Felix Eisen <felixeisen at yahoo.com> 04/08/06 01:48 AM To Jon_Lincicum at stream.com cc Subject RE: Speculative Planetary Statistics for Dragaera (Math help?) >>1. There are a number of fairly large flying creatures (Jhereg, Dragons, >>Tiassa, etc) that would have an easier time of it with a lighter gravity >>to overcome. > >Hm. Actually, I think the largest flying thing on Dragaera is ... what, the tiassa? I was under the impression, primarily from 'Brokedown Palace', that Dragaeran dragons didn't >have wings and could not fly -- that they looked somewhat like the dragons as pictured in Asia. > >I may, of course, be wrong. As I recall, the text (even in BP) is less than definitive on this point. Wasn't Kathana e'Marish'Chala's dragon painting described with wings? Also, while the cover art is far from canonical, the Dragon emblem on Morrolan's breast on the cover of LoCB does show a stylized Dragon with wings. This is no guarantee that the creatures do fly, but having wings would tend to indicate that at one time, some anscestor (likely of similar size) of theirs probably did. My feeling, based on the general mythology of Dragons, is that they probably are able to fly--but don't bother to much of the time because it is an effort for them to do so. (Especially the older, fatter ones.) Also, don't forget the Giant Jhereg near Deathgate falls, which are about the same size as Vlad (his words). This is larger than any flying reptile on Earth... (At least, since the time of the dinosaurs.) Majikjon