Chris Pine speaks with the dead in 'Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves' clip

D&D fans will recognize this spell.
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Shannon Connellan
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Following an action-packed trailer, a new Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves clip uses a spell directly from the tabletop role-playing game.

The sneak peek released by Paramount Pictures features a scene including the game's Speak With Dead spell, which allows the caster to perform necromancy to raise a corpse for questioning. Once reanimated, you can ask the corpse up to five questions — and as Edgin, a bard played by Chris Pine, finds out, it's quite easy to fuck up.

Despite the simple instructions from Simon, a sorcerer played by Justice Smith, Edgin does not do a good job interrogating the dead. Simon is flanked by his fellow adventurers Holga, a barbarian played by Michelle Rodriguez, and Doric, a druid played by Sophia Lillis.

Beyond this scene you'll spy Regé-Jean Page as paladin Xenk and Hugh Grant as the villainous Forge.

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves hits cinemas March 31.

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Shannon Connellan
UK Editor

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror.


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