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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 5784631" data-attributes="member: 8461">It depends on the specifics of things, which tend to be defined by the game rules.For example, if we apply the damage from childbirth as hit point damage, then virtually anyone able to cast healing spells (e.g. a 1st-level <a href="http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/nPCClasses.html#adept" target="_blank">adept</a> in Pathfinder) can likely save the life of the mother, unless they have very few healing spells, roll very low for the number of hit points restored, and the mother takes a large amount of damage.On the other hand, if we say that the damage from childbirth is treated as Constitution damage, then things become much more difficult, as the aforementioned adept would need to be at least 12th level (with a Wisdom of 18) to cast restoration and remove the damage. Now, a 3rd-level cleric could cast lesser restoration and remove 1d4 points of Constitution damage (presuming that was enough, and that they had prepared that spell), so it's not as though this way of adjudicating the problems of childbirth provides for no help for women in labor, but still...it showcases that simply the presence of magic alone, even healing magic, isn't necessarily enough to undercut the conditions that give rise to prejudice in a fantasy game.</blockquote>