[Meta] New Birth Rolls Post

#ITP BIRTH ROLL SYSTEM

I figured it would make sense to have the birth rolls on this sub and not an old dead one. If mods wanna change the links and such, that'd be cool, but it's up to you guys.

The mechanics haven't changed, but I did add a little note about rolling for appearance.

#Google doc:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_31dV1b5Na4KeVom_Ju8-ZM2qvT5z1lBgPKNbwYXbLM/edit?usp=sharing

#Instructions:

First, you do a general roll. Then, a characteristic roll. If your child ends up with a characteristic, you do a corresponding roll for a Good/Neutral or Bad/Harmful characteristic. When everything is wrapped up, you do a gender roll. You may choose to do all of this in one comment, as shown below.

Note: Identical twins will have the same gender and physical traits, though not the same personality. If you roll for identical twins, do 1 gender roll and 2 characteristic rolls just to see what you get. Obviously, you can't have one identical twin with a genetic disorder, and one without. You can fiddle with it if this happens.

Fraternal twins are no more similar than regular siblings, so they require 2 characteristic and 2 gender rolls.

General Roll:

1-15: Mother dies, single child survives

16-31: Mother and child die

32-102: Child dies

103-108: Identical twins (roll 2 characteristic and 1 gender roll)

109-134: Fraternal twins (roll 2 characteristic and 2 gender rolls)

135-1000: Single child that survives.

u/rollme [[1d1000]]

Characteristic Roll:

1: Child has good/neutral characteristic

2: Child has bad/harmful characteristic

3: Child has one good/neutral and one bad characteristic

4-10 Child is normal

u/rollme [[1d10]]

Good/Neutral Characteristic Roll:

1-24: Child is Genius/Gifted

25-34: Child is Especially Attractive

35-56: Child has a Large Size/Height

57-88: Child is Especially Physically Strong

89-91: Child is LGBT

92-100: Multiple good/neutral characteristics (roll again twice)

u/rollme [[1d100]]

Bad/Harmful Characteristic Roll:

1: Child has Dwarfism

2-4: Child is Blind

5: Child is Deaf

6-8: Child is Mentally Retarded/Slow Witted

9-33: Child is Insane/Mentally Ill

34-38: Child is Crippled/Disabled

39-65: Other physical defect

66-91: Other genetic disorder

92-100: Multiple bad/harmful characteristics (roll again twice)

u/rollme [[1d100]]

Gender Roll:

1: Boy

2: Girl

u/rollme [[1d2]]

DISCLAIMER: These rolls are not mandatory for child birth, I just think it would be fun, and would be conducive to the role-playing spirit. After all, what is this game without a bit of risk? You may use these as they are or adjust them in any way you see fit, or combine them with other rolls for personality/characteristics.

Examples of genetic and physical disorders are listed in the google doc, but by no means are you limited to those.

#A Note About Rolling for Character Appearance

I think it's fun to add in a roll for the baby's hair and eye color, but this is also obviously not required. For example, if the father had brown hair and brown eyes and the mother had blonde hair and blue eyes, I might roll:

Hair: 1-2 brown, 3 light brown, 4 blonde

Eyes: 1-3 brown, 4 blue

[[2d4]]

u/rollme

These could get pretty elaborate when considering Valyrian traits or the traits that run in other families, but it's up to you guys to figure that out. I trust that you can all determine decent odds for inheriting recessive traits.

I will be rolling a test baby in the comments so that anyone unfamiliar with the birth rolls system can see how it works in action.

Last note: Though I am unclaimed you can still message me on slack with any questions or if you need help. But please do not roll your babbis on this post, I don't want a million notifications.