He should certainly have the DnD 'dragon' immunities (Sleep, charm, etc as immune, and then resistance to an element), because even human half-dragons get those. Seems to be a dominant trait, though half dragons usually only get an elemental resistance instead of elemental immunity.

And the question is, as a fox-dragon, should he be chasing princesses, chickens, or preferably chicken-princesses? ;) I'm sure DnD has a biped bird race out there.

I missed that as I don't play the game and didn't read the dragon writeups well enough. I'll correct it and re-upload, thanks. 83

Yeah, dragon-blood is /super/ dominate, oddly in everything but appearance. Half dragons usually look like the non-dragon race, with 'hints' of dragonishness. But their non-appearance based traits, like stat scores, resistances, abilities etc all take after the dragon.

Which, though I'm not much into hyper, gives me the mental image of some anthro half dragon with an oversized 'organ' explaining to his girlfriend that he 'takes after his father' that way ;)

I made him sleep and charm immune, and poison immune. Apparently they gave green dragons "acid" breath in 3.5, presumable to avoid that old "I have a necklace of adaptation" argument, but poison immunity is good enough for me.

Given the nature of your male preds he'll be doing all the charming anyway ;)

Hmm...I'm trying to think of how to construct the fox-dragon...

First take the basic fox...add the tauric template...that gives you Hialfi in all but size and special abilities. Then you tack on the half-dragon template...

Lotta work. X3

Either way, I like this writeup. :3

Ah, 3.0 dragons were always the best.

Clearly this is what happens when you get a hrony green dragon in a forest: people-swallowing half-fox dragons

On the other hand: WHY does it seem like everything in D&D will gulp soeone down, excpet for the creatures famous for it in myth and legend: dragons? sigh...

Galis told me that there's a 3.5 supplement that adds Epic sizes and hit dice to dragons, and that they had 'Devour whole up to Gargantuan sized prey'. 83

I made the "breathing acid gas" comment based on the 3.5 Half-Dragon template. You're so good with the formatting for the stat blocks and the D&D stuff in general it's really easy to forget you stopped playing before 3.5.

And hurray for the foxdragon getting a name! I do have to say you're very good with fantasy names; you make them sound exotic without making them too complex to pronounce. For this in particular I really liked how you presented the information in a "based on witness accounts" kind of style. I think that was a very creative way to do it. I also chuckled at the little red riding hood reference.

I really liked the flavor of this as an ambush predator. I think you did a good job of making his abilities all have that idea in common. I was impressed with all the things you too into consideration; I would not have thought of the Hustle/Forced March clause and his bite having a longer reach was a great touch.

Thanks a lot for sharing! Now I'm really looking forward to reading your new story. Good luck with everything! ^^

The average LRRH-type character would be killed by his bite damage, let alone his sneak attack damage, so presumably he snaps those up extra gently so they will wiggle on the way down. 89

The name is that of a Native American "fox tribe". The swahili word for "fox" (or maybe jackal) was unpronounceable.

I made him as cowardly as you can make a pred and still have it eat people. The the thing I forgot to give him was Detect Magic, because nothing gives away a "bait" high level character like his massive number of magic items/spells. He's perfectly willing (and able) to run for his life if someone does try to bait him into an attack.

I'm getting to like the foxdragon enough that he will probably be canon soon, though dragons mature so slowly that by the time he gets to this size Hialfi will be either dead or retired. He might show up as a hatchling in a future Hialfi story, though clearly the dragoness' morality has rubbed off on him more than his fathers' has.

hmm it would seem he inherited his father's "run away" tactics

It's a very reasonable attitude for a solitary predator who isn't powerful enough to stand up to major threats like powerful adventuring parties.

Kind of the creature type you don't wanna encounter when you're on your own. Unless if you love getting vore'd. Like me. :3