A Half dragon.... Dragon? [Archive] - Wizards Community

A Half dragon.... Dragon? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Draconegia2
07-07-06, 10:31 PM Just like the title states, I have come to a crossroads and i seek the wisdom of those who can muddle through the subject better than I can.

You see, right now I am running a campaign in the only city of dragons in the world. While I won't post the details of how a city of good and evil dragons can exist for fears of my players finding the thread, I will say that I had an idea of a half red dragon/half silver dragon outcast who guards one of the city's most important secrets. He was the result of a rape, when both his parents were in human form and had no idea to the other's true identity. He father is a powerful red dragons nobel, and his mother is a silver dragon.

Of corse, a half dragon dragon brings up a few problems. 1) Its adds to the CR. Why would two dragons mating produce a more powerful than usual dragon? (same goes for ability scores) 2) What about breath weapons and elemental nature? Would he have a dule elemental nature? 3) What about alignment? 3) If I were to apply a template, which would i use as the base? 5) Is it easier to just use a mutt dragon of my own make?

As you can see, the list goes on and on. Any help here would be greatly appriciated.
runestar
07-07-06, 10:55 PM That is the quickest fix to resolving the entire dragon crossbreeding conundrum.

1) Selective crossbreeding. ;) The best of both gene pools are extracted and mixed together to produce a more powerful offspring.

Personally, I would use the mother as the base dragon, and the half-dragon template would reflect the father's heritage.
obrysii
07-07-06, 11:00 PM Do an advanced google search under boards1.wizards.com and type in "half-dragon dragon" ... it is a topic that has been covered ad nauseum
RavinRay
07-08-06, 08:57 AM Try also "crossbreed dragons" or "hybrid dragons". I've posted in older threads on this topic.

Search function, we need it badly in the forums migration.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Draconegia2 07-07-06, 10:31 PM	Just like the title states, I have come to a crossroads and i seek the wisdom of those who can muddle through the subject better than I can. You see, right now I am running a campaign in the only city of dragons in the world. While I won't post the details of how a city of good and evil dragons can exist for fears of my players finding the thread, I will say that I had an idea of a half red dragon/half silver dragon outcast who guards one of the city's most important secrets. He was the result of a rape, when both his parents were in human form and had no idea to the other's true identity. He father is a powerful red dragons nobel, and his mother is a silver dragon. Of corse, a half dragon dragon brings up a few problems. 1) Its adds to the CR. Why would two dragons mating produce a more powerful than usual dragon? (same goes for ability scores) 2) What about breath weapons and elemental nature? Would he have a dule elemental nature? 3) What about alignment? 3) If I were to apply a template, which would i use as the base? 5) Is it easier to just use a mutt dragon of my own make? As you can see, the list goes on and on. Any help here would be greatly appriciated.
runestar 07-07-06, 10:55 PM	That is the quickest fix to resolving the entire dragon crossbreeding conundrum. 1) Selective crossbreeding. ;) The best of both gene pools are extracted and mixed together to produce a more powerful offspring. Personally, I would use the mother as the base dragon, and the half-dragon template would reflect the father's heritage.
obrysii 07-07-06, 11:00 PM	Do an advanced google search under boards1.wizards.com and type in "half-dragon dragon" ... it is a topic that has been covered ad nauseum
RavinRay 07-08-06, 08:57 AM	Try also "crossbreed dragons" or "hybrid dragons". I've posted in older threads on this topic. Search function, we need it badly in the forums migration.