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Something I've been thinking about is how to handle Horde and Alliance characters in the same party.

Back in older WoW, the faction divide was much stricter. Playing together across factions simply wasn't really a thing, and depending on when your campaign is set, having an Orc, Human, Forsaken, and Night Elf casually adventuring together could feel very strange from a lore perspective.

Modern WoW is obviously much more flexible about this, with the factions cooperating far more often and cross-faction gameplay becoming increasingly normal.

Of course, the era your campaign takes place in makes a huge difference. A campaign set during the Third War or early WoW might justify much stronger restrictions than one set in the current timeline.

I'm not sure yet how strict I'd want to be. Part of me likes preserving that faction identity and making Horde vs. Alliance actually matter, but at the same time I don't really want to tell someone they can't play the character they're excited about just because another player picked the opposite faction.

How are you planning to handle it in your campaign?

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And if so do you go with Darkspear with green skin or Zandalari for a muscular build? And what class feels the most Amani? Just considering my options for a possible future character.

With all the troll themed stuff going on I really want to make a Shadow Hunter and am stuck between Priest, Shaman, and Rogue.

I do like to heal and the quest playing as the priestess seemed like a fun spin on a Shadow Hunter to be a healer. I was thinking about doing a Priest and using the Night Elven dagger and offhand from the TP to have the double sided blades.

Rogue would fill out a leather slot on my Warband and give me shadow step. I’ve never played a rogue but love the fantasy. (Alternate and switch to troll pirate when I want to)

And shaman obviously has the most OG spells from a shadow hunter but gives probably the least shadow hunter vibes.

Are there any other Shadow Hunters out there? What did you use and why?

Please be kind — this is a sincere question and something I've thought about for a long time.

I'm not from the US, and the RP realm in my region is tiny compared to something like Moon Guard or Wyrmrest Accord. It sometimes feels closer to a small RP private server than a huge public realm.

There isn't a massive, constantly changing crowd of strangers in Stormwind. The RP scene is mostly made up of small circles, guilds, and friend groups, and a lot of people know each other OOC.

I've realized that one of the things I value most about RP is the feeling that when someone meets my character, they're meeting the character, not me.

They don't know my personal history, who I'm friends with, who I've argued with, or whatever happened in some OOC group months ago. To them, my character is simply herself.

That separation is a huge part of immersion for me.

But once I get more involved with people OOC, real relationships naturally form — friendships, disagreements, and sometimes conflicts. After that, I find it hard to completely separate IC and OOC again.

If I have an OOC conflict with someone, it can affect the way I see their character. And I start wondering if the reverse happens too: when they see my character, are they still seeing her, or are they seeing "that player's character"?

On a very small RP realm, this feels especially difficult because there isn't an endless stream of unrelated people who don't know your history. OOC baggage can start following your characters around.

I've also had some genuinely bad OOC experiences in this community in the past, and I think those experiences made me much more sensitive to this issue. I don't really want to get into the details here.

There's another, more personal reason this matters to me.

I've been through some very difficult periods in my life, and I love the idea of having one or two characters who stay with me for many years — characters who keep traveling through Azeroth while I grow and change in real life too.

I don't think they're real people, and I'm not trying to replace real life with WoW.

It's more like keeping the same character through a long-running tabletop campaign or RPG save. Years pass, expansions come and go, your own life changes, and the character develops along the way.

I'd love to look back ten years from now and think, "I've been adventuring with this character for a decade."

Because of that, I think I'm protective of a character's independence. I don't want every OOC friendship, argument, guild breakup, or piece of server drama to become permanently attached to them.

So I'd really like to hear from experienced RPers:

Do you intentionally keep some distance between your OOC identity and your characters?

Have OOC friendships or conflicts ever permanently changed how a character felt to you?

If you fell out with a guild or RP circle, were you able to keep playing the same character without feeling like they were carrying all that OOC baggage?

Is this easier on huge realms like Moon Guard or Wyrmrest Accord because there are always new people around who don't know you or your history?

And is it reasonable to mostly enjoy walk-up / organic IC RP while keeping deeper OOC involvement fairly limited?

I'm not talking about refusing basic OOC communication. Obviously you sometimes need it for boundaries, organizing RP, or clearing up misunderstandings.

What I'm talking about is the deeper social layer that can grow around RP beyond what's actually necessary to RP together.

I think what I want from an RP realm isn't necessarily an OOC social community.

What I want is a living world with other real, unpredictable people in it, where my character can exist without the person behind the screen always having to be part of the equation.

Does anyone else understand that feeling? And if you've played the same character for many years, how do you maintain that boundary?

Hello everyone! The doors of the Obsidian Lounge are open and seeking players interested in all things roleplay! We’re a laid-back, close-knit guild based on Moonguard Alliance, but all realms and factions are welcome to join our ranks!

Whether you’re interested in long or short term roleplay, casual content, to join our mythic+ or raid team, or just a general, chill social experience, you’ve found the right place!

Our guild’s theme is tavern-centric with a supernatural undertone, with roleplay events taking place throughout the world, including traveling, missions and quests, or general social activities. We plan on hosting many events inside of our neighborhood, however, and all are welcome to claim a plot in the meantime!

If you’d like to join, you can send in an application via the guild finder in-game! We can’t wait to have you there!

So I struggle a lot with social interactions in this game, it feels intimidating approaching someone as I am not the most sociable person to begin with. But I realise that its in part due to my fear of messing up when it comes to selling who my character is.

To put it simply, I see my character as something I need to showcase to other people. I don't mean that I have an urge to give tons of exposition on who they are, but that their profile, personality and most importantly; lore, should all be ready for someone to digest if they wanted to.

But, even though I am someone who enjoys lore videos, reading wiki articles and have played the game in a very casual manner since WoTLK (I.e: Playing from time to time, never doing endgame content), I still feel like there is lore I mess up on.

When it comes to the broad strokes it isn't too bad but I always feel like I mess up on the finer details, and that terrifies me when it comes to talking to people.
As a warlock I may forget how one demon sustains itself.
As a soldier, I may forget the exact date of one war they were supposedly a part of.
As a dwarf, I forget the former clan head of where I am from.

I figure that just consuming endless knowledge is not going to fix the issue as I don't think I could ever satiate my fears, so I wanted to come and check if you people had any advice?
I really wish I could just let go of my fears but, everytime I try and I end up talking to someone, it comes up and I feel like a bumbling fool when I don't know what to say.

I'm not from the US, and I don't play on NA servers.

Where I live, there really isn't a large, active WoW RP server community, so I've been thinking about whether solo RP on a normal server could actually work long-term.

By solo RP, I don't mean just having a character backstory in my head. I mean actually treating my character as someone who lives in Azeroth while I play.

For example, I might walk or ride instead of rushing everywhere, treat quests as actual jobs or events my character is experiencing, visit inns, churches, ruins, graveyards, camps, and imagine what my character would realistically be doing there.

If I were playing a priest, for example, she might visit a chapel, speak with the clergy there in my imagination, travel somewhere to help people, pray at graves, and treat that whole journey as part of her life rather than just "doing quests."

I'm also thinking about combining this with AI.

The idea isn't to have AI simply write stories for me. I want to treat WoW itself as an existing 3D world, and then use AI to give NPCs more depth and agency.

For example, if my character enters an inn, I could give the AI the location, the NPC's identity, and the current situation, and let it roleplay that NPC.

Ideally, those NPCs would have their own personalities, memories, relationships, goals, biases, and limited knowledge. They wouldn't always like my character or agree with her, and they wouldn't exist just to serve the player.

I'd even like the world to keep moving when my character isn't around. A merchant might travel to another town, a soldier might get involved in a battle I never witnessed, relationships between NPCs might change, and events could happen completely without my involvement.

So the basic idea would be something like:

WoW's game world + character immersion + AI-controlled NPCs + solo RP

My biggest concern is still loneliness, though.

On a real RP server, even if you aren't actively roleplaying with anyone at that moment, there's always the possibility that another real person might suddenly respond to your character. You could meet someone in an inn, on the road, or in a city, and that person is genuinely unpredictable and independent from you.

On a normal server, I know that almost everyone around me just sees my character as another player character. They don't see her as an actual person living in Azeroth.

AI can simulate a lot, but I also know it isn't exactly the same as encountering another real human roleplayer.

So I'm curious:

Has anyone here seriously played WoW this way for a long period of time?

Can solo RP on a normal server, using quests, NPCs, travel, imagination, and maybe AI, still feel immersive and meaningful?

Or does it eventually start to feel empty because there are no real roleplayers around you?

I'd especially like to hear from people who enjoy WoW RP but live somewhere that doesn't really have access to a large, active RP server community.

Hi! Sorry if this is a common question. I'm having an ich to update my "basic looking profile" to a more "appealing looking one", so I've started to ask myself what should I put on it. Since I couldn't find a common answer, I thought I should ask you guys.

What do you like to see on a TRP profile? A short background or no background at all? Long or short description? Is there some sort of redflag on TRP I should avoid?

I've been looking for a guild on Moon Guard, without success. Should I just start one?

I'm under no illusions that it's work, and that dealing with unpleasant people will occasionally be part of it. I used to run a guild in SWTOR. It was fun, but it was work.

I could keep playing solo, but it feels lonely sometimes.

I don't feel like what I want would be that uncommon, but apparently it is: just a casual guild of folks who like to RP sometimes in the open world rather than in discord chats marked "private". I'm not against chasing Mythic+ scores or raiding or whatever, obviously, but it's not what interests me. I mainly do older stuff like Legion, where I rarely die. I've missed numerous expansions, so I have plenty to do.

I'm wondering whether having a guild like that would cater to folks like me, or whether I'd wind up being all alone in a guild (not the outcome I'm looking for).

What do you think?

I'm looking for an addon that lets my put a marker down (the raid markers) but add HP, NPC name of that marker, and general info. so that it is makes it easy for people with the addon aswell to see how much HP an npc had using the raid markers. does this exist?

Hey all,

I am looking for an active RP guild on Moon Guard, something laid back but still engaging. I really like the Alliance housing zone, so a guild that hangs out there along with other places in Azeroth would be really fun. It doesn't necessarily have to be a guild with a big story line attached to it, but RP events here and there and sort of an adventure and exploring and discovering the world type theme would fit well. But I am pretty much open to almost everything. I used to RP on Horde many many years ago on WrA, I now play Alliance on Moon Guard and I am not familiar with any of the guilds there.

Anyways, if anyone is in a guild you are enjoying I would love to hear about it, same goes for people who lead a guild, or even if you all have any suggestions for guilds I should look into! I appreciate you taking the time to read this!

Hi everyone!!

Not replacing anyone!! I just am feeling like adding another partner or two ^^

I’m on the search for either some RP friends, or a tight knit friend group or guild. Or maybe people who would like to start one with me! People who would like to join me on adventures in game or over Discord. I’d also like people I can be friends with ooc! :D

I play on US realms, primarily on Moon Guard and a little on WrA. I play both factions too! I’m a bit of a casual player too, not really focusing too much on hardcore endgame. Also I have characters of all different types :))

I’ve been really enjoying Midnight, as a lover of WoW’s elves and Quel’Thalas. I also really like horror stuff, and tech elements to the world, but I of course enjoy all different kinds of characters and stories. Send me a message if you’d like to build something together and be friends!! If you sent one before and I didn’t get to you send another pls!!!

Thanks guys! :3

So I have a few rp characters I've concocted but I'd prefer to pick a single one and focus on them and thought maybe the opinion of some other rpers might help me pick one that might be more engaging.

I have a dracthyr physician who's a rogue named Aethren, a rather serious fellow who's core concept is "If I can help, then I must."

There's also Agamyr, who's class I'm still pinning down but he's a bit vain and arrogant but his core concept is freedom and the right to choose. (I'm debating dracthyr because it slots rather interestingly imo)

And then one more dracthyr (i seem to have a favorite) who is... a wild card. He's a conspiracy theorist, "cryptid hunter" (he mistakes average people and animals for something unseen), and general paranoid goofball.

I've got others I'm cooking too but ... I'm tired of cooking LOL.

Hey Everyone,

With 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.

**I guess my question is:**

Would you actually be into something like this?

* Does the light RP layer sound fun or pointless? * What would make you join (or avoid) a guild like this?

P.S: If there's anyone out there who's also a geek for this kind of stuff and wants to help flesh out this concept / guild lore , send me a DM 😄 )

P.P.S: this would be on a EU server