From the group, I think I might like the tiefling lady (although I'm not sure, what class she is - I don't think a druid would turn into an owlbear of all thing? Maybe I have to watch the traielr again for clues) and the barbarian (I like Michelle Rodriguez, despite her mostly playing in movies, I don't watch).
Pretty sure the tiefling is a Druid, and not a low level one either, although that is assuming they stick to any kind of consistent power background. 5e Druids can't turn into Owlbears, because they aren't beasts, but they are probably hand-waving this and having her turn into an owlbear instead of a regular bear so they can pack in more iconic monsters. Monstrous shape was totally something you could do with a high-level Druid in older editions (not going to lie, I do wish they would bring back a lesser form of it for high-level druids in 5e. Monstrous shape and dragon shape were great, maybe they will if we ever get an epic level handbook for 5e).
I did also notice that pretty much everyone seemed to be human, and our tief has almost no infernal features, which I don't hate on principal, as I'm not a fan of 4e/5e's homogenisation of tieflings, but it seems like it may have been done so they didn't have to spend as much time and money on prosthetics and make-up. And that's a bit sad. I'll have to console myself by going and appreciating the good costumes and makeup from Deerstalker pictures.
Yeah, Deerstalker is pretty funny, even though this is the typical murderhobo group.
I just saw an interview with teh cast and it indeed looks like the tiefling is a druid. And yes, I hate, taht nearly everyone in the cast is human. Why make a D&D movie, when you stick to the most boring and basic race. It''s like teh Star Wars movies: You have this universe filled with inetresting alien races, but every single main character, apart from Chewbaca, is a human - and not only that, a Skywalker (exaggerating a bit, but only a bit). CGI has com so far, it shouldn't be too hard to at least make one character smaller. And I don't think, that a pair of elf ears would ruin production costs.
Edit: I actually like this breakdown of the movie trailer, which gives some very plausible theories about who those red figures (and especially their main dude) are - probably not that big a revelation for us DnD nerds, but the internet was full of 'Oh wow - Vecna' (thanks Stranger Things), that I found this refreshing.
Last edited by fylimar; 25/07/2208:43 AM.
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