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All the World's a Stage: Plot points for Human roleplayers
Joystiq All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. In World of Warcraft, that player is you! Each week, Anne Stickney brings you All the World's a Stage with helpful hints, tips and tricks on the … |
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All the World's a Stage: Plot points for Human roleplayers
Joystiq All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. In World of Warcraft, that player is you! Each week, Anne Stickney brings you All the World's a Stage with helpful hints, tips and tricks on the … |
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. In World of Warcraft, that player is you! Each week, Anne Stickney brings you All the World’s a Stage with helpful hints, tips and tricks on the art of roleplay in WoW.
For most players, the initial thought upon roleplaying a Human character is that it ought to be pretty easy. After all, we’re all humans out here in the real world, so it shouldn’t be a stretch, right? Well … yes and no. Humans in Azeroth aren’t the only sentient race, and they aren’t even the most populated — Trolls win that title hands down. The Human race hasn’t even been around that long from an evolutionary standpoint — and it turns out the Human race itself was simply a mutation of Vrykul, caused by the Curse of the Flesh.
On top of that, the Humans of Azeroth are in a constant state of dealing with strife and war. Since year 0 in the timeline, when the Orcish race first crossed through the Dark Portal and began their lives on Azeroth, the Humans have been thrown into war after war after war. First the Orcs, then the Scourge, then the Burning Legion — it never seems to end. In Cataclysm, the Humans still aren’t getting a break, and that leaves them open to a lot of roleplay potential.
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All the World’s a Stage: Plot points for Human roleplayers originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. In World of Warcraft, that player is you! Each week, Anne Stickney brings you All the World’s a Stage with helpful hints, tips and tricks on the art of roleplay in WoW.
Orcs have always been an interesting race. Though the Orcs originally came from Draenor, they’ve been on Azeroth long enough to consider the planet home — and they’ve made their fair share of enemies along the way. Even though the Orcs had little to do with the Scourge portion of the Third War, focusing instead on the Burning Legion’s assault on Hyjal, the Orcs (and in turn, the Horde) had a large presence in Northrend during Wrath of the Lich King. With Cataclysm, their influence is larger than ever.
And then there’s the simple fact that Orcs are the backbone of the Horde itself. When once-Warchief Thrall formed the Horde, it was simply the Orcs of the Eastern Kingdoms. But as soon, as Thrall decided to follow the advice of the mysterious Prophet and head west over the oceans, that all changed. First, he picked up the Darkspear along the way; then the Tauren were added after landing on Durotar. Somewhere between Warcraft 3 and World of Warcraft, the Forsaken were also added. These days, the Horde is a motley mix of races, united together under one banner — but the Orcs were the ones who started it all.
So what does an Orc in today’s Azeroth have to consider from a story standpoint?
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All the World’s a Stage: Plot points for Orc roleplayers originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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All the World's a Stage: Plot points for Orc roleplayers
Joystiq All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. In World of Warcraft, that player is you! Each week, Anne Stickney brings you All the World's a Stage with helpful hints, tips and tricks on the … |
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All the World's a Stage: Plot points for Gnome roleplayers
Joystiq All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. In World of Warcraft, that player is you! Each week, Anne Stickney brings you All the World's a Stage with helpful hints, tips and tricks on the … |
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. In World of Warcraft, that player is you! Each week, Anne Stickney brings you All the World’s a Stage with helpful hints, tips and tricks on the art of roleplay in WoW.
Oh, Gnomes. Often the butt of any joke involving punting, Gnomes have the distinct displeasure of being awarded a bad reputation. Nobody takes a Gnome too terribly seriously, and nobody really considers Gnomes an awe-inspiring source of lore. Gnome roleplayers generally choose the tactic of embracing a Gnome’s fun-loving and amicable nature without thinking too much about how to roleplay one in a serious context. Why bother? Gnomes are just kind of fun and silly, right?
Well, they can be. On the other hand, one of the best roleplayers I have ever had the pleasure of encountering played a Gnome that was by all rights typical, until you stopped for a moment and took a closer look. Serious to the point of being psychotic and downright twisted in her experiments and tinkering, this character was the antithesis of everything a Gnome ought to be. It was like having every horrible nightmare about childhood dolls going on a murderous rampage suddenly coming to life. And it was brilliantly done.
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All the World’s a Stage: Plot points for Gnome roleplayers originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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All the World's a Stage: Plot points for goblin roleplayers
Joystiq All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. In World of Warcraft, that player is you! Each week, Anne Stickney brings you All the World's a Stage with helpful hints, tips and tricks on the … |
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. In World of Warcraft, that player is you! Each week, Anne Stickney brings you All the World’s a Stage with helpful hints, tips and tricks on the art of roleplay in WoW.
They’re cunning, sneaky, greedy, and will stop at nothing to get whatever it is they happen to be after. The Goblins of the Bilgewater Cartel almost seem more like a cardboard cutout of a character than a true character. Introduced with Cataclysm, the Goblins are a striking contrast to the Worgen of the Alliance. While the Worgen have a long, grueling, and sometimes heartbreaking background that dates all the way back to the early days of Night Elf society, the Goblins are just sort of … there.
In fact, the Goblins seem to be one of the most two-dimensional races Warcraft has to offer — even more so than the Gnomes, otherwise known as the Alliance “comic relief” race. But don’t let their two-dimensionality fool you. Goblins are much, much smarter than you’d expect, given their single-minded obsession with greed. After all, what better way to con someone than to lead him to believe you’re only after one thing in the world? And for Goblins, it’s not just about the profit — it’s about prestige, too.
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All the World’s a Stage: Plot points for goblin roleplayers originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 04 Sep 2011 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. In World of Warcraft, that player is you! Each week, Anne Stickney brings you All the World’s a Stage with helpful hints, tips and tricks on the art of roleplay in WoW.
Two races were equally shaken up with the Shattering. The first are the Tauren, who lost their beloved leader Cairne Bloodhoof when he challenged Garrosh Hellscream to a duel that he subsequently lost. The second are the Dwarves of Ironforge, who also lost a leader — though it wasn’t because of duels, political tensions, or anything of the sort. Instead, the Dwarves lost Magni Bronzebeard when he attempted to try and save the world.
The crux of the problem with the Tauren was that their leader was killed in a duel due to interference from the Grimtotem tribe. With the Dwarves, the crux of the problem began after Magni’s death. After all, Cairne had Baine to step up and take charge after his father’s death; but Magni Bronzebeard … well. He had a daughter and a grandson, but both were sided with the “enemy” — the Dark Iron Dwarves. What does all this mean to Dwarven roleplayers? Plenty.
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All the World’s A Stage: Plot points for Dwarven roleplayers originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.