I’m bored so I thought it would be fun to discuss new playable races and allied races. Not just 1 or 2 races, and not just for horde or alliance. I mean i really wanna have at it. What has always been on your list of races you want to play as? I want all the details, think it through and post how you think it could work out. Here are my ground rules, name as many as you like, give a reason for why you want them, give an idea of what faction you think they should be if not both. (Honestly I like how they handled things like pandarans, and it is sometimes hard to justify 1 faction over the other without a cop out of an explanation, i.e. nightborn elves) List of idea for racials as well. Of course, I will start, because of course I will.
Frostborn Dwarves
I’ve always thought these guys were pretty cool, they have interesting lore but not a lot to really get crazy with, that creates a chance to expand the lore somewhere interesting. I’m no expert on the lore but I know they have a decent relationship with the alliance, so I would see them going that way.
faction - alliance
Racial - frost armor, temporarily increases armor and/or damage resistance for a few seconds.
Racial - frost shot, blast the target with ice
Racial - is it cold in here? - Shrink slightly increasing your chance to dodge and reducing your chance to take a critical strike.
Classes - Warrior, hunter, monk, mage, shaman, priest, rogue, dk
Mount - the white eagles they keep in northrend
Earthen Dwarves
Again, now that we know about these guys and their lore, they are pretty cool.
faction - both
Racial - Earth armor, im sure you can guess
Racial - Geomancy, blast your target with rocks
Classes - Warrior, Hunter, Shaman, rogue
Mount - geo worms or shale spiders
Jinyu
The fish people we saw in pandaria and BfA were interesting and a lot of fun to run around with. Might not make a ton of sense to have them in desert areas, but we know they can live on land and have some interesting abilities, they have spent all of their time with the alliance though.
faction - alliance
Racial - healing waters, cast a healing water spell that may bounce to a close ally
Racial - Gilled breath, target takes water damage over time unless they can breathe under water
Classes - Warrior, Hunter, Shaman, monk, mage, rogue, druid
Mount - Some sort of crab
Hozen
As an alliance player it was fun to fight these guys, they had all sorts of interesting looks and habits, and since horde gets everything that talks a little funny and has fur…
faction - Horde
Racial - Hijynx, target of your hijynx becomes distracted losing chance to hit and crit against you.
Racial - Banana time, creates an edible banana, that can be traded, eating the banana restores health and mana.
Classes - Warrior, Hunter, Shaman, Monk, demon hunter, druid, dk
Mount - A barrel
Broken Draenei
This is something people had talked about for a long time. They were built up big time in the first expansion, and then basically ignored. A ton of lore involved with them, being a people abandoned by the light, and the fel, they have no greater purpose other than survival now. They have strong ties to the alliance, but at the same time fought beside the horde through most of the expansion.
faction - both
Racial - Blessings of the past, randomly (or based on class) get a blessing of light, or fel, temporarily changing your form to demonic, or lightforged gaining bonus to damage and healing effects.
Racial - Abandoned, target enemy feels abandoned by the light and the fel lowering damage and healing effects
Classes - Warrior, Hunter, Shaman, rogue, monk, dk, druid
Mount - basilisk or crocolisk
Saberfang
The cat people from dreanor were a fierce and powerful enemy. ive wanted to play as one honestly since classic when i had the fist weapons that turned you into the tiger boss from ZG, long before these guys ever existed.
faction - both
Racial - no real ideas here
Classes - Warrior, Hunter, Shaman, mage, monk, demon hunter, dk, druid, rogue, paladin
Mount -
arrokoa
The bird people that have appeared in multiple expansions also have a long and interesting lore history within the game. It could be either the deformed version we met first or the newer version we met later. Either way they have some playability and viability with players.
faction - both although probably single faction across from saberfang
Racial -
Classes - Warrior, Hunter, Shaman, mage, priest, dk, druid, rogue, paladin
Mount -
Ogres
Of course, these big brutes have to be mentioned. As one of the first known races in the universe of wow players have always wanted them, and always thought they should be horde. I dont disagree, horde makes sense, but im a greedy alliance hunter so… do I really need to complete that thought? Anyway, i have several ogre costumes that i basically have up non-stop so i guess im okay (im not okay).
faction - horde, sigh
Racial - rage, temporarily go into a rage boosting damage at the cost of defense.
Classes - Warrior, Hunter, Shaman, mage, priest, dk, monk, druid (thats a hell of a bear right there)
Mount - giant boar
Vykrul
The race that beta tested being human. Honestly, if horde get ogres this is my answer for alliance.
faction - alliance
Racial - rage, temporarily go into a rage boosting damage at the cost of defense.
Classes - Warrior, Hunter, Shaman, mage, priest, dk, monk, druid (thats a hell of a cat? right there)
Mount - giant ox
Dragon Spawn
To be clear, im talking about the humanoid bipedal dragonkin we see in BWL and rarely a few other places. They are tough, they exist, and would be pretty could
faction - both
Racial - Dragon Breath, blasts out a cone of elemental damage in front of the user
Classes - Warrior, Hunter, Shaman, monk, mage, DK
Mount - whatever they want
I think that is enough for now, Im sure you guys can come up with more. contribute, make it interesting, and give meaningful feedback why you like or dislike ideas.
TLDR i want lots more races, all the races to be playable.