Adaptação dos elementos narrativos de Dungeons & Dragons para serie de animação The Legend of Vox Machina

Abstract

This study investigates the use of tabletop RPGs (Tabletop Role-Playing Games) as a tool for creating audiovisual screenplays for serial narratives. The objective of the research is to analyze the first season of the animated series The Legend of Vox Machina (2022), an adaptation of the second arc of the RPG web series Critical Role: Vox Machina (2015). This study seeks to understand how the elements of the Dungeons & Dragons RPG system, which serve as the basis for the construction of the world of the web series, were adapted for the animated series. To this end, na overview will be provided of how tabletop RPGs transcend the ludic environment, ceasing to be a closed game and approaching audiovisual media. In addition to the Dungeons & Dragons system, we use Huizinga (1971) to understand the ludic aspect of tabletop RPGs. Based on Cantore and Paiva (2021), we will outline a historical overview of serial narratives, while Sônia Rodrigues (2019) will help us identify the characteristics that make up serial narratives and world constructions. Finally, we will use Hutcheon (2013) to deepen our understanding of the concepts of adaptation.