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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The_Universe" data-source="post: 1780128" data-attributes="member: 8944"> For ease of interpretation, magic in KoA will operate under the same assumptions as Roe v. Wade. Until the beginning of the 3rd trimester, the child is considered a part of the mother, and as such is merely added weight. As soon as the child is theoretically viable outside the womb, it is considered a seperate entity for the purpose of *most* spells. I reserve the right to adjust that based on specific magics. This might work if you phrased it correctly. But, as you said, there are a lot of ways for this to be messed up. Since there aren't any PCs or easily accessible NPCs with access to wish besides the Bluestar, I don't think this will be an issue, anyway.... Regenerate would return the mother to her most recent "healthy" state. As such, the child would be lost, re-absorbed into the mother. Since the baby has not been fully "generated" it cannot be "re-generated."Yes, but the ultimate health effects are as of yet unknown. Drastically altering the size of a developing fetus does not, as a general rule, seem like a real good idea, particularly for the child's long term health. After the beginning of the 3rd trimester, yes. Any shape change on the mother has a significant chance of aborting the fetus. The more extreme the change, the more likely the child will be lost. Until the beginning of the third trimester, the baby would be turned to stone, as well. After that point, it's likely that the shock of having a warm, fleshy womb suddenly turn to stone would kill it anyway. Until the baby is a "seperate person" (3rd trimester, again) it cannot be targeted individually by spells. For ease, I'd use the saves of a 1st level commoner. +4 circumstance bonus on heal checks to determine the status of the child in utero. There are no known contraceptive spells in KoA. Sorcerer's and Bard's do not manifest them, and the Light does not grant them to clerics or druids (which might give you a hint as to how the Light feels about such things). Wizards might be able to create such a spell, but because Wizardry has been outlawed for so long, and there is no similar sorcerer spell for them to imitate, there's nothing out there, yet. If you can think of a way to make a normal spell work toward the same purpose, I'm willing to entertain the idea. However, there are more mundane contraceptives. Freckles, in his attempt to invent the woopie cushion has also invented the condom.Additionally, while there are no herbal/alchemical contraceptives, there are concoctions that can be taken shortly after intercourse (within the first 6 weeks, say) that prevent the pregnancy from taking hold, or, if it is too late for that, terminate the pregnancy. After 6 weeks, such a concoction may work, but is just as likely to simply damage the child or fail completely. That's what I am thinking thus far. <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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