Male Lolth Drow Clerics!?!

[ChentallyMallenged1]

Are impossible. Read Homeland by R. A. Salvatore to understand this. Please fix this.

[TheClamMan]

As far as I know, based off 5e sourcebooks, nothing prevents a male Lolth Drow from being a cleric

[NixAhmose]

From my understanding, 5e no longer have race/alignment restrictions for classes. The only class that has restrictions are paladins, though those are based on a specific set of rules they have to follow depending on what subclass they picked.

[Metallicus]

Originally posted by ChentallyMallenged1:

Are impossible. Read Homeland by R. A. Salvatore to understand this. Please fix this.

This is 5E D&D where everyone and everything is woke and equal just like RL.

[Alealexi]

Originally posted by NixAhmose:

From my understanding, 5e no longer have race/alignment restrictions for classes. The only class that has restrictions are paladins, though those are based on a specific set of rules they have to follow depending on what subclass they picked.

Actually they still have some race restrictions for some subclasses but that is up for the DM to follow or ignore. As far as paladins it would depend on the oath they choose. If you run a game you can say to anyone how tries to make one that they can't because of the lore. If it is any other world where Lolth doesn't exist then anything goes.

[Quillithe]

Originally posted by ChentallyMallenged1:

Are impossible. Read Homeland by R. A. Salvatore to understand this. Please fix this.

Don't make one then?

[RealDealBreaker]

Originally posted by ChentallyMallenged1:

Are impossible. Read Homeland by R. A. Salvatore to understand this. Please fix this.

It's a single player (or small group multiplayer with friends) game. If you don't want a male Lloth cleric, then don't make one. What someone else in their game decides to make has no effect on your game.

[War Maiden]

Originally posted by ChentallyMallenged1:

Are impossible. Read Homeland by R. A. Salvatore to understand this. Please fix this.

Males are not even supposed to be clerics in Drow Society. Did you read no lore?
Why are you even trying to attempt such a thing?
You do realize Drow is a society that is run by women?

Lolth gives credence to those from the Sorcere.
But they also know their lives are ultimately attributed to Lolth's Will.

Her Clerics are women only and will subvert any male trying to subvert her Will.

[Selvokaz]

Originally posted by ChentallyMallenged1:

Are impossible. Read Homeland by R. A. Salvatore to understand this. Please fix this.

Rayguy was a male drow priest/wizard of Lolth.

[Jessifer]

You are aware that even before 5E, that isn't true right? In Menzoberranzan? Correct. But news flash, there are other Drow cities. As stated by another commenter, Rai-guy, a member of the Bregan D'aerthe, is both a wizard, and CLERIC OF LOLTH. Lolthite male clerics exist, they just never get past a certain point in their priest status.

[Rottweiler]

"custom campaigns and worlds" Do what ever you want and do not worry about what other people do!

[Razorblade]

On top of everything else everyone has said regarding the canonicity of this statement, note that the DnD novels officially exist in a separate canon: https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2021/08/dd-wotc-declares-that-novels-arent-canon-for-5th-edition-and-vice-versa.html

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Male clerics existed among the drow, but in Lolth-dominated cities, they were targets of her female followers, and Lolth barred them from achieving power beyond a certain threshold. They served in low-ranking positions under lethal risks, and though capable of becoming divine disciples, it often caused the priestesses to kill them.

[ChentallyMallenged1]

Originally posted by War Maiden:

Originally posted by ChentallyMallenged1:

Are impossible. Read Homeland by R. A. Salvatore to understand this. Please fix this.

Males are not even supposed to be clerics in Drow Society. Did you read no lore?
Why are you even trying to attempt such a thing?
You do realize Drow is a society that is run by women?

Lolth gives credence to those from the Sorcere.
But they also know their lives are ultimately attributed to Lolth's Will.

Her Clerics are women only and will subvert any male trying to subvert her Will.

As I said male lolth drow clerics are impossible

[Space Hamster Family]

Originally posted by ChentallyMallenged1:

Are impossible. Read Homeland by R. A. Salvatore to understand this. Please fix this.

what an oversite! Now that WoTC has took on the problems of race in their games they should seek to fix the problem of gender discrimination! Far to often in the Forgotten Realms people are created with an assigned gender. This really is not fair to the clerics of drow that you are speaking of. I suggest we all send twweets, emails to WoTC so they can fix this. You might even want to write their local congress person there in the state of Washington.

[dulany67]

Originally posted by ChentallyMallenged1:

Originally posted by War Maiden:

Males are not even supposed to be clerics in Drow Society. Did you read no lore?
Why are you even trying to attempt such a thing?
You do realize Drow is a society that is run by women?

Lolth gives credence to those from the Sorcere.
But they also know their lives are ultimately attributed to Lolth's Will.

Her Clerics are women only and will subvert any male trying to subvert her Will.

As I said male lolth drow clerics are impossible

Cannon changes, my friend. But they can still be impossible for you.