Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Bardsandsages" data-source="post: 3439613" data-attributes="member: 28771">For those interested, the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Inventions-Peter-James/dp/0345401026/ref=sr_1_1/002-6225785-4135265?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1175880794&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank">Ancient Inventions</a> has a whole chapter on what the ancients knew about birth control.&nbsp; Scientists and researchers believe the ancients were pretty successful with their contraceptives.&nbsp; I would have to believe that if the mundane ancient world could figure out how to prevent pregnancy, so would a magical world.&nbsp; And actually, this is just a pretty cool bool if you are looking for non-magical items and gadgets to use in your game...but I digress...We've had games, however, where PCs or NPCs became pregnant.&nbsp; The hairy part was always dealing with the actual pregnancy. Once the child was born, the party would generally hire a nanny to travel with them and buy a carriage or wagon.&nbsp; She'd stay in the carriage with the kid while the party went in the dungeon.&nbsp; Or she'd stay with the child in the nearest town or village if the vicinity wasn't considered safe.&nbsp; Regardless of what is going on, there comes a point where there should logically be down time.&nbsp; A woman in her last trimester is a liability in combat, whether the world is in danger or not. She becomes a target and a distraction.&nbsp; And just taking the logic all of the way through, is any mother that wants to give birth going to risk her child like that?&nbsp; Is she going to risk the safety of the rest of the party like that, knowing that their instinct will be to protect her and perhaps not do what needs to be done to complete the mission.&nbsp; I don't see any good-aligned character doing it.&nbsp; In the few instances where it came up, one PC was a wizard.&nbsp; She spent her downtime making potions and scrolls for the party to help them with their quests while she waited for the baby to be born.&nbsp; In another, it was a druid who went to her grove to give birth, and convinced a couple of the local fey to assist the party in her absence.&nbsp; Since in both cases the PC was still supporting the party's efforts, the DM awarded the character experience accordingly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bardsandsages, post: 3439613, member: 28771"] For those interested, the book [URL=http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Inventions-Peter-James/dp/0345401026/ref=sr_1_1/002-6225785-4135265?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1175880794&sr=1-1]Ancient Inventions[/URL] has a whole chapter on what the ancients knew about birth control. Scientists and researchers believe the ancients were pretty successful with their contraceptives. I would have to believe that if the mundane ancient world could figure out how to prevent pregnancy, so would a magical world. And actually, this is just a pretty cool bool if you are looking for non-magical items and gadgets to use in your game...but I digress... We've had games, however, where PCs or NPCs became pregnant. The hairy part was always dealing with the actual pregnancy. Once the child was born, the party would generally hire a nanny to travel with them and buy a carriage or wagon. She'd stay in the carriage with the kid while the party went in the dungeon. Or she'd stay with the child in the nearest town or village if the vicinity wasn't considered safe. Regardless of what is going on, there comes a point where there should logically be down time. A woman in her last trimester is a liability in combat, whether the world is in danger or not. She becomes a target and a distraction. And just taking the logic all of the way through, is any mother that wants to give birth going to risk her child like that? Is she going to risk the safety of the rest of the party like that, knowing that their instinct will be to protect her and perhaps not do what needs to be done to complete the mission. I don't see any good-aligned character doing it. In the few instances where it came up, one PC was a wizard. She spent her downtime making potions and scrolls for the party to help them with their quests while she waited for the baby to be born. In another, it was a druid who went to her grove to give birth, and convinced a couple of the local fey to assist the party in her absence. Since in both cases the PC was still supporting the party's efforts, the DM awarded the character experience accordingly. [/QUOTE]

Verification