Teleportation in its various forms is just a part of everyday life in WoW. Mages burn a runestone and move themselves or their friends across continents. Warlocks summon their friends through the nether. Engineers — both goblin and gnomish — cobble devices together that transfer their users from one place to another. They’re part of [...]
Filed in Open Thread,PVE 2 Comments so far
I’ve been laid out with an IRL case of the plague all weekend, so today, let’s have fun with screenshots! Your mission: caption this action shot I found deep within my screenshot folder! (Clicky for a larger version)
Filed in Orc,PVE,Screen Shots 5 Comments so far
The Lovely Anna is busy this week, and thus, guest posts! Today’s WTT:[RP] post is over at the Annas, where I talk a bit about why you very rarely see the leader crown on my head in instances (unless, y’know, someone DC’d and the game passed the hat automatically, in which case I’m at my [...]
Filed in Instancing,PVE No Responses yet
WoW.com published an article about “Gender differences in armor” over the weekend. In it, Mike Schramm responds to a post at The Border House that delves into the several of the armor sets that cover up the male characters, but when equipped on a female avatar, they become nothing more than bras, thongs and thigh-highs. [...]
Filed in Gear,PVE,PVP,RP,Wish Lists,World of Warcraft 10 Comments so far
“Killing a lot of people probably fucks you up.” But let’s face it, most of the people we RP in WoW have killed lots of people. We’ve killed scarlets and trolls, grimtotems and sin’dorei. We have killed people. in fact, I would venture to say that this is probably the hardest thing that we have [...]
Filed in Character Development,Open Thread,PVE,RP 14 Comments so far
I’ve been running around in Tirisfal Glades the last few days, as part of a secret RP project that will be revealed within the next week. In doing so, I came across the quests that bring you to Agamand Mills. The Agamand family owned a prosperous farmstead, and when the Scourge came, they ordered their [...]
Filed in Forsaken,Horde,Lore,PVE,RP,World of Warcraft 4 Comments so far
In game, a character’s reputation–their relative fame within factions–is measured from Hated to Exalted. The mechanics of this feature has changed since launch, but the overall concept of how a character is perceived has not changed. The more deeds one does for a faction, the more said faction respects said character. It is a simple [...]
Filed in Character Development,Factions,PVE,PVP,RP,World of Warcraft 4 Comments so far
Once upon a time, Ila Tarquin** introduced us to TV Tropes. (Warning: once you click through, all productivity will be lost. For at least an hour.) It’s filled with all sorts of plotlines, plot twists, character archetypes, conflicts and cliches that you can find in all sorts of entertainment media. One of my favorites is [...]
Filed in Open Thread,PVE,RP 4 Comments so far
Worldbuilding fascinates me. When I dive into a new story, I’m always keeping an eye out for what the authors do with the belief systems within those worlds. It’s one of the things I consider during any kind of character creation, even if it might never come into play over the course of a game, [...]
Filed in Lore,Open Thread,PVE,RP 4 Comments so far
Any adventurers that make their way through Duskwood’s Raven Hill Cemetery are in for a nasty surprise: (picture courtesy of WoWWiki) That’s right. As if hundreds of angry ghouls and a horde of poison-spitting spiders weren’t enough to worry about, there’s also this elite skeletal horror who must be part Devilsaur, with the way he [...]
Filed in Alliance,Lore,PVE,RP,World of Warcraft 6 Comments so far