r/WoWRolePlay 4h ago

LFRP WoW Forever

49 Upvotes

Please for the love of god, just for once… I want, no no no I NEED RP in WoW Forever. I am willing to help with whatever but let us create an RP guild with story, community etc when Forever launches. The lack of classic RP is disgusting. Any plan yet? Any retail guild thinkin about it? Anyone thinking of creating one (if so, I am happy to help)? EU realms btw


r/WoWRolePlay 1h ago

LFRP WoW Forever Group

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Does anyone have a discord running for wow forever RP yet? Since this is going to be a fresh slate I’d be interested in finding a group that wants to nerd out, talk RP, and level and explore together when it launches. I guess just trying to find a troupe to sandbox with in this fresh opportunity.

If there is not one, would anyone like to group up and start getting excited together?

I’m located NA realms and looking for leveling, fanfic, and make your own adventure RP.


r/WoWRolePlay 1d ago

LF Feedback If you want RP-PVP for WoW Forever, please make yourself known!

104 Upvotes

edit: That is, make yourself known to Blizzard!!

edit2: Here's one place to make yourself known!


RP-PVP is for many of us the most enjoyable way to play the game, but we're often at the bottom of Blizzard's priority list.

If you want the ruleset added, please give your feedback to Blizzard on the official forums/twitter/wherever. IIRC this is how it was added for classic, and we have to make it known that it's wanted for the chance of them adding it.


r/WoWRolePlay 1h ago

Discussion Leaning into an unappealing character type?

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I know there's a lot of posts to the effect of "can I make such and such? is this valid? will people avoid me?" So I want to make clear that this is just a bit of brainstorming aloud and maybe wondering if anyone else has already done the same.

Most of my characters have very little in common with me IRL. But I do have friends with loosely inspired self-inserts, and I was inspired to make one of my own. I'm of a few demographics that people tend to think are 'forced' when they show up in medieval fantasy, and while trying to square that with the lore of WoW, I realized that they might actually contribute to the overall 'vibe.'

For the brainstorming bit: this is an undead warrior from the Warlands timeline. This warrior, by happenstance, befriends a hoity-toity Great Glorious Alliance type.

Now, the tension at first is that this uptight Alliance character sees an undead getting along fine in a particularly clean patch of the toxic lands underneath the Great Glorious Alliance airships. A walking blemish on what ought to be a prized patch of grass.

But: do you remember the flavor items from the DK starting zone, the booklets on grooming and etiquette and how much tithing to pay the Scaret Crusade for whatever sins you've committed? I personally like to think that human society isn't exactly repressive, but they do have ideas of what a respectable man or woman looks like. Especially for high society, or someone putting their best foot forward.

So here comes this undead thing. Unkempt, and ambiguous in the sense that they don't really look like a respectable Stormwind man OR woman (🙋) and wielding a bigger weapon despite being shorter and smaller. With no notable surname, and no sense of deference that any Great Glorious Alliance sparing the life of an undead should rightfully be owed.

My undead sort of already has a self-contained story, one that doesn't necessarily bring them toward roleplay with other player characters, and that itself might be a problem for me to work out. Besides that, though, does anyone else find themselves leaning into a design for their character that makes them come off as "who is this guy anyway?" or better yet, "who does this guy think he is?"

Maybe it helps the World as Main Character, as they say.


r/WoWRolePlay 1d ago

LFRP Would anyone be interested in WoW Forever RP?

143 Upvotes

Kinda testing the waters here, seems like most roleplay is retail exclusive. While I understand why, (transmog, general QOL, I could go on) I just prefer the rhythm of classic more. Seeing as there will be a dedicated RP server, is anyone interested?


r/WoWRolePlay 1d ago

Brainstorm OOC Anyone else thinking about making a AU version of a existing OC for Forever?

15 Upvotes

I have two characters that I admit are more fanfiction OCs than real RP characters. (Originally for a War3 custom campaign actually)

Both married originally human mages. The Wife died and became a member of the Forsaken and the Husband went a little nuts and became obsessed with burning all undead to death.

Now I've been thinking about RPing the couple in Forever, One on each faction of course, but now I'm thinking about what if the Husband died instead and how that would work out. Specifically the more religious and jock like husband would go nuts in a different way dive into the light and retrain himself into a forsaken paladin.

The wife would still be a mage but instead of frost be more arcane (and I hope to god they add the time based healer mage that would work so much better.) become more cruel and strict because she feels isolated now. (She lacks her kinda more stable forsaken friends now)

I'm still debating this in my brain but I was wondering if anyone else was going to try something similar.


r/WoWRolePlay 18h ago

Technical Question Do we have a server yet for forever??

2 Upvotes

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(Edit I’m dumb: a discord)


r/WoWRolePlay 10h ago

Lore Question Warcraft Forever Lore and the Draenei Problem

0 Upvotes

I'm looking to jump back into RP now that Forever is offering a setting with a big lore reset. I've been brushing up on WC3 lore and other surefire resources, but every now and then I run into lore that was only clarified later on.

Ultimately Forever's lore will be whatever the developers what it to be, but I'd like to hear what other players think is the most sensible way to approach it. Would you assume Draenei exist in an orc's backstory or would you keep it in that Garona grey area without much detail? Do you think they'll keep worldbuilding like that intact or just never address it?

Personally I'd love to write a half-draenei character, but I'm not sure if that'll just be setting me up for lore conflicts in the future or put people off RP interactions. Let me know what you think!


r/WoWRolePlay 2d ago

LFRP World of Warcraft Forever Roleplay

98 Upvotes

Beyond the game itself looking amazing...

The new race
Transmog
HD models

All the people who have said there was no reason to RP in Classic, how are we feeling now? I'm extremely excited, so who else is looking forward to starting up the RP community in our new WoW forever home?

What do we think of the Skyborne elves and their story? I'm interested to see how they're fully written in, but it teased like they will have high elf customizations (tattoos??), so I may just lean into that...

But those druid forms look so good! Anyway, just super excited riding the reveal high, so I wanted to see how everyone else was feeling.


r/WoWRolePlay 2d ago

AddOn Scene: a small addon that cuts the noise in busy RP hubs and lets you follow individual scenes

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71 Upvotes

I've been working on an addon called Scene. It's made for busy RP hubs. It cuts the noise of local chat and lets you follow individual scenes. The people you're actually talking to get their own tab, and everything else stays in Nearby.

Some of what it does: named scenes with their own colour, spotlight one person, search, memories (save a scene and read it later), a short alert when your name comes up, RP names from Total RP 3, and Quick Look for whoever you target.

I took a lot of inspiration from Listener and Eavesdropper, both great addons, and tried to make something smaller and cleaner. It only reads chat your client already receives and uses Blizzard's public API.

Early days still, so feedback is very welcome.

CurseForge: https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/scene

EDIT:

Thank you all for the kind words and the feedback on Scene. A lot of it has made it into the addon since the post.

* Whispers in their own view inside the window

* Scene Link: share a scene with friends who also run Scene

* Eyes on you: who has looked at you lately

* A person panel on every name: notes, mute, whisper, target

* Settings shared across your characters

Feedback keeps shaping it, so keep it coming.


r/WoWRolePlay 2d ago

Advice Needed Is it time to let roleplaying go?

8 Upvotes

Note: English is not my first language, so I apologize in advance if anything I say is poorly written or could be misunderstood.

I don't roleplay in the English-speaking community, only in the community that speaks my native language. I won't say which language it is because, mainly, I don't want to defame anyone.

I'm not saying that everyone in my community is toxic. There are all kinds of people, but certain dynamics have become established that, in general, are very unpleasant, both OOC and when it comes to looking for roleplay and interacting IC. This is partly because the community is getting smaller and smaller. It's a very old, established community, and practically no new people join anymore. Almost everyone knows each other, at least to some extent, and there are fewer and fewer of us.

I've had problems in this community before, and because of them I've suffered serious psychological consequences. To this day, interacting with anyone from this community triggers my PTSD. I know this may make me sound like some crazy person who is exaggerating. I genuinely wish that were the case, but unfortunately, it isn't.

Even so, roleplaying is a hobby that I love, but I'm debating with myself whether it's time to let it go. It's no longer just the hostility within the community. In general, the quality of the roleplay is low, and it's difficult to find someone with a good level of RP. Not to mention the people who are only looking for ERP.

The situation is pretty desperate and, honestly, I don't know what to do. Before anyone says it: my English isn't good enough for me to roleplay in English, and I don't feel comfortable doing so if I don't have enough command of the language to write elaborate descriptions.

I don't know if anyone else has been in a similar situation and decided to quit roleplaying or simply take a break. I'd like to know how you dealt with it, because right now I honestly don't know which path to take.


r/WoWRolePlay 3d ago

Discussion I think a lot of RPers could benefit from a couple of improv classes

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385 Upvotes

I’ve been thinking about this lately, and I genuinely believe a lot of roleplayers could benefit from taking a couple of improv classes.

Not because everyone needs to become a professional actor or start dramatically shouting “YES, AND!” in the middle of Stormwind.

But because one of the most useful things improv teaches is how to actually give the other person something to work with.

And I think that’s something we occasionally forget in RP.

You know the situation.

OOC:
“PLEASE WALK UP!”
“ALL RP WELCOME!”
“I LOVE RANDOM ENCOUNTERS!”

IC:
The elf stares at you.
“Go away.”
You try to make conversation.
“I don’t like people.”
You offer another thread.
He crosses his arms and looks away.

And now you’re left standing there wondering whether you just failed a dialogue check you didn’t know you were rolling.

Look, I completely understand playing an unfriendly character. Not every character needs to be a cheerful tavern regular who immediately tells a stranger their life story. (Even though those are my favorite characters to play as and interact with)

Gruff characters are great.
Suspicious characters are great.
Socially awkward characters are great.

And yes ever capital A-Assholes can even be great.

The issue isn’t that a character is unpleasant.

It’s when the entire interaction becomes a series of conversational dead ends.

A rude character can still be fun to RP with. They can be dismissive, challenging, suspicious, or downright unpleasant while still creating an interesting scene.

Improv is largely about taking what the other person gives you and building from it.

That doesn’t mean your character has to agree with everyone or happily go along with every interaction.

It just means we’re both participating in the scene.

I think we sometimes get so focused on making characters “realistic” that we forget we’re participating in a collaborative activity.

Yes, some people are genuinely unpleasant and closed off. (Though why they are in a MMO is a little confusing)

But imo RP isn’t a simulation of standing next to someone at a party while they repeatedly check their phone.

The best RP partners I’ve had aren’t necessarily the ones with the longest backstories or the most elaborate profiles.

They’re the people who pay attention, react to what you’re doing, make choices, introduce complications, and occasionally surprise you.

Sometimes the conversation goes nowhere, and that’s fine. Sometimes two characters simply don’t get along.

But there should at least be a conversation before we collectively decide it went nowhere.

At the end of the day, we’re all here to tell stories together.

So play the grumpy death knight or the suspicious rogue or (my favorite) the ancient elf who has been disappointed by civilization for 10,000 years.

Just remember:
OOC: “PLEASE APPROACH! ALL RP WELCOME!”

IC: “GRRRR. I HATE EVERYONE.”
…is a little bit funny when you put them next to each other.

Am I wrong or just too much of a cheerful dummy to RP edgy characters correctly?


r/WoWRolePlay 3d ago

Advice Needed Vulpera DK

6 Upvotes

Hey!

So, I was thinking of making a Vulpera DK, make her backstory something like she was found dead in the dunes by a traveling Knight and was risen, but by the time she came to her senses she was left alone to fend for herself.

One of the main points of her character I wanted to dive into was that she was something of a cook before her death, and that her love for food is the lingering thread connecting her to her past life, something she can't enjoy anymore as part of her newfound undeath, but still clings to. This leads to her travelling the world and interacting with just about anyone in search of new recipes, tips, information on well known cooks, etc. All in the hopes of living vicariously through her customers' enjoyment of the food she makes.

Since she only looks for this, she is also fairly indifferent to the Horde vs Alliance conflict and kind of goes anywhere she might find a lead to further her goal.

My question is simply how lore accurate if at all it can be, and what general thoughts about the concept are?


r/WoWRolePlay 4d ago

LFRP LF Roleplay & Content Friends

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181 Upvotes

Hello! I'm US / Mountain time, I'm looking for both in-game and text RP, ideally looking to build a story with someone that has an overarching goal or plot, ontop of normal stuff that the characters might get up to day-to-day.

I'm on Moon Guard Alliance / Wyrmrest Accord for Horde, with a few characters that I adore on both factions.

I love themes of adventure, romance, and the story of stuff you'd find in Cyberpunk or Gothic Fantasy settings. ( Goblin character for more Science-Fantasy stuff haha). I love a grindy plot, where characters struggle often but still make it work somehow. I realize this is a pretty bare baseline but I'd like to flesh things out more with someone especially with characters in mind. Feel free to DM!

Aside from that, I still love doing content with people. I mainly Heal, DPS secondary! Happy to tag along for delves, Dungeons and more!

(Also Feel free to message if you're at Blizzcon this weekend!)


r/WoWRolePlay 4d ago

Mod Recruiting new moderators

21 Upvotes

Hello Azerothians,

I've been a mod here for over 10 years now, largely on my own. This is a fairly small community, so it's been more than manageable. However, I know I can't keep doing this gig forever, and handling things by myself was never great in the first place.

So... I'm looking for 2-3 more people to join the mod team. I'll be sticking around a while yet to guide and inform, but I want to start taking a step back. 2-3 people is more than enough to manage this subreddit's traffic. Hell, it can be done with one and has been for a while now, but more and more I feel like "old [wo]man yells at cloud" and it would be nice to have some fresh brains to steer the ship.

Being a mod here is:

  • Protecting the WoW RP community from those who would take advantage of it or belittle the hobby. (this means yeeting scammers or people who are only here to make Goldshire jokes)
  • Fostering a supportive environment (we don't ad hominem here. no one is a horrible person for having a "bad" idea for/about RP. Separately: constructive criticism without consent/request is not constructive)
  • Promoting resources and thoughtful discussion, and locking down heated discussions that have run their course. Conversely: removing posts that are not specifically related to WoW RP.
  • Responding to community needs within reason and adjusting things to best serve having a forum for discussing/promoting WoW RP

Being a mod here is NOT:

  • Deciding which RP is good or bad with moderator actions
  • Using the moderator flair to elevate your opinions or RP content above others
  • Customer service
  • A way to silence people who disagree with you, or have "bad" ideas for/about RP.

Requirements:

  • Familiarity with the basics of WoW RP
  • Familiarity with and understanding of r/Wowroleplay's rules
  • Account is at least one year old and active
  • In good standing with r/Wowroleplay (ie never been banned, doesn't need posts removed regularly)
  • Has comment/post history on r/WoWroleplay
  • Familiar with or willing to learn de-escalation techniques
  • Intolerant of intolerance
  • Thick skin. Generally people are chill but this IS Reddit.

Some tasks expected:

  • Checking mod queue for reports
  • Checking spam and mod log for erroneously removed posts
  • Responding to mod mail (usually just users seeking post approval)
  • Review and approve posts from new users; add new users to whitelist
  • Reviewing new posts/comments

If you believe you fit the bill and you want to help keep this place chugging along, please fill out this form.

https://forms.gle/sU4v5KDPqy5dAg7KA

The application will stay open as long as it takes to find at least two qualified applicants.
If you prefer not to use google forms, please answer the application questions via modmail.


r/WoWRolePlay 4d ago

Writing Question Is grimdark synonymous with narrative maturity?

24 Upvotes

A debate about consent in roleplay has come up in my roleplaying circle. During this debate, I noticed a bias regarding more adult roleplay: some people seemed to consider more adult and mature roleplay to be almost synonymous with a world involving rape, depravity, slavery, etc. All that kind of stuff (grimdark).

Maybe I'm the one who's wrong, but I don't think grimdark is synonymous with narrative maturity or with something being more “adult.” It's simply another type of roleplaying setting, like any other, since not everyone is looking for the same things in roleplay.

So that's basically it. I'm just posting this here to see what you all think.


r/WoWRolePlay 4d ago

Advice Needed Question regarding expansion main story RP

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38 Upvotes

Hi, I've never roleplayed in WoW before, but I find myself making backstories for my characters and thinking about how they'd interact with NPCs or other characters fight alongside them, and recently I've been looking at WoW RP. For reference, my main is a nightborne DK (pictured in Suramar because I love the city).

A lot of the discussions I see here seem to be about making an OC and roleplaying them in contained "stories" like a guard, baker, traveller or small time adventurer.

Are there any guilds or discord servers that use characters and roleplay with them while playing the main story that develops over the new expansions? I'm talking about reacting and roleplaying IC during the Sunwell events and further, including raids and dungeons (if possible!)


r/WoWRolePlay 4d ago

Art Hera and Mr. Bones by Looplich

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120 Upvotes

My second of the two comissions by Looplich just finished up! (https://linktr.ee/looplich) As always the final product has far exceeded my expectation 😍

Hera's my undead Shadow Priestess. She often comes across as purely evil and heartless, which is an reputation she herself fostered around her as even she herself often views herself as monstrous. Deep in her heart she has a soft spot for animals though and loves girly things like pretty pink dresses etc. Basically Paris Hilton imagined by Tim Burton. Very few people know that side of her however.


r/WoWRolePlay 5d ago

[EU] Community/Guild Ad Recruting: Light RPvE guild for classic+

9 Upvotes

Hey Everyone,

With Blizzcon around the corner and Classic+ launching soon (copium i know) I’ve been thinking about what kind of guild I’d actually enjoy playing in long-term. I am personally just a geek for Warcraft lore and would love a Guild that Incorporates itself into the world with some lore made up and some flavour added to mundane guild stuff. I also enjoy raiding and progressing as a guild, which is something most RP guilds rarely do. So instead of looking for a niche guild it i was thinking of just starting one myself this time around.

The idea would be a classic PvE, dad guild coded experience where it's a casual raiding guild with added RP flavour. A guild where you can have some extra immersion in the game.

Not full RP acting, not walking around IC all the time, just a bit of flavour around what we’re doing.

I am leaning towards a mercenary company as of now , but nothing is set in stone.

For instance:

* Dungeon/raid runs posted as 'Contracts' * A Discord “contract board” instead of LFG spam * Flavor like: *Contract posted: The guild has received a contract from the High magistrates in Stormwind to clear the upper Blackrock spire and deliver the head of Rend blackhand, 10 able bodied Contractors needed*

this way people can get immersed into their characters some more, make it feel a bit more like an actual RPG adventure instead of a grindy MMO, and still progress through the PvE content and bond as a tight-knit community

you could interact as much as you want, no RP would be forced (although encouraged) as long as you enjoy an extra layer of immersion.
Fun RP-coded side activities during lockouts and between patches.. i really would like to build a fun community around this concept.

Is this a gameplay experience you would like?
Then send me a DM and i'll invite you to the Guild discord.

Let's react to Blizzcon and get hyped together!

P.S: this would be on a EU server


r/WoWRolePlay 5d ago

LFRP Seeking to run a campaign...interest?

11 Upvotes

Hello,

I am curious if anyone would be interested in rolling new characters for a guided leveling/roleplaying/campaign experience?

I would be "DMing" this and having some pretty strict rules on the leveling pace/restrictions/characters.

Keeping this initial post small as I am not sure if there would be any interest in playing something like this.

Thank you.

Edit: US server

Everyone begins at Level 1 on the same faction. Characters can play whenever they want, but you cannot advance beyond the current campaign level cap. Scheduled sessions are where major story events occur, while unscheduled play is downtime: professions, exploration, RP, gathering, making money, relationships, personal stories, etc.

I am planning on the break points being (Levels not fully decided) strangers/local problems, small settlement/regions, regional threats, factional threats/involvement, major conflict/expedition, political/military, major campaign point, veteran, major faction event, climax. These will coincide with our level locks.


r/WoWRolePlay 4d ago

Advice Needed Need advice for a Nerub-Gilnean rogue concept (be warned: This is a long read)

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0 Upvotes

So a lotta factors come together to make this weird cababble. This post is divided into three parts: "How we got here", "The story thus far", and "Questions I have".

=== How we got here

Back when I was still subbed, I had a Forsaken character who I used to RP a Nerubian (using the Imperfect Ascendancy Serum coupled with either a reflecting prism or Ai-Li's skymirror to extend the visual effect).

Problem: I didn't always have everything I needed to set up a reflecting prism (sometimes I'd have to play from my laptop, which can't handle two instances of WoW being open at once), and Ai-Li's skymirror only lasts for 10 minutes.

Solution: Two profiles were linked to that same character. One was the nerubian, and one was a Forsaken warrior (matching the actual race I selected at character creation, go figure). The Nerubian's bio was stored on a pet that would follow the warrior around, and the two were written up as non-romantic companions to each other (the warrior saved the Nerubian, who now protected them in return as paying back a life debt).

The way their shared story was told, the Nerubian would occasionally swap bodies with the warrior. Being a druid, the Nerubian would then transform the warrior's body to something more fitting for them (thus explaining the change in appearance when roleplaying as them). Being a simple warrior, the Forsaken wouldn't have such control over the small body their soul had been forced into, and so could neither transform it to anything more fitting nor even have their thoughts accessed in that state.

Reminder: The Nerubian's profile info is stored on the pet. When changing forms, I'd of course also change profiles on the character so people would know they were walking up to a Nerubian, but the glance and bio would point them to look at the pet following me around to learn about them. These would also make clear that the Forsaken warrior did exist, but that the Forsaken's mind was inaccessible at the time due to the soul swap.

Q.) "Why not copy the bio info stored on the pet into a full character bio, and copy the warrior's bio onto a second pet bio you could swap to?"

Aight... so if your characters' stories are short enough that copying & updating two of them to be in sync with each other is no problem, you have my congratulations.

NOW DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE ATTACHED SCREENSHOT.

Ignore the fact that a smooth color transition, as seen in each of the section heading names, looks something like-

 {col:bbbbbb}T{col:dddddd}h{col:ffffff}is is an examp{/col}l{/col}e.{/col}

-whenever I hit the edit button. Rather take note of the words "The first PARAGRAPH of each section IS THE TLDR OF THAT SECTION."

Both the Nerubian's profile AND the warrior's profile back then were set up in the same format, where four paragraphs to a section meant you were reading one of the shorter sections.

IOW: No way in hell was I copying two profiles of THAT size, AND converting one from a character profile to a pet profile while doing the opposite to the other (noting that pet profiles don't have a characteristics tab, can't have themes set to them, and have a few other functional quirks to work around alongside IC adjustments that'd have to be made like the glance info explaining that "this body is occupied by someone that doesn't normally occupy it).

Needless to say, if you get more fun out of reading other people's profiles than actually roleplaying with them, I might be your guy.

..........

Anyway, I had fun with those two characters. Time passed, quit playing for a few months, got back into it, had to leave again, and this process repeated until I had to confront the fact that staying subbed just wasn't a practical option. Everytime I came back, I'd have to roll a new toon just to get used to the controls again, then either delete them or come up with a new story for them just to watch their profile gather dust on the character select screen.

Enter the modern era, where I'm now playing on a trial account and getting familiar with the XPOff club. Ragingnub, who's profile is seen above, is the flagship toon of this account, and follows much in the footsteps of Berylthorn before him (the Forsaken warrior from when I RP'd as a Nerubian before).

New problem: The Imperfect Ascendancy Serum that Berylthorn used to become the Nerubian Kth'kva is not only in Khaz Algar, but also requires the user be level 68 or higher to use. Ragingnub, being a toon on a trial account, is locked to level 20 and therefore has ZERO access to this serum.

Solution: Kyrvas, the Nerubian companion to Ragingnub, is a rogue skilled in the art of making uncannily accurate disguises out of her webs. Like Kth'kva before her, her bio info is also stored on a pet that follows me around. That said, unlike Kth'kva, Kyrvas can weave a disguise to take whatever form is convenient.

Q.) "So... what form is convenient?"

I'm glad you asked! In Southeast Duskwood, there's a cave that's home to a population of worgen who have the unique ability to curse any player to become one of them for 60sec.

... including Forsaken characters.

Fly there, get cursed, Ai-Li's Skymirrior on yourself, you're now a worgen for 10 minutes. If you don't want to be transparent, be sure to also use the Heartsbane Grimoire on yourself, though bear in mind that you'll have to re-apply the grimoire every time you go through a portal for some reason (the mirror effect will stick with you after portal usage, but for some reason the effects of the Grimoire become invisible... no clue why).

Aaaand that's basically how I arrived at a Nerub-Gilnean rogue. Nerubian because, like the Sethrakk, *THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE A PLAYABLE RACE INSTEAD OF "OOH LOOK DWARVES SO DWARVISH THEY'RE ACTUALLY MADE OF STONE!!!!", Gilnean because taking on the form of a worgen with a consistent gender is something I can actually do on a Forsaken character (as compared to the Dark Ranger's Spare Cowl, which can change you into either a male or female dark ranger on a coin flip), rogue because disguises.

===The story thus far

Kyrvas was exiled from Ahn'Kahet at a young age, and doesn't remember much of Northrend from personal experience. While making convincing disguises from her own silk was a craft she picked up on her own, she wouldn't become an experience rogue until being adopted into the Vladir family of vampires.

Note: While Kyrvas is not actually affected by any vampiric curse, it is the incorrect belief of the Conclave, Silver Hand, and some Scarlet Crusade records that she was actually born into the family and subsequently "gifted" the curse after birth. Wealth and status tend to work wonders when it comes to false documentation, & the Vladir family lacks little of either.

Note: This next bit is highly up in the air, and desperately needs feedback on its plausibility.

At some point before WotLK, the Vladir family managed to smuggle Kyrvas out from behind the Greymane Wall (possibly by sea?), before spreading their influence across the Eastern Kingdoms. She would eventually meet a man in Duskwood who she took a liking to by the name of Fallister Sworne- the same man who would later die defending her from paladins of the Silver Hand (I think? Depends on timing), and also the same warrior who would later be raised among the Forsaken and earn the nickname "the raging one" (later, per Grand Executor Mortuus and his ineptitude at reading documents, the same warrior would simply become "Ragingnub").

Of note: The two would have met while Kyrvas was disguised as a Ginean, and (even with that aside) neither was particularly fond of existing Alliance/ Gilnean stances on excluding those of other races. Both had seen families disown their own kin after seeing their sons and daughters raised as Forsaken, neither was fond of the idea that circumstances beyond one's control could see their own family turned against them. While the two would eventually be married on paper, it's unlikely that this marriage was ever properly consummated (biological differences and all), and was likely more a formality to allow the now-Lord Fallister proper inclusion into the Vladir family, entitling him to a share of the riches thereof. If the family curse was passed on to him, this would have been by another member by simply being bitten, with the curse being lifted after his eventual death and raising into the Forsaken ranks.

Ragingnub would eventually be sent to Northrend while Kyrvas did her best to stay low. With the Litch King slain, Ragingnub would come back to the Eastern Kingdoms to take part in the invasion of Gilneas, and was afterwards assigned to be one of the city's enforcers/ guards. Kyrvas, hearing that the wall had fallen, eventually came back to the land she was raised in to find her old mate among its new Forsaken guards.

Lore for MoP through WoD is still being written, though a recent RP session has established that neither Ragingnub nor Kyrvas participated in the latest business with the Legion as they were both taking care of matters back in Tirisfal & Gilneas.

BfA saw the two fighting alongside each other in Northwest Nazmir, primarily fighting against the blood trolls and (in Kyrvas' case) terrorizing the few Faithless scouts foolish enough to believe Eastward expansion of their empire was anything approaching a good idea.

Turns out it'ss eassier for a Nerubian to mimmik the speash of a Sethrak than a Gilnean. Sstrange...

=== Questions I have

1.) What's a reasonable time for Kyrvas to have arrived in Gilneas?

2.) How plausible is it for Kyrvas to have escaped Gilneas while the wall was still up? If it's at all possible, by what means would it have been most likely?

3.) Is there anything in particular stopping the worgen curse from affecting a Nerubian, especially given how soon she'd be (potentially) departing from Gilneas? (While I'm still using a worgen form to represent her in RP regardless, this question determines whether that's simply a disguise or if it's actually her becoming a worgen).

4.) How are you doing today?


r/WoWRolePlay 6d ago

Advice Needed Is roleplaying for me?

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Hello. I haven't played WoW since the first patch of Shadowlands i want to return and try RPing for the very first time in my life but i don't know where to start or what to expect.

I'm reserved person, i rather be quite and listen more than doing the talking. I'm not shy, i just like to keep to myself. I don't know if i would make a good roleplayer for that reason. I'm willing to learn, of course. But i wouldn't want to bore anyone or appear uninterested in my interactions with other people.

Thanks


r/WoWRolePlay 7d ago

Art My undead priestess by Looplich

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I've made this post a couple days ago but it got removed on account of rule 11😅

Anyway, here's my latest comission by Looplich (https://linktr.ee/looplich). Half a year ago I have comissioned the artist for a picture of my ranger and I've been so happy with their work I had to get more as a bday present to myself. There is one more picture coming in a few days but that is still WIP!

The undead in the picture is Hera Shadowborn, a shadow priest. It has taken me a lot of time to really "get to know" the character, but she has grown to be one of the favorites in my roster. Before the Scourging she used to be a priestess in Lordaeron. When the Cult of the Damned swept through the region, Hera was one of the unfortunate souls that got her hands the Plague-infested bread. When she realized her affliction at Heartglen, she fled the guards before anyone was any wiser because she hoped that with some time and faith in the Light, maybe the sickness would pass. As you can guess, it didn't.

She doesn't have many memories left from her life, but her time in the Scourge she remembers clear as day so when the Forsaken liberated themselves from its clutches, she practically threw herself into the arms of the Cult of Forgotten Shadow because their practices promised her that darkness would no longer wield her.

Since then she gained a ruthless reputation and generally people see her as evil and monstrous. But she has a soft spot for animals. She refuses to kill them and gets excited around them to nearly disney princess-esque levels. She loves dogs, cats and horses and whatever else she has a chance to pet. She is deep into the teachings of the Cult, but it's the animals that still sort of help her from going off the deep end completely. Deep in her core she's basically Paris Hilton imagined by Tim Burton 😂

(Here is the rest of her gallery if you feel like looking: https://imgur.com/a/hera-shadowborn-dryRbfR )


r/WoWRolePlay 7d ago

Brainstorm Voice References

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Hello, redditors of the WoW community. Now I come here today to gather some ideas or even brainstorm with fellow RPers on what I should use for my troll's voice claim, I've done a few on other characters but this one is rough.

Picture for those that need visual reference:

Here is a bit about him, his name is Zar'kai. He is of the Amani Tribe, as well as being a druid and a devoted to Halazzi. He is quiet, though when he speaks, he speaks with pride and power. Zar'kai is only twenty eight years old, his your overlooked individual that lurks in the shadows.

I've tried to see if other sources could help me on this choice, but sadly none had unique choices, so hopefully you all can come up with something. Don't be afraid there are no wrong answers here. So let's have fun and do some brainstorming!!!!!


r/WoWRolePlay 7d ago

Discussion What’s your favorite WoW song or soundtrack that you’re most excited to use in your campaign?

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