Micah Sweet
Level Up & OSR Enthusiast
D&D itself has sanded down a lot of these in modern editions, for good or ill.WoW (especially during the Classic era) had a lot of mechanics that felt like old-school D&D, things like some spells needing reagents and training being a costly thing and stuff like Paladins and Druids getting their unique skills like Wild Shapes and Summon Steeds through challenging questlines. But we have to be clear that those D&D-isms were very quickly sanded down over the next few expansions, and the gameplay became a lot more streamlined.