History YMMV / DungeonsAndDragons

** [[FairForItsDay Good For Its Day]]: Unlike most other MerchandiseDriven [[TheEighties 80's cartoons]] such as ''HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse'', ''GIJoe'' ''TransformersGenerationOne'' and ''{{ThunderCats}}'', this show actually had CharacterDevelopment and strong writing behind it, much like ''TheRealGhostbusters''. A decade or so later, ''Transformers'' would receive a well-made [[BeastWars sequel series]] featuring many of ''Dungeons & Dragons''' strengths. Another decade later, and [[TransformersAnimated well]]-[[TransformersPrime written]] [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 80's]] [[GIJoeRenegades cartoon]] [[ThunderCats2011 reboots]] would become commonplace.

*** They already have: Fans of 3E are [[AndTheFandomRejoiced rejoicing over 5E]], while fans of 4E are crying "Ruined!" at the return of LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: In early 2012, Wizards of the Coast announced that they would be reprinting the core books for the first edition, with funds going towards building [[OurFounder a statue of Gary Gygax.]]

*** They already have: Fans of 3E are [[AndTheFandomRejoiced rejoicing over 5E]], while fans of 4E are crying RuinedForever at the return of LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards.

*** ''Every freaking class in the 5e playtest'' is subject to his. [[TheMedic Clerics]] have been reduced to useless healbots, and [[FragileSpeedster Rogues]] and [[MightyGlacier Fighters]] have been made completely and utterly worthless. Wizards are the high-tier version of this trope since they're ''the only ones who actually can survive a fight''. Apparently, the reason Wizards are so over-powered in the playtest is ba relic of when Monte Cook was part of the design team - back in 3E, he overpowered Wizards because they were [[CreatorsPet his favorite class]].

*** They already have: Fans of 3E are [[AndTheFandomRejoiced rejoicing over 5E]], while fans of 4E are crying RuinedForever at the return of LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards.
*** ItGotWorse: Many of the rules just ''don't make any goddamn sense'' in the playtest, such as having to roll ''36 hit dice for a rat swarm because the game treats each rat as an individual monster''. And remember LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards? Well, let's just say the problem's '''worse than ever''': Rogues and Fighters are absolutely worthless and Clerics have been reduced to healbots. The kicker? [[GameBreaker Wizards can do everything better than all the other classes combined]]. A lot of longtime fans who have accepted the move to 4E hate the playtest as well, and even some 4E haters are crying out that Wizards seems to have taken only the ''worst'' parts of all the previous editions to make the game. About the only reason the base is broken over it is because of 4E's HateDumb loving it blindly without even caring about how badly-designed the game is.

* GoodBadBugs: Most rules exploits have been hilariously exploited with purpose built characters. These range from the "unintended but not game altering" (Because alcohol is a poison in the game's terms, an ability with the effect of "save against poison for bonuses" gets activated by booze) to the countless much worse ones.

*** ''[[BeyondTheImpossible Every freaking class in the 5e playtest]]'' is subject to his. [[TheMedic Clerics]] have been reduced to useless healbots, and [[FragileSpeedster Rogues]] and [[MightyGlacier Fighters]] have been made completely and utterly worthless. Wizards are the high-tier version of this trope since they're ''the only ones who actually can survive a fight''. Apparently, the reason Wizards are so over-powered in the playtest is ba relic of when Monte Cook was part of the design team - back in 3E, he overpowered Wizards because they were [[CreatorsPet his favorite class]].

* DiscOneNuke: Base weapon damage is ~1d6+6 (assuming Dex of 18 and short sword). Ambush/Tactical trick grants combat advantage in most situations allowing sneak attack (3d6+6). If you take Surprising Charge feat, +1d6. This alone bloodies a single target making it easy for cleanup - or on a critical hit, either does a OneHitKill or brings down to a sliver of health. You may even throw in backstab for a better chance to hit and additional damage. Not much of an issue, since strikers are supposed to be highly damaging.

* FandomRivalry: Some fans of weapon-using classes (I.E. Fighter, Ranger, Rogue, Barbarian, Paladin and Monk) don't get along with some fans of magic-using classes (I.E. Wizard, Sorcerer, Cleric, Bard, Druid and Warlock). [[TrollingCreator Mike Mearls]] encourages this.

*** ''[[BeyondTheImpossible Every freaking class in the 5e playtest]]'' is subject to his. [[TheMedic Clerics]] have been reduced to useless healbots, and [[FragileSpeedster Rogues]] and [[MightyGlacier Fighters]] have been made completely and utterly worthless. Wizards are the high-tier version of this trope since they're ''the only ones who actually can survive a fight''. Apparently, the reason Wizards are so over-powered in the playtest is because Mike Mearls encourages the FandomRivalry between close combat classes and spell-slinging classes when he claimed "fighters are for morons, Wizards are for smart players."

** As far as races go, the [[MechanicalLifeforms Warforged]] from ''{{Eberron}}'' were '''very''' well received. The [[BeastMan Shifters]] where also reasonably well-liked, but not as much as the Warforged.

*** ''[[BeyondTheImpossible Every freaking class in the 5e playtest]]'' is subject to his. [[TheMedic Clerics]] have been reduced to useless healbots, and [[FragileSpeedster Rogues]] and [[MightyGlacier Fighters]] have been made completely and utterly worthless. Wizards are the high-tier version of this trope since they're ''the only ones who actually can survive a fight''.

*** ItGotWorse: Many of the rules just ''don't make any goddamn sense'' in the playtest, such as having to roll ''36 hit dice for a rat swarm because the game treats each rat as an individual monster''. And remember LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards? Well, let's just say the problem's '''worse than ever''': Rogues and Fighters are absolutely worthless and Clerics have been reduced to healbots. The kicker? [[GameBreaker Wizards can do everything better than all the other classes combined]]. A lot of longtime fans who have accepted the move to 4E hate the playtest as well, and even some 4E haters are crying out that the game seems to have taken only the ''worst'' parts of all the previous editions to make the game. About the only reason the base is broken over it is because of 4E's HateDumb loving it blindly without even caring about how obnoxiously-designed the game is.

*** ItGotWorse: Many of the rules just ''don't make any goddamn sense'' in the playtest, such as having to roll ''36 hit dice for a rat swarm because the game treats each rat as an individual monster''. And remember LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards? Well, let's just say the problem's '''worse than ever''': Rogues and Fighters are absolutely worthless and Clerics have been reduced to healbots. The kicker? [[GameBreaker Wizards can do everything better than all the other classes combined]]. A lot of longtime fans who have accepted the move to 4E hate the playtest as well, and even some 4E haters are crying out that the game seems to have taken only the ''worst'' parts of all the previous editions to make a game that borders on [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible]] territory. About the only reason the base is broken over it is because of 4E's HateDumb loving it blindly without even caring about how obnoxiously-designed the game is.

* LawfulEvil, NeutralEvil, or ChaoticEvil: Traditionally, assassins must be evil.: Traditionally, assassins must be evil.

* ExecutiveMeddling: First-time filmmaker Courtney Solomon tells a harrowing tale of meddling by TSR's owner (who rejected several famous directors, including JamesCameron and FrancisFordCoppola), by the threat of a lawsuit from Wizards of the Coast who were trying to reclaim the movie rights; the terms of the settlement required, among other things, that he use an old script that had been approved by TSR years ago instead of an updated version that he had wanted to use. [[http://www.chud.com/6592/INTERVIEW-COURTNEY-SOLOMON-AN-AMERICAN-HAUNTING/ Source.]]

* InNameOnly: The film is roundly hated by D&D fans, not only for bearing merely a superficial resemblence to the game, but also for damaging its reputation among the population at large.
** Oddly, if you think about it, the script kinda-sorta reads like it came from a D&D session. Consider some bits of dialogue, like the Dwarf having to point out he's a dwarf, and outright stating, "Dwarfs are afraid of horses." One could definitely see this as written by listening in on a game session with a particularly unimaginative group of players.
*** Website/TheAgonyBooth review, by the end of the film, actually noticed that it does bear a resemblance to a few D&D campaigns. One character is favored inordinately, another hasn't got a clue what's going on, the dungeons are short and dull, the plot is railroaded, and the other players seem to be just watching.
*** On the now-defunct Bad Movie Night webpage, there's a review of the movie told [[http://www.hit-n-run.com/cgi/read_review.cgi?review=53538_rogermw as though it were a 2nd Edition AD&D campaign]]. (Note that the reviewer misidentified the actor who played Snails, which ruins some of his jokes.)

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were a lot of things that had to be cut because they didn't have the money to pull them off. Some of these unfinished scenes are on the DVD. Also, see ExecutiveMeddling above.
** Note that the most expensive cut scene actually contained the entire set-up for the main plot! Solomon was then forced to shoehorn in some awkward expository dialogue in the scene directly afterward.

*** The WebOriginal/AgonyBooth review, by the end of the film, actually noticed that it does bear a resemblance to a few D&D campaigns. One character is favored inordinately, another hasn't got a clue what's going on, the dungeons are short and dull, the plot is railroaded, and the other players seem to be just watching.

*** Not to mention his utterly ridiculous facial expressions when Profion puts that worm... thing in his brain.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: This series is ''obscenely'' popular in Brazil. TV Globo airs reruns on their monday-to-friday morning block even in 2011.