Homosexuality in the Forgotten Realms

jhkim · Jul 28, 2007

I haven't followed any of the FR books, and I recently heard that homosexuality was common in the Forgotten Realms.

Is this true? Does this actually show up in the game books, or is this just something from the novels? Just curious.

Nyaricus · Jul 28, 2007

jhkim said:
I haven't followed any of the FR books, and I recently heard that homosexuality was common in the Forgotten Realms.

Is this true? Does this actually show up in the game books, or is this just something from the novels? Just curious.

From where did you read/hear such a thing? Sources?

jhkim · Jul 28, 2007

Nyaricus said:
From where did you read/hear such a thing? Sources?

Oops. Sorry, here's a link:

http://www.therpgsite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=123142&postcount=48

and after a Google search, I found this:

http://forums.pocketplane.net/index.php/topic,22441.msg302969.html#msg302969

Don't blame me! I just heard it. :heh:

jdrakeh · Jul 28, 2007

Nyaricus said:
From where did you read/hear such a thing? Sources?

RPGPundit. Of course, the source in question has been known to invent many things from wholecloth to win an argument (for example, there is supposedly, a credible study someplace that proves pipe-smokers live longer than non-smokers). Aside from Eleminster's trysts with Mystra, I'm not certain that I've seen overt references to sex or sexuality in any of the Realms products that I own.

Philotomy Jurament · Jul 28, 2007

jhkim said:
I haven't followed any of the FR books, and I recently heard that homosexuality was common in the Forgotten Realms.Is this true?

Well, obviously. Duh.

dragonlordofpoondari · Jul 28, 2007

Not sure about the Realms, but there's plenty of evidence about Gayhawk ... erm ... I mean Greyhawk. I'm actually a huge Greyhawk fan, btw. I'm just a sucker for bad puns.

Is Fagotten Realms pushing it? That was the cleaner version. :uhoh:

Anyway, I imagine that there would be a higher incidence among elven population, no matter what setting you consider.

Only a guess.

dragonlordofpoondari · Jul 28, 2007

Wilderlands of High Fantasy and Dragonlance ... both are already kind of punny.

Whew ... okay ... I should stop now.

humble minion · Jul 28, 2007

Well, dunno about whether it's actually common or not, but it does exist in the canon WotC setting (Ed Greenwood's FR as run for his home games is much more ... liberated then published material).

There is at least one city in the FRCS (Elversult it seems to be) where the female high constable is described as the 'consort' of the female ruler of the city.

NewJeffCT · Jul 28, 2007

jhkim said:
I haven't followed any of the FR books, and I recently heard that homosexuality was common in the Forgotten Realms.

Is this true? Does this actually show up in the game books, or is this just something from the novels? Just curious.

it's D&D - homosexuality can be the norm, if you so choose, or it can be non-existent, and it can be explained away as the will of the gods.

Not that there's anything wrong with either point of view.

Kae'Yoss · Jul 28, 2007

I guess this isn't in the published stuff not only because of Wizards' dedication to make books that kids can use, but also because things like that are best decided within the gaming group, not in the published setting.

If you want your gameworld (whether it's Midnight, FR, Eberron, GH, your homebrew) to be open to such things, go ahead. If you want to have regular orgies in your world's cities that make Sodom look like a Fortress of Virtue, go right ahead. If you want to make all that happen off stage, never mentioning it in your games, it's fine.