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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dave2008" data-source="post: 9728381" data-attributes="member: 83242">Two issues: wing size and strength of materials. Dragon wings would have to be much larger to produce the required lift and the bones and particularly the muscles would have to me much stronger than currently known. This related to weight of course too. We can handwave these because of magic, but there no way for a creature of the size and power of a T-Rex to naturally fly like we want our dragons to fly and battle like we want our dragons to fight. We cover this by making it look "plausible" and then magic!The problem here is I am thinking mostly about the concept and less about the actual mechanics. In D&D, as noted above, the actual limitations of mechanics and physics are less important. You need to make it look good enough and the explanation good enough. That being said I don't think anyone here is versed enough in the physics of flight to really discuss what I am talking about.I am also more interested in the why. Why would the dragon be designed this way. That is really the more interesting question to me and the one I am more hung up on at the moment.My tablet is not set up yet but I can sketch something and scan or take a picture of it. However, I said this would be my retirement project - that is still 10-15 years away. I don't have the time give this a proper go yet.Yes this dragon would need unique wings, we agree on that.  Well it is likely this dragon would weigh much less than 80,000 lbs. The same with normal dragons, they are either magically lighter or stronger than "normal" materials or a combination of both because magic. This is no different than any other dragon, just applied differently.</blockquote>

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