so I’ve been planning on getting back into RP as of late when I’m not raiding or running dungeons, and I have a worgen druid for roleplay. One of the things I’m curious about is it just a cat form he can take for his feral form, or for roleplay reasons could he take on the form of something else that would mimic cat form like a wolf or worg.
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Short Answer:
Assuming you can find a way to justify it, and perhaps depending on how you do it, I doubt too many folks will give you crap for it.
Long (slightly rambly) Answer:
I imagine this would come down to training. Most sources for training, I’d imagine, specifically channel the spirit of a cat for the purposes that form is used for. The Kul’Tiran ‘cat form’ is apparently meant to be a wolf, however, so one can assume this isn’t quite unmalleable, though considering how many factions of Druids who focus on shapeshifting use the cat for the purposes that form is utilized for, I’d imagine it’d be rather peculiar to deviate.
I feel it might also be prudent to point out that the entire existence of the Worgen Curse can be traced back to Druids taking on lupine forms they were unable to control. Granted, I only assume the original Pack Form was morphologically a relatively normal worg. Mentions seem to lean toward it being what Worgen currently look like, and one could speculate that trait about it was part of why it was so hazardous. I personally never quite understood why some animal’s forms are seemingly more of a risk to emulate than others but, barring a blatant retcon I never learned of, that just seems to be case in this setting; but I digress.
On a related note, though they’re separated in game into different specs, the cat and bear forms arguably serve such similar purposes that they could, in general, be used interchangeably.
I’m not well versed in druid lore, but, worgens themselves are the result of a failed attempt at controlling the wolf form (pack form) and that issue has never been solved, as it stands right now, the pack form can’t be used by any druid because Goldrinn is a douche and apparently turning into a wolf connects you to him.
So lorewise, your catform can’t be a wolf form, but there are other types of cat forms you can get technically.
The feral form for each race varie.
The default worgen feral form DOES have a bit of wolf in it as it is. Just like how the Kul Tiran forms have Drust infusions in them.
What you see is what you get.
You can modify it with glyphs, legion artifacts, certain drops, and mage tower quests, Wowhead is a good resource as to your options.
Lore does not give you any information on worgen druids to help you.
All druid forms are inherently tied to a spirit or a Wild God. Back when their were quests associated with gaining your forms, you had to actually speak to these spirits to learn what it meant to truly become that animal. So, speaking to the Great Bear Spirit to learn what it meant to “be” a bear, internalizing that messaging, and then being tested to prove yourself. This is why troll druids rolled out so vastly different from druids we’re accustomed to. They are connected to Loa rather than the traditional spirits we associated with druid forms (e.g, a bat form instead of a bird for flight form, because of their connection to Hi’reek).
The result of this is that some forms are more dangerous than others, based on the spirit they are connected to. Goldrinn embodies a lot of things, but among them is uncontrollable fury. Key word: uncontrollable. The kaldorei druids who tried to control the pack form so long ago should have known better, and their hubris led to the curse.
Playing stupid games and winning stupid prizes is the lifestyle of elven races in wow after all.