Character Creation

I'm down for whatever, here's the loose backstory I gave him:

Eldon never knew much about his reclusive great aunt, until shortly after his 10th birthday when he learned that she had been a powerful monk for most of her life. He pleaded with her to teach him to fight, and, after months, she agreed. She taught him every day for many years until he was almost fully grown. Until one autumn, she grew ill and passed before the next spring. She had few belongings, save an old Viol which Eldon found with a note. She asked him to take the instrument and travel the world; not for glory and victory as she had, but in order to live every day to its fullest and bring joy to others. This, she said, was the true path to happiness and inner peace.
He set out the following week, and has been doing his best to fulfil his Aunt Verna's dying wish.

Alright. Fine. Since there are no Halflings in Azeroth, are you gonna be a gnome or what?

Since we're at it, do you prefer hack 'n' slash, heavier on the roleplay, exploring the world.... I'll try to come up with something for a story, but I would like to know what style of play you prefer.

Well with this character, I think a lot of rpg and world exploring would be perfect, cuz he’s kind of a character and I’m not too informed on the geography of Azeroth. Maybe he’s sheltered in his home town, so he’s discovering the outside work for the first time

Sounds good! Ok so we've got your young monk discovering the world after only living in this small little corner of Azeroth. Did you decide on gnome since halfling isn't available? How familiar are you with D&D 5e? The backgrounds are still the same in the WoW conversion. Sounds like Hermit might fit for this character.

Oh, also, have you read through any of the Core Document? We can call it the WoW PHB or whatever you like. You can find the link in the House Rules thread or the game information page. Should say version 3.2 when you open it in Google Docs. When you have decided on race and background, go ahead and make your level 1 monk and let me know. You'll have until level 3 to figure out what specialization you want to follow.

Actually I was thinking maybe goblin, would there be goblin monks in your world?

There ... could be. At this point in time, goblins aren't affiliated with the Horde. You could be from one of the cartels. An outcast of sorts if you don't follow the normal goblin behavior (which by being a monk, I'm betting that to be the case).

So I finished a quick draft for a lvl 1 gnome monk, I just need to type in the details later today, as well as a brief backstory on this forum

Sounds good! I was beginning to wonder if you were staying. Submit your character when you're ready and I'll try to have a beginning written out.

Eldon never knew much about his reclusive great aunt, until shortly after his 10th birthday when he learned that she had been a powerful monk for most of her life. He pleaded with her to teach him to fight, and, after months, she agreed. She taught him every day for many years until he was almost fully grown. But emphasized peace, joy and enlightenment as he grew older. Until one autumn, she grew ill and passed before the next spring. She had few belongings, save an old Viol which Eldon found with a note. She asked him to take the instrument and travel the world; not for glory and victory as she had, but in order to live every day to its fullest and bring joy to others. This, she said, was the true path to happiness and inner peace.
He set out the following week, and has been doing his best to fulfil his Aunt Verna's dying wish.

Btw, I gotta warn you, Eldon and I (irl) know very little about Azeroth due to his sheltered life, and my never playing anything past Warcraft 3. So, please, bear with me

Also, I created him at lvl1, should I level him up at all?

No level 1 is perfect. I use milestone leveling and am generous with lower-level progression.
That's funny. I didn't have any experience with the Warcraft universe until WoW. I can certainly give you an exploration of Azeroth.
I'll start you out in a snowy mountain village as where you've come so far in your travels after leaving your aunt's. Don't be afraid to lead the story and go where you want to.
When you are done with your character, submit him to the game and I'll post the introduction post.

I approved your character to the game. Not sure if you were aware it's not finished? Don't forget to add your equipment to the Items section. I added in the Special Abilities for level 1 Monk and Racial features. Don't forget that your Background gives you skill and tool proficiencies.

It's probably not that important and I understand if you want to handwave this, but since gnomes reach adulthood at 40 years and you say Eldon trained with his great aunt since age 10, do you want Eldon to have spent the last 30 years in isolation? With the entertainer background, I didn't know where you wanted that training to come from. Was that with Eldon's great aunt as well? If you are picking up the viol for the first time, I didn't know how all this fit together.

Just checking in. It's been almost a week since the last post. Are we still doing this?

Yes, and the 30 years of traveling makes a lot of sense

Sorry, it’s been a busy week

I understand. Wanted to check in just in case. Before we start, go over your character and make sure you're assigning all your skill proficiencies, such as from your background