Because every verse in Disciples of Devotion is built from its number, the whole guild sees the same text. That makes a reading night easy to run. Here is how.
Before the night
- Choose a chapter. For a first night, Chapter 3 (The Four Sights), Chapter 43 (The Chant) or Chapter 64 (Hessk the Beggar King) are short, story-driven and well loved. Browse them in the live reader.
- Choose a place. Somewhere quiet, warm and a little scenic. A sunny ridge, a ruined tower, the steps of an inn. Avoid capital-city traffic unless you want an audience.
- Choose a reader. One person reads; everyone else listens and responds. Rotate readers between chapters.
- Announce it. Post the chapter and verse range in guild chat and on Discord: Tonight, Devotion 3:1 to 3:20, at the Warm Ridge.
On the night
- Gather. The reader opens with the Prayer of the Triangle or a single Glory to Xal'Reth.
- The reader types
/dod play 3:1, sets the interval to 20 or 25 seconds, and ticks Stop after hand-written verses so the reading ends where the scripture does. - Listeners respond in emote between verses: a bow, a nod, a quiet So it is coiled. Keep chat light so the verses stand out.
- At the end, the reader calls the Chant. Everyone answers.
After the night
Ask everyone to bookmark the verse that stayed with them (/dod mark) and share it in guild chat. Pick the next chapter. Over a season, a guild can read the whole of the hand-written scripture together, two thousand verses, one chapter at a time.
Tips
If combat breaks out, the addon pauses on its own and resumes on the same verse. If someone joins late, they can type /dod goto with the current verse number to catch up. If the reader's target is on a newcomer, the verses that address the faithful will speak to them by name. That is the best part.