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#1 Destroid Jun 07, 2014 19:44:17	Kind of a weird question, but I know there are monks, so are there nuns that live in abbeys/convents, possibly taking vows of celibacy etc.?
#2 Stigger Jun 09, 2014 7:34:12	Not nun orders per se, but the Church of Ilmater had something close in Tethyr at one point, though I doubt it was exclusively female, the Order of St. Rhynda, or something like that.  If there was, it would likely be found south of Tethyr, but north of Halruaa, given that the region has something of a sexist outlook (which would still be incredibly liberal by comparison to Earth) that is largely absent in the wider Realms.
#3 Destroid Jul 04, 2014 16:08:17	Given Monks take vows etc. anyway wouldn't Nuns just be female Monks that take a lot of vows? You wouldn't necessarily need the same distinction for it to be a rough equivalent.  I'm not sure how un-sexist the realms are, most of the major cities still seem fairly patriarchal, just not quite as oppressively so as in IRL Medieval times. It's maybe about equivalent to the 70s in terms of opportunities.
#4 Stigger Jul 05, 2014 0:36:35	Given that in 2e and 3e, a lot of the major city-states and nations of the setting were or have been ruled by women, I'd tend towards MUCH less sexist than even today's world myself.  4e changed a lot of that, but I suppose we'll see what the future holds.
#5 Destroid Jul 05, 2014 11:03:42	yeah, i like the idea of a more progressive world but on the other hand losing that makes the world harder to come up with relevant back stories. my character is a courtesan and i kind of wanted to make the point that in waterdeep you still had to marry into a family to succeed. however she dislikes the idea of having to justify her profession either way, it's just less of a headache.   plus it's harder ot be all girl power and sex positive feminism in a land where it's not so much an issue, lol. though i guess gievn a lot of real life issues will bleed over, you can equate it to modern times.
#6 Stigger Jul 06, 2014 11:19:14	Take a look at how much money courteseans and hard-currency workers actually make, and it becomes fairly apparent that they could have an awful lot of monetary power.  Just consider that most festhalls are charging up to a few hundred gold for an evening, but averaging more around five to ten gold... even if they're only keeping half of that, the rest going to the house, that's an awful lot of money compared to what most people are actually making.  My own take is that they tend to be fairly wealthy and prone to investment in other endeavors, and a lot of the Realmslore encourages that point of view.  Nothing says that they can't be girl power and sex positive feminists, it just has to have a bit of a spin to it, in that they already have basic equality, but want gain dominance, rather than mere parity with men.
#7 philipnicholls Aug 04, 2014 8:58:20	Destroid wrote:
#8 tallric_kruush Aug 04, 2014 14:29:12	philipnicholls wrote:
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#10 tallric_kruush Aug 05, 2014 4:52:01	philipnicholls wrote: