History Main / RolePlayingGameVerse

Will use some, if not most, of the UsefulNotes/RolePlayingGameTerms, but how many obviously depends on the writers.

* The somewhat new fantasy sub-genre called LitRPG takes this to the logical conclusion, with characters in universe usually seeing some form of RPG-like mechanics such as levels, health points, et cetera. This is similar to many {{Isekai}} light novels' mechanics, which LitRPG is openly inspired by.

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Jumanji}}'' cartoon had elements of this, albeit based on a board game rather than a tabletop RPG.

** In the [[Recap/ParadoxusCapitulo04 fourth chapter]], Bloom inexplicably stops feeling fatigued moments after entering Quel'Danas. ''World of Warcraft'' mechanic that allows characters to get an XP bonus after spending some time at a city, garrison, or inn because they feel rested there. In Bloom's case, she's been traveling non-stop for many weeks (normal state) but ends her journey at Undercity, from where she teleports via orb to Silvermoon (rested state).

* ''ComicStrip/{{Paradoxus}}'':

** As Bloom is traveling through the Eastern Kingdoms, she notices several people approaching her asking for favors, i.e., the InUniverse equivalent of quests. She ignores them in favor of focusing on returning home and is puzzled by this behavior.

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* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'' is an UnbuiltTrope. The book series itself predates role-playing games like ''D&D'' and in fact codified many HighFantasy tropes. However, after the Fellowship is formed and before it is disbanded, the plot and characters would fit right into an RPG verse: a party that includes a wizard, an elf, a dwarf, a knight, and a ranger set out on a journey to destroy an ArtifactOfDoom, facing many typical genre perils like monsters, bands of orcs, and evil sorcerers trying to thwart their progress. The second and third films avert this, being closer to epic war movies.

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* ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'' is a direct adaptation of an actual ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''-like campaign played by its creators back in college. ''TabletopGame/SwordWorldRPG'' was made out of the Lodoss setting; the first Lodoss light novel was based on the RPG.

* ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'' A boy dies and a goddess reincarnates him into a fantasy world like the games he loves so much.

* ''Anime/RuneSoldierLouie'' takes place in Forcelia, the world created for ''[[Anime/RecordOfLodossWar Lodoss]]''. The main cast is comprised of stock rpg archetypes: Louie is supposed to be the mage, but tends to serve as their [[GoodOldFisticuffs "fighter"]] instead. [[TheBigGuy Jeanie]] is the group's swordswoman, [[{{shorttank}} Merrill]] is [[TheSneakyGuy the thief]], and Melissa is the StaffChick. They spend much of the series in search of old ruins in hopes of finding treasure to line their pockets. But, in classic rpg fashion, a bigger plot gradually unfolds for our heroes.

* ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'' was based in large part on a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' campaign. It's pretty obvious to anyone familiar with the game. Pretty much every character falls squarely within the standard FighterMageThief format, along with more subtle things such as Clerics casting spells as prayers (and focusing on HealingMagic and {{Status Buff}}s), as opposed to Wizards learning spells out of books.

* ''Anime/{{Slayers}}'' A bunch of characters of different classes go on adventures, learn new skills, & do quests to make money, & sell any loot they find to merchants.

* ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'' A boy dies & goddess reincarnates him into a fantasy world like the games he loves so much.

* The short-lived series ''Series/KindredTheEmbraced'' counts, being a loose adaption ofWhite Wolf's popular roleplaying game ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade''.

** ''Webcomic/{{Weregeek}}'' takes this UpToEleven and has a dozen of individual gaming storylines set in distrinct RPG Verses and running parallel to the RealLife plot.

* ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'' is a direct adaptation of an actual ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''-like campaign played by its creators back in college. Sword World RPG was made out of the Lodoss setting; the first Lodoss light novel was based on the RPG.

A world straight out of a Role Playing Game, without actually being an RPG itself. Some are adaptations of either [[RolePlayingGame computer [=RPGs=]]] or {{tabletop RPG}}s. Others were created independently, inspired by these games and their cultural ancestors.

* The world of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' is so heavily inspired by the classic RPG ''Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons'' that even its own [[Creator/PendletonWard creator]] has admitted it. The show has presented alignment, class, experience, and gold systems as well as dungeons (being the namesake of an episode), quests, and magical items. Some examples straight out of [=DnD=] are the Stoneskin Potion, the frog-gnome-knight, Princess Bubblegum's protective gems, the Dire (Fire) Wolves, the BagOfHolding of Finn's hat, the treasure-vomiting mimics, the slime cube, and the Demon Cat being a Displacement Beast. Several episodes revolve around Finn and Jake exploring the mystical Land of Ooo in search of adventures and those that don't, often start with them just coming out from one of those adventures or charging headfirst into one at the end. Given the characters are very aware of these mechanics, the show hinges on an RPGMechanicsVerse.

* The world of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' is so heavily inspired by the classic RPG ''Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons'' that even its own [[Creator/PendletonWard creator]] has admitted it. The show has presented alignment, class, experience, and gold systems as well as dungeons (being the namesake of an episode), quests, and magical items. Several episodes revolve around Finn and Jake exploring the mystical Land of Ooo in search of adventures and those that don't, often start with them just coming out from one of those adventures or charging headfirst into one at the end. Given the characters are very aware of these mechanics, the show hinges on an RPGMechanicsVerse.

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' exists in one of these, which, with its recognized alignment, class, experience and gold systems, hinges on an RPGMechanicsVerse.

A world straight out of a Role Playing Game. Some are adaptations of either [[RolePlayingGame computer [=RPGs=]]] or {{tabletop RPG}}s. Others were created independently, inspired by these games and their cultural ancestors.