I would love for some WoW or Diablo content to make it's way to 4e.
From what I understand, it was actually White Wolf publishing licensed content for d20 Warcraft to be used with 3.5edition D&D.
So technically, Blizzard never touched WotC. ;)
What content were you hoping would make its way into the game?
I would love for some WoW or Diablo content to make it's way to 4e.
From what I understand, it was actually White Wolf publishing licensed content for d20 Warcraft to be used with 3.5edition D&D.
So technically, Blizzard never touched WotC. ;)
What content were you hoping would make its way into the game?
World of Warcraft was White Wolf under the guise of Sword and Sorcery
Diablo was published by TSR (though I believe it was owned by WotC at that point)
It's not to hard to make most of the stuff that exists in those games, but I could see how someone might want the talent tree done in place of the feats system (it would make selection faster for those who feel the need to scan all the books and don't have the option of character builder)
The Homebrew board contains a fair number of what I'm told are pretty good translations of the WoW races...
Wizards of the Coast: medium-small company worth hundreds of, well, hundreds.
What's in it for Blizzard? What do they get out of it? WotC gets to use the much more popular and recognisable Warcraft brand, but what does Blizzard get other than books that might sell barely enough to cut even?
What's in it for Blizzard? What do they get out of it?
Good will, exposure, and new fans. What do they lose? Nothing.
All they have to do is say "Sure go ahead and do this" and if its decent they introduce WOW to those table top people who don't play WOW. If it is awful, they can simply say "We liscensed that out to an outside company. If we do something like this in the future we will keep it in house."
What's in it for Blizzard? What do they get out of it?
Good will, exposure, and new fans. What do they lose? Nothing.All they have to do is say "Sure go ahead and do this" and if its decent they introduce WOW to those table top people who don't play WOW. If it is awful, they can simply say "We liscensed that out to an outside company. If we do something like this in the future we will keep it in house."
Because there are just thousands of tabletop players out there that haven't heard of Warcraft? It's not likely going to net Blizzard more sales and accounts: every tabletop player who wants to play WoW already does.
They're giving control of a part of their brand to a company that can likely only pay a little, locking in the rights and preventing Blizzard from doing it themselves.
And what's in t for WotC other than the ability to put out books that directly compete with their core RPG line?
If Blizzard was going to make an RPG, they'd likely use their own rules to do so, as with Dragon Age.
Blizzard has their new Titan MMO slated for a Q4 2013 release. WoW is winding down and there is no reason for them to produce a 4e version since the 3e version is still available.
A new Blizzard MMO, interesting. Although according to a google search it's going to be a "casual MMO". I wonder if that's worth my time
