The only reason high elves and humans were affected at this point is because of who was in the wake of the plague. It is even in the rpg that there is a dwarf forsaken who works within the Royal Apothecary Society, so it is certainly possible that as a night elf, you were in the wake of the plague. Why you would be in Lordaeron, idk, but I'm sure you could come up with a story.
As for the stats, I would keep to the forsaken ability scores simply because they reflect the undead state and not so much the character's previous abilities.
@Ocean - That will not be a problem at all, in fact I think it would great to see the reactions and responses of a "virgin" in this kind of setting. I love sharing my love with the story to everyone, so I hope you can get that.
@Shady - Dice are certainly an option. I know many people opt for it and I don't want to hold them back =).
It all just depends on how much extra material you want for your character. A lot of the other books like dark factions contain class variants, feats and new races. Other than that the core book and the horde guide should be plenty.
Haha no worries, you've got plenty of time. I knew about the dice roller, I always just get tripped up when checking peoples stat blocks afterwards and have to remember if they rolled or did point buy. It's not an issue for me, I just thought I'd provide the option.
You have found a letter sealed with the insignia of the Forsaken Executors.
Sealed Letter:
“Dear Loyal Servant of the Horde,
I will make this brief. Your recent exploits have caught the eyes of Lady Sylvanas Windrunner, who has tasked me with hiring a small team to investigate reports of encroaching scourge armies. Our scouts have found evidence that the Cult of the Damned may be involved and taking a small army towards Brill. If that’s the case, the Scarlet Crusade will likely be attracted to their presence and continue their onslaught into our own settlements. Meet me at the crossroads outside of Brill on the next day of the new moon. You will be paid 100 gold pieces if you succeed, with a chance of further reward if the Cult has larger plans.
Executor Zygand”
To anyone who accepts this quest, please provide a character story indicating the exploits that caught Sylvanas’ attention, and where you found or received the letter.
This will be a campaign set in the Warcraft universe, specifically during the timeline when World of Warcraft was first released. It will be a horde campaign starting with first level characters.
Character Creation:
The link to the pdf files can be found redacted. They must be downloaded, as they cannot be viewed in the browser for some reason (I tried converting them to Google Docs format but it still wasn't working). Character creation in the book features the 4d6 method of ability score development, but if you would prefer I would be fine with using the point buy system with 20 available points, as it is easier to verify than dice rolls:
7: –4
8: –2
9: –1
10: 0
11: 1
12: 2
13: 3
14: 5
15: 7
16: 10
17: 13
18: 17
I am fine with all classes and player races from any of the books, but I would prefer avoiding races from the monster guide (some are in the other books as player races which is fine), but if a good story is provided for any unconventional characters (a human working with Royal Apothecary Society, a gnoll smart enough to be a tinker etc) I will be glad to consider it.
I generally check the forums 3 times a day - morning -> afternoon -> night, sometimes more, sometimes less, but always once a day. I would like players that can post at least once a day as well, and will inform me if they will be unable to post for some time. Unless informed, I will give players a few days to post before replacing, and in the meantime they will be dmPC'd after a 24 hour absence.
Combat will be handled based on the selected party's preference, as I am fine with pure narrative or providing maps.
Seeing as WoW is driven by combat, there will be a fair amount of it, but I am huge fan of the story and lore, so that will play a major factor in the campaign.
I will close recruitment Friday night (Nov. 1) so that I have the weekend to select the part of five.
Blood elves are do-able. Seeing as they were in the lore and story long before the period we are playing in. I believe they're even in the core rulebook as a player race, along with goblin. I don't mean it will be like Vanilla WoW as far as classes and races because the RPG classes don't all line up perfectly with the in-game classes, simply just the timeline.
So far it seems horde is preferred (as I expected and was hoping =D). Forsaken warlock would be perfectly fine. I may open up a real recruitment thread with campaign info for a horde setting tonight or tomorrow. I played in a campaign for this once and the feeling of really existing in the world of Azeroth was amplified and felt incredible.
Custom campaigns. Obviously there will be a lot of connections to the game in terms of villains and factions. But for the most part I'd like to do unique campaign. The time frame will be the same as when WoW was released in 2004.
I am interested in starting a campaign set in the Warcraft universe using the World of Warcraft rulebook and various others. I have the files available for download redacted (the files won't open for preview in google docs but they can be downloaded and opened in any pdf reader), depending on the feedback I may run two campaigns for horde and alliance if there is enough interest and enough players wanting to play on both sides.
Post with the faction, alliance or horde, you are interested in.
