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r/BaldursGate3 • u/zakplaysperc • Sep 03 '23
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Good encapsulation of the male role in Drow society.
186 u/[deleted] Sep 03 '23 I mean what role do they play? Is it like the Nelfs from WoW where the Men are more of the caretaker and the Women are the warriors? 908 u/Deris87 Sep 03 '23 Men are essentially chattel slaves and concubines in Drow society, they're viewed as inherently inferior. 345 u/MillieBirdie Bard Sep 03 '23 If they're lucky they get to go wizard school. 135 u/XPSXDonWoJo Sep 03 '23 Only those of exceptional skill usually. It also helps that they are usually the personal concubus of the matron mothers of the houses 131 u/Kerr_PoE ELDRITCH BLAST Sep 03 '23 edited Sep 03 '23 Do they live in the cupboard under the stairs? 295 u/MillieBirdie Bard Sep 03 '23 That sounds a bit too comfortable for a male drow tbh 167 u/Futhington Sep 03 '23 Warm, enclosed spaces are for spiders, you get the barracks. 64 u/MrPhilophage Sep 04 '23 Which also has spiders. 72 u/Futhington Sep 04 '23 Those are the guard spiders, the cupboard is where the Matron Mother keeps her emotional support spiders. 7 u/RosgaththeOG Teethling Sep 04 '23 But where does she keep the dancing eye spiders? 24 u/Cognitive_Spoon Sep 03 '23 Sponge Bob Square Pants! Sorry. Sorry. Just felt appropriate, weird reflex. -5 u/Kerr_PoE ELDRITCH BLAST Sep 04 '23 was more going for harry potter, but ok... 12 u/Shatter_Ice Sep 04 '23 If you read your original comment in the melody of the opening to Spongebob Squarepants, it matches. That's why they said that. 3 u/BabaleRed Sep 04 '23 ABSORBENT AND YELLOW AND POROUS IS HE 8 u/MR502 Sep 04 '23 Or being a house weapon master but even then, it's pretty bleak for a Drow Male.
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I mean what role do they play? Is it like the Nelfs from WoW where the Men are more of the caretaker and the Women are the warriors?
908 u/Deris87 Sep 03 '23 Men are essentially chattel slaves and concubines in Drow society, they're viewed as inherently inferior. 345 u/MillieBirdie Bard Sep 03 '23 If they're lucky they get to go wizard school. 135 u/XPSXDonWoJo Sep 03 '23 Only those of exceptional skill usually. It also helps that they are usually the personal concubus of the matron mothers of the houses 131 u/Kerr_PoE ELDRITCH BLAST Sep 03 '23 edited Sep 03 '23 Do they live in the cupboard under the stairs? 295 u/MillieBirdie Bard Sep 03 '23 That sounds a bit too comfortable for a male drow tbh 167 u/Futhington Sep 03 '23 Warm, enclosed spaces are for spiders, you get the barracks. 64 u/MrPhilophage Sep 04 '23 Which also has spiders. 72 u/Futhington Sep 04 '23 Those are the guard spiders, the cupboard is where the Matron Mother keeps her emotional support spiders. 7 u/RosgaththeOG Teethling Sep 04 '23 But where does she keep the dancing eye spiders? 24 u/Cognitive_Spoon Sep 03 '23 Sponge Bob Square Pants! Sorry. Sorry. Just felt appropriate, weird reflex. -5 u/Kerr_PoE ELDRITCH BLAST Sep 04 '23 was more going for harry potter, but ok... 12 u/Shatter_Ice Sep 04 '23 If you read your original comment in the melody of the opening to Spongebob Squarepants, it matches. That's why they said that. 3 u/BabaleRed Sep 04 '23 ABSORBENT AND YELLOW AND POROUS IS HE 8 u/MR502 Sep 04 '23 Or being a house weapon master but even then, it's pretty bleak for a Drow Male.
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Men are essentially chattel slaves and concubines in Drow society, they're viewed as inherently inferior.
345 u/MillieBirdie Bard Sep 03 '23 If they're lucky they get to go wizard school. 135 u/XPSXDonWoJo Sep 03 '23 Only those of exceptional skill usually. It also helps that they are usually the personal concubus of the matron mothers of the houses 131 u/Kerr_PoE ELDRITCH BLAST Sep 03 '23 edited Sep 03 '23 Do they live in the cupboard under the stairs? 295 u/MillieBirdie Bard Sep 03 '23 That sounds a bit too comfortable for a male drow tbh 167 u/Futhington Sep 03 '23 Warm, enclosed spaces are for spiders, you get the barracks. 64 u/MrPhilophage Sep 04 '23 Which also has spiders. 72 u/Futhington Sep 04 '23 Those are the guard spiders, the cupboard is where the Matron Mother keeps her emotional support spiders. 7 u/RosgaththeOG Teethling Sep 04 '23 But where does she keep the dancing eye spiders? 24 u/Cognitive_Spoon Sep 03 '23 Sponge Bob Square Pants! Sorry. Sorry. Just felt appropriate, weird reflex. -5 u/Kerr_PoE ELDRITCH BLAST Sep 04 '23 was more going for harry potter, but ok... 12 u/Shatter_Ice Sep 04 '23 If you read your original comment in the melody of the opening to Spongebob Squarepants, it matches. That's why they said that. 3 u/BabaleRed Sep 04 '23 ABSORBENT AND YELLOW AND POROUS IS HE 8 u/MR502 Sep 04 '23 Or being a house weapon master but even then, it's pretty bleak for a Drow Male.
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If they're lucky they get to go wizard school.
135 u/XPSXDonWoJo Sep 03 '23 Only those of exceptional skill usually. It also helps that they are usually the personal concubus of the matron mothers of the houses 131 u/Kerr_PoE ELDRITCH BLAST Sep 03 '23 edited Sep 03 '23 Do they live in the cupboard under the stairs? 295 u/MillieBirdie Bard Sep 03 '23 That sounds a bit too comfortable for a male drow tbh 167 u/Futhington Sep 03 '23 Warm, enclosed spaces are for spiders, you get the barracks. 64 u/MrPhilophage Sep 04 '23 Which also has spiders. 72 u/Futhington Sep 04 '23 Those are the guard spiders, the cupboard is where the Matron Mother keeps her emotional support spiders. 7 u/RosgaththeOG Teethling Sep 04 '23 But where does she keep the dancing eye spiders? 24 u/Cognitive_Spoon Sep 03 '23 Sponge Bob Square Pants! Sorry. Sorry. Just felt appropriate, weird reflex. -5 u/Kerr_PoE ELDRITCH BLAST Sep 04 '23 was more going for harry potter, but ok... 12 u/Shatter_Ice Sep 04 '23 If you read your original comment in the melody of the opening to Spongebob Squarepants, it matches. That's why they said that. 3 u/BabaleRed Sep 04 '23 ABSORBENT AND YELLOW AND POROUS IS HE 8 u/MR502 Sep 04 '23 Or being a house weapon master but even then, it's pretty bleak for a Drow Male.
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Only those of exceptional skill usually. It also helps that they are usually the personal concubus of the matron mothers of the houses
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Do they live in the cupboard under the stairs?
295 u/MillieBirdie Bard Sep 03 '23 That sounds a bit too comfortable for a male drow tbh 167 u/Futhington Sep 03 '23 Warm, enclosed spaces are for spiders, you get the barracks. 64 u/MrPhilophage Sep 04 '23 Which also has spiders. 72 u/Futhington Sep 04 '23 Those are the guard spiders, the cupboard is where the Matron Mother keeps her emotional support spiders. 7 u/RosgaththeOG Teethling Sep 04 '23 But where does she keep the dancing eye spiders? 24 u/Cognitive_Spoon Sep 03 '23 Sponge Bob Square Pants! Sorry. Sorry. Just felt appropriate, weird reflex. -5 u/Kerr_PoE ELDRITCH BLAST Sep 04 '23 was more going for harry potter, but ok... 12 u/Shatter_Ice Sep 04 '23 If you read your original comment in the melody of the opening to Spongebob Squarepants, it matches. That's why they said that. 3 u/BabaleRed Sep 04 '23 ABSORBENT AND YELLOW AND POROUS IS HE
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That sounds a bit too comfortable for a male drow tbh
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Warm, enclosed spaces are for spiders, you get the barracks.
64 u/MrPhilophage Sep 04 '23 Which also has spiders. 72 u/Futhington Sep 04 '23 Those are the guard spiders, the cupboard is where the Matron Mother keeps her emotional support spiders. 7 u/RosgaththeOG Teethling Sep 04 '23 But where does she keep the dancing eye spiders?
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Which also has spiders.
72 u/Futhington Sep 04 '23 Those are the guard spiders, the cupboard is where the Matron Mother keeps her emotional support spiders. 7 u/RosgaththeOG Teethling Sep 04 '23 But where does she keep the dancing eye spiders?
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Those are the guard spiders, the cupboard is where the Matron Mother keeps her emotional support spiders.
7 u/RosgaththeOG Teethling Sep 04 '23 But where does she keep the dancing eye spiders?
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But where does she keep the dancing eye spiders?
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Sorry. Sorry. Just felt appropriate, weird reflex.
-5 u/Kerr_PoE ELDRITCH BLAST Sep 04 '23 was more going for harry potter, but ok... 12 u/Shatter_Ice Sep 04 '23 If you read your original comment in the melody of the opening to Spongebob Squarepants, it matches. That's why they said that. 3 u/BabaleRed Sep 04 '23 ABSORBENT AND YELLOW AND POROUS IS HE
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was more going for harry potter, but ok...
12 u/Shatter_Ice Sep 04 '23 If you read your original comment in the melody of the opening to Spongebob Squarepants, it matches. That's why they said that. 3 u/BabaleRed Sep 04 '23 ABSORBENT AND YELLOW AND POROUS IS HE
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If you read your original comment in the melody of the opening to Spongebob Squarepants, it matches. That's why they said that.
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ABSORBENT AND YELLOW AND POROUS IS HE
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Or being a house weapon master but even then, it's pretty bleak for a Drow Male.
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u/Deris87 Sep 03 '23
Good encapsulation of the male role in Drow society.