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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 208730" data-attributes="member: 1125">Ah yes but then your basis this on assumptions of earth-like physics too aren't you. Perhaps the Gravity of greyhawk is only half that of earth for instance. Also I always liked the Dragon is a big ball of lighter-than-air gas hypothesis presented by Peter Dickenson in A Flight of Dagons. it was elegant Not if they have VERY slow metabolisms and spend most of their time asleep. Afterall in semi-rl many giants sleep so long that they gather rocks and plants and become mistaken for mountains. I'd say a 12 foot giant who slept for 16 hours per day could get by on a single horse sized meal. (and being asleep would at least provide adventureres a better chance at slaying them) - the Legend might say it was wide awake and raging but perhaps it was really snoring Well I don't think humanoid races should be considered food anymore than they were on earth. We know for a fact that most human groups practiced cannibalism at some point and yet as a species we still survive (although Nearderthals don't - perhaps our ancestors ATE them!!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />) The big thing with us sapient humanoids is we know how to use tools, hide in caves, build Dragon-proof fortresses and weild anti-monster magic in order to preserve our own lives.On Earth we know that early anthropithicus types were prey but later Homo Sapians were most definately predators. A few might be taken out by a opportunistic Smilodon but after that Smilodon and a few others beside got mobbed by a huge human hunting party out for revenge (and fur) All Smilodons (or Dragons) would soon learn that the soft-skins aren't a smart option afterall. Now that is horrible. I'd prefer to imagine that they don't mate per se perhaps the males simply release free swimming sperm which fertilise prelaid eegs... phew hope thats calm us all down<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=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" /></blockquote>

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