Women, and child-rulings?

[Seb Berendse]

Hiya,

For all those who know of suitible women to marry a wealthy merchant,
listen! I, Brand F. Francken, banker of the Coerannyan brand of the
Royal Guild of Baruk-Azhik, am looking for a suitible wife. Do any of
you know young (20-30), noble or otherwise distinguished daughters of
regents, wealthy merchants, other nobles and other important people I
(a human from Brecht blood and quite handsome (Cha 14), 25 years old)
could marry. I am looking for a woman with some influence (or her
family for that matter) who will bear my children. It looks like I am
the last in my line, and I don't like the thought of it!

Sincerely yours,
Brand

PS: how do you rule on marriage, sex and children? Does any of your
regents have a wife/husband and children? I have the Net Sex book
(great libram by the way!) and I think it would be usefull. What do
you say?

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[Undertaker]

At 07:51 PM 3/8/97 +0000, Seb Berendse(148530@student.fbk.eur.nl)wrote:
>

>
>PS: how do you rule on marriage, sex and children? Does any of your
>regents have a wife/husband and children? I have the Net Sex book
>(great libram by the way!) and I think it would be usefull. What do
>you say?
>

My PC Ruler is looking into the prospect of an heir as well, and shes likes
the idea of increaseing her power with a strong political marriage(mental
note: Prespective husband might be good victim for a Doppleganger). Still
there are no real rules that work well with marriage, sex, and children.
These are complex real life issues that can only be dealt with in AD&D using
good role-playing. If done right it can be fun, but if handled badly it
becomes foolish, and distracting. After having said that there is only one
rule I do use when dealing with this subject: Everytime a PC has sex there
is a 1 in 20 chance of the female becoming pregnant. If there is a history
of twins then 1 in 20 pregnancies will be twins(the chance for triplets or
more? your on your own). Just remember you don't need a lot of rules, just a
good DM and some very good role-playing.

Undertaker, richt@metrolink.net
RL Homepage: http://www.metrolink.net/~veleda/sepulcher.html

[Vestrii@aol.co]

In a message dated 97-03-08 15:22:40 EST, you write:

> PS: how do you rule on marriage, sex and children? Does any of your
> regents have a wife/husband and children? I have the Net Sex book
> (great libram by the way!) and I think it would be usefull. What do
> you say?

I have several years playing a married character. Generally the family is
treated as an NPC and a tool for the DM. In birthright I would handle it the
same way. Or if she is skilled and/or blooded you could treat her as a LT.

Dave

[Robert Harper]

At 08:11 PM 3/8/97 -0500, you wrote:
>At 07:51 PM 3/8/97 +0000, Seb Berendse(148530@student.fbk.eur.nl)wrote:
>>
>
>>
>>PS: how do you rule on marriage, sex and children? Does any of your
>>regents have a wife/husband and children? I have the Net Sex book
>>(great libram by the way!) and I think it would be usefull. What do
>>you say?

I have tweaked the random event chart and one outcome is now Birth. I would
check to see if any PC's eligible and convert it to pregnancy (I roll events
about a year ahead of time so they can be worked into campaign).

Incidentally, if you have a copy of the Oriental Adventures hardback, it had
some very good random event tables that can easily be adapted. I
particularly like the 'shaping' of monthly events by annual events.

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[Robert Harper]

At 12:07 AM 3/9/97 -0500, you wrote:
>In a message dated 97-03-08 15:22:40 EST, you write:
>I have several years playing a married character. Generally the family is
>treated as an NPC and a tool for the DM. In birthright I would handle it the
>same way. Or if she is skilled and/or blooded you could treat her as a LT.
>
On the treatment of spouses and offspring, if they are classed & NPC's I
treat them as henchmen (and they count towards the maximum # a character can
have).

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