preganany span

[Kalika]

thanks

[Gharan]

Just read through this thread and i now need the toilet 

[drah]

And when we say 6 months in-game time.. we're talking roughly 1 month in RL

[Kalika]

ok now im confused...i had forgotten there was a difference 

how many in game months equal i real life month?

[Capprion]

as fast as the day/night cycle is...i dont think it really adds up without using decimals

[Siofra]

I would expect, if Enki are anything like cats and are prone to having more than one bubs at a time, that pregnacy terms would be quite short. There would not physically be enough room for a fenki to carry multiple kittens for more than a few months growth before requiring birth.  *pop*

* Siofra imagines a fenki with 6 kitts in tum tum at 9 months term and winces.

I guess that also means that the kitts would mature quickly so as not to remain helpless for long.

Edit: I would also be interested in what the average lifespans of the various races are.

[Kiirani]

I don't really think that enkis would have that many children.. As far as I can tell, they only have two breasts. Why would they evolve only two if they were going to have litters of 6? I expect 1 or 2 is the norm.

[Einnol]

And when we say 6 months in-game time.. we're talking roughly 1 month in RL

how many in game months equal i real life month?

As Drah pointed out, 1 month of real time does certainly seem to be roughly 6 months in PS time.  One hour in-game lasts 10 minutes of real time.  So, why did I say 1 RL month is 'roughly' 6 months in-game and not 'exactly'?  Well, it appears to me at least that at least one (maybe all?) months in Yliakum have 32 days in them and I believe there are 10 months on the calendar as well, making the number of days in a year about 320.

But, you can roughly divide game months by 6 to have a good approximation of real months if you want to add the feeling of a certain amount of time passing for your character.  If you want a pregnancy to last 1 year for your character, then there are a few ways of approximating the real-life time:

(calculations approximate for simplicity)
10 months IG /6 = 1 1/2 months RL
45 weeks IG /6 = 7 1/2 weeks RL
320 days IG /6 = 53 days

So, as far as I can tell 1 year IG = 1 1/2 months RL = 7 1/2 weeks RL = 53 days RL.  I hope this gives you an approximation anyway.

Edit: I would also be interested in what the average lifespans of the various races are.

You're not the only one.  I am quite interested in this myself.  Check this thread out:  http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=22968.0

I think I brought up gestation periods in that thread as well.  The two kinda go together as they are part of the natural lifecycle.

*Edit:  Corrected mistake.  An in-game hour is 10 minutes, not 6.  I knew something didn't add up right.     Also, Miadon, I like your chart below better than mine. 

[miadon]

Yes it is an interesting question, altough I dont know anyone who has really roleplayed such a thing yet.

bit more accurate RL-PS conversions
 
  4 hours =  1 PS day
 24 hours =  6 PS days
 48 hours = 12 PS days
 96 hours = 24 PS days
120 hours = 30 PS days
128 hours = 32 PS days
 5 days  8 hours  = 1 PS month
10 days 16 hours  = 2 PS months
16 days  0 hours  = 3 PS months
32 days  0 hours  = 6 PS months
53 days  8 hours  = 1 PS year
106 days 16 hours = 2 PS years
213 days 8 hours  = 4 PS years
320 days 0 hours  = 6 PS years
365 days 0 hours  = 6 PS years 8 months 14 days

[Akaye]

I only know of one person who roleplayed this sort of situation and was successful at making it believable. If you spend alot of time in game then I wouldn't carry on being pregnet for a super long time but I wouldn't have the baby in a week either.

I do believe Shauri gave birth to her twins after a month or so. She was not in game every day but was on quite frequently. She roleplayed it in such a way that she would discribe her aches and pains or let characters know she needed a helping hand up when her belly got to big. She would also discribe the kicking and happiness she felt of her new children to be. After sometime she wouldn't put herself in danger by hunting (beating on NPC's) or stray to far from help in town in case she did go into labor.

I guess if you are going to take on a roleplay like this you would want people in their head to have seen you pregnet for a little while and get used to the idea. My suggestion would be to just roleplay it and go with the flow. When you feel it is the right time to introduce babies into your roleplay  and that you have been roleplaying it enough for it to be believable, then go into labor. There really is no time frame in Planeshift.

[edit] Spelling error :|

[Goldir]

Gestation, Avg Life Span, Metabolic rate, these are things that are... Interesting, but in RP I guess you could play it off for a pretty good amount of time.  If there is any info released later on stuff like this, you could always blame premature/late birth, disease, death by violence or accident, etc.. Good luck with this one.  I personally try to avoid anything in RP that involves overly personal relations, but hey, to each their own.  Later.

[Nurahk]

  I personally try to avoid anything in RP that involves overly personal relations, but hey, to each their own.  Later.

And in RL!!! bah bah boom!

Sorry.

[Siteri Kidachi]

An interesting question concerning time: Does PS time go faster than RL time because it actually goes faster (as in, we see the world going faster than it "really" would), or is it just measured differently?

[Nikodemus]

An interesting question concerning time: Does PS time go faster than RL time because it actually goes faster (as in, we see the world going faster than it "really" would), or is it just measured differently?

It is measured differently. When you walk, fight, talk or start sitting, do you do it 6 times faster?

[bilbous]

actually it takes 6 times longer relativistically.