Alright I’ve managed to find some down time again so I guess I’ll keep up with this blog. Hmm, looks like you should all have a pretty good over view now of what Azeroth is like. Ah, but I haven’t covered what death is like so let me briefly go over that.
Death in Azeroth isn’t exactly like death out there in RL. When someone gets killed in World of Warcraft their sprit continues to exist. We can wonder just about anywhere in the land, however when we are in sprit form, we cannot interact with the world around us in any way. In order to come back to life, we have to wander all the way back to where our corpse is and re-enter our body. It hurts like heck dying but you get used to it. Spend enough time in Azeroth and your surly going to find yourself in over your head sometimes. The biggest bummer about dying in Azeroth is all of your fancy gear that your wearing takes a big durability hit. The fancier your armor, like mine, and the more it will cost you to repair when you find your way back to town. If you don’t keep your Armor repaired, eventually it will break on you, causing you to lose all the beneficial stats and buffs it had given you as well. You can’t wear it again until you take it to be repaired by a skilled Blacksmith.
The photo by the way, is me and the Spirit Healer. This is what its like to be dead in Azeroth. The spirit healer is one option of returning to life in Azeroth but she generally sucks. She pretty much breaks all your gear on the spot and what’s more, she charges you money too! We really only use her if we really get in a bind cuz she’s such a chump when it comes to bringing adventurers back to life.
There is one loop hole in death though. Certain classes, like priests or paladins, have the awesome ability to resurrect anyone who may have gotten chewed up by some monsters. If they are near your corpse, all they have to do is cast their resurrect spell and bam, Warriors like me get to come back to life. No running around, looking for my corpse mumbo jumbo. I gotta say it’s pretty sweet being resurrected, its kind of like the rush you get from drinking way to much caffeine when you’re really tired except it all hits you at once, in one big shocking explosion. And yes, we have caffeinated beverages here in Azeroth. Mmmm, black coffee… delicious.
-Wingnutt of FOEHAMMER
