World of Warcraft®

Below is a list of guidelines I play and live by when in game, the biggest thing for me is Play wow, RP, Get Creative and HAVE FUN!

• When logged in to a character associated with RP and playing in character, please do your best to conduct yourself in character at all times. This means no lol, lmao, j/k, ffs, idk, etc. in /say, guild chat, party chat or any other means of communicating as your character. Do your best to use proper Grammar and spelling, capitalize names, dialects are welcome.


• When you are in Character: In cities, place your character on walk, you can do this by hitting the backslash button above your number pad on your keyboard. conduct your character just as they would act. not a bouncing idiot of nub. This attracts the attention of other RP'ers and presents yourself as one.


• Reasons to stay in character: Not only do you attract the attention of other rp'ers and gain the opportunity for awesome stories, While you are on a Role Playing Character you are representing the Server and the type of RP SoE has to offer. We -ARE- Rp'ers and RP server that is our focus, RP comes first and foremost, only out ruled by RL. Real Life always comes first.

• All OOC, out of character, is to be in brackets ((example)). This tells anyone you are speaking with that it is what you as the god of your character is saying and not the character. Please keep this to a minimum in /say or any other IC channels.


• OOC is important as IC, thus why we have our ooc channels. To my knowledge there is a world OOC chat on both factions to join type /join RPchatter

• Things to keep in mind: When meeting new characters, you do not know their name right off the bat. While their name floats over their head in game, it is only seen by the player/ character god. Introductions are still necessary.


• Need help with Lore? A source for this information can be found on the wow forums, wowpedia, Wowwikki, Wide variety of novels sold by Blizzard by various authors, and many other outlets even so far as youtube podcasts.


• Please be sure to keep stories that would work in lore. Half elves are extremely rare, dragon flights in shifted humanoid form are rare, these combinations are left for more experienced RP'ers. Bending Lore is acceptable to a point, don't let this hinder your creative bone, just be mindful of the bounds set by the creative minds at Blizzard who created this world which we have come to know and love.


• For good RP try to play a character as realistic as possible. we are not all superheroes with unlimited access to power. Stick with things that the class you play are capable of. Things make them sad, angry, happy, ecstatic, upset, and all realms of emotion. How is it your character handles a situation?


• ERP, Erotic Role Play: While some enjoy this RP and some don't. This is not saying anyone can or can not. But Highly request that if it does come about to keep it to party chat or whispers. Remember there are children who play and well some things that are meant to stay PRIVATE. Do Not ERP in /say in /e or other publicly veiwable channels. We are all mature and can take jokes. Please keep this maturity and keep the Erotic play to yourselves and whom ever it involves.

• Be wary of the line. Things said IC are not meant OOC and vise versa. If some one mentions something about their character in OOC do not use that information for your characters knowledge, the only way your character would know is if they found out by asking, being told by the other character or witnessing an event.


• Wary of the line Cont. Do not let how you feel OOC bleed through to IC. Sometimes we may not be happy with a person OOC do not take out those frustrations on their character through your own. there is no connection between the two.


• Quests/Dungeons/Raids/Battlegrounds while we do take part in these, be careful how much you incorporate in Character. Some things may be considered godmodding if you incorporate your character as being the person to have done a specifically. Not Everyone can Kill the Lich King, Not everyone is a savior of the NPC's. Take the time to do research. Lore usually covers who saved who or who killed who. There is a cinematic for the death of the lich king and it explains how he died and by who. As well as who took the thrown after his death. This is not always known in character, but if your character frequents Dalaran, they could have heard whispered stories.


• Each player and the guilds have their different stories. Do not interfere with these stories unless you are given permission.


• When making an action towards another character, always offer the option for them to react. ie: *Mira raises an opened hand swinging hard at Aerissette, attempting to slap her for her comment* This is much more acceptable. it offers Aeris time to react. *Mira swings a hard open hand slap at Aeris knocking Aeris from her chair* is not acceptable. You are not the god of other characters, thus you have no rule over them. This is godmodding and is highly frowned upon.

• Be sure not to commit your character to anything like long arching rp stories that you yourself are not able to keep. This is a disadvantage to other rp'ers and holds up a story. Be sure you are able to play an active roll.

Mainly, Have fun! We are passionate Rp'ers with in depth stories. Do not ruin the game for others, and represent the SoE as the passionate rp'ers we are.

For Some OOC/IC Help;

I'm no stranger to having the line seem blurred. There are times stories pull at our emotions. A trick I have picked up to help hinder this blurr and keep things straight are as follows;

View the In Character game play as you would a novel or a movie. In essence we are all writers, directors, actors, what have you adding to this large collaborative storyline known as World of Warcraft and the Day to Day lives of Azeroth and Outlands. Sometimes you see a movie it will make you cry, make you laugh, make you angry. As humans we're not immune to emotion.

As in movies or books; we can hit pause, or place the bookmark between pages, take a step back to real life and help ourselves cope. If you feel your emotions getting the better of you while playing a roleplayed character, do the same thing here. Get up from your chair take a walk around the house and remember the things in your Real life your thankful for, throw in a load of laudry, wrestle with your kids, just take some you time.

When you can breathe again and remember all thats told in game or on a forum is just what it is a story, get back to it, flip the page and continue on.

When something starts to bring you down/ drive you away from playing a character, keep in mind the above; but know its okay to withdrawal your character from the situation. Need help for an idea to pull them out in character? Ask a friend, guildy, post a question for thoughts, even feel free to use your "me" time to brainstorm. Wow is a game and should be enjoyed, nothing should be painful about it. When it comes to RP it should be an entertaining story, that you're fortunate to be a part of.

Always keep in mind that what a character says to your character, is never directed at you as a person. If it is then the person behind the confrontational character probably ought to take a step back themselves and remember what the RP is for and how to RP well. This situation can go both ways.

Be sure not to use Journals you may have access to reading in character if your character would not actually read or have access to said journal. Don't pretend to be an all knowing character because of pieces of work you've had the priviledge of reading.

A last tip; If something begins to feel uncomfortable about a situation either directed to you or your characters, or from your character to another, don't be afraid to send an ingame mail or whisper asking the others thoughts and feelings, and to clarify that it is just In Character RP and nothing Implied or directed from Out of Character feelings. As the Elders of our real world have always said, "It's always better to be safe, than sorry."