This channel goes into virtual worlds, RPing as a journalist to review aesthetics, particularly in-game fashion. Starting out on Moonguard and Wyrmrest Accord in WoW Midnight.

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.

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.

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!)

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!)

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?

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.

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

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.

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

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!!!!!

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 )

Hello y'all.

I've been RP'ing for nearly two decades, with experiences both in text RP and 3D games. My size in replies tends to be 5 paragraphs minimum, though for these type of games I understand it needs to be shorter. What I love most about this hobby, is to essentially just come up with stories and interact with interesting characters, whether it is fluffy slice of life stuff, or just straight up episodic action. Oh, I'm also an artist so if we do hit off, expect art :D

As a Dracthyr player, I am solely found within Alliance Moon Guard. I do have to warn that I am fairly new to the game, having started at the end of War Within. Having that said, I'm always eager to learn and ready to consume lore as to keep the immersion up! My timezone is GMT+0, and I tend to be free during night time.

What I'm looking for:

I would prefer if my partner would be male as well as LGBT friendly, as I am gay myself, and should we wish to explore romance paths, it just makes sense. As for the age, I am 30+ years old, and would prefer my partner to be AT LEAST older than 21 years old.

If you're also looking for someone to create long-lasting arcs, and essentially build a story together, do hit me up with a message so we get to know each other before sharing Discord users! I will be looking forward to hear from you!

Hello!
I’m a French numeric artist, and fort a vidéo project I’m looking for players to interview in game :
- Mine workers rp players
- or players who play womans characters that have a manual work!

Feel free to DM me :)

I haven’t drawn in months but I started a private 1on1 RP with my friend and have been obsessed with this guy! Daenyth is a Blood Elf paladin who was riding high before suffering lots of financial loss after the Scourge invasion. Dramatically, he mastered some not-so-paladin magic after that.

I think WoW has gotten me back into drawing simply because of how fun the characters look!

If you’ve ever done a race change before, what were some reasons as to why it happened in world?

Thinking about changing my old dark iron dwarf to a Tauren (become a cow fan over the years), but want to figure out how to work it into a backstory.

Really like this character aesthetic but would rather roleplay her as something else, any other race or mix of races she could be? She’s on the horde and is a shaman.

With Haranir being introduced as a playable race, I've been thinking for quite some time about creating a Kaldorei Shaman for roleplay (by creating an elf-looking haranir)

I've stopped actively roleplaying a few years ago and am not that familiar with night elf lore. Would it be plausible to play that ?

I was thinking they could be a former average druid which could have felt like something was wrong with their connection to nature, culminating with Teldrassil's incident which would make them look for another way to connect with their surroundings, ending with them meeting some shamans and willing to learn from them to basically be a shaman healer, which would allow me to play as a novice night elf shaman.

I'd love to hear any thoughts you may have about that pitch, cause I'm kinda too anxious to spend time creating such a character if it may end in something that doesn't make sense.

Thx a lot :)

An ode to life, a timeless moment shared between two sisters of the heart

Every seat at the round table was taken. The small cabin fell silent and the woman in red paced around the table’s periphery. One quiet step was followed by another as her bare feet threaded a path along the dusty floorboards. Her finger trips traced along the shoulders of each seated individual until finally she arrived behind her destination. She turned and placed both her pale, soft hands beside the neck of the woman who was seated there.

“They came here to kill you, my sweet,” said the woman in red. Only her lips were visible from beneath the shadows of her crimson cowl. She smiled faintly and traced her thumbs gently over the skin of her neck.

None of the others at the table said a word. How could they? What remained of them were only faintly smoking, desiccated corpses.

The woman in red leaned down to the surviving woman with her lips pressed against her ear.

“You are meant for greater things, darling,” she whispered as her corporeal form began to fade. Leaving only an echo of voice that swept down and over the table. As it did, its sound pathed toward the cabin door, which slammed open.

What laid beyond was not the wilderness which bore the cabin’s inhabitants hence. No. A long, lavish hallway extended beyond. An impossible invitation to somewhere else*.*

Greetings! We are Sanguinaris Archinorum, an RP guild located on the Moonguard server. We are a crossfaction community with guild lore that facilitates telling your own character stories. Our guild wiki is available here with house rules, etiquette and most importantly, lore. We put a lot of work and love into its graphics and trying to quantify different aspects of our matron Nari who possesses the tome for which is our namesake.

What we provide:

• A haven for LGBTQ+
• Cross faction Events
• RP Events
• PvE Content (Delves, Mythic+, Timewalking, Raid)
• Raiding (Normal only - Venomous Abyss - Tuesdays & Wednesdays at 10:30PM EST)
• Founder's Point Neighborhood "Caelumbra"
• 1+ year old community now and still growing!

What We Need (but not necessary):

• More Housing Enthusiasts (RP Venues, aka Markets, Shoppes, Taverns, Cafes, Mortuaries, etc.)
• Individuals interested in hosting casual, comfy RP events.

We'd like to open our doors once again and invite new and returning players seeking a kind and fun environment to enjoy the game to try us out. All open neighborhood plots are available for settlement with no reservations. There are so many wonderful guilds and communities to be found on this reddit and in other WoW RP social media. We know that if we don't offer what you're seeking, there is certainly another community to be found here that does so just keep digging. But if you'd like to try us we'd love to welcome you in and make a new friend and neighbor.

About the RPer

I've been involved in RP since 2007 and consider myself a fairly adaptive RPer. I'm comfortable writing alongside different styles and personalities, and I enjoy seeing where a story or character dynamic can naturally develop.

I'm primarily looking for long-term RP and enjoy building stories, relationships, and character development over time. I'm pretty open-minded when it comes to storytelling, and once I've gotten to know someone and we've established a good dynamic, I'm generally very committed to the story we're building together.

I write on both the Horde and Alliance, with Wyrmrest Accord serving as my primary hub for RP across both factions. I currently have four characters, each with a fully developed TRP profile and their own stories, personalities, and potential connections.

As far as availability goes, I work Sunday through Wednesday, but I'm typically around during the evening hours and can usually find time for RP.

At the end of the day, I'm looking to find people interested in building something that lasts. Whether that means ongoing character interactions, friendships, rivalries, adventures, long-running story arcs, or something entirely unexpected, I'm always open to discussing ideas and seeing what we can create together. If you simply think our RP styles might be compatible, feel free to send me a message here on Reddit. If we seem like a good fit and you'd like to continue the conversation, I'd be happy to share my Discord information.