Interest check - 'DnDesque' group

Hi

I just wanted to test the waters with this brainfart that I had. Pretty barebones right now, if there’s any interest I’d flesh it out a bit more!

  • The group would have interests in treasure/relic/artifact hunting, archaeology or just learning about stuff and go on adventures in Azeroth and perhaps be affiliated with the Explorer’s League or Reliquary
  • There would be ‘dndesque’ elements in that some kind of /roll and/or stat system (but really, really, really, simplified) would be used and characters would progress, over time, through adventures, from being relatively inexperienced novices to being slightly more adept…
  • The emphasis would be on events every couple of weeks or so rather than day-to-day casual RP. This would mean the time commitment (apart from participating in an event every couple of weeks or so) wouldn’t be massive.
  • The guild would have a policy where any character who is in it agrees that their character is killable (I reckon this would spice up the RP and introduce a bit of jeopardy…) if the character dies, they have to reroll! (can just change the TRP rather than have a completely new char)
  • With these two above points, it would probably be more a home for alts rather than a guild for ‘main’ RP characters. However the expectation would be although they are not main characters, the player would still be committed to the project.
  • Quality over quantity - only need a few, dedicated people

Would be keen to hear people’s thoughts

thanks

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Seeing as I’ve had a few people express an interest I thought I’d spend a bit of time fleshing it out a bit more. Seeing as this group will exist in a bubble, I’m thinking of setting the campaign shortly before the events of Reign of Chaos because I think it was a simpler time then in terms of lore (and I feel nostalgic)

I’ve put something together for the first adventure (anyone who has played DnD will probably see it a shamelessly tweaked version of quite a well known pre-existing one!)

In the city of Strahnbrad, a dwarf named Duldahm Mightmane asked you to bring a wagon load of provisions to the rough-and-tumble settlement of Waeldestone, a couple of days’ travel north west of the city, about equidistant between Strahnbrad and Andorhal.

Duldahm was clearly excited and more than a little secretive about his reasons for the trip, saying only that he and his brothers had found “something big,” and that he’d pay you ten gold pieces each for escorting his supplies safely to Barthen’s Provisions, a trading post in Waeldestone. He then set out ahead of you on horse, along with a warrior escort named Ruhl Keensteel, claiming he needed to arrive early to “take care of business.”

You’ve spent the last few days following the High Road north from Strahnbrad, and you’ve just recently veered west along the Triboar Trail. You’ve encountered no trouble so far, but this territory can be dangerous. Bandits and outlaws have been known to lurk along the trail.

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A few guilds does this kind of stuff already, I should think. At least the few I’ve seen. Think you’ll find no shortage of people who’d want this kind of roleplay. I’m curious about it myself but not sure if I could commit because of time+other obligations. However! I can bring your attention to this addon called Dicemaster. It lets you construct your own traits and allows for some more simple (or advanced) rolls.

As a bonus you can also use ‘unit frames’, which are essentially like cards that appear on screen to present with a visual model for raid markers. Overall a pretty nifty addon!

Best of luck to you, bud!

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You had me until that. I cannot rationalise permakilling a char due to a bad roll when it takes so long to level/gear up.

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He is saying that they can just visit the barber shop and redo the TRP, rather than create an entirely fresh character from level 1.

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This sounds quite exiting to be honest. Brings real danger to situations and you can’t do every crazy thing that comes to mind during events. +1

Sure but you’re still losing the character and all the effort that went into getting their mog. You can’;t just change name and hair and call it a day.

Also your OOC name is usually your IC name.

I appreciate that it won’t be everyone’s cup of tea but I feel it would be important so that there is actually real risk and consequences involved. It’d take more than one bad roll to die, it’d probably take a series of bad decisions, tactical errors and bad rolls for this to happen

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Sounds like a great idea, I’m definitely interested

Nice to hear from you Herv and great that you’re interested!

Seeing as I’ve had a few people express an interest I thought I’d spend a bit of time fleshing it out a bit more. Seeing as this group will exist in a bubble, I’m thinking of setting the campaign shortly before the events of Reign of Chaos because I think it was a simpler time then in terms of lore (and I feel nostalgic)

I’ve put something together for the first adventure (anyone who has played DnD will probably see it a shamelessly tweaked version of quite a well known pre-existing one!)

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