Pregnant

Source book: Bullets & Bandages

Bonus: 9 Karma

Even in the darkness of the shadows, miracles can happen. A female character can choose the Pregnant quality only at character generation. The character starts the game with a new pregnancy, which will proceed through three trimesters of roughly three months each. Gamemasters may wish to adjust the length of the three trimesters based on the average gestational period for the character’s metatype. Each trimester, the character gains additional neg- ative effects as detailed on the Pregnancy Quality Table. After the third trimester, the character gives birth, at which point the Pregnancy quality is replaced with either a 15 BP/9 Karma Dependent quality (p. 80, SR5) or some combination of Lost Loved One (p. 105, Runner’s Companion), Big Regret (p. 102, Runner’s Companion) or other suitable negative qualities totaling 9 Karma. Note that characters may still get pregnant after character creation; they just don’t receive the Karma bonus as a result.