Lia Wrote:I don't think your all understanding what I'm saying. I'm speaking of, conceiving, birthing and raising a child within the game real time and later playing him/her as an adult.
The problem with this, inherently, is that we cannot play children. And the period of time required for any of the races to reach adulthood would render the ability to play the child as an adult to almost zero.
You see, the shortest amount of time that could pass before you (or anyone else) could roleplay the adult character is 15 years. This is due to the age at which each of the races reaches maturity:
- Blood Elf: 110
- Draenei: 2000
- Dwarf: 40
- Gnome: 40
- High Elf: 110
- Human: 18
- Night Elf: 300
- Orc: 15
- Tauren: 50
- Troll: 17
For comparison, fifteen years ago the Warcraft universe was embroiled in the events following the Second War. World of Warcraft (and its subsequent expansions) have only consisted of three to four years. As you can see, not enough time has passed in-game to allow a character to reach full maturity.
So, say you had an orc (selecting orc because they reach maturity earliest). And this orc got pregnant now, during Wrath of the Lich King; this is 32 DP in the timeline. She goes through the pregnancy -- however long that is -- and then have a squalling little orc baby, huzzah! So, maybe it's still 32 DP.
Fifteen years later you'd be able to roleplay the adult character. Since each expansion tends to cover the events of a single year, you'd be able to roleplay this orc child around the 17th or 18th expansion.
In other words, it would be unfeasible unless you have some kind of outside stimulus that either forced the child to age quicker or the child was taken back in time to roleplay next to his parents as an adult. While I've
seen this before in roleplay, I personally loathe it. Fortunately, I think that Conquest of the Horde has a rather strict policy regarding time-traveling: it's not allowed!
Now, here's something to consider instead. A few weeks back Kretol mentioned the possibility of allowed custom character model IDs that would potentially allow us to roleplay unconventional characters that would not normally be available through the game. While many people discussed things like murlocs and goblins and taunka and goodness knows what else, there is
another possibility to consider: children. There are unique IDs associated with children in World of Warcraft; as a result, it
might be possible to have someone roleplay a child.
I'd like to point out that this is a possibility and not a conclusion reached by the staff. I just kinda sorta thought up the idea as a result of reading this thread. I'm not sure if the new core supports these unique IDs and if playing a child would be allowed in the end. However, it's something to consider!
