I dunno if anyone's crazy enough to get close enough to check :P But yeah, Tiamat is referred to as a queen or a goddess in most game lore. So it's a safe bet that Tiamat is a she :P
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I dunno if anyone's crazy enough to get close enough to check :P But yeah, Tiamat is referred to as a queen or a goddess in most game lore. So it's a safe bet that Tiamat is a she :P
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zebularMember, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 15,270Community Moderator
edited February 2015
I can wholeheartedly confirm that Tiamat is female. I'd call her a naughty canine word but that would be rude... to the female canines of the world.
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edited February 2015
I know this sounds silly, but hear me out: Within the D&D setting/lore, do these "gods" have gender for a functional reason, (i.e. they actually mate, give birth, and nurse their offspring), or is there a more "meta-reason" behind this implementation, (like having male & female gods makes it easier for us to relate to them)?
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ryoshinetteMember, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 488Arc User
edited February 2015
Maybe HAMSTER?
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I know this sounds silly, but hear me out: Within the D&D setting/lore, do these "gods" have gender for a functional reason, (i.e. they actually mate, give birth, and nurse their offspring), or is there a more "meta-reason" behind this implementation, (like having male & female gods makes it easier for us to relate to them)?
Not silly at all! It's a very valid question. They take on that persona themselves. There are some gods that are worshiped as a male deity while another region or setting worships them as female. However, it is always the god's own personification of themselves that directs this. In a cosmic sense they are neither, they are both. However you want to look at it.
Not silly at all! It's a very valid question. They take on that persona themselves. There are some gods that are worshiped as a male deity while another region or setting worships them as female. However, it is always the god's own personification of themselves that directs this. In a cosmic sense they are neither, they are both. However you want to look at it.
Interesting. So, did the gods have any sort of male/female identity before humanoids existed, (I'm assuming the gods came before the humanoid races - please correct me if I'm wrong)?
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Interesting. So, did the gods have any sort of male/female identity before humanoids existed, (I'm assuming the gods came before the humanoid races - please correct me if I'm wrong)?
They did because the Primordials have masculinity and femininity, therefore that was already in place and was something that drove their own personification when dealing with the Primordials. Even before the Primordias, Lord Ao personified himself as Male when he created Seluné and Shar, which he personified them as female in their creation. From them, many other deities were born and the personification of a deity's masculinity and femininity became dominant.
Now I'm curious. Is it the same case with gods like, say, Cyric who were mortals before becoming deities?
That's a tricky one. As a full deity now, he may choose whatever gender he decides to manifest as, but also as a god now, he is in raw essence neither male nor female. He portrays himself as male however. If ever he were to drop down to mortal status, he would need to choose his gender or it would be forced upon him based on Lord Ao's creedance. Which, as a DM, I if such were to happen, as Lord Ao I would force him to continue in his masculine nature and be a mortal male once again.
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Interesting. So, did the gods have any sort of male/female identity before humanoids existed, (I'm assuming the gods came before the humanoid races - please correct me if I'm wrong)?
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