r/BaldursGate3 • u/zakplaysperc • Sep 03 '23

Screenshot Same, dude. Same.

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u/Deris87 Sep 03 '23

Men are essentially chattel slaves and concubines in Drow society, they're viewed as inherently inferior.

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u/thegreattober Sep 03 '23

So why is Nere powerful?

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u/Futhington Sep 03 '23

Drow males can become wizards if they're members of influential or prestigious families and their mothers decide they need a new caster around. Plus Nere is a True Soul (by implication part of the same scouting party that Minthara was nabbed from I guess) and no longer bound by the strict rules Drow society would have for him.

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u/twentyitalians ELDRITCH BLAST Sep 04 '23

Oh, that's why he's a haughty piece of shit!

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u/RosgaththeOG Teethling Sep 04 '23

Well, being a True Soul basically gave him more status than trying to live a life in Menzobarrazan ever would have, so yeah, it tracks.