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<blockquote data-quote="see" data-source="post: 9751050" data-attributes="member: 10531"><p>The 2e <em>Draconomicon</em> had rules for this. Only chromatics can cross. If they do:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Blend the colors (no stripes or spots).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Roll on the table and the follow the formula to work out how large the dragon will be based on upper limit of the range for larger parent's type and lower limit of the range for the smaller parent's type (AD&D 2nd gave body and tail length ranges, in feet, for each type of dragon for each of the 12 age categories).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Roll between the two parents randomly to determine AC progression.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Average the parents' HD and THAC0.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Roll between the two parents to determine claw damage.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Roll between the two parents to determine bite damage.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Roll between the parents to get breath weapon damage.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Roll on the table to determine if the breath weapon energy type is the larger parent's (40%), the smaller parent's (40%), or a blend (20%, DM adjudication).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Spellcasting follows one parent and the innate abilities follow the other parent.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Behaves (alignment, etc.) like the parent that raises it, mostly.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Intelligence score is either lowest in the range for the raising parent's type (if raised by more intelligent parent) or highest in the range for the raising parent's type (if raised by less intelligent parent).</li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="see, post: 9751050, member: 10531"] The 2e [I]Draconomicon[/I] had rules for this. Only chromatics can cross. If they do: [LIST=1] [*]Blend the colors (no stripes or spots). [*]Roll on the table and the follow the formula to work out how large the dragon will be based on upper limit of the range for larger parent's type and lower limit of the range for the smaller parent's type (AD&D 2nd gave body and tail length ranges, in feet, for each type of dragon for each of the 12 age categories). [*]Roll between the two parents randomly to determine AC progression. [*]Average the parents' HD and THAC0. [*]Roll between the two parents to determine claw damage. [*]Roll between the two parents to determine bite damage. [*]Roll between the parents to get breath weapon damage. [*]Roll on the table to determine if the breath weapon energy type is the larger parent's (40%), the smaller parent's (40%), or a blend (20%, DM adjudication). [*]Spellcasting follows one parent and the innate abilities follow the other parent. [*]Behaves (alignment, etc.) like the parent that raises it, mostly. [*]Intelligence score is either lowest in the range for the raising parent's type (if raised by more intelligent parent) or highest in the range for the raising parent's type (if raised by less intelligent parent). [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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