- In HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com, "Mike Holmes"
<homeydont_at_h...> wrote:
> >From: "nichughes2001" <nicolas.hughes_at_c...>
> >
> >2. The mortality rates for childbearing women where decent medical
> >facilities are available are so low I would not bother running a
> >contest for it (it would be a special story event its so rare).
>
> But the question isn't so much whether or not the character dies,
but how
> badly they're hurt by the event. For PCs this is particularly
important. How
> quickly will they be back on their feet after giving birth? The
Complete
> Defeat neccessary to die, is, I believe, appropriately rare
The chance is roughly 1 in 10,000. At levels of probablity this low
the game mechanics really don't scale very well so I'd leave it as a
narrator-special.
--
Nic