WoW RPing

[lutz]

For those who might want to give it a try, I suggest picking up a copy of WoW (World of Warcraft) they have RPing servers and we could RP like this but in 3D and interacting in character, if you don't know much about WoW I will explain in other posts after this one involving Races, Classes, Professions, Lore/History, ect
Post here if anyone of you really want to try it out I will play with them on any RP server

[Amnesty Lazuli]

I'm too broke to buy any RP computer software for now... I'm too broke to buy brand name hot dogs, for crying out loud! Sigh... my financial status is really starting to crimp my style.

[lutz]

FRACTIONS
The is no good or evil Fraction people tend to get confused just because one side has Orcs and Trolls doesn't mean they are evil, in WoW both playable fractions are at war with each other but both have their own point of views on the other.

The Alliance
The Alliance is made up of
Humans
Dwarves
Gnomes
Night Elves

The Horde
The Horde is made up of
Orcs
Trolls
Undead
Taruen

I will go through each race telling a little about their history and over all personalities in the world of warcraft.

The Humans
The Humans are a proud race, over the years they gain allies easly and for the most part very friendly. in the past Humans built their first kingdom in Lordaeron. Humans learned how to use Magic by the High Elves who in return teaching magic the humans would help the High Elves in their fight with the Forest Trolls, The humans formed the old alliance which was made up of Humans, Dwarves, and High Elves, along with a group of Gnomes. The evil Burning Legion set their Orcs through portals to the humans world and waged war on them. The humans and thier allies not only with standed the orcs but the demonic Burning Legion as well. the human race does have their draw backs some friendly but some very raceist toward other races and humans tend to be very greedy as well. Because of Raceist acts the High Elves and Humans strong alliance between each other has faded and walked their parted ways. the older and Druidist Race of Night Elves became their new Allies.


The Dwarves
The Dwarves are another proud race very outgoing and loves to drink! they are strong and short, they live in their mountain city called Iron Forge. They have been Allies with the humans for ages and their trust with each other can't be matched with any other race. It is said the the dwarves were the very first race to awaken in the world the titans that shaped the universe were the ones to create the dwarves straight from the stone of the earth. They have fought along side with the old and new Alliance ever sense it started.


The Gnomes
The Gnomes are the smalles playable race, but do not let their small size fool you these little guys have been friends to the alliance just as long as the dwarves, they share the same living country as the dwarves and they are very smart and have built all of the Alliances technolgy, they even created one of the Dwarves newest favorite weapons, the gun, Their capital city was taken over by a nasy race known as the Troggs and had no choice but to set home in Iron Forge with their Dwarven Cousins, The Gnomes are also great with Magic. some personalities of a Gnome are hyper, outgoing, curious, lots of energy.


The Night Elves
The Night Elves are one of the oldest races one the planet, it is rumored that either them or the Trolls are the 2nd oldest race to live on the plant first being the Dwarves, the Night Elves are a very mystrious race, tent to be quiet, honorable, and hate the use of magic, they rather lean more towars their Druid teaches, they were the first race to battle the Burning Legion 10,000 years ago, and helped the 2nd time by allied with the humans, Night Elves tend to think of themselves as a higher race above their over allies like Humans and Dwarves, they make great warriors as well and have a ability to go in stealth.


The Orcs
The Orcs used to live on an planet called Outland where they lived in peace with the other race the Draenei. they studied the ways of a Shaman and healing, but when the Burning Legion came to the planet they corrupted the Orc making them mindless slaves to the burning Legion, that is when the demons sent the orcs to Azeroth home of the Alliance races and waged war on them. there were many battles and the races were almost extint, but a Orc named Trall was raised by humans as a slave and gladior escaped from the humans and banded together the surviving Orcs and released them from their demonic curroption, the teached them the ways of the shaman once again and they became noble once more. personalities of an Orc are Loud, honorable, loves to fight, spiritural,


The Trolls
The Trolls are split and to many different types of Trolls there are Forest, Ice, Dark, Island, Sand, and Jungle Trolls. The Dark spear tribe, The are Island Trolls have allied with the Horde, The Trolls hates all other races besides their own kind and the Orcs, the orcs helped their kind from being destoryed by Murlocks so the Trolls owe the Orcs a life dept, Some Trolls are learning like like their newest members the Taruens but they donot trust the Undead at all and only allie with them of they have to same enemies, Trolls HATE Elves and humans and can't stand Dwarves and Gnomes, They specialize in Voodoo magic. Trolls Personalities are Outgoing with people they like, cural, loud, party animals, and mystrious in their own way.


The Undead
These Undead used to be part of the evil Undead Sourge but they freed themselves from the control of the Lich King, and renamed themselves as the Forsaken, They were fighting a loosing battle with their former kind and that of the alliance so they needed allies, they formed an alliance with the Orcs which the Orcs knew their pain and knew what it was like to be controled, the Undead are EVIL if they had the chance they would turn on their Horde allies but they need their help to badly so they keep their evilness a secret. Personalities, Mystrious, Dark, evil, but some Undead have found a means to likeing their place in the Horde.


The Taruen
The Taruen are a bull-like race, they allies with the Orcs when they were being attacked by horseman-like race, and the Orcs helped fight them, the Orcs and Taruen gained a strong bond and found out their belifs and ways are very simlar they both practice shaman magics and are very honorable. The Taruen also made a pact with the Night Elves a long time ago, the Taruen to believe in the powers and ways of the druid and Taruen and Night Elves will not kill each other when they are on the same hidden area of the Druid. Personalities, They are honorable, kind, very intelligent, strong, and spiritural.



Two new Races!!!!! once the Expansion comes out.

The Blood Elves
The Blood Elves were once High Elves but changed their name after the evil undead scourge destoryed their homeland. They cut themselves off from the old Alliance and hate the humans now for their raceist acts, the Blood Elves then turned to the Horde for help which they never would have thought would happen, The Blood elves and studies the ways of Demonic Magic and are addicted to magic, they hope with the help of the horde can find new ways of magic source. Personalities, they are selfish, think they are above, addiction with magic, quick, and very intellagent.



The Draenei
The Draenei are a very Alien-like race, they were once good friends with the Orcs on Outland but the Burning Legion corrupted them and killed off many Draenei, the Draenei believe in the power of light, and light being known as naaru, the Naaru give them their light power. they Draenei were now being attack by the burning Legion and had to leave their planet of Outland, with the help of Naaru they made crystal-like ships and traveled to Azeroth and search of new allies to help them, they landed near Night Elves area and gained their trust, through the Night Elves the humans and other races accpeted them into the Alliance for their holy light ways, which reminded the Humans of their Palidan ways, Draenei personalities are, honorable, kind and caring, light bringers, spiritural, strong, and very intellegant.

[cinzia]

v.v already have it.....my sister plays it ALL the time...heres the thing thouhg I cant play it with any of you...im on Euro Servers.....

[lutz]

CLASSES

The Warrior
Warriors are tanks and Damage dealers, high DEF, Mid Damage out put. they are equipt any type of armor and any weapon of choice and any choice style, 1hander and shield, 2handed weapon, or duel weild(Two 1handed weapons)
Races allowed to become warriors ALL RACES(Besides the new Blood Elf race in the expansion)

The Rogue
Rogues are Stealthy fighters, they hide in the shadows and jump out with a back stab, they have low DEF, butmake up for it with speed and high damage. they and steal from their pry as well and can put posions in their weapons increasing their damage, Rogues and only use Leather armor and can equipt daggers, fist weapons, short swords, and maces, they can also duel wield.
Races allowed: ALL RACES(but Taruen and the new expansion race Draenai)

The Hunter
Hunters are ranged fighter that uses Bows and Guns, they have many specials skills with their ranged weapons and can even set traps and find stealth enimies, they can use a number of melee weapons as well 2handers and duel wielding as well, they can very catch wild animals and train them as pets to help fight along side them
Races allowed: Dwarves, Night Elves, Orcs, Trolls, Taruen, and even Blood Elves and Draenei.

The Mage
Mages are magic useing ranged attackers, with powerful Fire, Ice, and arcane attacks. they have high damage but the lowest DEF ever, can only equipt cloth armor, and weapons are either a staff or a short sword. Mages can also creat portals takeing you and your party memebers to capital citys.
Races allowed: Humans, Gnomes, Trolls, Undead, Draenei and Blood Elves

The Warlock
Warlocks are another Magic using ranged attacker but unlike mages who dish out high damage, warlocks rather use DOT spells(Damage over time) to slowly kill their pray, Warlocks are also summon demon pets to help find by their side, they have low DEF as well and can only wear cloth armor and can equipt a staff or short sword. Warlocks can also summon friends to where they are with the help of two other friends and have some rez power.
Races allowed: Humans, Gnomes, Undead, Orcs, and the Blood Elves.

The Priest
Another magic user but they focus on aiding people, healing and curing, they use the power of the light to bring people back from the dead as well, they have some damage spells but not much they also study some shadow magic to attack, they have Low DEF and wear cloth, they can equipt a staff, short sword and Mace.
Races Allowed: Humans, Dwarves, Night Elves, Undead, Trolls, and Draenei and Blood Elves.

The Druid
Druids are magic users of Nature magic, the can also heal, they are the jack of all tades class for they can also transform in different animals taking the form of a bear(gives them a warrior effect) and Cat(Gives them Rogue effect) the low DEF but can wear leather armor, and equipts staves, fist weapons, maces, 2handed maces, and daggers.
Races allowed: Night Elves and Taruen only.

The Palidan
This Class is a Alliance Fraction only class, (but in the Expansion Blood Elves will be able to become Palidans) they are a mixed between a Priest and a Warrior they have high DEF and mid attack, they have a few minor buff spells and healing spells of the light. they can equipt the best armor and many weapons can be used.
Races Allowed: Humans, Dwarves, Draenei, and Blood Elves.

The Shaman
This Class is a Horde only classe, (Besides in the Expansion Draenei are able to become them) They are a mixed between a Mage and a warrior, able to cast many different damage spells doing status effects as well and can equipted many different weapons and even a sheild, they have some healing and rez spells as well.
Races Allowed: Trolls, Orcs, Taruen, and Draenei

[Steve Harmer]

Sounds like good fun actually, must say Im very tempted, is there a monthly subscription cost?
O yeah, Im in the euro area too grr

[lutz]

Yeah Monthly cost is 15 a month, but if you have a job its very easy to pay for, you don't have to use credit cards either they sell game cards you can enter in the codes on them and get 3 months, they cost about 30 bucks, and you get the first month free on WoW, Cinzia was talkingabout a way to play on US servers

[lutz]

Professions

Professions are different jobs your character can learn, you can only pick two, and they are great for making gold by selling or trading your products or even creating your own armor, potions, ect.

Alchemist
~They Create Potions
Alchemists can transmute Arcanite and sell it or sell the use of the transmute to other players
Alchemists can also transmute metals
Alchemy buffs only sometimes stack with spell buffs.
Expert Alchemy requires 125 skill
There are alchemy labs that are needed by alchemists to make flasks inside of Blackwing Lair and Scholomance.

Blacksmiths
~They Make Mail and Plate armor
There are hidden trainers throughout the world who can teach you new and special recipes.
You can also buy new recipes from other players or find them as drops from monsters.
There are special quests specifically for blacksmiths.
There are no recipes on the trainer past skill 250. You will need to do quests or find drops to get those recipes.
Blacksmiths can open locks by creating and using Skeleton Keys.
There are blacksmithing recipes available to seasoned blacksmiths via a series of turn-in quests.
There are also armorsmithing recipes that are available to master armorsmiths. All three recipes are gained via quest.
Additional Blacksmithing recipes can be found in encoded messages found on the members of the Twilight's Hammer in Silithus.

Cook
~Makes different types of food
The minimum level for Artisan Cooking is 35.
There are many recipes that give buffs that last as long as 15 minutes. These are helpful in raids or in other situations where every little bit helps.

Enchanters
~Enchants Weapons and Armor adding exra states and effects
You can continue to re-enchant the same item to skill-up but the item can only have one enchantment at a time.
Enchanting is a hardcore skill for hardcore players. It takes a lot of work and players should realize this before getting into it.
It's OK to "feed" enchanters with items. This is expected. Have all your guildmates and friends send you items that they don't need so they can be disenchanted.
Enchanters can only enchant weapons, gloves, boots, bracers, cloaks, shields, and chest pieces.
You can enchant anywhere, you don't need a special place to use your Profession like Blacksmiths do.
You can find additional enchanting recipes, called formulae, from hidden trainers or as drops from monsters. You can also get them from reputations.
Buy a formula at the auction house.
If you try to cast another enchantment on top of an existing enchantment, it will prompt you with a message asking if you want to overwrite the older enchantment.
Leatherworkers armor patches do not stack with enchants. You must decide which is more important to have.
If you close the disenchanting loot pane without looting the item, the Dust or Essence or Shard is automatically looted for you.
Enchanters can turn some of their dusts and shards into magical oils. These oils when applied to weapons add a temporary bonus to magical damage or mana regeneration that stacks with permanent enchantments. The lower levels of these recipes are found on normal enchanting vendors. The higher level versions are found on special vendors and are rewards for high Zandalar faction.
To learn expert Enchanting alliance players look for Lucan Cordell in Stormwind, Gimble Thistlefuzz in Ironforge, Xylinnia Starshine in Feralas Taladan in Darnassus. Horde players go to Teg Dawnstrider in Thunder Bluff, Godan in Orgrimmar, Lavinia Crowe in Undercity,
For Artisan Enchanting, Alliance players visit Kitta Firewind in Elwynn Forest in the Tower of Azora. Horde players must find Hagarth in Stonetalon Mountains.
For Master Enchanting, find Annora in the Uldaman instance.
Weapon Enchantment Colors: Some people like to get a particular color Enchantment on their weapons. Learn the colors of each weapon enchantment and market it accordingly.

Engineering
~Can create all kinds of different Inventions
Engineering is good for PvP and for a few items useful in raids.
Artisan Trainers: For the Alliance, Springspindle Fizzlegear found in Ironforge, Tinkertown. For the Horde, Roxxik is located in Orgrimmar.
Gnomes have a racial ability of +15 to Engineering. This allows them to reach Artisan Engineering prior to level 35. Some defenders can be summoned by the Gnome that are higher level thanks to this bonus to engineering.
You can create area of effect and direct damage explosives that you can use during combat. You can also give or sell these to other players.
Scopes do not require the Engineering skill to equip. You can sell scopes to other players or in the auction house. Whenever someone upgrades their gun they should also want a new scope.
The level of the Mechanical Dragonlings, Battlechicken, and Bombs dropped by the Goblin Bomb Dropper scale with your engineering skill, so they will be always useful against enemies.
You can find engineering devices as drops on higher level (50+) dungeons and in raids.
Bombs cause a disorient effect when they go off.
Target Dummies generate an initial taunt pulse so creatures will attack them for the first 5 seconds after they are dropped.
Both types of the engineer-made Jumper Cables share a cooldown.

First Aid
~Treats and Heals wounds
Since First Aid does not take up one of the two profession slots, every player can get it without penalty. Some say that Tailors shouldn't get First Aid because it wastes cloth, however, you can gather enough cloth to do both.

First Aid is also almost a requirement for Raids. While fighting powerful bosses, Raid leaders sometime say "run away and bandage." Even classes that have healing can still benefit from bandages because bandages conserve mana.

Bandages are channel cast and heal over time. If the player bandaging or the player being bandaged is struck in combat, the bandaging effect ends. Either way, the target still gets the "recently bandaged" debuff. It's really annoying to start to bandage, be hit, then you can no longer use another bandage for 60 seconds. The bandage is wasted and the target is not fully healed. For this reason, try to only use bandages when you won't be attacked. This is not always possible, especially when bandaging in battlegrounds. Try to go hide somewhere or run away from monsters before bandaging to reduce wasted bandages.

You can bandage multiple targets in a row such as yourself, your pet, and party members as long as you pick different targets to avoid the recently bandaged limit.

The recipes for Heavy Mageweave Bandage, Runecloth Bandage, and Heavy Runecloth Bandage can be learned by visiting your faction's Artisan First Aid questgiver.

You will need to purchase an Expert First Aid book to advance First Aid higher than 125. These can sometimes be found in the auction house. You also need to purchase Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage, and Manual: Mageweave Bandage. Alliance players need to buy the books from Deneb Walker in Stromgarde Keep in Arathi Highlands. He can be difficult to find. He's inside the keep on the safe side in a dark corner past a little bridge. Horde players need to find Balai Lok'Wein in Brackenwall Village in Dustwallow Marsh.

The minimum level for Artisan First Aid is 35. To advance past 225 First Aid you will need to be taught by a doctor. This involves performing a special task involving saving patients before a timer is up. Horde players must speak to Doctor Gregory Victor in the town of Hammerfall in Arathi Highlands. Alliance players talk to Doctor Gustaf VanHowzen in Dustwallow Marsh.

Fishing
~Catch different Types of fish
You can sell cooked fish to other players. It's better than store-bought food.
You can find cooking recipes for fish from certain merchants.
Messages in a bottle have a chance of having a recipe in them.
Some of the fishing zones are going to be pretty hard to fish in and will require bait and a good fishing pole.
Some fish can only be caught at certain times of the day!

Herbalism
~Pick off different planet life
If you're in a party with more than one herbalist, share the plants you find with them.
Multiple people can gain skill off the same plant if the first person avoids picking the herbs off the plant. After the plant's contents box appears, simply press "Escape" to stand up, and the second person can then gather and have a chance to raise his or her skill.
Don't pick plants while fighting. Wait until the party is safe before moving over to the plant.
If you're a Warlock or Hunter you can send your pet in to attack a monster standing on a herb, loot the herb, then run!
Don't run off to a plant by yourself without letting the other party members know. If there are monsters in the way, ask the party to clear them for you. Basically, don't do anything to jeopardize the safety of the party while you collect plants.
There is an enchant that can increase your Herbalism skill allowing you to pick higher level Herbs
Herbalism is a great way to make money. Sell Herbs to other players in the Auction House.
Some vendors sell herbs, rarely. You can also find Herbs in some chests. Some monsters commonly drop herbs.
Sometimes Bloodvine drops from enemies or can be harvested from Zul'Gurub herbs if the player has a Blood Scythe.
Tailors can create special herb carrying bags that have extra slots to carry Herbs.

Leatherworker
~Create your own leather armor
Leather patches' effects do not stack. They will overwrite each other when applied. You can only have one patch on an item at a time.
Enchants/Imbues and armor patches do not stack. They will overwrite each other.
At high levels, players have the ability to specialize as a Dragonscale Leatherworker, Elemental Leatherworker, or Tribal Leatherworker. These specialists can create very powerful and valuable items.
There is a recipe at leatherworking trainers that allows Thick Leather to be turned into Rugged Leather.
Leatherworkers can make throwing balls (as a toy).
There is Silithid armor that can be made by leatherworkers. The recipes require Cenarion Circle faction to learn.

Miner
~Mine through chucks of rock to find riches and Ore.
Dark Iron is found mostly inside instances such as Blackrock Depths or Molten Core. Dark Iron must be smelted inside Blackrock Mountain inside an instance.
You can purchase an enchant to gloves that will increase your mining skill. There is also an engineering item that raises mining.
You can earn money by mining and selling bars, stones, or gems on the auction house.
Sometimes you might want to sell ore on the auction house instead of bars because miners like to purchase those to level up their mining.
You can share a skill point increase on a mining node by taking turns. One player gathers some ore, then another player gathers ore.

Skinning
~Taking dead animals skins and making clothes and leather
Ruined Leather Scraps
Light Leather
Medium Leather
Heavy Leather
Thick Leather
Rugged Leather
Core Leather

Tailoring
~Create your own Cloth armor
You can reduce the cost of thread and other ingredients purchased at tailoring shops by increasing your PvP rank to earn the Sergeants discount.
Artisan Tailoring is available at the highest level once you have reached level 35. Horde players look for Josef Gregorian (Magic Quarter, Undercity). Alliance players go to Georgio Bolero (Theramore Isle, Dustwallow Marsh).
Skinning might go well with tailoring, because you can collect leather for recipes.
Additional Tailoring recipes can be found in encoded messages found on the members of the Twilight's Hammer in Silithus.
There are some tailoring quests such as Shadowweave Mask (NIlith Lokrav in the Searing Gorge) or Meilosh in the Timbermaw Hold, when you have a friendly reputation with the Timbermaw.

[lutz]

Capital Cities

The Alliance

Stormwind
The Human Capital City


Iron Forge
The Dwarf and Gnome Capital City


Darnassus
The Night Elf Capital City


??Draenei??
At this time it is unkown what the Draenei Capital Cities name is.



The Horde

Orgrimmar
The Orc and Troll Capital City


Thunder Bluff
The Taruen Capital City


Undercity
The Undead Capital City


Silvermoon
The Blood Elf Capital City

[Squall]

All looks awesome

[lutz]

Transportation

Well in WoW there are many froms of Transportation.

there is Walking......

And then there is Mounts!
Once your characters reaches Level 40 they can buy a mount.
they mounts are playable and give them a 40% increase in travel speed. later on once you reach Level 60 you can get an epic mount that gives you 100% increase travel speed.
Each Race has their own mount they use. it is possible for other races to ride other races mounts, you just have to gain the rep!

Human/Horses

Epic Horses



Dwarves/Rams

Epic Rams



Gnomes/mechanostrider

Epic mechanostrider



Night Elves/Nightsabers

Epic Nightsabers



Orcs/Wolves

Epic Wolves



Trolls/Rapitors

Epic Rapitors



Taruen/Kodo

Epic Kodo


Undead/ Undead Horses

Epic Undead Horses



The Mounts of the Expansion races Draenei and Blood Elves are not yet known it is rumored that Blood Elves mounts will be some kind of big golden bird(Supposed to look like a Chocoboo.)

The are also Flying mounts, but these are not playable. You can ride on them and they bring you to different parts of the world fast but you can not control their movement. Each Race fraction as two different kinds.

Alliance.

Griffons



hippogryphs



Horde

wyverns


Vampire Bats


You can travel by air for free as well but these flying ships only two you can a select few places.



You can travel by Sea as well on pirate ships!!!!