Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves - MOVIE REACTION!! 

Damn, I was pleasantly surprised that part with reaction was unusually long.

Re uploaded but I'm gonna watch it again anyway.

A lot of "D&D" reference, but if you don't care about the rules of the "Universe" you're telling a story about. Is it really a D&D movie, really?

@@danielvezina5521 Yes. The DM makes the rules, end of story.

@@christianschoff2490 Never heard of a DM giving a Druid at-will wild shape, Harpers not taking care of their peoples, or a bard never doing a spell in his life. It's an Ok fantasy movies, absolutely nothing to do with D&D. Do you think Denis Villeneuve is breaking the rules of Dune, No. Because he respect the universe he's working in. You can spread names here and there, but if you don't care about the lore, what is it for ????

They somehow knew they had gold. I think every reaction I've seen, and everyone I've watched it with in person has thought it was hilarious. The DnD players usually try to rationalize it too. He walks in a straight line because of the tile based nature of DnD. He keeps walking because it's just the DM's char. Etc.

​@@ImAlsoMerobibaAs part of the etc.: "....he keeps walking a straight line because a paladin always knows the path his deity wants him to follow. There is no need to deviate, the path is the path."

Also, he ignores difficult terrain.

Also Chris pines comments on it were also improvised in the moment.

I thought it was cause the actor didn't hear the director say cut 😆

That. Is. Perfect. I didn't even think about that lol

Or that he's playing another character the same size as Rocket.

Though a part of me still wanted a mini Vin Diesel talking about family 😂

I don't get it

@@haydenberends3905 A Mini Cooper is an iconic British car.

He's from Out of the Abyss! My friends and I just finished the campaign and he was our favorite part, we lost our collective shit when we saw him make an appearance here

@@Seeingeyepig I understand the lore but it's just funnier imagining it being a cat on the table.

@@VoidVintage oh 100%, the first miniature I had my cat immediately pounced and started knocking around the house, god knows where it is now 🤣

from my understanding that's exactly how this dragon came about.

@@Seeingeyepig Villian origin story right there.

The DM knew nobody at the table could pull off a Lawful Good character!

And how predictable the story plot is to anyone who has run games for 10+ years. Still a generally fun movie. At least better then WotC last attempts

And when the players get high rolls. I swear that potato throw to save kira was a joke move that rolled a nat 20.

@@niero4201 Damm never rly thought of that ! Need to rewatch thi movie now haha

Everyone in the party knowing about xenk was some good history or religion checks.

@@christopherplummer1299 lmao you make it seem like it's just ok

What is the difference between the Sorcerer and the Wizard? I am new to the dnd universe.

@@unknownbenefactor8029sorcerers magic is innate and they learn to harness it better, wizard is learned from the ground up. Gives sorcerers fewer spells they can cast but more flexibility on how to cast them while wizards have the largest spell list in the game.

​@@unknownbenefactor8029Basically it's being born with magic vs studying to use magic.

@@Igarappappa but why using Charisma? Not Wisdom or Intelligent?

@@unknownbenefactor8029 Because for Sorcerers it's not about study it's most instinct and will. It's just part of what they are.

I can see it now “I walk over to inspect the bridge.” “Okay how far are you moving?” “Uh… 10 feet?” “Uh… roll perception?” “That’s a… 10 total.” “Oh god, make a dex save.” “Ah crap, that’s a nat 1.” “… damn it. so as you walk closer to the bridge you step on a stone that retracts into the ground. The entire bridge collapses into the lava. Congrats.” “… so does the bridge reset after a certain amount of time or…?” “No, no it doesn’t. God damn it that bridge puzzle is all I had planned for today.”

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@@ThanatoselNyx What

@@Heiryuu That is so accurate, anyone who has ever run a pen & paper tabletop RPG just felt called out. 🤣 That'S why GMs learn to 1. plan in alternative paths of progress, 2. improvise and to fudge NPC die rolls. Although sometimes pure insane luck allows players to completely bypass or overcome the planned combat. I remember, in my old d20 D&D 3.5/Pathfinder campaign the characters had managed to get their hands on drow slaver sleep poison (basically a sedative, to catch human peasants alive). At their level it was basically useless as it's Constitution save DC was only 11 or 14 or something, so enemies suitable to their level usually would make the CON save with easy. The players diligently played it out that their characters had zero clue about it (and they'd failed all rolls to analyse it so I hadnt told them the DC) but in-character thought Drow were badass, so the characters totally trusted in that poison. The final fight for the evening was supposed to be three Barghests (those fiendish shapeshifting soul-devouring goblin/wolf hybrid creatures from the Lower Planes), one Greater Barghest with levels who could transform into a Bugbear or Dire Wolf and two standard Barghests. So when the Barghests appeared and taunted the group, the rogue declared, "I'm gonna shoot them with the drow poison crossbow bolts!" Okay. I check the stats, and they're not immune to poisons. He hits.... I roll the save for the Barghest even though their save bonus was already higher than the DC... and roll a natural "1"! Barghest #1 keels over. The rogue goes, "Awesome!" and fires his other hand crossbow. _Natural 1._ Our bounty hunter sees this and also fires one of the drow bolts... and I roll _another_ natural 1!! Three crit fumbles in a row. Seriously. All Barghests are unconscious and the Paladin goes and slays them all. Fastest combat ever. And now their characters were utterly convinced that the drow poison was some sort of superweapon. 🤭🤣

how? She got that one from her Husband.

The one guard's genuine horror 😂

For a small moment it turned into Mr Bean face

It was a horrifically hilarious scene and I loved it so much. It was a great way of explaining concentration spells to the uninitiated viewers too.

@@motorcycleboy9000”What madness is this?”

I was rolling.

I was hoping someone else said this! Loved that cartoon growing up.

Yeah I never watched the cartoon, but have seen some stills from it, so I didn't recognize them at first. Then when I saw them closer when they were in the cage it hit me what they were from.

I even had the figures for the party back then.

I came here just to point out the cartoon characters are in this scene ❤ blind wave how did you miss this Easter egg? 😂

Feels like that Director Story is kinda running one of two Ways. Either he Called “Cut”, or didn’t. Honestly, I just liked that it was such a funny joke.

Spamming vicious mockery throughout the fights!

@@Ragdefender Almost definitely hitting Sofina with it when he said her breath smelled like old clothes

Also, being able to make Holga go from sad to happy in like two lines of song. Sure, music can help people but .. her entire attitude in that short of a time? MAGIC.

He also inspired them several times and messed with enemies to make them miss which could be interpreted as the Cutting Words ability

@@theprideling Exactly. You COULD write this off as just being charismatic. Plenty of people in our world can inspire people with speeches and tilt people enough to throw them off. BUT I'd like to think that his ability in doing so to such a high degree shows some level of magic.

That was apparently the plan, until WotC went all corporate crazy on their customers the past 6 months. 😥

If they did do that I'd like to see a different party instead of the same one, maybe have them pop in as legacy NPCs or something. I honestly wouldn't mind following Xenk a little bit more as it feels everyone was kind of momentarily bummed when we leaves the part (I get why and the meta reasoning behind him, but still).

​@@CuidightheachODuinn nah same cast different characters. They had a tpk and had to roll new characters.

Oh no, it's SUPER likely. Entertainment One only exists to make Hasbro movies, and D&D is the only successful one they've ever made.

@@darkamora5123 Lol, that'd be pretty funny tbh but that would confuse the ever loving fuck out of 2/3rds of the viewing audience.

Would be dope to subvert expectations by making Simon a Barbarian this time. His backstory could even be that he was bullied out of his tribe for being "too puny". But of course he's still a barbarian, so he still has all the expected traits; just in a much smaller than usual package for a male barbarian. Doric would also subvert expectations because she's the smallest in the party, but they already did two barbarian women in this film, so going femme barbarian again could potentially feel formulaic/stale. And Simon just seems so harmless. It would be cool but also hilarious watching him kicking wholesale ass and just ragdolling dudes who are wearing full armor.

​@@gingerbeardedone3318I love this idea

@@gingerbeardedone3318 Imagine instead Simon just bulks up and gets jacked lol.

Agreed. I really like how they did that.

Yeah its great. He makes promises and ends up keeping them.

You have to wonder if D&D invented him after the red dragon story told in the casino in Rush Hour 2. Where the villagers fed the red dragon to keep him strong, to guard their treasure in a cave, except he got too big, and no one could get to it anymore.

​@@LlorDrei It was created by D&D creator Gary Gygax several decades ago when he was playing a game and a chubby cat jumped onto the table and started knocking all the miniatures about 😂 He explained the cat's antics in-game as a fat dragon, gave it a name (Themberchaud) and made it official within D&D. The story you mentioned does have some similarities though. In the D&D universe, Themberchaud lives in a city in the Underdark where he is used to light the forges that the city's industry uses. He's constantly fed and pampered to keep him under control and he grows to be so fat that it's practically impossible for him to leave.

same, it was so much fun to watch!

I didn't know about the movie until a friend told me it was great, would've seen it in theatres otherwise for sure

There is going to be more

It had two disadvantages: It was up against John Wick 4 and Mario; and it was marketed very poorly.

I mean at least it did a bit more than just break even so there's at least a chance that there could be more coming. A quick google says it earned $208 million internationally vs it's 150 million production cost. So far that's a better ratio than even Disney's The Little Mermaid and that's been out for like 3 weeks at this point.

The other hand spell is Maximilian's Earthen Grasp.

This barbarian had some sort of improvised weapon or brawler feat, though. She has better than average unarmed damage and is pretty handy with detritus at no disadvantage.

​@@juliodavila424yeah, the official character sheet had improvised weapons as one of her feats.

@@atomicsquid9836 Tavern Brawler

Otherwise known as Scanlan's Hand

Yeah, the writers and directors apparently said that the jokes around the paladin actually turned out better than expected, Especially since he wasn't as well established as the other characters before they started filming. Also as expected the comments the party makes while he's walking away were mostly improved remarks that were spliced together.

I know I've watched a couple of D&D reactions, including this one. But I definitely was questioning myself for a few minutes. 😂

Me too lol

Yes to both.

When Calvin did his "And Draaagons" I was feeling the same way

I was like, is it deja vu?

Yeah... I didn't pay attention to the other team until the second viewing, but yeah, I like they added the old characters.

It was great to see them again but at the same time kinda sad as it meant they never were able to get back to the real world.

Was it a party comprised entirely of Ratmen? Skaven even? As “blowing up the moon with mixed results” is the most skaven sentence I’ve ever read.

Well, I hope Elminster sitll got the receipt for that moon so he can take it back to the Outer Planes store...

@@mileshill7196 Could be Dark Elven. Or maybe I'm just a racist old wood elf.

It would appear they may have been collateral damage though. 😢

The series finale of Dungeons & Dragons was written, but never animated. It's on RU-vid as Dungeons & Dragons Requiem in a couple of different fan produced formats.

And the main villain was voiced by Peter Cullen, so you have the strange experience of the voice of Optimus Prime coming out of The Lord of Evil

And bad PR with Hasbros and the directors talking about emasculating the male characters.

​@@PungiFungi I found that really weird because I didn't get that from the movie at all.

@@captainbirch2.079 I haven't seen the directors talk but emasculating characters isn't inherently bad. Just depends how you do it. Someone doing it out of negativity will often do it badly on purpose.

Right?!

I mean.... if you saw a chubby cat that was also the size of a house and breathed fire, would you still want to keep it around?

@@TF2CrunchyFrogIs this supposed to be a gatcha???? Because yes, I absolutely would.

Well, if they are cat people, they probably want to be called "Your Meowjesty"

There are two other types of catfolk in D&D, the Leonin and Tigerfolk

@@SilverScribe85 What about a half-leonin half-tigerfolk

@@SilverScribe85 actually, I think Catfolk may be yet another race of cat people in d&d. I think they're small iIrc. And I suppose an argument could be made to include Rakshasa on that list. Regardless, I think the specific cat people in question are likely Tabaxi. Edit: scratch that, not small. They're roughly the same size as humans. Introduced in Races of the Wild, Catfolk were the first official playable cat race, although Tabaxi were the first mentioned.

Could it possibly be due to the 'Satanic Panic' during the 80's here in the U.S.? I can see that being a factor for it. Personally, thanks to Critical Role (and other such channels in RU-vid) and a bit of Stranger Things opening with the kids playing D&D and now Baldur's Gate 3, I think its picking up some great momentum recently.

Pudgy Dragon was immediately my dad's favourite part too, he was fully on the dragon's side and as soon as the scene ended we immediately rewatched it 😅

Yeah this feels like at least a nine or ten-hour day, if not a second session or more in any party I've ever been in.

See I would believe that but his official character sheet he is listed as a bard and has no combat spells instead having things such as charm and the like so it wouldn’t be noticeable when he casts spells

Idk, he do be using bardic inspiration a lot tho

Well, they're referred to as Halflings, and I figure if they're proportionally the same as humans just two or three feet tall, I guess it makes sense. They're the size of a four year old. Also, Holga explicitly having a thing for short guys feels entirely on brand with the Internet's um... fascination with fantasy races in general.

@@shelbyherring92 They weigh about the same as a labrador dog. So I guess they are pretty close in the movie.

Level 18? I definitely thought they were like Level 10, the sorcerer never cast a single high level spell just magic missile, scorching ray, shocking grasp, shield, earthen hand and counterspell

@@fugyfruit He does accidentally cast Reverse Gravity, so at least level 13. But he is listed as level 18 on DDB.

@@Micah_S_0x4D he does actually say that that spell was actually a wild magic effect so I don't think that's a guarantee, at the very least I can say that the druid is minimum level 8 since she turned into a flying creature