Was the frequency of randomly acquired negative congenital traits increased?

[RelVleDy]

I don't see it mentioned in the 3.0 update, but I'm noticing an uptick in negative congenital traits. Characters are becoming clubfooted and dumb more often despite their parents not possessing any such traits. I understand this can happen at random, but it's the frequency that's concerning.

Can anyone confirm an increase? Is it the consorts? Does certain DNA pairings make this more problematic?

 

[Rydelfox]

The chance wasn't increased, but there is a new event where a pregnant woman can crave weird foods, each of which has a chance to give the child a different negative congenital trait (IIRC, Hare's Head = Harelip, Quail's Foot = Clubfoot, Fish's Eye = Ugly)

 

[Evangeline]

OH MY GOD so that's why most of my kids have these!!

 

[Tilarium]

Well shoot! I thought it was just an odd flavor event... I had no clue they were actually doing something. Thanks for that!

 

[Kipman2000]

Well shoot! I thought it was just an odd flavor event... I had no clue they were actually doing something. Thanks for that!

Me either! Oh wow now I’ll choose that more carefully

 

[Less2]

The chance wasn't increased, but there is a new event where a pregnant woman can crave weird foods, each of which has a chance to give the child a different negative congenital trait (IIRC, Hare's Head = Harelip, Quail's Foot = Clubfoot, Fish's Eye = Ugly)

That's really awful. I wouldn't expect any of these pregnancy options to affect children on the genetic level. Looking through the files there's a lot of them, good and bad.

 

[Rydelfox]

A lot of them are related to beliefs that people had during the time, similar to the medical treatments your physician offers.

 

[IanReSc]

Are there any good events?

 

[KaiserBeer]

Are there any good events?

Apparently, your wife can just decide your child isn't yours in the post childbirth events as well...

 

[HisRotundity]

Apparently, your wife can just decide your child isn't yours in the post childbirth events as well...

Only Christian wives can - it's a rare event related to their churching. They can also get good events related to their churching as well.

 

[Evangeline]

So could anyone please compile a list of events and their genetic effects on the kids? It would be really helpful!

 

[Rydelfox]

Are there any good events?

A lot of events can give health bonuses, prestige, or piety to the mother. Probably some traits too.

 

[Stanislav I]

There's definitely something messed up with negative congenital traits. In the last few days I've had some odd situations, like a genius wife producing an heir who is both imbecile and ugly, or a couple of twins one clubfooted and the other one left-handed. The frequency of random negative congenital traits from my experience is now no less than 30% and this is silly.

 

[Spaninq]

There's definitely something messed up with negative congenital traits. In the last few days I've had some odd situations, like a genius wife producing an heir who is both imbecile and ugly, or a couple of twins one clubfooted and the other one left-handed. The frequency of random negative congenital traits from my experience is now no less than 30% and this is silly.

Left-handed is a good trait, despite its blue background. Think of The Princess Bride.

I know there's an option if your wife is gluttonous, what result does that one have?

 

[Spaninq]

Okay, so the chance of clubfoot/harelip/ugly is 70% BUT the child also gets 2 points in a second event, 2 Diplo for club foot, 2 Intrigue for harelip, and 2 Learning for Ugly.

Maybe the percent chance is actually supposed to be 30% instead? It seems a bit high for something that has no real genetic basis.

It also turns out that if the mother is a drunkard/hashish user, the child has a 30% chance of becoming dumber (Genius->Quick, Quick->Normal, Normal->Slow, Slow-> Imbecile)

It's really odd that that the thing with an actual medical basis is only 30% while the thing with no medical basis is 70% chance.

I hate to ping a dev, but @Snow Crystal do you mind looking into it?

 

[BuddyLove]

Man, I have apparently messed up that event every single time- no wonder my bloodlines are hellscape of negative traits.

 

[knppel]

Drinking during a pregnancy can cause imbecile kids if I am not all wrong, I've not played as woman that much yet though with the latest patch.
I didn't realize it was that many traits affected by the pregnancy events however, but the felt increase in negative traits is there, and makes sense now. How glad I always feed my women fat categorically

 

[DPS]

Add me to the list of people who didn't realize that the cravings events were anything more than flavor.

 

[knppel]

Having seen the food event from the side of a woman, why again is gluttonous an advantage? (If gluttonous, a woman has the option to demand "Anything as long as it's a lot" while elsewise limited to the three shitty things giving the baby negative traits).

Realistically, fat mothers cause diabetes, not more healthy babies

 

[Rags17]

Modern CK2 pregnancy events

• Your wife craves kale and Kombucha - the child comes out Annoying and Pretentious.
• Your wife craves cold coffee machine coffee and stale donuts - the chil has +300% cahnce to grow up and become a policeman
  
• Your wife drinks during her pregnancy - -10 opinion with everyone, -100 opinion with other mothers, gains the 'Worse than Hitler' trait.
  
• Your wife gives birth and fails to regain her pre-birth body within 6 weeks - see above.