Hated Draenei

Skarain wrote:Witchcraft and Voodoo definitely. Though, i would advice being cautious with such a concept. There are no previous examples in Lore about Draenei being so invested in Spiders. Trolls do have a Spider Loa(god), Shadra, but i doubt the Loa are very friendly towards outsiders.

Skarain wrote:Nice points up there, Zaraj.

As for legs from the back.... i think that might be a bit to much. You'd need a damn good reason to explain such, and should such be permanently attached, you're 100% sure to attract "Demon! Abomination! Kill it!" shouts. (since... you have frigging spider legs sprouting out form your back. How natural is that?)

Zaraj wrote:Spider legs growing out the back might be a bit much, because (unless they've patched it in) there isn't a way to show that there are, as said spider legs growing out your back. Not to mention, then you sorta stop being draenei and being half spider, if that was possible. Not to mention, you might get a lot of shit for it from other RPers.

Otherwise, controlling spiders or so isn't too much of a far-fetch and doesn't really need witchcraft, considering there are beast masters etc. As a young draenei, your character was fascinated by spiders and spent more time around them than with his/her peers, despite the fact that spiders are pretty lethal and creepy. This is turned helped develop a distant behaviour and made your character slightly resented.

There may be a question as to why spiders wouldn't eat a draenei if they could be considered food, as pretty much every quest in WoW that involves spiders is about killing them. The only quest I can think of was the spider in Teldrassil who had been corrupted or something, and you had to free her, which showed that spiders could be sorta "pure" as well.

But I can only echo what Amaryl said in that such a question isn't necessarily interesting. Your character's love for spiders and his/her affinity with them made her slightly shunned, because it's pretty weird and it's more of a naturalist approach than the normal virtue based draenei society. That she becomes an outcast, shy, distant etc is more interesting than why spiders wouldn't eat her, for instance. If her backstory makes her become a distant and withdrawn draenei who likes spiders and doesn't hang out with the rest of draenic society, then that's good enough.

Feral / Blackfall wrote:If you could work in a strong dislike for the Light, as a Draenei--for whatever reason--and if she had been very vocal about that in her past, I imagine she'd have been greatly disliked by other Draenei.

Being suspicious, for example (vocally so) about the nature and motives of the Naaru--perhaps even outright claiming that they're evil deep down, somehow (there doesn't need to be any background for this in lore; it can be madness on her part, or simply paranoia etc.), might have done it.

And from there, perhaps, she could have turned to nature as her guide--maybe following the example of Azeroth's druids--and found a particular liking for spiders, maybe for some deep personal metaphorical reason, if you want to have her spidery-themed.

Eldiros wrote:With what Eldiros has now heard of you recently in an RP, he'll likely be a larger adversary of yours as well. Elder Fabulous is coming for you!!!

Coppersocket wrote:Sounds you're trying way too hard. 2/10.

Edit:
Making simple characters that develop by the actions of players around them, is not only more accepted in general- but also gives you a far better connection to your character. Neither of which makes you come out as a try-hard.

Shadesprocket wrote:I'd be wary about that, going teh evulz is a surefire way to cut yourself off from alot of rp unless you have the contacts to sustain such, and you'll be hunted down by every do-gooder and their grandmother if you set foot in SW with batshit crazy labeled above your head.

Coppersocket wrote:You're forcing it however, which isn't good. That's a really big mistake that a lot of people do. Instead of going by the moment you attempt to have things planned out from the get-go. Let your imagination flow in the moment, don't think too much about it, and more importantly don't try to make your character be awesome. Let the actions you take with the character define it.

Otherwise you come across as silly, and you don't stand out at all. For example, there's a ton of people who give their characters nicknames to seem more awesome. Yet in reality nobody calls them by the nickname the creator gave the character. It's important to try be as natural as possible with these sort of things. Really important. If you can't make your character feel natural to a specific behavior that syncs with you, as a person in some way- a way that makes you personally connected to the character, then your character will only be judged by it.

Basically; don't define the character. Let the character define you. (To a degree. The character isn't you, after all. But you hopefully get what I mean.)

Edit: Also, you may want to try work on reducing the triple dots. You just come across as really insecure and depressed when you keep writing them. Just a heads up.

Coppersocket wrote:the triple dots.

Dwyburn wrote:Hey! Don't pick on triple dots. They're fine for expressing pauses when a character speaks etc.

Dwyburn wrote:Hey! Don't pick on triple dots. They're fine for expressing pauses when a character speaks etc.