This is a pretty weird question because you would think they are birds. But does this mean they hatch from eggs? I feel like this would be kind of weird so what's your opinion?
I think I read in the EEPC that Aarakocra lay eggs. I don't know about Kenku.
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Devious serpent folk devoid of compassion, yuan-ti manipulate other creatures by arousing their doubts, evoking their fears, and elevating and crushing their hopes. From remote temples in jungles, swamps, and deserts, the yuan-ti plot to supplant and dominate all other races and to make themselves gods.
Well, there are mammals that hatch from eggs, platypuses and echidnas. However, the depictions and descriptions of aarakocra and kenku make them appear to be birds in our classical taxonomy. As an aside, I think dragons, like dinosaurs, are more closely related to birds than reptiles. It's also not at all clear if dragonborn come from eggs, but I suspect they don't.
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True. The feature that defines avian creatures from all other animals is that they have feathers.
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True. The feature that defines avian creatures from all other animals is that they have feathers.
So...owlbears....birds or mammals? How about merfolk; fish or mammal? Scientific classification systems tend to break down in worlds where magical beings are a thing.
In this instance, it's probably better to assume some sort of middle-ground gray area and say that birdfolk could lay eggs or give live births depending on the story, DM, or situational need. Dragonborn have been called out in-lore for laying eggs, so it's not like it is not without precedent that humanoids sometimes don't do the whole live birth thing.
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Dragonborn, in both 4e and 5e, hatch from eggs*. It would be unsurprising if other types did as well.
* There was a fairly moderate lashback of people wanting to know why female dragonborn had boobs if they weren't from a milk-producing species at the time, so this sticks out in my mind.
* There was a fairly moderate lashback of people wanting to know why female dragonborn had boobs if they weren't from a milk-producing species at the time, so this sticks out in my mind.
That would be because it's a traditional fantasy world. It's either something in the air or something in the aether.
Also, this is the same setting that has three varieties of beautiful-human-female-with-the-lower-body-of-a-snake that want to kill you. Not counting mermaids or legless medusae.
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According to Wikipedia's definition of a bird, an owlbear is simply a very messed up bird. Merfolk appear to be in a similar situation; having gills ties them directly to fish, but they've been through a lot.
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I think it's perfectly reasonable to say that merfolk are fish. What it comes down to it, they're basically sea-dwelling animals that have evolved to look like humanoids and be intelligent.
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FWIW. I believe that aarakocra, kenku, and dragonborn all lay eggs.
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Aarakocra and Kenku are birds. Dragonborn are reptiles, lizardfolk are reptiles, as are kobolds (being directly related to dragons).
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According to Wikipedia's definition of a bird, an owlbear is simply a very messed up bird. Merfolk appear to be in a similar situation; having gills ties them directly to fish, but they've been through a lot.
Yeah. I think merfolk (as well as merrow) are probably mammals because they're basically mermaid people.
This is a pretty weird question because you would think they are birds. But does this mean they hatch from eggs? I feel like this would be kind of weird so what's your opinion?
Dragons hatch from eggs. Does that mean dragonborn hatch from eggs?
I don't think aarakocra and kenku hatching from eggs is weird.
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I think I read in the EEPC that Aarakocra lay eggs. I don't know about Kenku.
Devious serpent folk devoid of compassion, yuan-ti manipulate other creatures by arousing their doubts, evoking their fears, and elevating and crushing their hopes. From remote temples in jungles, swamps, and deserts, the yuan-ti plot to supplant and dominate all other races and to make themselves gods.
Well, there are mammals that hatch from eggs, platypuses and echidnas. However, the depictions and descriptions of aarakocra and kenku make them appear to be birds in our classical taxonomy. As an aside, I think dragons, like dinosaurs, are more closely related to birds than reptiles. It's also not at all clear if dragonborn come from eggs, but I suspect they don't.
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"The relevant equation is: Knowledge = power = energy = matter = mass; a good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read." - Terry Pratchett
In the novels of Erin M. Evans, which feature Dragonborn culture prominently, it is said that they hatch from eggs.
I think they have to be birds, though I can't confirm it. After all, mammals don't grow feathers.
Devious serpent folk devoid of compassion, yuan-ti manipulate other creatures by arousing their doubts, evoking their fears, and elevating and crushing their hopes. From remote temples in jungles, swamps, and deserts, the yuan-ti plot to supplant and dominate all other races and to make themselves gods.
Dragonborn, in both 4e and 5e, hatch from eggs*. It would be unsurprising if other types did as well.
* There was a fairly moderate lashback of people wanting to know why female dragonborn had boobs if they weren't from a milk-producing species at the time, so this sticks out in my mind.
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According to Wikipedia's definition of a bird, an owlbear is simply a very messed up bird. Merfolk appear to be in a similar situation; having gills ties them directly to fish, but they've been through a lot.
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I mean, if we're being literal here, humans are from eggs too. I don't think it would be too outlandish for them to be hatched
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I think it's perfectly reasonable to say that merfolk are fish. What it comes down to it, they're basically sea-dwelling animals that have evolved to look like humanoids and be intelligent.
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Thanks. I have been looking for this for a while
FWIW. I believe that aarakocra, kenku, and dragonborn all lay eggs.
Just my two copper pieces.
Tayn of Darkwood. Lvl 10 human Life Cleric of Lathander. Retired.
Ikram Sahir ibn Malik al-Sayyid Ra'ad, Second Son of the House of Ra'ad, Defender of the Burning Sands. Lvl 9 Brass Dragonborn Sorcerer + Greater Fire Elemental Devil.
Viktor Gavriil. Lvl 20 White Dragonborn Grave Cleric, of Kurgan the God of Death.
Anzio Faro. Lvl 5 Prot. Aasimar Light Cleric.
Aarakocra and Kenku are birds. Dragonborn are reptiles, lizardfolk are reptiles, as are kobolds (being directly related to dragons).
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Trying to get your physical content on Beyond is like going to Microsoft and saying "I have a physical Playstation disk, give me a digital Xbox version!"
It makes sense for aarokrocra and kenku to lay eggs. However, I doubt dragonborn do because most female dragonborn are depicted as having breasts.
Yeah. I think merfolk (as well as merrow) are probably mammals because they're basically mermaid people.
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Birds and fish are Beasts.
Aarakocra, Dragonborn and Kenku are humanoid (with their own sub category).
Dragons are, well, dragons.
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