Post by Misha on Jun 10, 2014 11:17:50 GMT -5
Mating and Pregnancy
Relationships and procreation with the aim of keeping Garou around to fight in the next generation is a major theme of Werewolf for many players. Below you'll find a summary of the rules around conception and pregnancy for Garou and Kin.
Mating
Garou usually may not take a mate until Fostern. The Tribal Elder's permission is required for taking a mate, though usually this is but a formality, as long as the Garou and Kin are of the same Tribe. No cross-tribal mating is allowed without permission from the Elders of both tribes, and getting permission is not likely to be easy.
Pregnancy
Pregnancy is calculated in real-time. For a one-time sexual encounter, the date it happens is obviously the conception date. For an established relationship, pick a date within the month of the successful pregnancy roll for the conception date.
Conception
Any female Garou or Kinfolk character having unprotected sex must make a pregnancy roll once per month during which the sex happens. This roll is made using percentile dice.
01 - 74 = not pregnant
75 - 99 = pregnant
100 = pregnant with twins
For the purposes of rolling percentile dice, a "10" on the dice roller is considered a zero, except when two tens are rolled, which is considered "100". So, rolling "10, 5" would be "05", while "10, 10" is 100.
Gender
Roll one die, standard difficulty (6). Failure means a boy, success means a girl.
Trueborn
To find out whether the child is Garou or Kin, the roll depends on a number of factors.
Garou/Kin pairing
If one parent is Garou and one is Kin, the base chance of having a trueborn child is 10%. If the Kinfolk parent has Pure Breed, the chance of having a trueborn child increases 5% for every dot of Pure Breed the Kin has. The Garou parent's Pure Breed does not have any effect on this roll.
So, for a Garou/Kin pairing in which the Kin has no Pure Breed, roll one die, diff 10. Success means the child is trueborn, failure means Kinfolk.
If the Kin has:
PB 1 = 15% chance of Garou child (percentile dice, 86 to 100)
PB 2 = 20% chance of Garou child (one die, diff 9 )
PB 3 = 25% chance of Garou child (percentile dice, 76 to 100)
PB 4 = 30% chance of Garou child (one die, diff 8 )
PB 5 = 35% chance of Garou child (percentile dice, 66 to 100)
Kin/Kin pairing
If both parents are Kin, the base chance of having a Garou child is 5%. For every dot of Pure Breed either Kin parent has, the chance of having a trueborn child increase 1%.
So, for a Kin/Kin pairing in which neither parent has Pure Breed, roll percentile dice. 96 - 100 means the child is trueborn, anything else is Kinfolk.
With a total of 1 dot of Pure Breed between both parents, the chance increases to 95 - 100 meaning the child is trueborn, all the way to both parents having Pure Breed 5, which would make a total of 10 Pure Breed dots, which would increase the chance of having a trueborn child to 15%, or 86 - 100 with percentile dice.
Others
For situations in which one of the parents is not Garou or Kin, please see a member of the ST team before making any rolls.
Relationships and procreation with the aim of keeping Garou around to fight in the next generation is a major theme of Werewolf for many players. Below you'll find a summary of the rules around conception and pregnancy for Garou and Kin.
Mating
Garou usually may not take a mate until Fostern. The Tribal Elder's permission is required for taking a mate, though usually this is but a formality, as long as the Garou and Kin are of the same Tribe. No cross-tribal mating is allowed without permission from the Elders of both tribes, and getting permission is not likely to be easy.
Pregnancy
Pregnancy is calculated in real-time. For a one-time sexual encounter, the date it happens is obviously the conception date. For an established relationship, pick a date within the month of the successful pregnancy roll for the conception date.
Conception
Any female Garou or Kinfolk character having unprotected sex must make a pregnancy roll once per month during which the sex happens. This roll is made using percentile dice.
01 - 74 = not pregnant
75 - 99 = pregnant
100 = pregnant with twins
For the purposes of rolling percentile dice, a "10" on the dice roller is considered a zero, except when two tens are rolled, which is considered "100". So, rolling "10, 5" would be "05", while "10, 10" is 100.
Gender
Roll one die, standard difficulty (6). Failure means a boy, success means a girl.
Trueborn
To find out whether the child is Garou or Kin, the roll depends on a number of factors.
Garou/Kin pairing
If one parent is Garou and one is Kin, the base chance of having a trueborn child is 10%. If the Kinfolk parent has Pure Breed, the chance of having a trueborn child increases 5% for every dot of Pure Breed the Kin has. The Garou parent's Pure Breed does not have any effect on this roll.
So, for a Garou/Kin pairing in which the Kin has no Pure Breed, roll one die, diff 10. Success means the child is trueborn, failure means Kinfolk.
If the Kin has:
PB 1 = 15% chance of Garou child (percentile dice, 86 to 100)
PB 2 = 20% chance of Garou child (one die, diff 9 )
PB 3 = 25% chance of Garou child (percentile dice, 76 to 100)
PB 4 = 30% chance of Garou child (one die, diff 8 )
PB 5 = 35% chance of Garou child (percentile dice, 66 to 100)
Kin/Kin pairing
If both parents are Kin, the base chance of having a Garou child is 5%. For every dot of Pure Breed either Kin parent has, the chance of having a trueborn child increase 1%.
So, for a Kin/Kin pairing in which neither parent has Pure Breed, roll percentile dice. 96 - 100 means the child is trueborn, anything else is Kinfolk.
With a total of 1 dot of Pure Breed between both parents, the chance increases to 95 - 100 meaning the child is trueborn, all the way to both parents having Pure Breed 5, which would make a total of 10 Pure Breed dots, which would increase the chance of having a trueborn child to 15%, or 86 - 100 with percentile dice.
Others
For situations in which one of the parents is not Garou or Kin, please see a member of the ST team before making any rolls.