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lumin 05-14-07, 12:59 PM	I was in a hobby shop over the weekend with my wife and she picked up WoW RPG and was flipping through the pages. She loves WoW and plays D&D with me from time to time, so you can imagine how she liked the idea of mixing pen & paper with her favorite PC game. So has anybody played WoW RPG? Is it any fun? How does it compare to D&D? Maybe this isn't the right place to ask, considering most around here are D&D purists, but perhaps this is my ticket to playing more P&P with my wife. :)
Kursk 05-14-07, 01:14 PM	WoW RPG is a paper and pen tabletop game. What is your wife playing?
lumin 05-14-07, 01:16 PM	WoW RPG is a paper and pen tabletop game. What is your wife playing? WoW, the PC game. :rolleyes:
Kursk 05-14-07, 01:32 PM	WoW, the PC game. :rolleyes: My bad. Could be good. I checked the site and it looks interesting.
Zherog 05-14-07, 01:35 PM	I've never actually played the WoW RPG, but I own the book1. I think it's a very interesting system. I love some of the things they've done to tweak the "standard" D&D game, such as optional racial levels in place of LA, and the spellcasting system. I think it's a fun, fairly accurate pen and paper version of the MMO. 1: actually, I own several of the books, not just the core book; I've also done some uncredited design work on the Monster Guide.
fatal error 05-14-07, 04:03 PM	I think, assuming you like D&D pretty much as it is, the WoW rpg is unnecessary. Just about everything other than races is already represented in D&D. In fact, I've run two campaigns set on Azeroth (the world, not the continent) with just my D&D books and had no problems whatsoever.
CCS 05-14-07, 04:43 PM	I'm playing in one 3.5 game, & Dming another, and have sat in on the local shops WoW rpg game several times. And honestly? I haven't seen all that much difference between the WoW rpg system and D&D 3.5. There's some yes, but in the end it's all just the D20 system. If I wanted to, I could do whatever the WoW game does with the D&D version of the rules I've already got. (Maybe) I'd add a few house-rules. But then I always add some house-rules....
lumin 05-14-07, 06:43 PM	So, basically WoW RPG is just D&D with the WoW campaign setting slapped on? I would have thought that the rules would be made simpler to help lure in a larger cRPG demographic.
Zherog 05-14-07, 06:47 PM	So, basically WoW RPG is just D&D with the WoW campaign setting slapped on? I would have thought that the rules would be made simpler to help lure in a larger cRPG demographic. It still uses the d20 mechanic. It has a different method of spell preparation/spell casting from the classes in the core books. It uses racial levels in place of level adjustment (a good thing, in my opinion). It redefines all the classes from the game that aren't open content (hunters, warlocks, etc). It tweaks the classes that are common (warrior, rogue, mage, etc). Yes, you could just use your D&D books and say you're adventuring on Azeroth. That would work just fine for a game - more or less. However, in my opinion, if you want to run a d20 game set in Azeroth, the book is worth the money.
Edymnion 05-14-07, 08:47 PM	Its pretty good. I got a copy for a friend for christmas last year and read through it before I gave it to him. WoW isn't my thing, but Warcraft I, II, & III were great games, so I had 90% of the setting already down without having to worry with WoW, and yeah, its definately a solid game. Although, honestly, the Diablo II sourcebook for 3e was pretty good as well.
_SIN_ 05-15-07, 11:32 AM	My question is.... ....Can you play as a peon? .........Following the command of some 'unseen' master? ("Okaaay") ..............Chopping down trees for the good of your community! I liked the games 1-3. WoW was boring last time I played. The main problem being the missions, which appear too repetitive. The gameworld itself is ok for a PC game, but way under-detailed for my liking. There are FAR too many kids on WoW's servers (my guess is 5 out of the 6 million!). After playing WoW, nothing really makes me WANT to play it as a pnp. I has it's own flavor, sure; it's just not to my liking... (I prefer DDO. It has many bad points, more than WoW even. BUT the missions are 100 times better, and the detail the same. To be completely honest - I don't think I'll ever be happy with MMO's, there is just too much to cater for...
2y1y1z2 05-15-07, 11:55 AM	Aside from being able to have a Colossal Goblin with over 50 Strength and 30 Vitality by level 5 just by having a carefully crafted backstory, it's a pretty balanced system and the races are more balanced than standard D&D races (The Humans actually get stuff!). It's got some good classes (I especially like the Tinker class) and given the abundance of WoW PC supplements you can really flesh out the world.
2y1y1z2 05-15-07, 11:58 AM	It still uses the d20 mechanic. It has a different method of spell preparation/spell casting from the classes in the core books. It uses racial levels in place of level adjustment (a good thing, in my opinion). It redefines all the classes from the game that aren't open content (hunters, warlocks, etc). It tweaks the classes that are common (warrior, rogue, mage, etc). Yes, you could just use your D&D books and say you're adventuring on Azeroth. That would work just fine for a game - more or less. However, in my opinion, if you want to run a d20 game set in Azeroth, the book is worth the money. Actually the Warcraft pnp was just a campaign setting for D&D, but when WoW was released they updated it to the World of Warcraft pnp and Reworked it using the OGL so it is more of it's own game, while still being compatible with the standard D&D rulebooks.
Sim_antix 05-15-07, 12:02 PM	I own the book and was thinking about including a continent like Azeroth in my campaign but so far havent gotten around to it. After reading the book though I decided it could more or less be seemlessly integrated at any time due to it all being d20 in the end.
_Jayne_Cobb_ 05-15-07, 12:02 PM	Haven't played it and probably won't - limited D&D time makes setting-hopping a thing of the past for our group. However, WoW hits a lot of the same notes that I have in my homebrew setting (started long before before) so I may pick it up to see what I can take from it, and I like the racial-levels thing very much.
Zherog 05-15-07, 02:41 PM	Actually the Warcraft pnp was just a campaign setting for D&D, but when WoW was released they updated it to the World of Warcraft pnp and Reworked it using the OGL so it is more of it's own game, while still being compatible with the standard D&D rulebooks. Yep. I'm talking about the latter.