Post by Cathie on Oct 26, 2005 20:43:20 GMT -5
If your character forgets protection, or you're trying to get pregnant, roll 1d100 for your dice. 1-49, you're not pregnant. 50-100 you are. Then, roll it again. 1-49 you lose the baby within the 1st trimester (first 6 irl weeks). 50-100 you don't. At 6 weeks irl, you roll again. 1-10 you lose the baby in the 2nd trimester, 11-100 you don't. At 12 weeks irl, you roll again. 1-5 you lose the baby in the 3rd trimester, 6-100 you don't. At labor, you roll it again. If you roll a 1, you lose the baby at delivery, 2-100 you don't. Yes this is cruel, but it's more realistic.
In D&D an elven pregnancy is 2 years. Since entirely too much can change in 2 years ooc and ic, we're not going to extend it this long. However, 9 months is a long time as well. For the sake of time (knowing everyone's schedule might vary from day to day, week to week, and month to month, pregnancy will run as follows: 20 weeks.
2 weeks of pregnancy would go by in 1 week because a normal average pregnancy is 40 weeks long. You are expected to look up information on pregnancy and know the symptoms yourself. WebMD has a lot of information.
If you want to be technical, you can use the real length, which is on average 40 weeks. The choice is yours and neither is incorrect. But if you start with one, stick with it.
For the 20 week pregnancy, here is the schedule (irl time = icl time):
In D&D an elven pregnancy is 2 years. Since entirely too much can change in 2 years ooc and ic, we're not going to extend it this long. However, 9 months is a long time as well. For the sake of time (knowing everyone's schedule might vary from day to day, week to week, and month to month, pregnancy will run as follows: 20 weeks.
2 weeks of pregnancy would go by in 1 week because a normal average pregnancy is 40 weeks long. You are expected to look up information on pregnancy and know the symptoms yourself. WebMD has a lot of information.
If you want to be technical, you can use the real length, which is on average 40 weeks. The choice is yours and neither is incorrect. But if you start with one, stick with it.
For the 20 week pregnancy, here is the schedule (irl time = icl time):
- Week 1 - The week prior to conception
- Weeks 1-6 First trimester: Notice nausea in week 3.
- Weeks 7-12 Second trimester: Feel baby move around week 8, others around week 10, and tell gender on ultrasound.
- Weeks 13-20 Third trimester: Labor can come on at week 19-21, even though the standard is 20.