Watching Dragonslayer. Tyrian here is a perfect Lawful-Evil character. He's totally ruthless and a dick, but his first loyalty is to the kingdom. When the king wants to bend the rules, Tyrian refuses him.
And the king is Neutral, trying to protect the status quo with the lottery. The princess is Lawful-Good, sacrificing herself when she finds out she hasn't been in the lottery. Galen is Chaotic Good, not ever thinking about the consequences of his actions, but trying to do the right thing.
Wil McKinnee there are so many great things about it. One of my favorites is everyone converting to Christianity then letting God take the credit for killing the dragon instead of Galen and Ulric and Valerian.
Craig Brasco this movie pioneered a stop motion effect that blurred the frames of the Dragon so that it appeared to have a much smoother motion. It still looks wonderful years later.
Random idea for high-lethality D&D campaigns: Character death unlocks new classes and races. Maybe useful in “special snowflake” campaigns where no one reads your carefully crafted setting material. Instead you roll it out piecemeal as PCs bite the dust. “I really want to play a saurian warlock…sure, I’ll take a drink of that mystery potion.” Someone probably thought of this before.
Hey, I'm using Jeff and Brendan's 20 questions to help me get a feel for my upcoming Perdition campaign. Never done it before. Highly recommended. http://jrients.blogspot.com/2011/04/twenty-quick-questions-for-your.html http://www.necropraxis.com/2012/02/24/20-quick-questions-rules/
I thought that this was a great movie.
ReplyDeleteAnd the king is Neutral, trying to protect the status quo with the lottery. The princess is Lawful-Good, sacrificing herself when she finds out she hasn't been in the lottery. Galen is Chaotic Good, not ever thinking about the consequences of his actions, but trying to do the right thing.
ReplyDeleteWil McKinnee there are so many great things about it. One of my favorites is everyone converting to Christianity then letting God take the credit for killing the dragon instead of Galen and Ulric and Valerian.
ReplyDeleteThis is my all time favorite fantasy movie.
ReplyDeleteFantastic fantasy movie and still one of the best dragons ever in film.
ReplyDeleteCraig Brasco this movie pioneered a stop motion effect that blurred the frames of the Dragon so that it appeared to have a much smoother motion. It still looks wonderful years later.
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