Half Human-Half Dragon:mammal?
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Shin Okada
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By the RAW, she is a "Dragon (Augmented Humanoid)". Thus she is "Dragon" and NOT "Reptilian". Reptilian subtype is used only for humanoids. By the rule, lizards are not "Reptilian".
Regarding their biological categorization, I guess there will be no answer. Dragon is a purely fantasy being. She may make eggs, or may not.
Regarding their biological categorization, I guess there will be no answer. Dragon is a purely fantasy being. She may make eggs, or may not.
ARandomGod
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Egres said:
It's probably from other fantasy novels I've read... but I've always seen dragons as mammals. Specific mammals, different than normal, and egg laying (there are a couple in real life)... but not reptilian.
youspoonybard
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I'm away from my copy of Draconomicon, but I think it might cover the egg-laying and stuff of dragons within. It's worth a shot.
Infiniti2000
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I also think of dragons and half-dragons as lizard-like, if not actually lizards. Dragons are to lizards as humans are to monkeys. Anyway, the Draconomicon might have a more interesting take on it.
werk
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I give them both, since they are both human (or whatever) and dragon.
Carry to term, then birth an egg. Egg can then be attended, hatched, usual bird/reptile stuff. A lone human birthing an egg would not know how to care for it, so both parents are required for these atypical spawns.
That's actually the way I explain the birth of the half dragon...dragon father, human mother.
A half dragon giving birth would depend on the father's, um, type...
Carry to term, then birth an egg. Egg can then be attended, hatched, usual bird/reptile stuff. A lone human birthing an egg would not know how to care for it, so both parents are required for these atypical spawns.
That's actually the way I explain the birth of the half dragon...dragon father, human mother.
A half dragon giving birth would depend on the father's, um, type...
the Jester
Legend
Dragons are warm-blooded creatures somewhere between a cat and a reptile in characteristics. They do indeed lay eggs.
Edit: as a half-dragon has the dragon type, I would say it too lays eggs.
Edit: as a half-dragon has the dragon type, I would say it too lays eggs.
Gez
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Warning: do not confuse reptile with reptilian, nor mammal with mammalian.
I'd say a half-dragon/half-human (or half-dwarf, -elf, -gnome, -halfling...) is both mammalian and reptilian, as the crossbreed will have traits of both.
I'd say, DM's whim. Note that D&D has a longstanding, glorious tradition of fantasy females with scaly boobs, so...
I'll conclude by providing a photograph of the Silver Sorcerer, a female half-dragon elf sorcerer D&D miniature:
If you look more closely, you'll see that she's breasted.
I'd say a half-dragon/half-human (or half-dwarf, -elf, -gnome, -halfling...) is both mammalian and reptilian, as the crossbreed will have traits of both.
I'd say, DM's whim. Note that D&D has a longstanding, glorious tradition of fantasy females with scaly boobs, so...
I'll conclude by providing a photograph of the Silver Sorcerer, a female half-dragon elf sorcerer D&D miniature:
If you look more closely, you'll see that she's breasted.
Kae'Yoss
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Facts:
1. Half-dragons are mammals.
2. Half-dragons fight ALL the time.
3. The purpose of the half-dragon is to flip out and kill people.
(as for my answer, it is "whatever fits better". I think it can go either way, since they're half-dragons. They may get the way they bear children from their dragon-half or their whatevertheyarebesidesdragon-half)
1. Half-dragons are mammals.
2. Half-dragons fight ALL the time.
3. The purpose of the half-dragon is to flip out and kill people.
(as for my answer, it is "whatever fits better". I think it can go either way, since they're half-dragons. They may get the way they bear children from their dragon-half or their whatevertheyarebesidesdragon-half)
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