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The original was unique, until Spelljammer revealed there was a whole planet of them, where they rule the surface, and the underground...

You just need to use a better tarrasque. https://a5e.tools/node/1799

You don't even need magic to make a "living X-29" work - a lot of birds and bats have inherently unstable flight configurations in the...

No, I still want them to be backward, that is the whole fun of this exercise. My current concept is a version of a h. bird wing but in...

Agreed, but the analogy I was trying to make was between technology and magic I think there are degrees here, not a hard edge. Insects...

I really like the design and illustration. That said, I do NOT like it as a Topaz dragon in D&D: #1 The floating spine crystals, while...

The analogy with the X-29 is that he plane cannot fly without its computer making constant adjustments. It is a design that can't fly...

Now your getting it! That is exactly the type of inspired idea I am talking about. Now we have yet another reason to have this type of...

These wings are the wrong shape. Notice how hummingbird wings are shaped. They are smooth and continuous on both edges, leading and...

I've heard that the dragons in the Discworld series use their farts to take off into the air. ;) I don't know if their farts count as a...

That you think it is an issue shows that you're not actually understanding why it is not an issue. I am pretty sure I understand your...

I mean that is true of a gargantuan sized dragon too (or a giant or about a hundred other things in D&D). So I hardly thing that is...

But that is not a good argument when we have psionics / magic involved - aerodynamics (and physics in general) have only a passing...

Question: the humming bird can fly forwards, up, down, and backwards with its wings. Why couldn't this work for the dragon but in...

That is fine, personally I don't have gem dragons in my world - solves the issue rather easily. However, this whole discussion has not...