Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Paladine 07-08-06, 07:05 AM	Food for thought... Since a spellscale is a "Dragon", does she need to take the Draconic Heritage Feat in order to take Draconic Feats? If so, why? If not, does she pick a particular dragon type for her bloodline at creation? Thanks ahead of time. Len
Reska 07-08-06, 10:26 AM	Probably because the req for Draconic Heritage is "Sorc 1st lvl" and all the other Draconic Feats require Heritage.
smerwin29 07-10-06, 02:22 PM	I cannot rule on game-mechanical issues, but I can give my interpretation. I would say that you need to take the feat Draconic Heritage in order to have access to the draconic feats in Races of the Dragon. However, if you are talking about feats where a prerequisite is "dragon type," then spellscales certainly meet that prerequisite. The "why" is fairly simple. The Draconic feats have Draconic Heritage as a prerequisite. Spellscales do not automatically get that feat. Therefore you need the feat.
Paladine 07-11-06, 04:21 PM	My concern on this is the fact that the feat' benefit: You gain the dragonblood subtype. Choose on kind of dargon from the acompanying table. This is your dragon heritage, which can only be changed by ubdergoing the Rite of Draconic Affinity (see page 59). Half-dragons must choos the same dragon kind as their dragon parent. When you declare your draconic heritage, you gain the skill..... If you're already a dragon subtype, why would you need to waste a feat slot (only 1 at first level) by taking a feat that just says basicaly the same thing?
smerwin29 07-11-06, 05:47 PM	If you're already a dragon subtype, why would you need to waste a feat slot (only 1 at first level) by taking a feat that just says basicaly the same thing? To gain access to all the other draconic feats. And the extra class skill. And the extra spells known. If you read the feat, it even says, "If you are a half-dragon, you must choose. . ." which means that even creatures that ARE a dragon need to take the feat.