Roleplaying Drow Gender [Archive] - Wizards Community

Roleplaying Drow Gender [Archive] - Wizards Community

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BladeVenom
08-20-03, 04:24 PM Drow females are the dominant ones in the matriarchal Drow society and males are subservient and literally second class citizens. Their main deity is female. Add on to this how repressive and harsh Drow society is. Also that elves are more effemininate than humans are to begin with. That would make males drows the most feminine of all the races and sexes in the D&D world. In Drows the females have the testoserone.

Who plays male drows accurately? To be accurate they should be played like a very feminine female elf.

I have only played a Drow once, and when I did I played a female Drow, since males are the wenches so to speak when it comes to Drow.
Alrunic Silverfyre
08-20-03, 04:25 PM Thank you for today's WTF?! Moment.

Read the War of the Spider Queen novels and then talk to me.
JusticeZero
08-20-03, 04:45 PM Hmm... Here's my suggestion..
Read as many horror stories as you can about women lording it over men (there are quite a few, as it is horrendously common in modern society) attacking them physically without fear of reprisal (because they're -girls-, they'd never do such a thing, right?), outright manipulating men into bad situations (like fights) for their own amusement, and sweet-talking their way through criminal courts effortlessly, among other things.
Dwell on them. Read them over and over again. Now turn up the volume on them a ways more.
Welcome to the life of a non-setting-specific male Drow.
canamrock
08-20-03, 06:05 PM Drow males are not so much effeminate as they are emasculated. They aren't prissy or girly, but are pretty much 'whipped' guys in a situation where they must act in a highly submissive role. Their attitudes toward this state are hard to quantify in general terms. I can see where effemininity has been groomed into a portion of the male population, but others might still have to fight to supress their hormonal instincts. It'd be interesting to say the least.
BladeVenom
08-21-03, 12:36 AM Originally posted by Alrunic Silverfyre
Thank you for today's WTF?! Moment.

Read the War of the Spider Queen novels and then talk to me.

First I have no interest in reading D&D fiction. Secondly the D&D based fiction is suppose to conform to the official D&D campaign books not the other way around.

After thousands of years of female domination, I would assume any masculinity would have been breed out of them. Or at the very least it would be almost permanently ingrained out of them.
horndgod
08-21-03, 01:57 AM Actually, the books are supposed to conform to the official D&D books of the appropriate edition. Newer versions of characters are attempts to shoehorn older concepts into a modern framework.

Secondly, your interpretation is just that, your interpretation. This doesn't make it any less valid than anyone else's interpretation, but then again, it isn't supported by official rules or novels.

:: observes a moment of silence for Drizzt Do'Urden, the Barbarian :rolleyes: ::

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
BladeVenom 08-20-03, 04:24 PM	Drow females are the dominant ones in the matriarchal Drow society and males are subservient and literally second class citizens. Their main deity is female. Add on to this how repressive and harsh Drow society is. Also that elves are more effemininate than humans are to begin with. That would make males drows the most feminine of all the races and sexes in the D&D world. In Drows the females have the testoserone. Who plays male drows accurately? To be accurate they should be played like a very feminine female elf. I have only played a Drow once, and when I did I played a female Drow, since males are the wenches so to speak when it comes to Drow.
Alrunic Silverfyre 08-20-03, 04:25 PM	Thank you for today's WTF?! Moment. Read the War of the Spider Queen novels and then talk to me.
JusticeZero 08-20-03, 04:45 PM	Hmm... Here's my suggestion.. Read as many horror stories as you can about women lording it over men (there are quite a few, as it is horrendously common in modern society) attacking them physically without fear of reprisal (because they're -girls-, they'd never do such a thing, right?), outright manipulating men into bad situations (like fights) for their own amusement, and sweet-talking their way through criminal courts effortlessly, among other things. Dwell on them. Read them over and over again. Now turn up the volume on them a ways more. Welcome to the life of a non-setting-specific male Drow.
canamrock 08-20-03, 06:05 PM	Drow males are not so much effeminate as they are emasculated. They aren't prissy or girly, but are pretty much 'whipped' guys in a situation where they must act in a highly submissive role. Their attitudes toward this state are hard to quantify in general terms. I can see where effemininity has been groomed into a portion of the male population, but others might still have to fight to supress their hormonal instincts. It'd be interesting to say the least.
BladeVenom 08-21-03, 12:36 AM	Originally posted by Alrunic Silverfyre Thank you for today's WTF?! Moment. Read the War of the Spider Queen novels and then talk to me. First I have no interest in reading D&D fiction. Secondly the D&D based fiction is suppose to conform to the official D&D campaign books not the other way around. After thousands of years of female domination, I would assume any masculinity would have been breed out of them. Or at the very least it would be almost permanently ingrained out of them.
horndgod 08-21-03, 01:57 AM	Actually, the books are supposed to conform to the official D&D books of the appropriate edition. Newer versions of characters are attempts to shoehorn older concepts into a modern framework. Secondly, your interpretation is just that, your interpretation. This doesn't make it any less valid than anyone else's interpretation, but then again, it isn't supported by official rules or novels. :: observes a moment of silence for Drizzt Do'Urden, the Barbarian :rolleyes: ::