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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6687638" data-attributes="member: 177">I don't know that there's one &quot;the purpose&quot; for playing a mother raising a child.&nbsp; You'd probably need to ask the OP what the purpose is in this case.But, that frames the following question well - is the player's purpose in this compatible with the purposes of others playing at the table?I don't know how much of the purpose is to actually play raising a child - that is a very long, very slow set of processes, for which we have few mechanics in the game.&nbsp; Raising a kid takes years, but our rules are for rounds <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I would suspect, &quot;play a character with a major obligation that constrains their action,&quot; or &quot;play a character with an important emotional bond unrelated to adventuring&quot; are likely purposes.&nbsp; These are not necessarily at odds with having the kid removed from the action, or transformed after a little while.&nbsp; After &quot;protect the baby&quot; gets old, that baby isn't really helping the story develop.&nbsp; The issue becomes a constant, not evolving much on the timescale of adventures.See, for example, romances in most fantasy stories.&nbsp; Stable, healthy relationships are generally avoided in long-term stories, mostly because they aren't dynamic story elements.&nbsp; Meaning, basically, they are boring. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; Eventually, stable romances need to be shaken up to be lively elements.&nbsp; We should expect the same for the baby.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6687638, member: 177"] I don't know that there's one "the purpose" for playing a mother raising a child. You'd probably need to ask the OP what the purpose is in this case. But, that frames the following question well - is the player's purpose in this compatible with the purposes of others playing at the table? I don't know how much of the purpose is to actually play raising a child - that is a very long, very slow set of processes, for which we have few mechanics in the game. Raising a kid takes years, but our rules are for rounds :) I would suspect, "play a character with a major obligation that constrains their action," or "play a character with an important emotional bond unrelated to adventuring" are likely purposes. These are not necessarily at odds with having the kid removed from the action, or transformed after a little while. After "protect the baby" gets old, that baby isn't really helping the story develop. The issue becomes a constant, not evolving much on the timescale of adventures. See, for example, romances in most fantasy stories. Stable, healthy relationships are generally avoided in long-term stories, mostly because they aren't dynamic story elements. Meaning, basically, they are boring. :) Eventually, stable romances need to be shaken up to be lively elements. We should expect the same for the baby. [/QUOTE]

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