Character Creation

Let's have our Session Zero. Talk about what you want to play. Don't worry about having a "balanced party". What story do you want to tell through your character?
Got any questions? Go ahead and ask them.
Don't think of this as WoW the MMO. Think of this as more like D&D in Azeroth.
We can do dungeon delving, heavy RP, general questing, intrigue, I'm even a little open to parody if that's what everyone wants.

What I would love to do RPing in Azeroth is getting involved in Alliance vs Horde stuff. The philosophical differences between the two brought to life. But maybe a mixed party, brought together for common cause, would really bring that home.

That's an interesting idea, Qralloq. I think I'll need to do some more reading for that, but I also think there's a lot of prejudice and old grudges that are either the base or at least the fuel for the racial/faction tension.
This brings me to something I'm considering. If we all would like, we could have solo threads to get the characters started and bring them together more naturally. Does that sound like something we would like to do? (Also directed at anyone posting after this.)

The solo thread idea is neat. Some backstory and interaction to flesh out backgrounds. In a long, complex game that is a great idea. But if you're planning something shorter, then it may be a complication.

I'm planning to run this as long as people play. I got the solo thread idea from the game I got the conversion from.

It's been a couple years since I've played WoW, but I'm looking at the Tinkerer as a class. What races are going to gel for that class besides Gnomes?

Goblins, most definitely. Dwarves as well (Not so much Wildhammer, but it's still possible.) Any other could work, but it'd be interesting to explain how they got into it.

I forgot to mention what we're doing for stat rolls. I'm gonna say take the highest of 4d6, arranged how you want. While I think 3d6 can make for some interesting RP, Azeroth is a dangerous place full of powerful characters.

Hey guys, glad to be a part of this. Personally, I like the idea of the solo threads for some background development. It would also give all of us a better idea of each others' characters. I'm leaning heavily towards a Troll Priest (preferring either Shadow or Discipline, although I wouldn't be against Holy).

In regards to what I want from this game, I'm down for pretty much any kind of play. Most of the games I've played previously have been more "roll"-playing than anything else. I definitely agree with the group being involved in the struggle between the two factions, even if we aren't actually aligned with one of them.

If we're talking about concepts, I was leaning toward an arcane mage or Warlock, probably orc or nelf. For an orc, he would be seeking to avenge a raid that killed his family by making a pact with terrible beings.

Cool, so far you're all liking the faction struggle idea. Yet to hear from xjremon though.

@mrnemo636 - A Troll priest works. Those who follow the Shadow are kinda akin to Warlocks. Most priests are protectors of their people. I'm not sure what you're thinking of backstory yet, but perhaps your Troll is like Qralloq's character - making a pact with or devoting self to other powers out for vengeance.

@Qralloq - You say arcane mage but then making pacts with "terrible beings". Do you mean a Warlock? An orc Warlock is totally doable. Most of those are against Thrall and the Horde, but then again most Warlocks see their powers/demons as merely tools. A Night Elf Warlock is very hard to swallow. After what they experienced with the Burning Legion 10,000 yrs ago, Night Elves are very much against arcane magic. There are the exiled Highborne (Night Elf arcane casters who were once the upper class) who very few didn't leave Kalimdor and become High Elves.

Right, I had meant to be ambivalent between mage and Warlock but missed two important words (now edited into post above). Love orcs, added nelf for diversity tokenism alliance race because I couldn't bring myself to type h u m a n, bleh. (A human would be okay though).

Haha! Don't worry about token races. Play what you want.
It looks lore we might have an Orc Warlock, Troll Priest, some sort of Tinkerer, and xjremon was thinking about either a Dwarven sword and board warrior or Elven dual wielder. This is sounding exciting!

Howdy folks! I always played one character back in my WoW days, and that was my prized possession named Basperron, the Night Elf holy priest. I will play that same character here if and only if MrNemo636 would welcome some class competition. However, I'm also interested in playing a protector of the people as a Dwarven shield-wielder. Oh, he would also have a warhammer. Definitely leaning toward the Dwarf.

I also like the solo thread backstory idea, as it would give the group a great chance at getting to know the characters more deeply. It would also allow me to become more accustomed with this forum... posting... thing. I'm pretty new and shiny here.

Also, I work part-time in addition to a full-time gig, so sometimes you might not hear from me for a day or two. Unique_exemplar will have the joy of yelling at me at that time.

Damn straight I'll yell at you.

"Class competition" sound intriguing. Two priest of presumably vastly different philosophies... Oh boy.
Dwarven warrior or night elf priest, whatever you want and will have fun with.

Continue discussing your characters. When you get them all written out, submit them for approval and post your backstory here. I'll create a thread for each character then.

Hi all,

I've always loved playing blood elves, normally playing either Mage or Rouge. I'm not sure which I'd like to choose though...

Hi Genisisect. A Blood Elf would work just fine here. At this time, they were just rebranded Sin'Dorei and after their falling out with the Alliance a few years ago, they're petitioning for acceptance into the Horde. If Xjremon plays his Night Elf... oh boy this will be interesting. As far as what class you play, I leave that totally up to you. I'll run this with all casters if that's what you guys want to play.

I've sketched up my orc warlock, but still need to roll stats and pick spells.

Okay, that's 11,11,10,7,13,14. 14 is Cha, 11s Str and Sta, 13 is spirit, 7 int, 10 dex

I don't remember the racial bonuses for Orcs, but don't forget those. For my own curiosity, what background are you taking?