but the party comes up with a completely different, more creative way to succeed. Feels very accurate to how players sometimes go the complete opposite direction to the DMs expectations

@frederickang1575 Год назад

Was only one of the party, like someone rolling a Nat20 in perception, getting a private result from DM, and player relaying their plan to the group (or in this case having to convince the group to go with the crazy idea)

@maxlittlewood Год назад

Fun cameo: Three of the corpses they question in the graveyard are played by the Australian sketch comedy group Aunty Donna

@guildmasterbaron1656 Год назад

Really!? That's pretty awesome.

@ponderosabones7803 Год назад

I didn't catch that, that's awesome 😂

@ninjafoxgamesgeekery Год назад

Friend of mine said apparently the directors wanted to find a place to get the Monty Python troupe to appear as well, but didn't happen. I could have seen them playing the nobles gambling in Neverwinter had things worked out.

@LakeVermilionDreams Год назад

I think the DM from Deerstalker Studio's One For All was an earlier cameo too.

@Marmalade_guy Год назад

Everything's a drum

@TheyTarget Год назад

Id say the gnome bridge is a reference to old school DND. Since very early on DND was heavily enjoyed by math nerds so puzzles like that, basically complex algorithms, were very common in older modules. In fact while it looks like modern DND, I'd say a lot of it really feels DND 20-30 years ago.

@AdamHetherington Год назад

+ being in the Underdark it was likely Deep Gnomes, which are super common. I think that's what was being referenced

@LordOwenLongstrider Год назад

I saw it as the DM having come up with this brilliantly complex and challenging puzzle/trap that they think will take the party forever to figure out, and then one of the players does something that completely ruins the whole thing in 5 seconds. 😂

@viniciusgottschall7165 Год назад

Not D&D related but I haven’t seen it anywhere on the internet yet. The tattoos on Holga’s arms and in the other barbarian were taken from 2.500 years old Siberian Mummy that was found preserved in ice

@nicku1564 Год назад

I knew I recognised it, good call

@kclubok Год назад

I am surprised that nobody that I've seen - here or elsewhere - has seemed to notice the reference to the Bridge of Death scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, when Sir Galahad incorrectly answers what his favorite color is. In Honor Among Thieves, the reference occurs during the Speak With Dead scene, when one of the corpses incorrectly answers what his favorite food is.

@RichardHaywardMelbourne Год назад

Awesome pickup!

@forena99 Год назад

I totally caught that as well! Laughed so hard in the theatre!

@forena99 Год назад

Yellow, no, blue!

@JaneXemylixa Год назад

THAT'S WHAT IT REMINDED ME OF the whole graveyard scene is so Holy Grail it hurts

@Native_Creation Год назад

That whole bit was definitely Monty Python inspired

@Ferdziosz Год назад

what I loved about the party members was like each one of them was a different type of player - Edgin was the experienced player, knowing the drill and rolling the plans out of the sleeve, Holga was the player who came here to smash things rather than do some pompous roleplay, Simon's player just wants to have fun (Simon the Sorcerer is a video game series, clearly being the inspiration for his name, also his motives are quite simple) and Cedric is this one player who thinks has the edgiest backstory and is always a little too serious

@kristopherwatts9466 Год назад

In the final fight scene, Simon cast(at least that I noticed) Shocking Grasp, Scorching Ray, and Magic Missile. I'm sure there were a few more there that I missed, but just watched it today for the first time so was engrossed by the spectacle of it.

@steveaustin2686 Год назад

According to his stat block, the white bolts were Chaos Bolts.

@ericlin7775 Год назад

@@steveaustin2686 which is also a sorcerer exclusive. Nice catch.

@RicardoMoralesMassin Год назад

cant be Magic Missile because he missed

@SuperRandomHeroes Год назад

I think when Xenk leaves the party, it’s more reminiscent of the DMs overpowered and over over spotlighted PC just joining them for a quest. He was too badass to stay, but the DM wanted his clearly better PC to be there.

@gstokker Год назад

That was my thought as well… way good bye to the DMPC 🤣

@paulcoy9060 Год назад

Like when Hercules stays on the island in the movie "Jason and the Argonauts". He's too powerful, and after he kills the golem, his job is done. The rest of the party can go on after the mini boss is defeated.

@dForrestTheComicker Год назад

@@gstokker Absolutely. My first thought was DMPC.

@davidioanhedges Год назад

Themberchaud never ever lights his own breath ... he tries to but it's always lit by another flame

@croaker517 Год назад

I felt like the way Xenk talked, he was definitely the DM controlled, super serious NPC in the midst of a party of goofy player characters

@NinKitsune Год назад

When Xenk and Dralas are fighting there's an over head shot that shows the ground looking like hexagonal tiles.

@dForrestTheComicker Год назад

But a hex is several kilometers wide!!!

@NinKitsune Год назад

@@dForrestTheComicker I'm sure it was just for the look and not trying to be accurate. Rule of cool

@Tcrumpen Год назад

The amount of deception rolls Holga needed to make for those guards and the amount of time they succeeded was brilliant

@theCoolLew Год назад

I've been a DM for 40+ years, love D&D Lore, and you did a great job here 👍

@estaveler3288 Год назад

also i love the detail that xenk, doric and simon arrent holding lanterns while edgen and holga are the ones holding lanterns when they first entered the under dark a small nod to them having darkvision

@joelguerra723 Год назад

I was only a little bit sad that Chris Pine's character never ended up using any magic.

@enightc Год назад

he did inspire the group and constantly were there cheering his group on, bardic inspiration was in effect constantly

@costanzafaust Год назад

magic was the 'sorcerer/wizard' thing, wild shape was the 'druid' thing, being Chris Pine was the 'bard' thing.

@mudpie6927 Год назад

He might have through he is a bard in sure

@pillarsofsnow7940 Год назад

Neither did the Druid, Bardic Inspiration is just more subtle than an owlbear

@odinulveson9101 Год назад

Yeah he could do stuff like Scanlan from Critical Role, just less hand and more like magical notes and rocking metal tunes to the max 🤘

@Kaiseraihn Год назад

I love that rocks fell in the last combat. It feels just like the old “rocks fall on your character” trope lol

@caseypocock3216 Год назад

Yes! I noticed that, too! Great catch. It made me laugh.

@genericusername546 Год назад

You're right, that's a great catch

@jeremyblack1929 Год назад

When Xenk is fighting the thea Assassins, the ground is clearly hexagonal, clearly a nod to fighting on hex grids. Similarly, the Harper vault where they find the Tablet of Awakening is first shown from a bird's eye view that strongly resembles the view of a DM designed room.

@mateodoris6856 Год назад

Who else’s theater had that one group who cheered when they mentioned Baldurs Gate 😂

@Water_Me_Loan_64_YT Год назад

I don't know what that is but I'm glad it was in the movie. 😅

@LilBig780 Год назад

I was that person, I’m currently playing in a Baulder’s Gate centered adventure and I audibly gasped when they said they were going to Baulder’s Gate, too bad they never ended up going, still a great movie.

@literalsarcasm1830 Год назад

I was that person in my theater

@toddosty Год назад

@@literalsarcasm1830 As was I. And windy dale. And sword coast. And Elminster. And ... I was only disappointed there was no Drizzt cameo in the Underdark.

@connerfloyd3177 Год назад

I was one of that group.

@Pendragon-zw6jl Год назад

I literally had the EXACT same reaction to Themberchaud! He was so freaking adorable and I nearly went to bits as soon as I saw him. 😍😍😍

@richclayton6063 Год назад

Helga had to have had a nat 20 on that potato throw in the climax

@JohnJohn-uu1nf Год назад

I would venture that the Intellect Devours completely ignoring the party is a nod to the fact that most players use Intelligence as a dump stat and the party all did the same

@ked49 Год назад

I thought they rolled so badly there wasn’t any left

@shawnoleary6031 Год назад

😆

@frederickang1575 Год назад

the "That's just hurtful" quip was awesome after Xenk's detailed explanation.

@sethatos3859 Год назад

The painting that they put the portal on is also a painting that hangs in several rooms in Neverwinter Nights

@AndrewJohnson-oy8oj Год назад

Yes, that's Volothramp, the author of all the "Volo's guide to..." books.

@turokandzelda Год назад

I assumed the clam with the tongue was actually a mimic because the mimic in the maze had the same tongue

@Azimii Год назад

i work with a kid with autism and that was his first thought too, i’m inclined to believe it tbh

@shaunaniguns Год назад

It was. Good Foreshadowing.

@theultrasceptile Год назад

I thought that Simon’s illusion of Edgin’s performance was a nod to just concentration, seeing as his foot got stuck in a gap between bricks But I guess that due to the misstep, he had disadvantage on deception

@legionarybooks13 Год назад

Either that or the DM made him roll a performance check and he rolled a Nat-1. 😄

@whoeverthisguyis0826 Год назад

I thought the clam with the long tongue was a Mimic taking the form of a clam. If so, that would be hilarious 🤣

@kirosic1 Год назад

same

@pikminmaster2165 Год назад

I thought that too and I've seen movie in the theater...TWICE...IN TWO DAYS STRAIGHT! (Ay 21 likes)

@Tonberry88 Год назад

Pretty sure it is a Mimic. The tongue has the same grabby end that the Maze Mimic did.

@colespade Год назад

@@Tonberry88 came to the comments looking for this ^

@TBHJR Год назад

Yeah, I assume it was the mimic on its way to the arena. Tongue is the same.

@dragomanster2 Год назад

Something I noticed was how the whole party mentioned that Xenk was way to good at what he did which made me think he was a joke at the overpowered DMPC troupe

@konakuma7553 Год назад

The painting they use is one of the bard volo

@ericpeterson8732 Год назад

I missed that. He did look familiar, but I didn't catch that.

@shanestearns8502 Год назад

I thought I caught that in the theater. Was scrolling through comments to see if someone else had noticed that one. Good catch!

@christopherkaylor2940 Год назад

Not D&D related but the way the Red Wizard got her beat down was similar to Loki VS Hulk in The Avengers

@ericpeterson8732 Год назад

True the MCU was strong with this movie. Besides the Avengers, Edgin's "failing" speech is eerily similar to Starlord's "loser" speech from Guardians of the Galaxy. (But I liked Edgin's speech better. Better message)

@childress5000 Год назад

I finally understand how my friends feel listening to me talk about Harry Potter and comics: These Easter eggs went clear over my head!

@mikemo2195 Год назад

Xenk can be seen walking in the background after he leaves and everyone is talking. I feel like that's a nod to how it takes people forever to leave after completing a session.

@Spooglecraft Год назад

i also loved how he left in a straight line, even just walking over the boulder. like the dm pulling a miniature or token out of play, especially like in roll20

Год назад

@@Spooglecraft Lol, I interpreted it as something about the character's "rectitude" or something. "He never deviates from his path."

@calebsuit5390 Год назад

@@Spooglecraft I thought it was a nod to D&D inspired video games where the NPC's just walk in straight lines and sometimes even clip through obstacles, or in his case just walk right over them.

@elizahidk 6 месяцев назад

@ That's what Regé (The actor of Xenk) thought when doing it because it was improvised when the director didn't call cut and wanted to see what the actor would come up with.

@squirreland Год назад

I felt that the bit with Simon breaking the bridge was a nod to a GM coming up with an elaborate set of rules for a finely tuned trap that they spent hours perfecting/testing and how a player just trying to be funny or chaotic would say something like "I walk over to the bridge and step on the bridge destroying it on accident" because their character is dimwitted or clumsy and it would be "in character" for them to do so. The very long look that Xenk give Simon is the glare of rage and "did you seriously just do that?", that a DM would give a player for shatting all over their hard work and his resulting attitude of "fine, YOU figure out how to get across" is the DM being a bit fed up with the antics.

@cjthenarhwalking1378 11 месяцев назад

Then the DM changes a random item they have into a magic item because there is no way they could get across otherwise

@WHTJunior Год назад

I didn't get to play tabletop D&D as much, but we did have nearly all of the books, among my set of friends. I mostly learned about everything via the video games, like "Eye of the Beholder" and "Neverwinter Nights." I still have the installation floppy discs for probably 6-8 different D&D games.

@tealcandtrip Год назад

The corpse that can’t do math dies after four questions. Is that why our low INT Bard neglects to ask a fifth question to the last corpse?

@JaneXemylixa Год назад

Wasn't it five?? What's your name, what happened in the battle, what's your fav food, do you like cats, what's 2+2. Five questions

@HardTea Год назад

I thought it was a nice little nod to the Spider Queen as there was a spider just before they went in the hole to the Underdark.

@miguelcarrillo4603 Год назад

That would make so much sense

@evolution031680 Год назад

I was really hoping to see some drow.😢

@HardTea Год назад

@@evolution031680 I am hopeful that there will be another movie that contains Drizzit and the team since Wulfgar is also from the Elk Tribe🤞

@maartenquick6188 Год назад

My arachnophobic ass was having a pre-emptive heart attack as soon as the Underdark was mentioned. Boy, was I lucky!

@deathsyth8888 Год назад

I didn't realize how much lore they took from previous books and campaigns. I knew they would sprinkle lots of specific creature/spells/items throughout the movie but didn't know it would be as much as they did.

@sleepingniek Год назад

i spotted geralt very far from Rivia in the background when they first enter neverwinter on horseback

@TLG1255 Год назад

Went and watched it with my brother, we kept quoting our favorite moments from D&D podcast and our own campaigns the whole time. Like when Holga starts wrecking house we were like “how does that make you feel? Would you say you’re…. Angry?” Cause that’s what Dave from dragon friends does when Philg goes into a rage

@leonardtang9780 Год назад

When Simon is casting his hand motion is actually signing ASL

@jacksykes4680 Год назад

As someone who never played D&D I was going into this movie completely blind And everything they shown was awesome enough and was able make me laugh my butt off

@InsanoRider777 Год назад

I know that you say it's the cantrip Green-Flame Blade because it's a sword with green flames, but I think it's actually a Flametongue Scimitar, colored to have green flames.

@ericlin7775 Год назад

that's what I thought. Also Xenk's weapon enchantment thing could either be his Channel Divinity: Sacred Weapon feature or Divine Favor.

@rogerwilco2 Год назад

@@ericlin7775 Yes, I agree.

@JavierRomero-jn2tv Год назад

flametongue is a longsword

@ericlin7775 Год назад

@@JavierRomero-jn2tv Flametongue can be any weapon.

@MrZynmaster Год назад

i assumed it was a vorpal blade but i haven't played in 20 years so i didn't remember any specific visual details about it other than it stood out and vorpal was my first thought because they were putting in so many easter eggs for us

@GetMiked Год назад

I loved this film so much. It could have been really cheesy but the D&D references are so natural but slight it works so well. Can't wait to see more from this series!

@broganatcanterburyrenaissa7169 Год назад

Unfortunately I think they get turned into undead

@PinkyR Год назад

Im glad I came across this video, I and my DnD group went to see it early in theaters and I was a tad confused and I remember complaining that there was no “weaseling around” a solution. But I just realized that “Use the Aarkoara as a glider and jump out the window” was exactly that

@TheLordNeko Год назад

WIldshaping into a snake inside of the Gelatinous Cube then crawling out the void left by your body was peak creative player energy.

@AlexGoldhill Год назад

@Michael Lafleur, it sounds like something Emily Axford would do.

@modkhi Год назад

i mean, "use prestidigitation to blow up the dragon's breath so we can get free into the ocean and escape" is also pretty good, mid-combat strategizing. i really appreciated that kind of thing. the jarnathan stunt was hilarious tho ofc and really helped set the bar high for the rest of the film!

@IceMetalPunk Год назад

@@AlexGoldhill Followed by attempts to flirt with the cube.

@wolfania Год назад

I found it funny when Simon accidentally destroys the bridge, people are planning a risky way to get across and then Simon spots the Hither thither staff and Doric says ‘nice save’. I felt it could be a pun for a saving throw or at very least coming in clutch with a good roll after failing one XD, Simon having perhaps resisted a trap (the bridge, or the destroying of the bridge) XP

@InsomniaArrest Год назад

I thought the inclusion of the owlbear wild shape was a nod to the recent D&D rule that does allow druids to now take owlbear forms. So I thought they were actually confirming it more than anything, though I may be mistaken.

@IceMetalPunk Год назад

I think it was the other way around: it was added to D&D in response to it being in the movie.

@CheebsCheeby Год назад

This movie was great. As a long time DnD player I couldn't have been happier. My kids enjoyed it too.

@Thundarr100 Год назад

I was pleasantly surprised after the disappointment of the 2000 movie and it’s second sequel (I thought the first sequel was actually pretty good, just underfunded).

@sleepynyxyt Год назад

i’m disappointed at the fact that the mid-credits scene isn’t just some high schoolers getting up from a table and the DM saying “alright, see you guys next week.”

@keithmcauslan943 Год назад

You didn't mention that at the very end he tries to use Jarnathan to break through the window but it is a stone wall now.

@CC-rv4zc Год назад

I don't know the first thing about D&D and I enjoyed the heck out of this movie. I think that's what made it so successful. You don't have to be a hard core D&D player to understand what's happening. It can just be enjoyed for its own sake.

@Linkolnverse Год назад

Ring of invisibility is considered legendary because its basically the ring of sauron without the curse. Like bruh, that is OP

@mateodoris6856 Год назад

The real Dunegons & Dragons was the friends we made along the way

@IceMetalPunk Год назад

The real friends were the dragons we made along the dungeon.

@ogoide9401 Год назад

@@IceMetalPunk the real dungeons was the friends we made along the dragons way

@ZoiksRuhroh Год назад

I 100% could have missed it, but I didn't interpret the old man inside the helmet to be Elminster, but instead a version of Simon. Once Simon had the confidence to punch him and attune to the helmet, the face became Simon's face. Did I miss the old man saying he was Elminster? Awesome review, thanks for this 👍

@migueldiez9834 Год назад

Simon's last name is Aumar and it is mentioned he is the descendent of a great wizard. I did not remember this but Elminster's last name is also Aumar.

@shawnoleary6031 Год назад

@@migueldiez9834 Good call. And if you read the books be Ed Greenwood, Elminster had more than one lover.

@steveaustin2686 Год назад

I agree. With the change in the end to Simon, it was never Eliminster, but Simon all long, looking like Elminster at first.

@naryxvellar7384 Год назад

Is Elmister even dead?

@rillegas08_vods Год назад

I'm pretty sure the fresh cut grass scent thing was an intentional reference to CR, especially considering the fact that Honor Among Thieves sponsored the CR episode from 2 weeks ago.

@funnyslaughter Год назад

Counterspell of the original level (3) can counter higher level spells if you roll high enough: DC 19 for timestop. With Simons published statblock (Charisma 17) that would need a 16 or higher. His statblock does not have counterspell though.

@Diceux Год назад

I think this Xenk might be a Changeling Warlock pretending to be the original. Warlocks get animal spells. When the party is in the Underdark he doesn't require light to see. Also,, he doesn't actually cast smite, but enchants his sword like a Hexblade could. He also states that undead are difficult to kill. This is not necessarily true for a Paladin.

@steveaustin2686 Год назад

The D&D Beyond stat block has him as a Devotion Paladin. He does have darkvision, so is not wholly human.

@sodiumwafer2699 Год назад

One Easter egg I don’t think you mention was the hand drawn map of the Harpers stronghold. Looked an awful lot like every groups handmade maps before the internet.

@joedabro9969 Год назад

My favorite part was in the arena. The group of adventurers that were modeled after the characters from the dungeons and dragons cartoon from the 80s.

@paulcoy9060 Год назад

2:50 The overhead map shot looks like it's from Loke's "Giant Book of Battle Mats".

@chopperdoobie_tv8790 Год назад

I love this movie and Whitney’s breakdown made me love it even more! I hope we get some more D&D soon!! 🤘

@GameboyOutlaw Год назад

The Dwarf cleric in the maze scene is literally the artwork for Cleric in the 5E PHB

@lukenester8157 Год назад

Tribe of the elk was also the tribe of Wulfgar, friend to Drizzt. All also from icewind dale.

@TheBarnCats119 Год назад

Oh yeah, that’s good catch and great Easter egg

@tonybalogna137 Год назад

I thought the same thing at first. The tribe mentioned in the movie is not from Icewind dale though

@naryxvellar7384 Год назад

@@tonybalogna137 Some of Wulfgars people moved to Settlestone outside of Mithral Hall after it was rediscovered. That was in like 1380 something i think and the movie takes place somewhere around 1499? the elk tribe could be anywhere by now.

@LunrFox Год назад

I really, really hope that this movie gets a sequel. It is in the Forgotten Realms, so maybe they can go to Barovia and fight Strahd, as they could have interested him after saving Neverwinter. Who knows.

@skywolfc2040 Год назад

I agree, I want to see a sequel, but I'm not certain doing a 'Ravenloft' inspired film is the way to go. Since they've basically got Szass Tam as the BBEG, doing a sequel based on 'Dead in Thay' might make more sense. Don't get me wrong. I love Ravenloft. I think it's probably the greatest DnD module ever written, but I just don't think it would fit a sequel for this movie tonally speaking. Honor Among Thieves is a comedic fantasy. Ravenloft is far more gothic. You could do it, but you might have to be quite brutal with the source material to make it the right tone for a sequel to this movie.

@Lionhartless Год назад

He doesn’t counterspell because of level. He just makes the save. You can counterspell higher level spells.

@josephpable5661 Год назад

There's no save vs. Time Stop

@MisiekKijewski Год назад

He casts counterspell at the highest level he can and then rolls well on straight Charisma check and beats DC19

@davidhart4378 Год назад

Caldwell (one of the two betting lords) might be a nod to "Castle Caldwell and beyond", a DnD module from 1985. First adventure I every ran!

@gringodingo2602 Год назад

i think the clam was a mimic. i didn't realise this until seeing the chest mimic later on (they appeared to have the same tongue).

@gringodingo2602 Год назад

also, the baby tabaxi was terrible.

@wildestdream8119 Год назад

It was definitely a minic giant clams don't have a tongue

@naimmahboubi89 Год назад

I just noticed from this video that the helm has the same design as the seal on the door, most likely as a reference to them coming from the same person.

@christophersandidge8257 Год назад

Never having played Dungeons and Dragons, ( because I'm such a dork, that I didn't have enough friends), I missed all of this. I just took the movie at face value. This is interesting to know. Great video. Thanks.

@Jumpoable Год назад

But it was still a superb, fun ride!

@GregJoshuaW Год назад

18:40 This was THE BEST Saturday morning cartoon ever. I literally just realized this myself watching it a second time and went looking to see if anyone else noticed it. Good on you sister - and awesome Easter egg. Haha!!