Members and characters

Guide: How to join your guild and create your character

A member is a person in your guild. Each member can have several characters, each with its own wishlists and loot history.

Where do I find members and characters?

Open Guild > Members, then select a member or character name to open their profile. For example, Sam's member profile brings together Sam's warrior and priest; each character also has its own profile.

Characters without an owner appear under Unclaimed. Archived members and unclaimed characters have separate sections you can expand. Use the Roster page to compare characters and their loot.

For repeated administration edits, someone with character-edit permission can use Roster > Edit Characters. Members who can claim characters also have Roster > Unclaimed Characters. These are separate editing and claiming pages.

How do I create my character?

1. Open Profile in the top navigation while viewing your guild.
2. Under Characters, choose Create character.
3. Enter your exact in-game name and fill in your details.
4. Press Save.

If your character already exists, claim it when claiming is available, or ask an officer to link it to you. Creating another copy would lose the connection to its existing lists and history. You can repeat these steps for your alts. If you have not joined yet, follow How to join your guild and create your character.

What does character-name autocomplete show?

On Create Character, Edit Character, and Create Characters, typing at least one character in the name input looks for names in your current guild. The dropdown overlays the form. It shows up to 15 matches, with exact matches first and the rest alphabetically. Names use class colors; the detail line shows class and spec when known. Archived characters are included because their names still prevent duplicates. Editing a character excludes that character from its own suggestions.

Arrow keys highlight results without changing the typed name. Escape closes the dropdown. Clicking a result or pressing Enter on a highlighted result opens that character; it does not copy the suggestion into the form. Tab moves to the next field.

On Create Character, opening a result leaves the form in the same tab and discards its unsaved data without the leave-form warning. A Claim result opens the profile at its claim panel; ownership changes only after you press Claim this character there. Modified clicks that open a new tab keep the original form and its warning.

On Edit Character and Create Characters, results open the profile in a new tab and keep your form intact. If there are no matches, Name available appears. This lookup does not reserve the name; saving still checks it.

How do I claim an existing character?

You must be an active member of the guild. Claiming is available when the guild enables Allow members to claim unassigned characters under Guild > Settings > Members, or when you have permission to edit characters. The guild setting defaults to off.

On your own member profile, press Claim an existing character beneath your characters, or choose Roster > Unclaimed Characters. Find yours, press Claim, and answer Yes to Is [character name] your character? Only active characters with no assigned member can be claimed. You can also claim from the highlighted panel on an eligible character's profile.

Claiming links the character to your current member profile, keeping its saved lists and history. It never transfers another member's character. Even an officer's Claim assigns it to themselves; use the character editor or Edit Characters page to assign someone else. Loot editing still follows the guild's locks. Claims appear in the audit log.

Can officers create characters for other people?

Yes. Someone with permission to edit other characters can choose a Guild Member when creating a character. Choosing a member links the character to that person. Leaving the choice empty creates an Unclaimed character.

You can also create missing characters while assigning loot or on the raid form. You need permission for that page and permission to edit characters. Choose Member to link a new character to someone in your guild, or leave it Unclaimed.

An unclaimed character stays in the guild roster and can have loot recorded against it. The player does not need to have joined TMB first. It remains in the roster until archived.

How do I link an unclaimed character to a member?

The player must first join your guild on TMB so they appear in the member list. If claiming is available, they can assign an unclaimed character to themselves. An officer with character-edit permission can also:

1. Open the character's profile and choose Edit.
2. Select the player under Guild Member.
3. Press Save.

The character keeps its existing lists and history. Joining the guild does not automatically claim a character with a matching name.

The same field can move a character to another member. Clearing it makes the character unclaimed again. For several changes, use Roster > Edit Characters, choose Unclaimed > Yes to find unassigned characters, and save each row separately. This changes ownership on TMB only.

Can I create several characters at once?

If you have permission to edit other characters, open Roster → Create Characters. You can create up to 20 characters in one submission.

Fill in the rows yourself, or paste a list of character names and choose Load Characters. You can also load names from a Warcraft Logs report if your guild has connected a Warcraft Logs account.

Loading fills the form so you can review it. It does not save the characters yet. Check the names, owners, and other details, then press Create. The page reports names that already exist. Warcraft Logs can supply class information; check the remaining fields yourself.

What can I change about a character?

You can edit your own character's details. Editing someone else's character requires permission. Open the character's profile, choose Edit, make your changes, and press Save.

Changing class can clear an incompatible spec, so check both before saving. Choosing a spec can automatically select a role and briefly flash the Role input; you can override it. Character names must be unique within the TMB guild, including archived characters. If a name is already taken, look for the existing character before creating another one.

For repeated edits, Roster > Edit Characters offers name, member, class, spec, role, main raid group, and Alt and Archived checkboxes in a table. The chevron in its own column before Name expands professions, level, spec label, General Raid Groups, and notes below the main inputs. These details start collapsed; collapsing them keeps unsaved edits. The green Save button with the floppy disk icon and Undo apply to the whole character row, including its expanded details. The page requires permission to edit characters. Use the Edit character navigation icon to the right of the name input for race and available PvP rank fields. See the Edit Characters page for field limits and permissions.

These edits update TMB. They do not rename or change your character in World of Warcraft. See Raid groups for more about group membership.

Can I change my member name?

Yes. Open your member profile, choose Edit, change Username, and save. This is your display name within this TMB guild. It does not change your Discord name or your characters' names.

Someone with permission to edit other members can also update your profile.

Who can see member and character notes?

Both members and characters can have notes. A member note is about the person; a character note belongs to that particular character.

• Public Note: Anyone in the TMB guild can see it.
• Officer Note: Only people with permission to view officer notes can see it. Editing it requires officer-note edit permission.

Public and officer notes can each contain up to 140 characters. Edit them on the member or character's edit page, then press Save. Character editors can also expand a row with its chevron on Roster > Edit Characters, edit its notes, and press that row's Save. Its Officer Note input requires both officer-note viewing and editing permissions and is hidden while Streamer Mode is on. Profile pages also offer a public-note pencil to the owner and editors with officer-note editing permission. The character profile offers an officer-note pencil when viewing and editing permissions allow it. Streamer mode hides officer notes and their inline inputs on profile pages.

Note displays support Markdown: **Main character** makes text bold, *Available weekends* makes it italic, and [TMB wiki](/wiki) creates a link. Notes on individual wishlist or loot entries have their own controls; these formatting options do not apply to every Note field.

What can I see on a profile?

A member profile brings together their characters, notes, raid history, and known recipes. You can also expand their archived characters.

A character profile shows their details, notes, item lists, and raid history, including received loot by equipment slot. You can expand other numbered wishlists. The guild's settings control which features and lists you can see.

For editing these lists, see Wishlists, Prios, and Received loot.

How do I open a character's wishlist and loot editor?

1. Open Guild → Members.
2. Select the character's name to open their profile. Unowned characters are under Unclaimed.
3. Beside the character's name, select wishlist & loot.
4. Find Wishlist, Received Items, or Rare Recipes, make your changes, and press Save.

The separate edit link opens character details, such as name, class, and ownership. Use wishlist & loot for item lists. Editing someone else's lists requires permission, and guild settings can restrict edits to your own lists.

Where are the wishlist and received-loot unlocks?

Authorized editors can find Unlock wishlists and Unlock received loot list on the member's edit page. These exceptions apply to that member's characters.

The Unlock Wishlist / Received Loot link in the character editor leads to this member page. It does not unlock only the character you came from. See Wishlist and received-loot locks, exceptions, and visibility for the full rules.

How do I archive or restore a character?

Open the character's edit page, select Archive, and save. The character's owner or an authorized editor can do this.

Archiving hides the character from ordinary lists while keeping its saved history. It does not stop the member from using the guild or archive their other characters.

To bring the character back, open it from the archived section, edit it, clear Archive, and save. Owned characters are listed under their member's Archived characters; archived unclaimed characters are in the Members directory.

Authorized editors can also check the row's Archived checkbox on Roster > Edit Characters to archive it, or uncheck it to restore it, then press that row's Save. The checkbox stays red in both states. It requires permission to archive characters, or ownership of that character. Archiving makes a character unavailable to claim; restore it before claiming.

How do I remove or restore a member?

An authorized editor can open another member's edit page, select Archive/Kick/Ban, and save. This blocks that person's access to the TMB guild and archives their characters. It keeps their records rather than deleting them.

To restore the member, open Guild → Members, expand Archived Members, edit their profile, clear Archive/Kick/Ban, and save. They will still need to meet the guild's Discord access rules.

Restoring a member also restores all their archived characters, including any that were archived separately before the member was removed. Check their character list afterward if some should stay archived.

How do I leave a TMB guild?

Choose /gquit on your member profile or beside the guild on the TMB home page, then confirm. This archives your member profile and characters. It does not leave the Discord server or your in-game guild.

You cannot rejoin on your own afterward. An authorized editor needs to restore your member profile first.

The TMB guild owner must transfer ownership before leaving. Disabling the guild is another option if the owner wants to close access for everyone while keeping the records.