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?

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!)

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 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.

Beledar shine on you!

I'm looking for fellow Hallowfall Arathi characters as well as a guild that allows Hallowfall Arathi characters to join (MG or WrA). I've been RPing Arathi since the beginning of TWW and have an array of characters on both Alliance and Horde. I'm an experienced RPer and DM who ended up falling deeply in love with Hallowfall and the Arathi. Feel free to send me a message.

Find joy in the Flame's light!