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Lunduke is the Trump of tech May 8, 2023 @ 2:41pm
female lolth drow wizards!?!
Are impossible. Read Homeland by R. A. Salvatore to understand this. Please fix this.
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Dragon Master May 8, 2023 @ 3:01pm 
No, they are possible. Says so in the monster manual. They're just not as common as male wizards because for the men who can't cut it as fighters it becomes a matter of survival for them to learn magic. Women are free to pick their paths, well, as free as they can be in such a cutthroat backstabbing matriarchal society that is the drow.
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Lunduke is the Trump of tech May 8, 2023 @ 3:05pm 
Originally posted by Dragon Master:
No, they are possible. Says so in the monster manual. They're just not as common as male wizards because for the men who can't cut it as fighters it becomes a matter of survival for them to learn magic. Women are free to pick their paths, well, as free as they can be in such a cutthroat backstabbing matriarchal society that is the drow.
Nah not true.. not in lolth societies and not exclusive to menzo neither. It's forbidden for female lolthers to practice arcane arts
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Lunduke is the Trump of tech May 8, 2023 @ 3:09pm 
Originally posted by Dragon Master:
No, they are possible. Says so in the monster manual. They're just not as common as male wizards because for the men who can't cut it as fighters it becomes a matter of survival for them to learn magic. Women are free to pick their paths, well, as free as they can be in such a cutthroat backstabbing matriarchal society that is the drow.
it's also misleading to say "not cut it as fighters". Wizards are more poweful and useful than fighters are so if anything it's the other way around, as in if they don't have the intelligence to be a wizard. But really it doesn't say neither of this, it just says they are assigned to either the fighter or wizard school depending on what they are more suited to be in.
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Dragon Master May 8, 2023 @ 3:09pm 
Originally posted by Pan Darius Kairos:
Originally posted by Dragon Master:
No, they are possible. Says so in the monster manual. They're just not as common as male wizards because for the men who can't cut it as fighters it becomes a matter of survival for them to learn magic. Women are free to pick their paths, well, as free as they can be in such a cutthroat backstabbing matriarchal society that is the drow.
Nah not true.. not in lolth societies and not exclusive to menzo neither. It's forbidden for female lolthers to practice arcane arts

Wrong. Objectively false.

https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/mm/monsters-e#ElvesDrow

Originally posted by Monster Manual:
Privileged drow males who lack the strength and fighting prowess to train as warriors have no recourse but to pursue the study of magic. For them, it is a matter of survival. Female drow with a natural affinity for the arcane arts may also become drow mages, although they are much less common.

Whereas when it comes to the priests, there are no male drow clerics for this reason.

Originally posted by Monster Manual:
Female drow with blood ties to a noble house are molded and trained from birth to become priestesses of Lolth. The Spider Queen doesn’t allow male drow to hold such positions.

Such priestesses execute the will of the Spider Queen, and as a result, they wield tremendous power and influence in drow society. The matron mothers who rule the drow houses are the most powerful of Lolth’s priestesses, but they must constantly balance their devotion to the Spider Queen with their devotion to their families.
Last edited by Dragon Master; May 8, 2023 @ 3:10pm
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SpaceNvader May 8, 2023 @ 3:10pm 
Originally posted by Pan Darius Kairos:
Are impossible. Read Homeland by R. A. Salvatore to understand this. Please fix this.

Not all drow live in Menzoberranzan nor follow Lloth. Look up Eilistraee. Gotta say this is a much better thread than many around here.
Last edited by SpaceNvader; May 8, 2023 @ 3:14pm
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Dragon Master May 8, 2023 @ 3:12pm 
Originally posted by manwitch:
Originally posted by Pan Darius Kairos:
Are impossible. Read Homeland by R. A. Salvatore to understand this. Please fix this.

Not all drow live in Menzoberranzan.

Not to mention that Salvatore's book isn't actually canon.
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Rusted Metal May 8, 2023 @ 3:29pm 
Very rude! A Female Lolth Drow can be whatever they wish to be.
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navystylz May 8, 2023 @ 11:58pm 
Originally posted by Dragon Master:
Originally posted by manwitch:

Not all drow live in Menzoberranzan.

Not to mention that Salvatore's book isn't actually canon.

This was the comment I was looking for. lol
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Wyrtt May 9, 2023 @ 5:31am 
Originally posted by Pan Darius Kairos:
Are impossible. Read Homeland by R. A. Salvatore to understand this. Please fix this.
Imagine using Salvatore fanfics over official rules.
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Tempest May 9, 2023 @ 8:30am 
This is the best post in a while.
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KalDrax May 9, 2023 @ 9:18am 
Originally posted by Pan Darius Kairos:
Are impossible. Read Homeland by R. A. Salvatore to understand this. Please fix this.

I assume you have never read any of the other authors in The forgotten realms such as Elaine Cunningham or her series on the daughter of Gromph
Baenre https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Daughter_of_the_Drow
Last edited by KalDrax; May 9, 2023 @ 9:20am
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Pan Darius Cassandra (Banned) May 9, 2023 @ 9:35am 
Everybody knows that all female Drow immediately become Priestess' of Lolth upon birth, because that is how they are described in the MM and they are only capable of a single role.

Likewise, male Drow immediately become the lowliest of menial servsnts at birth and never do anything else, ever, because the MM says so, and also the females bite the males heads off after mating.

/s
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Yojo0o May 9, 2023 @ 9:45am 
Originally posted by Wyrtt:
Originally posted by Pan Darius Kairos:
Are impossible. Read Homeland by R. A. Salvatore to understand this. Please fix this.
Imagine using Salvatore fanfics over official rules.

Okay, serious question: What is this assertion based on? Because I was under the impression that all DnD novels are, in fact, canon unless stated otherwise. Furthermore, I thought most Drow society canon was actually directly a result of how R.A. Salvatore characterized it in his various books, notably the Homeland trilogy.
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sauve1028 May 9, 2023 @ 10:06am 
Here's my take. In Drow society females are clerics, males are fighters or magic users. But, on the very rare occasion of a Drow breaking free of Drow society (looking at you Drizzt). I would think this very rare Drow could be what ever he or she wants to be.
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LadyofRage May 9, 2023 @ 10:18am 
Originally posted by Yojo0o:
Originally posted by Wyrtt:
Imagine using Salvatore fanfics over official rules.

Okay, serious question: What is this assertion based on? Because I was under the impression that all DnD novels are, in fact, canon unless stated otherwise. Furthermore, I thought most Drow society canon was actually directly a result of how R.A. Salvatore characterized it in his various books, notably the Homeland trilogy.

Absolutely no disrespect here I'm just posting the facts. Just for the record I don't agree with the OPs topic here either.

This should answer your question:

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2021/08/dd-wotc-declares-that-novels-arent-canon-for-5th-edition-and-vice-versa.html
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