| Zae |
I'm GMing a kingmaker campaign, and I'm 7 months pregnant. We've joked a lot about the effects of pregnancy on a character, and its finally come up as the Baroness just got married. Gonna have to make some decisions.
Anyhoo -- true that pregnancy impacts every woman differently, but there are some commonalities (as I have experienced and heard stories from other women; being pregnant seems to open the story telling flood gate). Plus, if you get the weekly emails from "what to expect...", you get the run down of all the various possibilities.
Fatigue -- Its hard work growing a human (or elf, or dwarf...) And just about all your resources (food, etc) are going towards forming the new little life; there ain't much left over for you.
forgetfulness -- you're tired all the time, you might be throwing up, thus you forget things. (perhaps has some hormonal source, too?) More pronounced as pregnancy progresses.
General uncomfortableness -- body changes come FAST; even in puberty the changes usually take a few years. But in pregnancy you get as many changes in only a few months. Results in grumpiness and clumsy-ness
But -- the belly generally doesn't get unwieldy till month 6 or 7, though most women I've known (and me) started having to switch out pants at month 4 or so.
I propose, taking into account that the woman is a tough one to start with...
-1 Con or Str
-2 dex
-2 Int or Wis
+2 Char
skills -- +1 intimidate or bluff (something about the belly makes people gentler and quicker to help, plus due to hormones, etc, the prego woman is more likely to burst into tears or erupt in rage, which can be persuasive)
As a parent, though, that's where you get the wis bonus; or maybe that just comes with gaining levels in class parent?