I'm still catching up on this thread so apologies if someone else has
mentioned it, but surely contraception in Glorantha is much better than in
pre-modern RW. I don't think that all these young women with their casual
attitudes to sex and year-marriages etc.. are getting preggers all the time.
As in the RW decreased infant mortality and ready availability of
contraception = lower birth rates which would count against increased
chances of infant survival due to magic etch. This would also tend to lead
to women waiting longer to start a family...
:)
Dougie.
"Do you want to make it impossible for anyone to oppress his fellow-man?
Then make sure that no one shall possess power."
[The Political Philosophy of Bakunin, p. 271]