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How big is Salamander?

So, instead of writing, I tried to figure out how big Salamander actually is. Why? It was asked, as simple as that.

At first I would have estimated him to be 15m from snout to tail. I felt it to be accurate enough because he is able to carry a grown man on his back, but after a little investigation, I found out that I grossly overestimated it.

I used an image measuring tool and used Fue’s size as reference (yes, I know he’s 188cm tall, but the image doesn’t cover his entire height, so I had to estimate). And the results are below:

And as you can see, Salamander’s neck is about 206,6 cm (that’s about 6,76ft)

If we use the 4e Draconomicon values as reference that would make Salamander a medium sized dragon

And if we use the wingspan (for which one also needs to make estimates); one wing would be at least about 378cm (12,4ft), making the wingspan (including the width of its back) around 8m (26,2ft).

So it might very well be that Sal is only 5,5 m long from snout to tail (18ft), but since he had very different proportions right after Fue woke from his coma (the tail does seem rather long, doesn’t it), it’s possible that he’s longer than that. So, maybe 10m max. But as said, it’s a lot of guess-work because there’s no good reference image in proportion.

But, in conclusion, I’d say that Sal is at least 5,5m long, with a wingspan of 8m, and weight (if we go by the 4e values) 160kg.

And since it seems that the spirits do exist in a more or less physical form at all times, this would mean that Sal would need a room of his own, in which it could build a nest. If it wants.

Edit: I got caught up with the math, and I was reminded that Sal is able to change its size, so… he doesn’t need a room for himself it seems. But for the, apparently largest size, I suppose the math still stands. Make what you will of it

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