Irina Rempt’s Pregnancy Adjustments
Stat Adjustments during Pregnancy
By Irina Rempt
Stats are on a scale from 3 to 12 (3D4). 12 is the *absolute* maximum; if raising a stat takes it higher than that, it stays at 12. When Constitution or Mental Fitness reaches 0 you’re dead, meaning that if you start with either stat irrecoverably at 2 (only possible if you’ve sustained *permanent* damage already) pregnancy is likely to kill you.
Adjustments are not cumulative (so your will-power doesn’t go up one more point each trimester; it goes up and stays up).
A value of 0 means no change. (obviously)
| Stat | Trimester 1 | Trimester 2 | Trimester 3 | Comments |
| Physical: | ||||
| Strength | 0 | 0 | -1 | |
| Dexterity | -1 | -2 | 3 | |
| Constitution | -1 | 0 | -1 / -2 | doubles as hit points; damage is carried over to Str, Dex and Spd, which can actually go below zero. |
| Speed | 0 | -1 | -2 | |
| Size | 0 | +1 | +2 | if you’re a size 12 nobody is going to notice you’re pregnant anyway - Roseanne Barr is about size 11. Size is a combination of height and mass. |
| Comeliness | 0 | +1 | +1 | my husband says this ought to be +1/+2/+3 but he’s biased!  |
| Mental: | ||||
| Willpower | +1 | +1 | +1 | |
| Intelligence | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Mental Fitness | -1 | -2 | -3 | nerves getting more and more frazzled; doubles as mental hitpoints/power points/spell points |
| Speed | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Education | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Senses: | (throughout pregnancy) |
| Sight | N/A |
| Hearing | N/A |
| Taste | +1 |
| Smell | +1 |
| Touch | +1 |
| Intuition | +2 |
As spell casting partly depends on Dex and causes damage to MF, it’s clear that it becomes more and more difficult over the months for pregnant mages to cast spells. That’s why Liessa is taking time off
You’re welcome to use this any way you like (in a game for instance, I’m curious to see how it works out).
Comments? Let Irina know.
Written May 31, 1996
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