Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is a movie that anyone can watch, whether you’ve played D&D or not, although, for those who have rolled the dice, they will be able to really appreciate the nuance and detail within the move. However, some of those savvy fans also picked up on something that wouldn’t necessarily be allowed in gameplay, as Doric (Sophia Lillis), a druid, magically transformed into an owlbear. And for co-director Jonathan Goldstein, he actually loved all the discourse surrounding if they should have made that change, and explained to CinemaBlend why he appreciated the debate.
The controversy surrounding this transformation stems from the rules for a druid’s Wild Shape, according to Comicbook.com, which include a druid only being allowed to shape-shift into Beast-type creatures. Per the article, the owlbear is a Monstrosity, which means it’s an unnatural creature created through experiments and bad curses. So, since Doric transforms into a Monstrosity, when technically, as fans thought, she shouldn’t, it sparked quite the debate before the Dungeons & Dragons movie came out on the 2023 movie schedule. While this debate may offend some creatives, for Jonathan Goldstein, who co-directed and co-wrote the movie with John Francis Daley, that was actually a fascinating discussion to have with fans, as he told CinemaBlend:
