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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9848223" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Personally, I do not, as I see the two as distinct for the same reason that "tiefling" would (and should) be different from "cambion". A half-dragon has a literal dragon parent, and will have a far longer lifespan than their non-dragon parent, making it much more like the fantasy of half-elf (magical, charismatic, but to some extent apart from both your parents' species and cultures), just as a cambion will have a much different experience because, again, one parent is literally an immortal embodiment of evil, and you are a (potentially?) immortal being yourself.That said, yes, if we go for a looser idea of "anything that is humanoid and draconic", then half-dragon goes back at least that far if not further.I don't believe it was intended for PCs, but as with many things in 3e, intent and practice may be....very far apart.It seems to be written with PC usage in mind--or at least it would be fully compatible with such, as far as I can tell. It has something that is, functionally, an "XP table", just in an unusual manner, because an argas only grows in power by consuming magic items. Given their LG alignment restriction, they specifically try to target evil-aligned items, and may even go on quests to hunt down such items. That would also be an unusual characteristic (LG-only) if they were exclusively monsters. One of its ultra-high-level abilities, "New Body", seems to have limitations on it of a kind I would not expect from a creature emphatically never intended to be played--it has limitations that look designed to prevent player abuse.If you care, it's from Dragon Magazine #53, p 52-53, September 1981. There's a version up on the Internet Archive, but I'm not sure if I should link it here or not.</blockquote>

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