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[Bohandas]

There should be a (again, species specific) chance of maternal death during childbirth.

[Roses]

There should be a (again, species specific) chance of maternal death during childbirth.

Another excellent idea. I will update the first post with the added birth system suggestions. Any others?

[Starver]

Some species children could kill eachother so only 1 remains,like the eagles do and some species of shark even before they're born!

Though I only lightly touched upon it, in vivo mortality (including "twin absorption", I suppose, in human terms, and definitely pre-natal sibling conflict/preferentialism) was something I was considering in the final throws of my prior post[1].

Noting that if Toady's determined to model things down to the Quantum level, this is probably already covered (at a point not significantly far 'down' to that Quantum ideal, or perhaps quite a bit of the way back 'out' of the eventual Planck-scale emulation), but I'm sure a couple of far less complex routines would be sufficient for the time being, even while adding that little frisson of 'true-to-life'ism.


[1] Post-natal mortality doesn't usually cover what might well be "congenital deaths", but environmental hazards and (where applicable) the possibility of being assigned to the 'caring' hands of the butcher already feature highly.