Schedule raid night in your Discord server

A raid night is not a vibe check. You need names against nights, a clear “has the tank answered?”, and a moment when the roster is complete. Reaction polls hide that. They also collapse when someone can do Tuesday or Thursday but not both — two emojis look like two people.

Raid-helper bots are excellent after the time exists: signups, roles, ready checks. They are awkward as the first tool, because they assume a locked datetime. Officers still spend Sunday night in #scheduling asking who can swap from Wednesday to Thursday.

Set expected responses to the number of people who must be there — 8 for a Mythic static, 20 for a larger AotC group, 10 if you include bench. The progress count is the whole point: 6 / 8 means you wait; 8 / 8 means you call it. Optional social members can still vote; they just should not inflate the target.

Require Discord login if you need votes tied to real accounts. Leave login off if alts and friends-of-friends need to answer with a name. Officers can still read the results page and see the overlap.

1. Add your candidate raid nights

   Create a poll with each night you might run — e.g. Tuesday and Thursday at 8 PM. Use consistent times so the roster knows what they're choosing.

2. Connect your Discord channel

   During poll setup, connect #raids or your events channel. No bot invite — just Discord's channel picker.

3. Set expected responses to roster size

   Match your core raid team so you know when everyone has weighed in. Alts and social members can still vote; they do not have to count toward the target.

4. Post the poll link in server

   Pin it in your scheduling channel. Members mark every night they can attend — not only their favourite.

5. Call the night with best attendance

   When results are in, lock the winning date. Plannio can post the locked time to Discord. Then create the Discord Event or raid-helper post as usual.

Connect the webhook to #raids or #scheduling, not #memes. Enable new-vote and everyone-responded events so the channel shows momentum. Use a manual reminder once — not three times a day — for people who have not voted. When you lock the date, the channel gets one canonical “we’re going Thursday 8pm” message.

After lock, create the Discord Event or your usual raid-helper post. Plannio does not replace loot rules, voice-move bots, or attendance spreadsheets. It replaces the pre-raid availability thread that never quite finishes.

You do not need a sixth. A webhook is not another bot user. If leadership is allergic to new integrations, that is the pitch: no member list change, channel-only posting, and you can disconnect it when the season ends. The poll link still works even if you never connect Discord — you just lose the channel headlines.