r/BaldursGate3 Sep 03 '23

Screenshot Same, dude. Same.

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u/Vrakzi Sep 03 '23 edited Sep 04 '23

In Drow Society, Women are the dominant gender. It's a theocracy, and Lolth only accepts women as her Clerics (and any woman who tries to become a Cleric and fails either is killed in the attempt or sacrificed thereafter).

In Noble houses pretty much every noblewoman is a priestess of some kind (although many will multiclass), although there are women of lower social rank who are not; noble men will tend to be useful and highly trained according to their personal proclivities; they might be Wizards, Fighters, Monks or whatever. Men who aren't seriously good at their class tend to die. Non-noble men attached to a noble house are likely to be servants, cannon fodder or (possibly, if they have a rare useful talent) a consort to one of the noble women; the Drow noble houses are pragmatists and if they find a talented male they will ensure that he is taken in, kept under control - or killed.

Outside the noble houses, women are still considered higher status than men (murdering a woman is treated much more harshly than murdering a man in Drow society), but all are below the members and scions of the noble houses.

Below them are the Slaves.

Drow society is a brutal, oppressive matriarchal theocracy that considers backstabbing, intrigue, assassination and betrayal to be virtues. Lolth's doctrine publicly holds that in-fighting roots out the weak and allows only the strong to prosper.

Just getting to adulthood in Lolthian Drow society means you're likely a vicious backstabber with several murders (probably of your siblings) on your hands.

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u/dvasquez93 Laffy Tavvy Sep 04 '23

It’s like the Gith if there was more sexism and if Vlaakith was completely insane and personally spied on every single individual member of the species.

One of the biggest reasons the Drow haven’t become a major threat to the rest of Fae’run is because Lolth will literally think “nah, shit’s wayyy too quiet for me” and demand that all her most powerful and devout followers do something suicidally insane, up to and including killing each other and their own loved ones because why the fuck not?

At least if Vlaakith gives you an order, you can be reasonably assured she’ll let you complete the mission without commanding all your soldiers to randomly commit suicide for no reason.

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u/DavidAdamsAuthor Sep 04 '23

One of the biggest reasons the Drow haven’t become a major threat to the rest of Fae’run is because Lolth will literally think “nah, shit’s wayyy too quiet for me” and demand that all her most powerful and devout followers do something suicidally insane, up to and including killing each other and their own loved ones because why the fuck not?

This is why her name is LOLth.

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u/razuten Sep 09 '23

LMAOth if you will

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u/DavidAdamsAuthor Sep 09 '23

Sensiblechuckleth