Item Lore (not what you might think)

Postado por Archaeic

As I am an avid roleplayer, I was thinking of adding little bits of trivia to certain items. Culinary uses, or perhaps for potions how that might taste. It'd be mostly made up, using common sense of course. I wouldn't post it on popular items because that might clutter it up.

Would anyone object to this? It might liven up Wowhead a bit.

Postado por pelf

If you made a common format for your comments -- something visually pleasing using bold, italic and underline, quote boxes, bullets, etc. -- and tried posting it on a few high-traffic items, it's possible people mind just find it amusing and rank it up. Once you get more and more visibility, people would be more familiar with your posts, recognize the style, and then rank them up every time they see them.

Also, I'm not sure if the staff approves of such things, but you could also make a post in General about what you want to do, and add links to all the items you've added the RP posts to so people would know where to go to rank them up. Might also have an equally (or greater) negative effect, though, since I think there are more people who have distaste for RP than there are people who like it.

For example:

ARCHAEIC'S GUIDE TO THE FLORA, FAUNA AND MISCELLANY OF THE WORLD OF WARCRAFT
Some witty, but not-too-long, subtitle that will visually offset the title and offer some information about the guide.
Liferoot (Herb)

Very fond of water. Usually found near streams or pools.
Has natural healing properties. Often used as an ingredient for healing potions.
The meat of the root has a very spongy texture.
Its surprising sweet taste produces very appealing potions and allows it to be used as a light sweetener in cooking.

* WARNING *
Liferoot has mildly hallucinogenic effects in very large quantities or potent distillations. Use responsibly and with caution!

Just a thought. I'm not sure I like the quote boxes, but I was trying to make it stand out.

Postado por Archaeic

Thanks, I'll use that as a template.
For herbs, would it go on the page of the item, or the page of the object you gather it from?

Postado por pelf

Thanks, I'll use that as a template.
For herbs, would it go on the page of the item, or the page of the object you gather it from?

I think generally people will look at the item, not the object.

If you really are going to copy that (and I'd be flattered if you did), check out the revision I made. I didn't really like the title or the way it looked sitting off, left-aligned. Of course, feel free to change anything. The title I picked sounds very Harry Potter to me, but it's amusing.

Postado por ArgentSun

I like the idea. Will go over herbs and give them +rating whenever you are ready.

Postado por Resistance

love the idea and ditto argentsun

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