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[KC_Prototype]

Just out of pure curiosity, why is it that only Morrigan's romance produces a child? Why not other romances in DA? 

[CENIC]

A male dwarf noble Warden can knock up a noble hunter in his origin story, can't he? And he probably doesn't count because he isn't the protagonist, but Oghren can have a child with Felsi.

Honestly? Children are a hot button issue. There are a lot of people who really want to be parents, and a lot of people who really do NOT. Add the fact that depending on your Warden's race/gender and his/her partner's, there are a lot of variables to track... and if you play a female Warden that puts you out of combat for nine months... and if BioWare already has plans for the future leader of Ferelden, an heir will throw a wrench in that...

EDIT: I'd love for my Chancellor Amell to have Alistair's illegitimate child, whom he will later name his heir because he never married. But I understand that's headcanon

EDIT EDIT: OH! And my Viscountess Hawke's mage son with Prince Sebastian! The drama.

[Enad]

I can see how the idea of making an RPG simulate 'life' is appealing to some, and I think it would be interesting in such a grand scale game like DAI. It's simply just not an important thing to have when resources are limited. Also, what exactly would it do in the long run? You'd have a child to take care of but what comes of it? Especially if it's optional. It's kind of a huge thing to be a son/daughter of such an important character, it would feel odd for it to not go anywhere, so the only way I could see "having a child" work in a game like this is if it's a scripted thing to happen and they eventually become something important in the story.

[AkiKishi]

Children are awkward.Some of the options that would be available are lets say distasteful, so it's best to just take them off the table. 

[The Baconer]

Why waste time having one?

[Gileadan]

Because someone will complain if same-race characters can have babies in the game but their dwarf-qunari romance does not lead to vertically challenged offspring with horns.

[HK-90210]

Unless the children are important to the plot, it's best to leave them in headcannon. That way, you don't step on the toes of people who dislike children. Although, 3 years of living with Merril in the same house, and no kid? Gotta wonder why.

[Ailith Tycane]

Because my Warden and Hawke were both female and they romanced Leliana and Isabella.

 

If those had produced a child, it'd be a miracle, lol.

[Neon Rising Winter]

Is this the natural evolution of the dating sim accusations? The babysitting sim.

[ladyoflate]

Eh, it could be that there's some sort of long-term prep for the DR that made Morrigan preternaturally fertile or something. Most pregnancies end in miscarriage before the person even knows they're pregnant, I imagine it's worse if you're flipping around stabbing/getting stabbed/stabbing yourself to set other people on fire all the time.

[Kinross]

Err, maybe they used condoms?

[AkiKishi]

It's only worth it when children become a gameplay element like Fire Emblem or Harvest Moon for example. In BG 2 the baby took up an inventory spot that could have been put to much better use.

[Oswin]

All my wardens are female. If that was the case then they'd have to be the ones carrying and nursing the child which would probably mean not being a Commander, or fighting Crows, or wherever they vanish off to. The horror. I'd rather they stay out on the battlefield, killing all the things instead of reproducing all the things.

 

Only one of my Hawke's was straight, and romanced Anders. For the love of Thedas, no one needs a child of that combo.

[Enigmatick]

Because no one in their right mind wants another Aerie's baby situation.

[wetnasty]

I hear the pull out method works wonders (when done correctly). 

 

If not then thank the maker for lamb skin. 

[Eveangaline]

Eh, best left for the epilogue. Maybe there's a quest where you save some little urchin and they ask if you can adopt them and you can answer yes, no, (lie)yes. And depending on your answer they come up in your epilogue slide or not. Ideally an urchin who provides something useful to your cause and hangs around camp making or selling whatever so they're abbot more than a one off quest.

[Nimlowyn]

All my player characters are female too. They definitely don't have the lifestyle for children, whether they bore them or adopted. My canon Hawke was working on it though, until it all went to hell.

I just don't know if having a family really makes sense for the kind of characters we're playing and that we work with. You'd have to have an ordinary life for that.

[Ellyria]

Because we don't want a kid taking up a precious inventory slot, right Aerie?

 

Seriously though, not everyone wants kids. And I doubt they'd pull a female protagonist off duty for nine months unless it was a scripted time jump. Not to mention having to explain said time jump if you choose to NOT have kids. (DA2's time skips were bad enough as it is.) It's best left up to head canon.

 

Even in SWTOR, marrying your LI and them always bringing up kids at the end was pretty  inducing. No, Malavai, I don't want to look after rugrats and bake cookies. I want to kill things with my lightsaber. Sheesh!

 

It's only worth it when children become a gameplay element like Fire Emblem or Harvest Moon for example. 

 

Hah, gotta love Harvest Moon. My girl worked in the fields every day until she gave birth. >.>

[Weltea]

The Morrigan romance DOES NOT produce (what a terrible term) a child.

The Dark Ritual does,which can be done without having ever said more than a few words to Morrigan. 

No romance in either of the games results in a child. And thank the gaming gods for that because why would we want something like that? Not to mention that it'd be terribly unfair to female PCs. And for anyone who doesn't want their characters to have children etc. etc

[Ellyria]

The Morrigan romance DOES NOT produce (what a terrible term) a child.

The Dark Ritual does,which can be done without having ever said more than a few words to Morrigan. 

No romance in either of the games results in a child. And thank the gaming gods for that because why would we want something like that? Not to mention that it'd be terribly unfair to female PCs. And for anyone who doesn't want their characters to have children etc. etc

 

Err... I swore there was a scenario that if you romanced Morrigan and turned down the DR, she would tell you she was pregnant anyway?

[Eveangaline]

The Morrigan romance DOES NOT produce (what a terrible term) a child.
The Dark Ritual does,which can be done without having ever said more than a few words to Morrigan. 
No romance in either of the games results in a child. And thank the gaming gods for that because why would we want something like that? Not to mention that it'd be terribly unfair to female PCs. And for anyone who doesn't want their characters to have children etc. etc

Actually If you sleep with her as part of the romance but don't do the ritual, she gets pregnant with a normal baby.

[ladyoflate]

The Morrigan romance DOES NOT produce (what a terrible term) a child.

The Dark Ritual does,which can be done without having ever said more than a few words to Morrigan. 

No romance in either of the games results in a child. And thank the gaming gods for that because why would we want something like that? Not to mention that it'd be terribly unfair to female PCs. And for anyone who doesn't want their characters to have children etc. etc

 

Yeah it does, if you slept with her at least once. She's pregnant in that ending slide as well as the DR slide. Don't ask me what happens to the previous pregnancy if you do the DR, it's schrodinger's fetus.

 

Also, the traditional 'heart' symbol comes from the shape of the seedpod of a plant that was such effective birth control is became central to the Roman economy and eventually they used it to extinction, despite extensive cultivation. So maybe it's not extinct in Thedas.

[Aimi]

Just out of pure curiosity, why is it that only Morrigan's romance produces a child? Why not other romances in DA?

Yeah, I mean, the Dragon Age games are power fantasies after all.

Power running, power lifting, power sleeping, power dating, power eating, power laughing, power spawning, babies! You'll have so many babies! FOUR HUNDRED BABIES.

[aphelion4]

Kids are stupid. Whenever my Sims got knocked up I usually got bored of the baby and then deleted it. I don't see the appeal personally. And in Harvest Moon the kid was useless and took forever to water the stupid crops when I could do it in 1 minute. Unless the DA baby can be my pack mule and carry all of my items and kill stuff  like my husbando in Skyrim I really don't want my Inquisitor reproducing unless it has some use. :/

 

this post is in no way a reflection of my irl parenting skills