Originally Posted by TomReneth
Originally Posted by VeronicaTash
Originally Posted by Kadajko
Originally Posted by VeronicaTash
Do you think they are plants? Fungi? Very large bacteria?

I am using one of the definitions of the word ''animal'' from Cambridge dictionary which is ''something that lives and moves but is not a human'', only in this case I substitute the word human for ALL intelligent species of Faerun, dragons included.
There is a definition of the word ''animal'' that includes humans too, since humans are technically animals, but if I were to use that definition my point wouldn't make any sense, and typically when we use the word animal we don't mean humans.

It's basic biology.
I'm pretty sure D&D doesn't classify "animal" or "animalia" the way modern biologist do. Most non-humanoid creatures that has a higher intelligence score in D&D are usually considered magical creatures. In fact, much of biology as we know it wouldn't apply, because of special creation and the disregard for common barriers of reproduction. The Sorcerer class is a pretty explicit case of cross-species procreation that wouldn't be possible in real life.

I mean Earthly biology has no concept of polymorphing magic, which is often the thing that enables dragons to mate with humanoids, creating half-dragons and later on draconic sorcerers. So, yeah I dont think scientific knowledge is very relevant in this discussion of fantasy tropes.

Last edited by spacehamster95; 14/09/21 03:10 PM.