Dragonians
Dragonian / Dragonkin / Dragonfolk Representing The Dragonian People.
Description
Dragonians are powerful hybrid beings created from the unison of Lizardmen and Dragon. They have between 2-4 sets of large dragon legs which support their massive enlarged bodies. They can have 1-3 sets of arms which wield massive weapons and tools. As this is their base form and they do not retain the powers to turn into either a Lizardmen or Dragon, they have begun to live their lives as powerful combat loving people. At birth they are very small pet sized creatures which have extremely limited control over their limbs. It takes a few decades for them to grow into the size of a vehicle, at this point they are young adolescents and will begin to grow more powerful with age. After more decades they reach adulthood and will then begin to grow the extra limbs as needed. Over time their body will begin to develop extra arms and legs in pairs, their first growth is slow and they take on the same length as the regular arms and legs of the Dragonian. After long periods of use they will begin to swell in size gaining muscle, power, and bulk reaching the size of the standard limb. When a limb is lost they can regenerate their limbs in this manner much faster due to all their power being focused into the fresh limb. Some masters of combat can reserve magic power to immediately regrow lost limbs in combat which have reduced combat efficiency and capacity but this maneuver still inflicts huge amounts of psychological damage to those who have smirks removed from their faces. At full combat functioning and adulthood they can stand up to 6 meters tall, are around 2.5-3.5 meters wide, from front of body to the start of the tail they are 4 meters long with their tail being up to 2 meters long. Although they can’t use magic to shrink or manipulate their size, their massive frames offer the most resistances as they have both Lizardmen and Dragon resistances. They are fearsome in battle as they charge into combat weaving spells as they slam their weapons hard into their targets, their multiple legs also make terrain easy to cross and they are actually strong and fast swimmers allowing them to close the distance to their targets anywhere.
Species And Faction
Species:
There are 2 major species of Dragonians that have been discovered and exist within The Astarian Empire.
Dragonian, Swaragonian
Dragonian:
Dragonians like Cantaur are a hybrid-like group which has the top half of a Lizardmen and the bottom half of a Dragon / Drake. Over time they have developed the abilities to use their wings to fly short distances and glide from tall heights. Like Dragons the Dragonian are massive dinosaur-like reptiles with 4 legs, large bat-like wings, and a poisonous barbed serpentine tail. They develop extra large scale plate like armor and even smaller horns and spikes over the back and edges of the scales. The Dragonian breathes Dragon Fire, a magical fire breath attack which can burn all targets in the cone area as the breath spreads outwards. As Dragonians age their breath attack grows stronger as does their resistances and abilities. Dragon Fire is also changed and manipulated based on what type of magic the Dragonian knows and uses. Dragonians develop their colors through the main type of magic spells they learn and know, the more types of magic they use the darker, more glossy jet black they become.
Swaragonian:
Swragonians are a new form of creature created by Supreme Queen of Queen Daka in use for the Swarm. They are of high intelligence and then have left the swarm to become their own group of people. They are a hybrid-like person with the top half of a Lizardmen and the bottom half as a 6 legged Houndling. This has given them thick swarm scales and armored plating as well as a larger and faster dash at the cost of their flight. They still will hatch from eggs and fight for the swarm but even during and after they can and will most of the time leave the swarm's grasp. Many of them still fight for the Swarm as small commanders of swarm forces as they can still maintain the Swarm Link until they sever it and choose to leave the Swarm. When returning to fight with and for the Swarm, they will use a communication bug node attached to their head to communicate with the Swarm while maintaining their freedom.
Culture
As they are formed by the union of both Dragon and Lizardmen through genetics and species interbreeding and can develop naturally on most worlds. They will also take on the main color of the Dragon which they formed from. After that the Lizardmen color will bleed into various markings found across their scales in natural hunting patterns. Although a Dragonian is capable of fusing together their body parts, even if they look like a Lizardmen standing bipedal with 1 set of arms and legs, what makes them stand out is the patterns of their scales. They tend to develop their own unique cultures which vary from world to world, check each world for the culture listed.
Astarian Empire's Thoughts
The Dragonians are a hybrid people made from Dragons and Lizardmen which makes them powerful, adventurous, and knowledgeable about both of their cultures. Although some may try to blend in with familiar races like Lizardmen, finding the patterns allows them to be picked out in a crowd. Their strength is known even to the Swarm who used them as a basis for the creation of a new species of Dragonians, the Swaragonians.
Note on Scale Patterns:
The main types of patterns include stripes, spots, and solid colors. These act as visual types of camouflage essential for survival and thriving as a race. Other patterns can include mimicry, where one species imitates another, and distinctive arrangements like the stripes to break up and blur vision or "eyespots" on a demon's body, which can be for communication or defense. The most common is cracks, spots and stripes across the body but other types do occur in rare cases.
After The Cataclysmic Shift
After the Great Cataclysmic Shift the Dragonian people became much more aggressive and far stronger individually.
Race Stats In Other Media
Race Stat Chart:
Dragonian Stat Chart:
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HP-M STR-M END-M
MP-M DEX-M INT-M
SP-M MAG-M WIS-M
VIT-M PAM-M LUK-M
CON-M MAM-M EVS-M
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Swaragonian Stat Chart:
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HP-H STR-H END-H
MP-L DEX-H INT-L
SP-L MAG-L WIS-L
VIT-H PAM-H LUK-L
CON-H MAM-H EVS-L
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Playing Dragonians In TTRPG and or RPG Games:
In Role Playing Games, Dragonians are 4 legged large centaur-like people with the bonuses of both dragons and lizardmen. They have very high resistances and heavy attacks at the cost of using Dragonic Srts to cast magic. They use their weapons imbued with runic magic swirling around to cast their spells, this makes them powerful but slow casters and only focused on attacking or casting at one time.
Playing Dragonians In Turn Based Strategy and or RTS Games:
In strategy games Dragonians are fast calvary units with all the same resistances and stats of both dragons and lizardmen with the attack and magic power that rivals both races. They can naturally breath fire and cast spells but their main weakness is to air units as they lack any real anti air capabilities.