Also, I was told by a doctor that 85% of couples trying for a child
are succesful in the first month. That coincides with the Orlanthi
all, so I think we shouldn't discount abstinence as a form of
contraception. In fact it made for a powerful story motivator in
Arthurian literature for example.
Regards
Rob
wrote:
>
> OiD refers to Kallyr as 'never wedded nor bedded' since she took
the
> vow to free Sartar. So presumably Vingans are part of the circle
of
> life so to speak. Queen Boudicca had daughters and she was the
> archtypical warrior queen was she not?
>
> Regards
> Rob
>
> wrote:
> > Jane
> >
> > >RQ Vingans had the blessing of infertility granted by Ernalda,
> and tied
> > >to the "Camphire" (aka henna) used to dye their hair.
> >
> > Actually, there was no such thing as a RQ Vingan, since no
> > information about the cult was published back then. (In my
> PenDragon
> > Pass game, Vingan characters got to roll on the yearly
childbirth
> > table.)
> >
> > I would probably adopt a general-purpose rule, that you'd use
> > Death-related stuff of a Humakti or Vingan as an automatic
> negative
> > augment on their ability to become/make pregnant.
> >
> > >I think the "how Vinga became a warrior" myth that made it into
> HQ was based
> > >on one of Dave Dunham's, with some tweaks
> >
> > Into Storm Tribe. My myth was based on an Irish one...
> >
> > > > severe iatrogenesis of the birthing process.
> > >
> > >Severe what????
> >
> > Iatrogenic diseases are those you get by going to the hospital.
> They
> > are, after all, places full of sick people.
> >
> >
> > Stephen
> >
> > >It's also curious that 'Aid Contraception' is a part of
the 'Bless
> > >Mothers' affinity, since the whole point of contraception is to
> avoid
> > >becoming a mother... maybe the magic only works on people who've
> >
> > In our world, when you provide people with contraceptives, birth
> rate
> > typically increases. People are able to space kids out so that
> more
> > survive. (In Gloranthan terms, who would want to have a kid
during
> > the Disaster Year or the Big Winter, when they'll almost
certainly
> > starve to death, if indeed you as a mother can stay healthy
enough
> to
> > have a healthy baby?)
> > --
> >
> > David Dunham
> > Glorantha/HQ/RQ page: http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html
> > Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein