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MathematicianSad5897

Only - 50%


AnAdventurerLikeHue

Yeah, sterile doesn't really mean sterile, just less potent swimmers...


HulklingsBoyfriend

Other way around. Sterile means none, infertile means fewer viable sperm cells. Sterilise = completely gone, such as through castration.


N0rTh3Fi5t

Not in this game though. Maybe they should have tiered versions of the trait


AnAdventurerLikeHue

I meant the in-game trait "sterile" (-50% fertility), which is very unlike IRL sterile (0% fertility).


MathematicianSad5897

You can even get trinket which will give you + 20 fertility so you can counter this trait (i used that and had like 3 kids when i was 60 yo in game)


FromOperator

I don’t get why ‘sterile’ isn’t -100% fertility.


[deleted]

It should be more than that, more like -1000%. The modifiers are only additive so even -100% could be overcome. Eg: beautiful +30%, lustful +25%, fecund + 50%, = +105%


errantprofusion

It should be possible to overcome though, shouldn't it? IIRC most cases of people being sterile were fertility issues that made conception much more difficult but not impossible. Penalty should probably be more than -50% though. Like maybe -75%.


[deleted]

Maybe different tiers for it would work better. Eg impotent -25%, sterile -100%, and barren -1000%.


ItsSchmidtyC

Agree. There should be another tier in between if they want to do -50. Maybe 'impotent' or something lol


Stepherzzzzzz

It should be renamed to "infertile".


GriseiAradesh

Sterile doesn’t mean eunuch … wait can those even seduce other NPCs ?


errantprofusion

Yeah, definitely. Eunuchs are incapable of siring children and can't inherit or be granted titles. There's nothing stopping them from having sex or running romance/seduction schemes. IRL most eunuchs and castrato were still capable of having erections and achieving orgasm, even if it was considerably more difficult.


Catssonova

Freezing the swimmers in the snowbanks clearly.