Event video / machinima:
Thank you everyone who took part in the campaign, you were amazing and we hope you had fun!
Two days prior setting sail:
The main settlements in Hyjal, Darkshore and Ashenvale receive an urgent call for help from Daila Everdew, a young priestess from Val’sharah. According to reports, Void-enhanced monstrosities are causing trouble in the southern parts of the forest, and have slain a group of investigating druids. Help from Kalimdor would be appreciated to face this baleful darkness.
Captain Moredain Lunarbay has agreed to lend his transport ship Moonsail to take the enlisted and a number of glaive throwers from Darkshore to Val’sharah. Will you answer the call with haste?
Hello!
This is a 3-day roleplay campaign for night elf characters (*) in which they get shipwrecked on a remote island. This is for players who are interested in subjecting their characters to a challenging physical and emotional journey, and are open to RNG injuries and failures. The goal isn’t to compete over who has the most invincible hero, or who can solve every problem, but to collaborate in creating an immersive shipwrecked experience for everyone. We seek participants who display good sportsmanship OOC about their character’s misfortunes during the adventure.
(*) To be permitted on the ship, the character concept should be aligned with the night elf society; for example Darkfallen wouldn’t be taken onboard. Contributions against the Legion may enable a couple of Demon Hunters to join, but suspicion may follow them as outcasts - the night elves at large aren’t fans of fel magic, after all. There’s a limit of two fel users total for the sign-ups, to keep the immersion of fel practitioners being rare among the night elf population.
The aspiration of the campaign is to facilitate connections between night elf roleplayers by creating a shared experience of hardship. Players are expected to be courteous toward each other out of character, but in-character tensions may rise, and characters may react angrily to the given situations. Because the campaign lasts only 3 days, there won’t be time for a very intricate plot with a lot of twists and turns. The focus is on the atmosphere, and providing players a different kind of setting for building connections.
The number of spots is capped to 30 players. Make sure to read the event info completely before signing up!
To align player expectations, below is a brief outline of what’s going to happen on the campaign. If you enjoy seeing a powerful mage struggle without their spells or a warrior fighting murlocs with an oar, you’re at the right place! Please do not metagame (“foresee”) what’s going to happen in-character.
What’s the plan?
FRIDAY 20:00 onwards:
The transport ship, Moonsail, has just set sail from Darkshore to the open sea. The evening is reserved for social roleplaying on the ship, where characters may get to know others who enlisted to aid Val’sharah. Although out-of-character we’ll use a Kul Tiran ship located west of Boralus, in-character, it’s a night elven ship with a kaldorei crew.
It’s recommended to set your View Distance and Environment Detail to 1 to fade out the landscape around the ship.
Activities on the ship:
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Sermon, asking for Elune’s blessings
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Mingling, meeting new people
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A social game
SATURDAY:
You’re free to engage in casual roleplay on the ship all afternoon. The DMing begins at 8pm. A magical storm rises and brings down the ship. Your character awakens on a remote island (OOC Eye of Azshara) after a time skip and a fade-to-black. Players roll for their character’s general state of injury.
1-30 = heavy injury (e.g. broken leg/arm, concussion)
31-70 = medium injuries (e.g. painful cuts)
71-100 = minor injuries (e.g. bruises, soreness)
Regardless of their state of injury, the character’s gear would be battered and much of their equipment lost in the waters. Magic wielders such as mages, druids and clerics would find their magic to be highly unstable due to the chaotic force field surrounding the island. The reason behind this is to establish a scenario where the characters must cooperate to survive without the luxury of teleportation, conjured food, or instant healing magic.
Activities:
- Finding and gathering up all the survivors, headcount
- Treating injuries
People teaming up to:
- Set up camp, retrieve sunken valuables, get drinkable water
- Hunt food
- Exploration & discovery
We’ll have 2-3 DMs split people up for different tasks such as hunting food, and exploration.
SUNDAY:
Feel free to participate in shipwrecked camp roleplay all afternoon, and perform small tasks like gathering food, preparing medicine, diving around the shore for lost items (for example finding the character’s signature weapon/amulet/heirloom). At 20:00, it’s time to figure out a battle plan to escape the island. The campaign concludes with the characters departing from the island.
Q & A
Q: Why night elves only?
Answer
For some, getting involved in night elf themed roleplay is difficult without the support of an active guild. The event provides a chance to make new contacts while participating in an adventure.
In addition, focusing on a specific audience makes the player numbers more manageable as we’re not looking to create a large-scale campaign, and the hosts are familiar with night elf lore.
From in-character point of view, we can assume that other characters who would’ve been willing to help, just narrowly missed the departure of the ship for one reason or another.
Q: Is there a level / expansion requirement?
Answer
You should be able to travel to Boralus (BfA) and Eye of Azshara (Legion).
Q: May guilds join?
Answer
To prevent larger guilds from occupying most of the spots, a maximum of 5 members from the same guild may join the campaign. Prospective guild members are expected to engage in roleplay with individuals from other guilds. Fill out the sign-up form for each person you’d like to sign up with you. Please confirm with them that they’ve also read the event details in full.
Q: My character isn’t a fighter; can they join?
Answer
We can see where this would make sense; for example if your character is a cook on the ship, or a cataloger wanting to document the problem, it could be viable. Just drop a question below!
Q: I can only attend 2 out of the 3 days, may I still join?
Answer
Yes, that’s possible! If you miss Friday your character can be on the ship off-screen, and if you miss out the finale we just assume your character was there somewhere in the background and leaves with everyone else.
Q: I can only attend 1 out of the 3 days, may I still join?
Answer
Due to the spots being limited, we prioritize players able to attend at least on two days.
Q: Are you looking for help with DMing?
Answer
We’ll make an announcement if there’s a need for more DMs. For convenience’s sake we’ll host this as a tiny group because the more spoons in the soup, the more time-consuming it is to make plans and keep everyone in the loop. The plot is somewhat predetermined just to make sure we can finish the campaign on Sunday night.
Q: What kind of a RNG system is in place?
Answer
We’ll keep it simple. Combat systems used on Saturday/Sunday:
Ryldor’s group
Attack /rolls
Anything below 40 = miss
40+ = 1 dmg
60+ = 2dmg
80+ = 3dmg
Defending
40+ = successful defense
70+ = successful defense + retaliation 1dmg
No HP involved.
Aymeric’s group
No attack rolls. Rolls for defense. Results scale depending on the number of participants and what they’re up against.
Q: Will there be a Discord server for the event?
Answer
Yes, there’s a temporary event discord for the attendees.
Please change your nickname to the name of the character you’ve signed up with, and you’ll be given attendee role to view the event channels. It’s not mandatory to join the Discord server if you rather read updates on the forums. The server is mainly for asking questions, updating others about your character’s off-screen activities, changes to your availability and LFRP before event hours. Also screenshots!
Dates: 1st of September until 3rd of September 2023 (Friday to Sunday)
DMs: Acrona, Ryldor, Aymeric
Sign-up format (night elves only):
In-Game Name:
In-Character Name:
Occupation: (e.g. Sentinel)
Participating on: (e.g. Friday, Saturday, Sunday)
