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My thoughts... for most purposes, mother and unborn child are a single entity. We don't have stats for the unborn child, so it's all dependant on the mother. Any spell affecting her automatically affects the child. Easy as that. Weird side-effects are nice and fine, but probably not what we...

Actually, I like the Max Dex idea a lot. I just uploaded my latest proposal for Pregnancy mechanics to the site, but I will adjust the table for Dex and landspeed. Expect it within 10-15 minutes on the site. Edit: File Uploaded. I am not going to repost it here, as there are 2 tables in there...

Ok, on the awkwardness thing, I can see both sides working... so I'll wait on some more comments. The Magic & Pregnancy section was one of my favorites too, and I agree it was a little long, so let's trim that baby down. No pun intended. Morning Sickness: Yes, checked daily upon waking up...

Well, yeah. Death does not only end the career, but also everything else. So, barring death, pregnancy could grind a campaign to a halt. So, while the mother's physical prowess is hampered, I don't see anything wrong with adding a few positive modifiers to some social skills to help her out. Of...

Ok, did a quick bit of research on morning sickness. It was amazingly easy to find info on that. Here's what I found: How common is it? About 10-20% of women have no nausea or vomiting, 28-30% have nausea only, and 52-56% experience some vomiting. Some researches say morning sickness can be a...

Ok, I see your point on the Armor Check Penalty idea. It could have been called Pregnancy Check Penalty, but that's besides the point. However, instead of Dex damage, how about an increasing penalty to everything Dex related like skills, saves, ranged attacks, etc. Certain skills should not be...

Very good points Alzrius, and thanks for the correction on the Con/HP issue. I agree on removing Weakness. IMO, the Awkward factor would be easier replicated with an Armor Check penalty, as that covers all the things. Having that at a fixed rate would be good, maybe on alternate stages of...

Nice job on the spells everybody. I am not going to comment on each and every spell here, but just one quick thing... Adept is an NPC class. While it is definitely fitting for them to have some of these spells, let's not clutter the spell list up any more than necessary. I have yet to see any...

Sounds like a plan... as far as pregnancy goes, I don't think that anyone is avoiding it. We just need the go-ahead from the conception end of things. The only thing left there is the final verdict on the conception issue, but that doesn't really affect anything else, so let's get going on...

I'll make a note and add that to the racial stuff when I get the chance. Anything special about Maenads that should go in there?

DbS, good stuff. Let's just go with that and see what happens once we finish out Equipment and Spells. The interbreeding section looks good to me. Let's move on to Pregnancy. :D

No need for any flame-retardant suits here... I can live with the simplistic version. Even with contraceptives only being a modifier for the conception roll, I'd still like to include various forms of birth control. There are so many cool and interesting things that were used throughout...

Thanks Loren... I'll make sure to jot all that down. I didn't know about the camel IUD, so I stand corrected and amazed. History never ceases to do that to me... Ain't it great?

BrevDavis, that about sums it up. As far as the contraceptive rolls go, it will be a lot less rolls for most encounters. Just to reaffirm that for everybody: Most couples won't go to the extreme when it comes to contraception. One (maybe two at most) contraceptive used at any given time will...

We are still fiddling with the conception rules... we'll get to gestation and pregancy shortly. Btw, VVrayven, how are the soft-focus rules coming?

I agree with Loren here... it is a proven fact that using multiple forms of birth control is the safest way of having fun. Most modern form of contraceptives have a chance of failure (usually indicated by a 99.9% rate of success), but it really bites if you are the 0.1% couple. Hence, you...

I'd say "stack" is the wrong term for the Miss Chance. Example... Linda knows she is going to have fun with some random guy in town. Before she leaves, she applies olive oil, inserts a gnomish cervical cap and vaginal sponge soaked in honey and crocodile dung. To be really safe, she drinks an...

Well, on the subject of contraceptives, I did a little research a few months ago. History shows that there were all kinds of spermizides used, ranging from honey to olive oil to a strange concoction involving crocodile dung. Other methods involved vaginal sponges and the abovementioned...

The new DC's look good. I am firmly in favor of an encounter-based conception system. Not only is it biologically more realistic, it also cuts down on the amount of dice-rolling. A higher-level character could possibly spend several rounds climaxed. Not only does he have to make all the...

Half-Breeds Half-breeds are a tricky issue in D&D. There are a few obvious ones that work (Half-Elves/Orcs/Fiends/Celestials, etc), but the majority of other races does not interbreed all that well. By allowing just about everybody to crossbreed will be a big can of worms. The munchkins and...