Here's VIN DIESEL Playing That D&D Game!

Remember last week when Vin Diesel said he'd just played a game of D&D with the folks at The Nerdist and Geek and Sundry? Well, now you can watch that game! Or, at least, some of it in this 5-minute highlights video. The DM was Matt Mercer, and Vin Diesel was playing a Witch Hunter character. The other players were Dan Casey, Jessica Chobot, Laura Bailey, and Travis Willingham.

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Geek and Sundry is showing the full (extended) version. Vin Diesel, of course, is starring in a new movie called The Witch Hunter; his character in the movie is based on his D&D character.

 

[TailleferTheWise]

What kind of DM screen is Matt using? Chibi beat me to it

I believe a fan sent that to him a few episodes back on Critical Role.

 

[Istbor]

Looks pretty fun. I think I would almost be intimidated attempting to play at that table.

 

[Delazar]

How come that the worst RPer at the table was the one famous actor...?

 

[DEFCON 1]

How come that the worst RPer at the table was the one famous actor...?

Because your skills at roleplaying have very little to do with whether you can become famous in Hollywood?

 

[Hollow Man]

How come that the worst RPer at the table was the one famous actor...?

Vin probably doesn't play much at all anymore, so he's potentially out of practice when it comes to D&D. Plus, when he played "back in the day", it's possible that the focus wasn't on role playing.

Personally, the games I play in have much less role playing than what I see on Critical Role. It's to be expected...they're voice actors, and acting is their thing.

-HM

 

[SuperTD]

What's also awesome is the Witch Hunter class that DM Matt Mercer created for Vin Diesel, then expanded into a full class and released for free!

 

[Kaluuz]

You can tell it's D&D because it took people about two minutes to decide how to approach the task of knocking on a door.

Just two minutes? That doesn't sound like any D&D I've played. Door paralysis can last hours.

 

[EthanSental]

Yay, lets complain about how people role play! I would say lets videotape your game so we can pick it apart too but I don't want to get sick at my stomach watching it.

The group had fun and I didn't pick up on your so called lack of roleplahing. Obviously Vin doesn't watch much critical role since he didn't pick up on Matt's signature, how do you want to do this, for the killing blow. Jeez some people just post to complain, go figure.

 

[Von Ether]

Vin probably doesn't play much at all anymore, so he's potentially out of practice when it comes to D&D. Plus, when he played "back in the day", it's possible that the focus wasn't on role playing.

Personally, the games I play in have much less role playing than what I see on Critical Role. It's to be expected...they're voice actors, and acting is their thing.

-HM

I got "stink eyed" by some fellow gamers in a new game once for using a "silly voice." Silly, not because I was RPing a silly character, but because I was using a character voice at all. Sadly, no one else backed me up.

In some groups where no one feels like they have the talent to do voice or RP, it's a much more subdued game. I'm not saying that's badwrongfun, but I feel that if someone wants to go the extra mile (within reason), encourage it.

For all I know, that dude was trying to tamp me down more out of fear that if my style caught on, he'd have to join in with something that made him feel self-conscious.

 

[Hollow Man]

I got "stink eyed" by some fellow gamers in a new game once for using a "silly voice." Silly, not because I was RPing a silly character, but because I was using a character voice at all. Sadly, no one else backed me up.

In some groups where no one feels like they have the talent to do voice or RP, it's a much more subdued game. I'm not saying that's badwrongfun, but I feel that if someone wants to go the extra mile (within reason), encourage it.

For all I know, that dude was trying to tamp me down more out of fear that if my style caught on, he'd have to join in with something that made him feel self-conscious.

I fully admit I used to think it was silly. But as I played more, concentrating on combat got a little old, so I decided to inject a little more life into the game with more descriptions of what I was doing, and a little acting.

I've decided to go full-on DM lately (which I've wanted to do ever since, gulp, the 80s!), and go nuts with the battle descriptions and acting. My players don't do it as much, but they don't fault me for it. Probably because two of them watch Critical Role.

-HM