Small rules update - Pregnancy

[Doubtful]

The following has been added to our rules on sexual and/or offensive situations (wiki link):

- Pregnancy - While Sundren is a mature-content server there are some areas in which care must be taken. Pregnancy and childbirth fall into that area; as a result pregnancy should now result in the retirement (Total retirement from play) of the pregnant PC, unless otherwise permitted by a DM.

This isn't to say we think that pregnancy or childbirth is offensive - Once you're past all the screaming, grunting, sweating, swearing, pain and bodily fluids it's generally a wonderful and happy thing - It just isn't something well suited to Sundrens environment.

[OnyxTigress]

So uhhh, how many pregnant women have you been around?

I definitely agree that it wouldn't be suited for Sundren, just as someone who was pregnant, your description of it amused me.

[cdnspr]

i guess you'd have to be extra-evil to pvp a pregnant woman, even if you had a damn fine reason to do so. i could see this causing the fall of more than one paladin...

"quick, get that necromancer before she completes the ritual of mass undeath, thereby turning everyone in the valley into her zombie minions" *winces* "ooo... but she's pregnant. maybe we should let this one slide."

[Phantom Lamb]

A small note on this:

The major reason for this minor change is to avoid issues that might offend someone. It's rare in this environment for characters to create family members. So news of pregnancy alerts all PCs. Evils, bless their black little hearts, often look for vulnerabilities to exploit on other PCs. We've seen things in the past where these babies have been stolen, killed, or turned undead.

Not everyone is OK with those sorts of images for babies IRL. Rape, torture, and the like can spark really intense emotions, even when they are fictional. While we love good stories and plots, our focus will always be on the real feelings of real people over those stories.

And no, it hasn't yet happened to my knowledge. Just nipping it before it does.

One final note:
DMs can circumvent this rule in some cases. They may have plots where someone becomes pregnant, "fade to black" torture is done, etc. These exceptions must always be regulated, so please seek out a DM if this is something your villain wants to do.

[Kajae]

But what is Comedy Evil without all its Dead Baby tropes?


Classy Comedy Evil, that's what.