For more than twenty years, World of Warcraft players have crossed Azeroth with warriors, paladins, shamans, druids, death knights, demon hunters, and countless other heroes.

This November, we’re going to be doing it with dice.

Wizards of the Coast officially revealed Dungeons & Dragons: World of Warcraft at Gen Con 2026, bringing Blizzard’s legendary MMORPG into modern D&D with what amounts to a massive gameplay expansion designed specifically for campaigns set in Azeroth.

And this isn’t simply a book filled with Warcraft-flavored subclasses.

We’re getting 11 new playable species, rules representing all 13 World of Warcraft classes, more than 60 new spells, professions, mounts, companion creatures, faction reputation, more than 50 monsters, 30 dungeon bosses, seven classic Warcraft dungeons, magic items, and an entire high-level adventure through Icecrown Citadel.

The full retail launch is scheduled for November 17, 2026, while D&D Beyond Master Tier subscribers receive early digital access beginning November 3.

For anyone who has ever wanted to run a genuine tabletop campaign in Azeroth, this may be the closest we’ve ever gotten to turning modern World of Warcraft directly into Dungeons & Dragons.

And there is a ridiculous amount to unpack.

Welcome to D&D: World of Warcraft

The centerpiece of the collaboration is the D&D: World of Warcraft Gameplay Expansion.

Rather than replacing the normal Dungeons & Dragons rules, the book uses the current Player’s Handbook as its foundation and adds the mechanics necessary to recreate Warcraft characters, monsters, factions, spells, equipment, and adventures.

That means you’re still fundamentally playing D&D.

You’re rolling d20s.

You’re choosing D&D classes.

You’re gaining levels.

You’re casting spells and making attacks according to D&D’s rules.

But the options layered over those systems are designed to make your campaign feel like World of Warcraft.

The designers specifically describe the book as providing rules for representing all 13 current WoW classes, including alterations, additional options, and guidance for translating their specializations into D&D.

That’s probably the most important distinction to understand.

Wizards hasn’t created 13 completely separate new D&D classes.

Instead, existing D&D classes form the mechanical skeleton while new subclasses and “class skins” recreate Warcraft archetypes.

And some of those adaptations are fascinating.

Death Knights Are Finally Coming to D&D

Of all the new character options, this one is probably going to attract the most attention.

You can play a Death Knight.

The Warcraft Death Knight is represented through the Paladin using a new subclass:

Oath of the Ebon Blade.

That makes a surprising amount of mechanical sense.

Paladins already possess heavy armor, martial weapons, magical abilities, powerful melee strikes, auras, healing resources, and supernatural abilities tied to an oath.

Replace radiant holy power with death magic, runes, necromantic abilities, and the grim philosophy of the Ebon Blade and you have a remarkably strong foundation for a Warcraft Death Knight.

It also means we’re finally going to have official modern D&D mechanics intended to emulate one of Warcraft’s most recognizable hero classes.

Holy Paladins Get Their Own Subclass

Death Knights aren’t the only Paladin option.

Warcraft’s traditional holy warrior is represented by another new subclass:

Oath of the Holy Paladin.

That should allow the Warcraft Paladin to exist independently from the assumptions surrounding the standard D&D Paladin.

WoW Paladins have always possessed a very specific identity built around the Holy Light, enormous armor, healing, blessings, and devastating holy attacks.

Now that identity can exist mechanically rather than requiring players to simply reskin an existing oath.

Demon Hunters Become Rangers

Here’s one of the stranger adaptations.

The Demon Hunter is becoming a Ranger subclass.

That might initially sound bizarre, but there is some logic behind it.

Warcraft Demon Hunters are specialized supernatural hunters who pursue particular enemies, possess extraordinary mobility, wield paired weapons, and augment themselves through their connection with the creatures they hunt.

That’s surprisingly compatible with the Ranger’s fundamental design.

The result is the new:

Demon Hunter Ranger.

Exactly how abilities such as Metamorphosis, Demon Spikes, spectral sight, fel magic, and extreme mobility are translated hasn’t yet been completely revealed.

But Wizards specifically lists Demon Hunter among the six entirely new subclasses contained in the book.

And yes.

This means somebody is inevitably going to make Illidan.

You are not prepared.

Shamans Are Barbarians

Possibly the most controversial adaptation revealed so far is Warcraft’s Shaman.

Rather than becoming a completely independent spellcasting class, at least one of its primary representations comes through the Barbarian.

The new subclass is:

Path of the Elements Barbarian.

It’s an unusual idea until you consider Enhancement Shaman.

A heavily armed warrior charging into melee while channeling lightning, fire, wind, and elemental spirits isn’t terribly far removed from the mechanical framework of a Barbarian.

Rage can effectively become the chassis through which elemental empowerment occurs.

The book will also include guidance for representing the various WoW classes and specializations through D&D, so players aren’t necessarily being told that every Shaman must function identically.

Still, seeing “Shaman = Barbarian” is certainly going to generate some discussion around gaming tables.

Priests Get Shadow and Discipline

Priest players are getting some particularly recognizable options.

Two new Cleric subclasses are arriving:

Shadow Domain

and

Discipline Domain.

That gives two of WoW’s Priest specializations their own dedicated D&D mechanics.

Shadow Priests should be especially interesting considering Warcraft’s relationship between Shadow magic and the Void.

Discipline Priests, meanwhile, have one of the most distinctive healing identities in WoW, traditionally mixing offensive magic, shielding, and healing.

How completely those MMO mechanics can translate into turn-based D&D remains to be seen, but the underlying fantasy is clearly being preserved.

Nine New or Revised Subclasses

Altogether, the expansion contains six completely new subclasses:

• Oath of the Ebon Blade — Paladin
• Oath of the Holy Paladin — Paladin
• Demon Hunter — Ranger
• Shadow Domain — Cleric
• Discipline Domain — Cleric
• Path of the Elements — Barbarian

Three existing subclasses are also being revised for Warcraft play:

Swashbuckler Rogue

Path of the Spiritual Guardian Barbarian

Warrior of Mystic Brews Monk

Combined with additional alterations and “class skin” guidance, these mechanics are intended to provide ways of representing all 13 Warcraft classes and their many specializations using D&D’s class system.

That’s significant because the book isn’t merely handing you six Warcraft characters.

The goal appears to be letting a group sit down and say:

“I want to play my WoW character in D&D.”

And then giving you the tools to get reasonably close.

Eleven Completely New Playable Species

This is where the book becomes enormous for character creation.

Eleven new playable species are being introduced.

And Wizards has confirmed all of them.

Dracthyr

Yes, you can create a Dracthyr.

The draconic soldiers introduced during Dragonflight are officially becoming playable D&D characters.

Their presence also shows that this isn’t merely a nostalgia book built around Classic WoW.

Modern Warcraft lore is absolutely being represented.

Draenei

One of Warcraft’s most recognizable Alliance peoples finally receives official modern D&D mechanics.

Draenei bring their connection to Argus, the Light, and their extraordinarily long history into the tabletop setting.

Earthen

The Earthen join the roster as another extremely recent playable Warcraft race.

Their inclusion reinforces that the book is representing current Azeroth, rather than freezing the setting during Vanilla, Burning Crusade, or Wrath.

Forsaken

You can officially play an undead character.

Forsaken adventurers open some fantastic roleplaying opportunities, particularly if your campaign leans into the political tensions between the Horde and Alliance or explores the legacy of the Scourge.

Haranir

One of Warcraft’s newest peoples is already making the leap to Dungeons & Dragons.

The Haranir’s inclusion strongly connects the tabletop game to the modern Worldsoul Saga era.

Mechagnome

Because apparently playing a regular gnome wasn’t dangerous enough.

Now you can be partially mechanical.

Pandaren

Pandaren are here.

Which means somebody at your table is absolutely making a brewmaster.

Conveniently, that revised Warrior of Mystic Brews Monk may have something to say about that.

Tauren

One of the Horde’s most iconic peoples finally receives dedicated official D&D rules.

For anyone who has ever looked at the Minotaur species and thought, “Close enough,” you no longer have to compromise.

Troll

Another foundational Horde race makes the jump.

Warcraft trolls have significantly different culture, proportions, history, and supernatural traditions from traditional D&D trolls, making dedicated mechanics particularly welcome.

Vulpera

Tiny fox adventurers have officially entered D&D.

Your table will never recover.

Worgen

Players can also become Worgen, opening the door for Gilnean characters struggling with—or enthusiastically embracing—their monstrous curse.

And that’s not quite the entire roster.

Sixteen Warcraft Species in Total

Those eleven new species are joined by WoW-specific mapping rules for five existing D&D species, bringing the total number of Warcraft playable peoples supported by the system to sixteen.

There’s another interesting addition:

Your species can influence your starting Renown with Azeroth’s factions.

Which brings us to something that could fundamentally change how an Azeroth campaign feels.

Reputation Grinding Is Coming to D&D

Congratulations.

You escaped World of Warcraft only to discover that you now need to grind reputation during your D&D campaign.

The Gameplay Expansion introduces more than 20 Warcraft factions, each utilizing a Renown system based upon rules from the Dungeon Master’s Guide.

Characters can improve their standing with organizations throughout Azeroth and receive actual rewards as their reputation increases.

That creates an extremely Warcraft-like campaign structure.

Imagine becoming increasingly respected by a faction over several adventures.

Your characters might begin as outsiders.

Then become trusted agents.

Then champions.

Eventually they could gain special equipment, privileges, assistance, contacts, or access to faction resources.

It also gives Dungeon Masters a fantastic method of structuring campaigns without requiring one enormous central storyline.

Want to spend six sessions earning the trust of a faction?

Now there’s a system supporting it.

WoW players know exactly what happens next.

You kill twenty bears.

More Than 60 New Warcraft Spells

This may quietly become one of the best parts of the entire book.

There are more than 60 new spells.

And these aren’t merely generic fantasy spells given Warcraft names.

Wizards has already confirmed several iconic abilities, including:

Moonfire

Rune Strike

Demon Spikes

and many more.

This is potentially huge even outside an Azeroth campaign.

Dungeon Masters will inevitably begin pulling these abilities into homebrew settings.

Druids getting Moonfire?

Death-themed warriors gaining Rune Strike?

Fel-powered characters using Demon Hunter abilities?

There’s a lot of potential here.

And because the book is using ordinary D&D as its mechanical foundation, many of these options should theoretically be portable into other campaigns—with DM approval, naturally.

Professions Are Becoming a D&D Mechanic

This may actually be one of the expansion’s most interesting mechanical additions.

World of Warcraft professions are being adapted into Dungeons & Dragons.

The book contains more than 10 professions and introduces profession mechanics intended to give characters meaningful activities between adventures.

Players will be able to use downtime to:

craft equipment,

create upgrades,

tinker with items,

and prepare themselves for future quests.

That’s notable even if you don’t care about Warcraft.

Crafting has frequently been an area where D&D campaigns rely heavily upon Dungeon Master improvisation.

A dedicated profession system designed around Warcraft’s extremely recognizable crafting structure could potentially become useful in completely unrelated campaigns.

And there is something wonderfully appropriate about finishing an epic dungeon, saving a village, killing an ancient evil…

…and then spending twenty minutes looking for ore.

Now that’s World of Warcraft.

Mounts and Companion Pets Are Included

Naturally, it wouldn’t be WoW without mounts.

The book includes popular mounts and companion creatures alongside its collection of magic items.

That means mounts aren’t merely being treated as background flavor.

They’re part of the actual reward ecosystem.

That’s exciting because Warcraft has spent decades turning mounts and pets into some of its most recognizable collectibles.

Azeroth is filled with enormous wolves, skeletal horses, gryphons, hippogryphs, mechanical monstrosities, dragons, proto-drakes, strange insects, and creatures that probably shouldn’t allow anyone to sit on them.

Bringing that philosophy into D&D gives Dungeon Masters another type of reward beyond gold and magic swords.

Defeat the monster.

Complete the reputation grind.

Get the mount.

The MMO loop survives.

More Than 25 New Magic Items

The book contains more than 25 new magic items, with mounts and companion creatures joining the larger treasure selection.

The complete list has not yet been revealed.

But Warcraft is hardly lacking recognizable candidates.

Ashbringer.

Thunderfury.

Doomhammer.

Atiesh.

Shadowmourne.

Warglaives of Azzinoth.

And then there is the most obvious weapon of all.

Because elsewhere in this product line, we’re going to Icecrown.

More Than 50 Warcraft Monsters

Dungeon Masters are getting plenty to murder their players with.

The Gameplay Expansion contains more than 50 new monsters taken from Azeroth.

That alone effectively gives Dungeon Masters a Warcraft-themed mini bestiary.

But ordinary monsters are only part of the equation.

Because WoW’s greatest contribution to fantasy gaming isn’t merely its creatures.

It’s its bosses.

Thirty Dungeon Bosses

The expansion contains approximately 30 dedicated dungeon-boss stat blocks.

That’s a very interesting distinction.

These aren’t simply monsters.

They’re being designed specifically around major climactic encounters.

And anyone who plays World of Warcraft knows what that probably means.

Phases.

Mechanics.

Positioning.

Special attacks.

Adds.

Environmental hazards.

Things on the floor that you desperately need to stop standing in.

D&D has increasingly experimented with cinematic boss design, and Warcraft gives the designers decades of raid and dungeon encounters to draw inspiration from.

Which brings us to one of the coolest features of the book.

Seven Classic World of Warcraft Dungeons Are Becoming D&D Adventures

Seven famous Warcraft instances are being rebuilt for tabletop play.

The confirmed lineup is fantastic.

The Deadmines

An absolute classic.

The Deadmines is one of World of Warcraft’s most memorable early-game dungeons and practically begs to become a low-level D&D adventure.

Bandits.

Industrial machinery.

Underground tunnels.

Pirates.

And eventually:

VanCleef.

For many Vanilla players, this was one of their first experiences of WoW actually feeling like a cooperative dungeon-crawling game.

Now we’ve come full circle.

Shadowfang Keep

Want gothic horror?

Here you go.

Shadowfang Keep provides an enormous haunted fortress filled with monsters and supernatural threats.

You could probably drop this dungeon into Ravenloft with very little modification.

Scarlet Monastery

One of WoW’s most famous dungeon complexes is coming to tabletop play.

Scarlet Monastery is particularly suited for D&D because the Scarlet Crusade provides something more interesting than a simple collection of monsters.

They’re ideological enemies.

Fanatics convinced that their brutality is righteous.

That’s perfect material for roleplaying.

Blackfathom Deeps

Ancient ruins.

Corruption.

Aquatic environments.

Forgotten powers.

Blackfathom already feels like somebody designed a D&D dungeon and accidentally placed it inside an MMO.

Dire Maul

Dire Maul gives groups an enormous ancient location filled with history, factions, creatures, magic, and multiple potential approaches.

It could practically become an entire mini-campaign by itself.

Azjol-Nerub

We’re going underground.

Deep underground.

The ruined Nerubian kingdom offers something dramatically different from traditional castles and crypts.

Expect enormous caverns, web-filled passages, undead Nerubians, and some very unpleasant spiders.

Onyxia’s Lair

And finally…

Onyxia.

One of Warcraft’s most legendary raid encounters becomes a tabletop dungeon.

That’s particularly exciting because Onyxia represents exactly the type of enemy Dungeons & Dragons understands very well.

She’s a dragon.

A manipulator.

A political infiltrator.

A boss monster.

And an extraordinarily angry raid encounter.

Basically:

She’s been a D&D villain this entire time.

Then There’s Icecrown Citadel

The Gameplay Expansion isn’t the only release.

Wizards is also publishing an Icecrown Citadel Adventure Map Pack, which includes something significantly bigger than the name initially suggests.

It’s not merely maps.

Purchasing it grants access to an entire digital D&D adventure through Icecrown Citadel.

And it is designed for characters from:

Level 16 through Level 20.

Oh yes.

We’re going after Arthas.

A Full Level 16–20 Assault on Icecrown

The Icecrown adventure spans five chapters and takes adventurers from the lower reaches of the Citadel all the way to the Frozen Throne.

That’s an important distinction.

This isn’t merely:

“Here are some maps inspired by Icecrown.”

It is an actual high-level campaign.

Characters begin at level 16 and progress toward the highest level normally supported by D&D.

That means Icecrown is being treated like the legendary endgame raid it deserves to be.

Your party isn’t walking into the Citadel as a collection of inexperienced adventurers.

They’re entering as some of Azeroth’s greatest heroes.

Ten Icecrown Boss Encounters

The digital Icecrown adventure contains 10 boss encounters across its five chapters.

The physical map set supports ten of Icecrown Citadel’s most memorable encounters through five double-sided 22-by-30-inch poster maps.

Two sheets of physical tokens are also included for representing the Lich King’s forces.

And anyone familiar with the original raid already has a pretty good idea of the kinds of monsters potentially waiting inside.

Icecrown’s original raid featured encounters such as Lord Marrowgar, Lady Deathwhisper, Deathbringer Saurfang, Professor Putricide, Blood-Queen Lana’thel, Sindragosa, and ultimately Arthas himself.

Exactly how the tabletop adventure restructures the original raid is something we’ll know more about as Wizards reveals additional previews.

But we know where the adventure ends.

The Frozen Throne.

The Lich King Has a D&D Stat Block

Yes.

Arthas is getting Dungeons & Dragons statistics.

Reports from Gen Con previews confirm that iconic Warcraft characters are represented mechanically, including Arthas the Lich King and Jaina Proudmoore.

That presents a delightful possibility that every Dungeon Master immediately understands:

“What happens if the players attack Jaina?”

Now you don’t have to improvise.

More seriously, statting Warcraft’s legendary characters provides useful benchmarks for understanding how powerful major lore figures are supposed to be within D&D’s mechanics.

And Arthas is obviously going to be one of the biggest tests.

Because eventually your party reaches the Frozen Throne.

And everybody rolls initiative.

Sixteen Additional Magic Items in Icecrown

The Icecrown adventure contains another 16 new magic items specifically tied to the campaign.

These are separate from the 25-plus magic items included in the core gameplay expansion.

That means someone running the complete D&D Warcraft line will have access to more than forty new treasures between the two products.

More intriguingly, the adventure also contains digital boss-kill rewards that unlock as your party defeats enemies throughout Icecrown Citadel.

It’s an extremely MMO-like concept.

You’re effectively receiving achievements for killing raid bosses during your tabletop campaign.

Which is ridiculous.

And also kind of awesome.

The Dungeon Master’s Screen Is Pure Warcraft

There’s also a dedicated D&D: World of Warcraft Dungeon Master’s Screen.

The physical screen uses a traditional four-panel format with Warcraft artwork facing the players.

The Dungeon Master’s side includes quick-reference information specifically intended for Azeroth campaigns, including:

Faction Renown

Encounter tables

and

Combat references.

It’s optional, obviously.

But if you’re planning an entire Azeroth campaign, it’s probably the accessory most likely to make the table immediately look like you’re actually playing Warcraft D&D.

There Are Three Different Book Treatments

Naturally, we’re in the modern collector’s-edition age.

So there isn’t merely one version of the book.

There are three major cover treatments.

Traditional Cover

This is the standard edition available through regular retailers.

Neon Ink Alternate Cover

The alternate cover is exclusive to participating local game stores.

Collector’s Edition

And then there’s the big one.

The limited Collector’s Edition comes inside a foil-and-sculpted slipcase with treatments themed around the Horde and Alliance.

The majority of Collector’s Edition copies are also expected to reach participating local stores beginning with the November 3 early-access period.

Lok’tar ogar.

But apparently with foil.

There’s a Murloc Miniature

Of course there is.

Certain preorders include a Murloc promotional miniature.

The Collector’s Edition Ultimate Bundle purchased through D&D Beyond guarantees the miniature, while supplies and availability for other bundles and retailers vary by region.

So yes.

You can put a Murloc miniature on your battle map.

And yes.

The Dungeon Master is morally obligated to make the noise.

Buying the D&D Book Can Get You Actual WoW Items

This collaboration goes both directions.

Qualifying physical-and-digital purchases include a code redeemable for items inside World of Warcraft itself.

The confirmed rewards are:

Black Dragon Mount

Gazer Pet

Mimic Chest Toy

Mimic Chest Decor

There are a couple of important restrictions.

Redeeming the rewards requires a Battle.net account, an active World of Warcraft subscription, and a WoW license.

The rewards are also not compatible with World of Warcraft Classic.

Housing players will probably notice that one of the rewards is explicitly decor, reflecting just how closely this collaboration is tied to the modern version of Warcraft.

Digital Preorder Bonuses Are Included Too

Preordering qualifying digital editions can also unlock several D&D Beyond bonuses:

Icy Throne Digital Dice Set

Horde and Alliance Character Sheet Backgrounds and Frames

Dungeon Masters: World of Warcraft Play-Along Pack

D&D Encounters: Season of Champions Mini-Adventure

The Icy Throne dice can also be obtained by preordering the Icecrown Citadel Adventure Map Pack.

So even before your character meets Arthas, your dice can apparently be corrupted by the Lich King.

This Is the Beginning of D&D’s Universes Beyond

There’s another reason this release matters.

World of Warcraft is the first D&D crossover being released under the Universes Beyond banner.

Magic: The Gathering players will recognize that name immediately.

Universes Beyond is the initiative Magic has used to bring outside franchises into the game.

Now Wizards is extending that philosophy into Dungeons & Dragons.

The difference is significant, though.

A D&D setting is inherently optional.

Buying this book doesn’t suddenly mean Thrall walks into Waterdeep.

Your Forgotten Realms campaign doesn’t need to acknowledge Azeroth.

You don’t suddenly encounter a Tauren while traveling through Barovia unless your Dungeon Master decides that’s exactly what happens.

Instead, Universes Beyond effectively allows Wizards to take the D&D engine and say:

“What other worlds would be fun to roleplay in?”

Warcraft is the first major answer.

And Star Wars has already been announced as another future D&D collaboration for 2027.

That makes November’s Warcraft release more than a single crossover.

It could represent the beginning of an entirely new branch of Dungeons & Dragons.

Warcraft Has Actually Been Here Before

For longtime tabletop gamers, there’s an interesting historical wrinkle.

This isn’t technically Warcraft’s first relationship with Dungeons & Dragons.

In the early 2000s, Warcraft received tabletop adaptations built upon the D&D 3rd Edition/d20 rules, eventually evolving into the World of Warcraft Roleplaying Game.

Those books developed an enormous amount of tabletop material for Azeroth.

But they belonged to a dramatically different era.

Since then Warcraft has changed enormously.

We’ve had:

The Burning Crusade.

Wrath of the Lich King.

Cataclysm.

Mists of Pandaria.

Warlords of Draenor.

Legion.

Battle for Azeroth.

Shadowlands.

Dragonflight.

The War Within.

Midnight.

And more than two decades of expanding lore.

This new collaboration therefore isn’t simply resurrecting the old RPG.

It’s rebuilding tabletop Azeroth around modern Dungeons & Dragons and the current Warcraft universe.

This Could Be One of D&D’s Most Useful Setting Books

Here’s the part that excites me most.

You don’t actually need to love World of Warcraft to find something useful here.

Consider what this book contains:

More than 60 spells.

More than 50 monsters.

Thirty bosses.

Eleven species.

Nine new or revised subclasses.

More than 25 magic items.

Mounts.

Pets.

Professions.

Faction progression.

Seven dungeon frameworks.

A separate level 16–20 adventure.

That’s a huge toolbox.

Running Forgotten Realms?

Steal the profession mechanics.

Running Eberron?

Mechagnomes and Warcraft’s engineering concepts practically write themselves into the setting.

Running Spelljammer?

Draenei and Dracthyr aren’t exactly difficult to imagine there.

Running Ravenloft?

Shadowfang Keep.

Running an undead campaign?

Forsaken characters, Death Knights, Shadow Priests, and Icecrown are sitting right there.

Running your own setting?

Strip the Warcraft names away and suddenly you’ve gained dozens of monsters, spells, subclasses, encounters, crafting rules, and boss mechanics.

That’s arguably the best-case scenario for a crossover book.

It doesn’t merely let you play Warcraft.

It gives you more ways to play D&D.

And It Could Be Fantastic for Warcraft Players Who Have Never Played D&D

The inverse is equally important.

There are millions of people who understand Warcraft but have never played a tabletop RPG.

They already understand the basic language.

Tank.

Healer.

DPS.

Dungeon.

Raid.

Boss.

Gear.

Faction.

Reputation.

Profession.

Quest.

Party.

Level.

Those concepts aren’t foreign to D&D.

In many cases, they descend from the same tabletop traditions that influenced Warcraft in the first place.

That makes D&D: World of Warcraft a potentially excellent bridge between MMORPG players and tabletop roleplaying.

Imagine telling a longtime WoW player:

“You can make your character. But this time there are no invisible walls.”

Want to leave Stormwind and become a pirate?

Go ahead.

Want your Forsaken character to defect from the Horde?

Sure.

Want to negotiate with VanCleef instead of killing him?

Try.

Want to join the Scarlet Crusade?

That’s probably a terrible idea.

But technically…

yes.

That’s the magic of moving Azeroth from an MMO into a tabletop RPG.

The game no longer needs to know what choices you’re going to make.

Your Dungeon Master does.

And occasionally even they won’t know.

November Could Be the Beginning of Something Huge

Dungeons & Dragons: World of Warcraft launches November 17, 2026, with Master Tier early digital access beginning November 3.

What we’re getting is far more substantial than many people expected when rumors of the crossover first appeared.

This isn’t twenty pages of WoW references.

It’s an entire Azeroth toolkit.

11 new species.

16 supported Warcraft species overall.

All 13 WoW classes represented.

Six completely new subclasses.

Three revised subclasses.

More than 60 spells.

More than 25 magic items.

More than 10 professions.

More than 20 factions with Renown progression.

More than 50 monsters.

Thirty dungeon bosses.

Seven legendary dungeons.

Mounts and companion creatures.

And separately:

A five-chapter, level 16–20 campaign through Icecrown Citadel with ten boss encounters and sixteen additional magic items.

For Warcraft players, it’s an opportunity to experience Azeroth in a way an MMO can never truly provide.

For D&D players, it’s an enormous pile of new character options and Dungeon Master tools.

And for that one player who has spent the last twenty years insisting that every tabletop character they create is basically their WoW character…

Congratulations.

You finally won.

Gather your party.

Choose Horde or Alliance.

Roll initiative.

And somebody make sure the Death Knight doesn’t stand in the fire.

Azeroth officially comes to the Dungeons & Dragons table this November.