Re: (TFT) House Rules?

[Margaret Tapley <barnswallow@sbcglobal.net>]

> Answers.com says that there are around 500,000 elephants around in  
> Africa and about 40,000 in Asia.
> If elephants were dragons that means 135,000 years of youth potions  
> all told.

They're not, though. Elephants run in herds, and dragons are normally  
solitary (and territorial!). Has anyone heard of/encountered a group  
of dragons? What do you call a group of dragons anyway? A pride? A  
flame? A hoard? Hmm...

Still, dragon population densities are probably lower than those of  
elephants, if only because of their carnivorous habits. A given amount  
of land can grow a lot more grass than rabbits/deer/cattle/whatever  
dragons like to eat.

The quoted elephant population is probably less than a "natural"  
population would be because people hunt elephants for their tusks  
etc., but people would hunt dragons for their hearts, dung, scales,  
etc., too, so even if dragons are harder to kill than elephants,  
there's probably a nearly equal pressure on them. Of course, dragons,  
being intelligent, would resent this...Dragon wars anyone?
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