Hi,
I am somewhat confused by the causes of death table. Either I am missing something or there is a discrepancy with the yearly survival table on the previous page, on the subject of age and childbirth
Age categories
The yearly survival table lists five age categories and lists the age in years for each: infant, child, adult, elder, very old. The causes of death table lists four age categories of which some, but not all, match the yearly table: child, young, adult, elder. No corresponding age in years is shown.
I guess that the infant category is omitted since they just die of natural causes? And the same could be said for the elder category? Which leaves the subject of the 'young' category since that does not exist on the other table. I would venture at a guess:
- Child: 2-14
- Young: 15-20
- Adult: 21-45
(NB. The yearly survival table has overlapping years for infant, child and adult, but that is easily fixed...)
Female causes of death
Under the 'violent' category, 7-20 are all related to pregnancy/childbirth. However that is already determined separately under the yearly survival table. (rolling a '2' on the first roll and a '1-10' on the second) Also, it seems odd that this would be a significant cause of death even for the elderly... In my campaign I will probably just roll a d6 on this table instead.