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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8870102" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>Yes, the Dexterity scores I suggested are what 5E Dragons of those types have.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I see no need of specifying a particular magical process, just have a paragraph in the Description called <em><strong>Children of the Dragon's Teeth</strong></em> or the like that explains their mythical origins and mentions magic items that temporarily produce Dragon Warriors exist, then present a <em>figurine of wondrous power - dragon warrior</em> variant that does so. Maybe call it a <em>fang of wondrous power - dragon warrior</em>?</p><p></p><p>Anyhow since I was preferring them to be Monstrosities, I'm obviously fine with the approach of making them living creatures. The fact that the mythical originals could crossbreed with normal humans might be an argument for them being Humanoid, but that's not an iron rule. There are plenty of monsters of the Monstrosity type that are human-ish or part human, including some from Greek myth like Centaurs and the Minotaur. Plus Greek legend is not noted for being bothered by realworld biological restrictions. It's those pesky Gods and their fondness for animal-human hybrids.</p><p></p><p>That is an argument against Construct though. There are some "Living Constructs" in D&D such as the Warforged, but those aren't capable of interbreeding with humanoids. The few capable of reproduction, such as the Clockwork Horrors, usually do so by building more constructs from raw materials rather than employing sexual reproduction (i.e. laying eggs, getting pregnant) or asexually splitting into two new creatures like many oozes do.</p><p></p><p>That leaves Humanoid and Monstrosity and I still lean towards the second.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8870102, member: 57383"] Yes, the Dexterity scores I suggested are what 5E Dragons of those types have. I see no need of specifying a particular magical process, just have a paragraph in the Description called [I][B]Children of the Dragon's Teeth[/B][/I] or the like that explains their mythical origins and mentions magic items that temporarily produce Dragon Warriors exist, then present a [I]figurine of wondrous power - dragon warrior[/I] variant that does so. Maybe call it a [I]fang of wondrous power - dragon warrior[/I]? Anyhow since I was preferring them to be Monstrosities, I'm obviously fine with the approach of making them living creatures. The fact that the mythical originals could crossbreed with normal humans might be an argument for them being Humanoid, but that's not an iron rule. There are plenty of monsters of the Monstrosity type that are human-ish or part human, including some from Greek myth like Centaurs and the Minotaur. Plus Greek legend is not noted for being bothered by realworld biological restrictions. It's those pesky Gods and their fondness for animal-human hybrids. That is an argument against Construct though. There are some "Living Constructs" in D&D such as the Warforged, but those aren't capable of interbreeding with humanoids. The few capable of reproduction, such as the Clockwork Horrors, usually do so by building more constructs from raw materials rather than employing sexual reproduction (i.e. laying eggs, getting pregnant) or asexually splitting into two new creatures like many oozes do. That leaves Humanoid and Monstrosity and I still lean towards the second. [/QUOTE]
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