That’s something I couldn’t quite put my finger on. The movie isn’t overtly meta but it has a meta feeling about it. Like at times you can begin to profile the “players” of these characters. Really captured the spirit of a lighthearted evening session complete with a seasoned DM (even though there is no DM character in the movie) that makes you feel your own feelings when you might have least expected it.
Just for fun, I wanna put forward my ideas of each player.
Edgin is always coming up with shenanigans, to the point you forget how seriously he takes his backstory.
Holga is absolutely the kind of player who plays a Barbarian. Snacking during play, letting the bard play the face, only kinda following along when people discuss magic but still with a clear place in the world.
Doric is the new player. She picked a tiefling druid cause it seemed fun and magical, and said “can I turn into an owlbear?” in her first session, so the DM obviously said yes.
Simon is the one who invited Doric because he has a crush on her. He tries to flirt with her irl by flirting in the game.
I would argue that the group used to have a different DM, and Forge was the PC of the player who took over the DM’s chair.
That’s something I couldn’t quite put my finger on. The movie isn’t overtly meta but it has a meta feeling about it. Like at times you can begin to profile the “players” of these characters. Really captured the spirit of a lighthearted evening session complete with a seasoned DM (even though there is no DM character in the movie) that makes you feel your own feelings when you might have least expected it.
Just for fun, I wanna put forward my ideas of each player.
Edgin is always coming up with shenanigans, to the point you forget how seriously he takes his backstory.
Holga is absolutely the kind of player who plays a Barbarian. Snacking during play, letting the bard play the face, only kinda following along when people discuss magic but still with a clear place in the world.
Doric is the new player. She picked a tiefling druid cause it seemed fun and magical, and said “can I turn into an owlbear?” in her first session, so the DM obviously said yes.
Simon is the one who invited Doric because he has a crush on her. He tries to flirt with her irl by flirting in the game.
I would argue that the group used to have a different DM, and Forge was the PC of the player who took over the DM’s chair.