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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 6128035" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>According to the <em>Monstrous Manual</em>, Rocs are territorial and have large hunting ground, which requires their nests to be at least 20 miles apart.</p><p></p><p>The Zakharan Common Roc in <em>Land of Fate</em>, which has the same stats as a standard <em>Monstrous Manual</em> Roc, has a "A typical roc territory is a circle with a 10- mile radius, placing at least 20 miles between two nests" and also says "After six months in the nest, a roc has grown enough to leave it, and the roc gains the combat statistics of an adult."</p><p></p><p>Six months? That's frighteningly fast!</p><p></p><p>A 10-mile radius circle is roughly 315 square miles (815 square kilometers). That's enough territory to support a hundred lions or more*, so it ought to be enough for a couple of adult Rocs and their young.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">*Lions <strong><a href="http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15951/0" target="_blank">tend to have population densities</a></strong> from 1.5 to 55 lions per 100 square kms, so I reckon a fairly fertile area that size should be able to feed 100+ lions.</span></p><p></p><p>The Athasian Roc in <em>Monstrous Compendium 12 - Dark Sun Appendix: Terrors of the Desert</em> is 5/6th the size of a standard Roc but seems pretty similar. According to that creature's Becoming a Roc-Rider section, "The incubation period for a roc egg is three months" and the Roc fledges and is ready to fly after a year, although it can fight at only six months of age.</p><p></p><p>I'd be inclined to use something like:</p><p></p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">three months incubation </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Another three months to fledge and leave the nest (six month in total - explaining why there's a 50/50 chance of eggs or young in the nest). </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Another three months after fledging before they're independent from their parents (e.g. 9 months in total, 6 month after egg hatches). </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Another six months to reach full size (15 months in total, or 1 year after hatching). </li> </ol><p></p><p>That's only slightly slower than a large raptor like a golden eagle takes to grow. Clearly, Rocs grow terrifyingly fast for a creature their size.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 6128035, member: 57383"] According to the [I]Monstrous Manual[/I], Rocs are territorial and have large hunting ground, which requires their nests to be at least 20 miles apart. The Zakharan Common Roc in [I]Land of Fate[/I], which has the same stats as a standard [I]Monstrous Manual[/I] Roc, has a "A typical roc territory is a circle with a 10- mile radius, placing at least 20 miles between two nests" and also says "After six months in the nest, a roc has grown enough to leave it, and the roc gains the combat statistics of an adult." Six months? That's frighteningly fast! A 10-mile radius circle is roughly 315 square miles (815 square kilometers). That's enough territory to support a hundred lions or more*, so it ought to be enough for a couple of adult Rocs and their young. [SIZE=1]*Lions [B][URL="http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15951/0"]tend to have population densities[/URL][/B] from 1.5 to 55 lions per 100 square kms, so I reckon a fairly fertile area that size should be able to feed 100+ lions.[/SIZE] The Athasian Roc in [I]Monstrous Compendium 12 - Dark Sun Appendix: Terrors of the Desert[/I] is 5/6th the size of a standard Roc but seems pretty similar. According to that creature's Becoming a Roc-Rider section, "The incubation period for a roc egg is three months" and the Roc fledges and is ready to fly after a year, although it can fight at only six months of age. I'd be inclined to use something like: [LIST=1] [*]three months incubation [*]Another three months to fledge and leave the nest (six month in total - explaining why there's a 50/50 chance of eggs or young in the nest). [*]Another three months after fledging before they're independent from their parents (e.g. 9 months in total, 6 month after egg hatches). [*]Another six months to reach full size (15 months in total, or 1 year after hatching). [/LIST] That's only slightly slower than a large raptor like a golden eagle takes to grow. Clearly, Rocs grow terrifyingly fast for a creature their size. [/QUOTE]
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