Tauren Shadow Priests and Other Odd Race Class Combos

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The purpose of this thread is to be a place where people can weigh in with their opinions on uncommon Race Class combos, as well as ask about them.

So to put it simply I’m looking to take a slight break from my normal character in all terms and I have decided to try out Shadow Priest and finally try to roleplay a tauren.

The only issue is that I have no idea how to handle this combo. So far I can only think of some how tying it to some kind of story akin to the Devouring Darkness in Highmountain.

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My initial thoughts in regards to Tauren Shadow Priest in general would be for such an individual to simply learn it from someone outside their race. I imagine to some, perhaps many, that may sound boring on the outset; perhaps even cliche.

There are a number of ways to approach such a broad concept. One could lean into the cultist theme the spec inherited in Legion, make your Tauren Twilight’s Hammer or part of some similar Old God cult. Alternatively the shadow magic could seen as divine, perhaps as part of some fringe philosophy regarding An’she and/or Mu’sha; like some take on the balance between light and dark, etc. One could also potentially interpret the spec’s magic/abilities as something else; make them a Mage, Necromancer, something like that.

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Hi! Moo cow here.

Tauren priests, particularly shadow priests, are probably not as odd or as difficult as you may be presuming. The oddity really comes from tauren just seeming off, aesthetically, from a lot of cloth wearers. Being more connected with druids and shaman in game than anything else.

You can, of course, go with some of Yonara’s ideas here. Bought into the whispers of the Old Gods, a Twilight Cultist. Learned from other shadow priests about the shadow/void. Particularly Forsaken or Blood Elves, maybe some Sha stuff from the Pandaren, hexing and cursing things from Trolls, the opportunities there are endless.

If you wanted a more tauren route, you want to focus on Mu’sha, the moon. This takes a bit more of a astronomical and lore combo, but it works well. Mu’sha, the moon, is the left eye of the Earth Mother. Azeroth’s 2nd moon, Lo’sho, is her pain and sorrow yet uncorrupted. Mu’sha and Lo’sho remind the tauren of the Earth Mother’s ever watchful gaze, of her love and protection against corruption and the shadow. They do not shine as bright as An’she, however. They allow darkness and shadow and cover the earth and with it, cold and pain, despair and sorrow, anxiety and fear. Faith in the Earth Mother, in Mu’sha, keeps you safe in the darkness, that lone source of light.

A tauren Seer, who is a Shadow Priest, can tap into the darkness and use it against the foes of the tauren, or those who desecrate nature. Fill their minds with self doubt and fear, debilitating curses, the frigid cold without the warmth of the Earth Mother. What would come to pass without her protection and grace. To be teachers to the Tauren, why Mu’sha and An’she are so important. How one watches and gives hope, tricks the darkness into thinking it is safe, the other shines bright and beats it back.

Its only mildly different than a druids lunar abilities. The Seer uses the darkness the Earth Mother protects against as a warning. While the druid uses the power of Mu’sha for protection. A Disc Priest would be similar to a Balance Druid, philosophically. One must know both light and dark, solar and lunar, An’she and Mu’sha, that one cannot overpower the other.

Hope this helps in some way.

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