The troll rp guide

The guide is finished!

Download it here: http://www.aldrionaart.com/BTaC-1.pdf



((I'll removing old and now irrelevant posts from the thread to clean it up. And possibly make a sticky out of it, if you think the guide is good enough ))

Ryleen wrote:The guide is finished!

Download it here: http://www.aldrionaart.com/BTaC-1.pdf



((I'll removing old and now irrelevant posts from the thread to clean it up. And possibly make a sticky out of it, if you think the guide is good enough ))

((Do It already!! and post in the rp and SSL forums too ))

Omg! Not only did my post on the official forum about this get turned into a sticky, it's also on the front page! www.wow-europe.com

This deserves a congratz Well done Ry, you have truly set a very good guide for new troll roleplayers

shadowtroll wrote:This deserves a congratz Well done Ry, you have truly set a very good guide for new troll roleplayers

agreed. well deserved it was too

shadowtroll wrote:This deserves a congratz Well done Ry, you have truly set a very good guide for new troll roleplayers and old ones as well

Had to add this since there are some tips which I will gladly use for Shadowtrolls backstory

Cheers for Ry! Well done indeed

Could we have some clarification on Troll writing? In your guide it seems that the use of a written Troll language was something of the past. This would be in sync with this: http://heritageofzuljin.moonfruit.com/accent/4525181035 Still, this could be described a bit clearer. Do you see writing as a skill that was lost in time?

Mahda wrote:Do you see writing as a skill that was lost in time?

As i understand it, writing is not exactly a lost skill, but rather an extremely underused one. Trolls don't often write books (they don't write books at all tbh, which bugs Ros personally ^_^) so there isn't much reason to learn the written language. Those associated with the Zandalar tribe most likely still know how to write though.

Correct me if i'm wrong.

Trolls do have a written language, since they make tablets. But they do not have the kind of culture that records all knowledge. Instead, written word is often related to religion. Tablets are made in honour of the gods, to tell about the deeds of great heroes and things like that. Cutting text into stone is slow and tedious, and is only done for very special occassions. All other knowledge is kept in memory and shared through speech, and because of this I doubt all trolls know how to read. Most likely, only priests and witch doctors and such people take the time to learn that. Or at least, that's how it was up until when the Darkspears joined the Horde.

Ryleen wrote:Trolls do have a written language, since they make tablets. But they do not have the kind of culture that records all knowledge. Instead, written word is often related to religion. Tablets are made in honour of the gods, to tell about the deeds of great heroes and things like that. Cutting text into stone is slow and tedious, and is only done for very special occassions. All other knowledge is kept in memory and shared through speech, and because of this I doubt all trolls know how to read. Most likely, only priests and witch doctors and such people take the time to learn that. Or at least, that's how it was up until when the Darkspears joined the Horde.

Exactly. Having a written culture does not mean that each and every member of that culture can write. Think of the Middle Ages - there were quite many codexes, but only a few priests and noblemen could read and write, there was almost no education among the commoners.
The same way, a Zandalari priest can write and read the tablets, but an average headhunter cannot. Lore is passed on verbally, and not written.
I have never seen renderings of troll writing, but I imagine it similar to hieroglyphs - as in, images that are connected to the meaning of the word; perhaps a troll who can't read still could try and guess what the pictures mean.

Congratulations Ryleen on a really impressive piece of work. The content and layout are totally professional, it would look lovely if it was available as a book and I for one would buy it. Well done