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<blockquote data-quote="Wofano Wotanto" data-source="post: 9697808" data-attributes="member: 7044704">Griffons have always bugged me.&nbsp; Even setting aside the impossibility of something that size and shape being able to fly, just try to imagine them walking.&nbsp; Eagle feet are not meant for moving around on the ground, period.&nbsp; They're grabbing weapons, limited manipulators, and something to hold you securely in a tree.&nbsp; Most eagles are already big enough that the &quot;hop hop hop&quot; of smaller songbirds and the like is awkward and impractical, and they aren't nailed to a flightless quadruped's body.&nbsp; Pairing them with half the legs of a lion doesn't help much either, although at least the wings offer a visual semi-plausible way to rear up by flapping so they can claw with the front legs and spring on a target.I'd love to know how many people back in the day took one look at heraldry featuring these things and had to find an excuse for laughing out loud.&nbsp; &quot;What barmy crackskull thought you can stick a bird of prey to a big...cat, I guess...and have it look believable?&nbsp; That guy with the two-headed pig down at the fair did a better job, and you could still see the stitches on that one.&quot;Ooh, I know what the heraldry for my next knightly knight character is going to be.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wofano Wotanto, post: 9697808, member: 7044704"] Griffons have always bugged me. Even setting aside the impossibility of something that size and shape being able to fly, just try to imagine them walking. Eagle feet are not meant for moving around on the ground, period. They're grabbing weapons, limited manipulators, and something to hold you securely in a tree. Most eagles are already big enough that the "hop hop hop" of smaller songbirds and the like is awkward and impractical, and they aren't nailed to a flightless quadruped's body. Pairing them with half the legs of a lion doesn't help much either, although at least the wings offer a visual semi-plausible way to rear up by flapping so they can claw with the front legs and spring on a target. I'd love to know how many people back in the day took one look at heraldry featuring these things and had to find an excuse for laughing out loud. "What barmy crackskull thought you can stick a bird of prey to a big...cat, I guess...and have it look believable? That guy with the two-headed pig down at the fair did a better job, and you could still see the stitches on that one." Ooh, I know what the heraldry for my next knightly knight character is going to be. :) [/QUOTE]

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