Im just curious if any guilds exist related to alexstra and the dragon aspects. Protecting azeroth and such.
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Dont know if Iâve ever really seen a guild like that but itâs a wonderful idea.
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(Commentary): Iâve never seen a guild like that.
(Speculative): You could probably start something using the concept of the Dragonsworn from the old RPGs. Keep in mind itâd probably be easier to answer to some dragons youâve custom made for this concept, rather than the aspects themselves. Thereâs no telling when another one will get bumped off. The only ones left right now would be Alexstraza and Nozdormu. Also, Kalecgos if you count him.
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It just sounded like a pretty cool idea and thought someone else had to of thought of it before.
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I think you may have stumbled upon a unique idea. At least as far as guild themes go.
Would be a wonderful place for Dragon RPers and those who like Dragon RP to congregate.
I can see a Black Dragon themed guild maybe centered around Neltharionâs original charge would be fun to play. I imagine there could be some fun intersectionality between that and maybe Earthen Ring Guilds
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Dragon as an actual race would be a really cool addition but theyâd have to center an expansion around the dragon aspect id assume. I am sure they could make it work seeing how powerful player are in the story anyways, it wouldnât be too crazy.
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I havenât rped yet, newer still to the server but I think it would be super cool. If someone else doesnât make the guild, maybe I should. Though Id have to find enough people to actually create it first.
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There was a group on the old forums that were Alliance and recruiting for a Dragonsworn type guild. Iâm not sure if they are around anymore though.
As others have said this is kinda an untapped goldmine for rp. I dabble in it with my charâs Netherwing personally. Iâd like to see more people rp befriending and working with dragons personally and based so far on what Iâm seeing here perhaps the stigma of anti dragon rp is fading away just a wee bit lol
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It sounds cool but as someone who has never rped idk what I would do about it. I donât see the issue with wanting to RP a dragon. It just sounds like it would be more work developing a background. It would be awesome to see a hero class for it one day. It isnât like they are OP anymore. The dragon aspects are mortal and probably on par with normal heroes at this point. I personally would love to run into someone trying to roleplay a dragon. Just a really cool concept in WoW.
But how do you find those doing that RP? Probably just as hard as actually finding a dragon aspect in lore lol.
TBF, Dragons as a rule are not that much more powerful than the average Champion right now, and the Flights are not only de-powered after the Cataclysm, but sterile to boot.
A good way to be a âplayableâ Dragon is to be a simple Whelp or a young Drake, something already not that powerful to begin with, and could benefit from the Cuckoo Effect, hiding in plain sight amongst the deadliest of their predators via their shape-shifting abilities.
Heck for a Whelp, a normal mortal form is probably stronger, faster and more durable than their native form.
Nether Drakes seeking Azerite as a possible cure for their inevitable dissolution as they get older, more Normal Dragonflight members who reject the slow extinction their despondent Aspects seem to have embraced, rogue Chromatic and Twilight Whelps and Drakes who Wrathion has saved, especially since a Chromatic Drake flies us out of Blackwing Descent, under Wrathionâs orders, at the end of our little buddy-cop scenario there.
Again, so long as youâre not overwhelming stronger than the folks around you, the question should always be âWhy not?â, and not âWhy?â.
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Where would I find more lore talking about the dragons?
https://wow.gamepedia.com/Dragon
I think this page does a decent job covering most of the basics, and from there, you can branch out into researching different corners of their lore for each of the dragonflights.
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The negative side of dragon RP in WoW is twofold in my experience.
First, the person RPing as one sees themselves completely powerful by comparison to all other characters. As such they donât RP well, because nothing anyone does to interact with them has an effect they donât like. Not good RP.
However as mentioned, in lore right now dragons are severely drained of the power they once had, for a number of reasons.
Second, people misuse the dragonsâ ability to shapeshift, putting in their profile âI am a dragon but you canât know that so donât even commentâ or similar. Thatâs not a good roleplay hook, it doesnât give the other person anything to go on.
Far better to have something a little off about your dragonâs alternate form. Maybe theyâre a little too handsome, or they seem uncanny valley like theyâre someones âideaâ of a human rather than a real one.
What I would love to see is a dragon aspect guild whose major theme is the waning power and prominence of their aspects in Azeroth. The dragons are mortal now - and Malygos, Neltharion, Ysera, are all slain.
- How are dragons dealing with this decline?
- Is this guild a gathering of dragons to help support each other?
- Are they hiding their dragon nature from their allies in the Horde/Alliance, or are they open about it?
- How are others reacting to them, if their nature is known?
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Adding to the above, a smart shape-shifting individual takes steps to counter magical shenanigans with mundane methods.
Detecting as a Dragon? Oh, thatâs just this lucky charm. Look! An authentic Dragon Scale! Here, you can have it if you want.
Uncanny Valley? Youâre technically one eighth High Elf and one twentieth Gnome. No, you donât know how it works either. Damn Arathai partiesâŚ
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Full drakes have been trash mobs since Vanilla.
Anyone arguing that Dragons are inherently vastly more powerful than our characters simply havent been paying attention.
I have an undead Black Dragon (raised by my Draenei DK when she served the scourge) whose kept in check because hes freaking terrified of my Draenei DK since shes vastly vastly more powerful than he is.
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Honestly at this point, I feel like dragon RPers trying to act all-powerful has become more of a meme than an actual experience. For how much of a bad reputation theyâve had for like a decade, I think that your average human noble RPer has a higher chance of going full-on god mode.
but then Iâm still trying to make my Death Knight into a dragon, so maybe a little biased 
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The sort of stigma thatâs attached to various ânon-standardâ character concepts is particularly frustrating to me because not only are many of the negative assertions about them, and the people who play them, often-inaccurate generalizations, it also seems like a really self-perpetuating issue.
Linking a given concept inextricably to god moding, melodrama, edgelording, or lore-breaking backstories does nothing to encourage players who care about lore-friendliness and RP etiquette from trying those concepts out â and also does nothing to discourage players who donât care about those things from using those concepts anyway. If everybody who values character plausibility and the autonomy of other players is intimidated by the idea of making one of their characters a dragon, half-elf, sanâlayn, noble, etc â or letting anyone find out that theyâve done so â that doesnât seem like a helpful outcome.
By âeverybody,â I mean âme,â but Iâm going to project this onto others in order to make it seem more legitimate.
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This is something I could never find anywhere. Was it in quest text or just a general rule of thumb because they lost their immortality and right as protectors of Azeroth? Not saying youâre wrong, but I reeeeally want to see this source so I have it for my collection.
Pretty much this.
Even before the aspects were stripped of their power, the average dragon was far from invincible. Heck, the Dragonmaw orcs killed dragons and used them for building supplies on the regular.
AFAIK https://twitter.com/Loreology/statuses/427828524385181696 lays it out that expending all their power in this way triggered a fail-safe the Titans put into the Aspects for some reason.
TL:DR version, no eggs laid after the Cataclysm will ever produce living Whelps.
The tweet gives an error upon loading and reddit is full of speculation. Iâll take your word for it, though i did see another piece that says it is possible for the Whelp to live but not very long. Because of magic and they reproduce through it and they lost that magic so idk x_x blizz why