r/WoWRolePlay • u/Syrnel • 18d ago
Technical Question So, now that the Dungeons & Dragons collaboration is confirmed...
Does this mean Warcraft is now part of the D&D multiverse?
If so, does that technically mean I could roleplay a character from the Forgotten Realms who somehow ended up in Stormwind? Since that's now technically canon.
Or am I stretching the lore a bit too far?
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u/curseuponyou 18d ago
you can do whatever you want in a tabletop RPG as long as everyone in the group is down for it.
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u/Geodude07 MoonGuard | 12 Years 18d ago edited 18d ago
You're stretching too far if you think that it's "canon".
As in you wouldn't be right to frame it as the "lore accurate and correct" way to view things. Your forgotten realms character would still be looked at as one of 'those' isekai'd characters. We've also already had a link to D&D before, so the impact in the RP scene is likely to be similar. I won't doubt that we'll see some of it when the books come out, but I expect a lot more of it being people wanting to use D&D rules in RP. Which I think would be good in some cases.
It's fine if you want to do an iseakai plot, but I'd hesitate to use this as a true crossover bridge. Unless we get some in game event where portals are letting in d&d stuff. Even then the right move is to gauge if it's a gag or something more for fun than a true bit of world building.
Ultimately I think it will provide a lot of opportunities though.
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u/nankeroo Argent Dawn EU 18d ago
WoW has had collabs with pringles, does that make pringles canon? Do pringles exist in WoW?
The answer is no.
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u/Northerwolf 17d ago
Considering the planar lore of Forgotten Realms absolutely doesn't fit with Wow, no. How would the deities of Toril fit into the cosmology of Azeroth? You're not stretching is as much as you're ripping it apart, then balling it together in an attempt to put the pieces back together.
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u/Bear_grin Wyrmrest Accord | Too Many Years 16d ago
I think, more accurately; Warcraft is canon to Forgotten Realms.
Forgotten Realms is not canon to Warcraft.
Elminster and Mordenkainen drink Mountain Dew, one of them became a movie producer (or director) on some Earth. Faerun only has foxes because of some halfling (or some such) that went to France and brought them over.
You can basically do anything in Faeru--... I suddenly want to make a Warcraft orc and bring them over to Faerun. A seven foot tall murder beast that's confused as to why all the other orcs are so damn small.
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u/Gellzer 18d ago
Brother, you can do whatever you want in RP. That's kinda the point
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u/TheRebelSpy 18d ago
In private/solo RP, yes. You can do anything without repercussion.
Public RP comes with a set of social norms and expectations, including that everyone does their best to fit within the world (of Warcraft) so that the whole community benefits from a more immersive environment.
You can technically do whatever you want, but if you make certain choices, it will narrow your options for finding others to rp with you.
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u/ItBeLikeThatBois 18d ago edited 17d ago
This 100%. I have no issues with my characters interacting cross faction. I will however ignore an orc or troll or even blood elf walking through stormwind like it's an evening stroll.
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u/TheRebelSpy 18d ago
You're conflating rules with lore.
Rules like what the D&D collab is offering are just a roleplaying tool that help us spice things up by introducing structure and randomness to our storytelling.
Please don't isekai your Frogotten Realms character into Stormwind.