Are witchers impotent?

The Witcher 3: Geralt May No Longer Be Sterile (Depending On Choices Made In The Witcher 2) Geralt of Rivia, may have found a way to reverse his sterility, albeit inadvertently. It's a known fact that a witcher's mutations render them unable to reproduce.
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Is the witcher infertile?

A witcher's training and preparation begins at a very early age, and these children are subjected to alchemical processes, mutagenic compounds, and intense physical and magical training. As a result, witchers go through many mutations, which give them strength, speed, endurance, and more, but also leave them sterile.
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Can witchers have babies?

While it makes them powerful, the mutations also leave Witchers sterile and unable to have children which is why their most common way of recruiting trainees is through “the law of surprise,” a tradition they invoke when payment cannot be made, claiming something the person in their debt doesn't know they have.
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Can witchers breed?

The key permanent results of mutations shared by all witchers include: Sterility (which partially explains selection from the outsiders, as they cannot breed to pass on their traits).
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Are all mages sterile witcher?

It makes sense that Witchers are sterile, they aren't fully human anymore. They have have undergone mutations which make them genetically separate from humans and therefore incompatible.
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Can Yennefer get pregnant?

In fact, in the novels (and in the show) both Yennefer and Geralt are incapable of having biological children. For Geralt, the show affords him a wide landscape of emotions — his story isn't pegged to his ability to father children.
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Can Geralt reproduce?

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Why do Geralt's eyes turn black?

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This is because Geralt was under the effects of a potion, which are very common in the universe of The Witcher. Geralt has access to a number of potions and elixirs, which enhance different senses and abilities depending on what he needs.
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Are there female Witchers?

It's not that the Witchers are chauvinist pigs by any means (although a few of the Witchers at Kaer Morhen initially give Ciri a rough time). But the trials are so rigorous and dangerous for anyone that undergoes them. So in the world of The Witcher's television adaptation, there are no female Witchers.
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Is Ciri sterile?

Since Ciri never underwent the witcher mutations, she's very much fertile and can bear children. After all, Emhyr var Emreis wouldn't have made Ciri Empress of Nilfgaard if she were sterile.
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Why did Yennefer get her uterus removed?

The enchantment that follows is essentially a form of torture, a brutal surgical procedure that comes at a significant cost. For it to work, Yennefer has to have her womb removed, meaning she will never bear children.
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How did Yennefer become infertile?

Many sorcerers are infertile, but nobody knows exactly why. In the show, however, Yennefer's infertility is the direct result of her physical transformation. She decides to sacrifice her uterus in exchange for beauty, a choice she later comes to regret.
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Are Witchers immortal?

Building on the last entry; Geralt isn't just heading towards a biblical age, were he to step away from his chosen profession, he'd easily outstrip them because Witchers are technically immortal. It's like Tolkien's elves. So long as he isn't struck down, he will continue to thrive and grunt monosyllabic catchphrases.
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Is Geralt castrated?

Geralt is a child. Not a witch-man, but a witchy lad. On the level of discursive subterfuge, he was “castrated” by his greatest love, Yennefer, when they first met (and yet again, we are speaking of a type of love that is both a cliché and a distortion of the courteous chivalric romance):
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Why can elves have babies The Witcher?

Most of the elves in the witcher are past that age (and the majority of the ones who were still young enough to reproduce were killed) so they can't reproduce.
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Why is Yennefer deformed?

She was abused as a child and had a hunchback, this led her to depression and isolation. While she was a student at Aretuza, Yennefer tried to kill herself by cutting her forearms. She managed to do a great deal of damage to her tendons but did not die.
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Can a witcher get drunk?

Intoxication is one of the more unique and fun aspects of The Witcher. Basically you can get Geralt "wasted out of his gourd", either deliberately or by accident.
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Why are Geralt's eyes yellow and not the other Witchers?

The side effects of these extra modifications cause his hair to whiten (earning him the 'White Wolf' title) and his eyes to turn yellow, which is why other Witchers lack his unique pigmentation.
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Who is the strongest witcher?

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Not only is Geralt an incredible swordsman, but he also demonstrates a strong proficiency with magic as well, using the witcher Signs to great advantage in battle.
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How many Witchers are left?

There are four members of this school still alive and four unconfirmed. As mentioned, the two most important witchers from this school are Geralt and Vesemir (representing the new and old guard of witchers), but there are two other witchers still alive from this academy as well in Eskel and Lambert.
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Why does Geralt call his horses Roach?

"Płotka" is the Polish term for a female horse, and it's also an informal version of the word "płoć," which literally translates to “roach” or “roachy.” Geralt is known for favoring mares over stallions, therefore, the monster hunter's preference ties his steed's name to Polish terminology.
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What is Geralt's mutation?

After displaying unusual tolerance, Geralt was selected to further experimental mutations which granted him considerably greater strength, speed, endurance, resilience, healing, senses, complete immunity to diseases and conventional poisons, and extreme resistance to pain.
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Does Yennefer get womb back?

He revealed that Yennefer would never regain her womb, and Geralt would lose Yennefer.
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