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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sigurd" data-source="post: 4371800" data-attributes="member: 19412">I like the numbers for dragons so far but I think there are other factors involved.Dragons and FoodFeeding dragons is really, really ghastly if you go by any reasonable metabolism and necessary food supply. This doesn't even account for Dragon Waste which would be a pretty big indication of where a dragon has been.I think you have to assume that dragons sleep a lot because a) their dreams are that good - Magic comes to Dragons in their sleep b) they conserve energy and reduce their food needs dramatically by sleeping. Sleep and magic may actually sustain them. c) sleeping allows all sorts of necessary world plots to go on. <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />A feeding dragon decimates herds and wildlife especially when it is clutching (laying eggs), or raising young.Dragons DensityWhile the majority of encounters are with a single dragon that doesn't mean that others are not in the same region. At least half the time more than one dragon shares a region when they are from a related bloodline or a competing one.Related dragons may avoid bloodshed.Competing dragons may actively avoid each other - waiting for the right time to attack.Dragon GenderAll dragons are territorial and greedy in their fashion but not equally so. Male dragons often spend much of their earlier age categories 'tom catting' around seeing the world and looking for a mate. Female dragons, like cats, tend to have a smaller range and are more intent on a permanent lair and nursery.Perhaps a powerful dragon will tolerate dragons of the opposite gender for the length of a dragon courtship period? Gender among dragons might be more powerful than dragon type, depending on how you view alignment. A young Red Dragon might accept the attentions of a beautiful White Dragon if there are no Reds in the area. (Everyone knows there are enough dragon types to justify!)Alternate FormsDragons themselves may adventure far from their hoard in one form or another. They may assume smaller forms to reduce their need to hunt or to better understand\teach a humanoid settlement. Hunting as PunishmentAll dragons treat predation as a violent act and may indulge themselves to punish a foe or region. Dragons may simply oppose the spread of settlements. From the dragons perspective it may not be an evil act to burn a village from the side of a mountain - they may be saving the mountain.Sigurd</blockquote>

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