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This one was a tough cookie to redesign... because I wanted to go for a "fire and ice" aesthetic, yet give it a single dragon class. I wound up having to choose between hybridizing the Groncicle with the Hotburple, the Gronckle, and the Eruptodon. I may design (or redesign a couple of dragons) as other Groncicle Hybrids...

The issues I had with the original design were:

- It somehow looked both well armored and defenseless at the same time

- It looked plain and generic, especially considering that we already have the Gronckle, the Hotburple, and to a lesser extent the Thunderbottom using very similar designs

- Where are it's ears? And what's with the four stomachs?

The Rockspitter is a tenacious hybrid with the ability to withstand- even thrive in- extreme temperatures of both ranges, being equally comfortable bathing in lava and lounging in the middle of a subzero ice storm. This hybrid, like both of its parent species, is overall friendly and docile, though they can be very hard to stop if provoked into a rampage. This is owed at least in part to the Rockspitters large size and considerable bulk... not to mention its heavy armor. This dragon is also resistant to Dragon Root Arrows, albeit not immune to them like the Gronckle and its hybrids. The Rockspitter is known for having a mainly non-organic diet, preferring to eat lava, ice, rocks, or snow as its main food sources. It can eat metal or sand in a pinch if it needs to, but it doesn't like these food sources as much as its preferred food sources. The Rockspitter, unlike most dragons, is a facultivate biped, being able to switch between a default quadrupedal stance and a bipedal one. It mainly only does this when it needs to run, or reach something that would normally be out of reach, and it normally walks in a quadrupedal stance. The Rockspitter is also capable of switching its body temperature between hot and cold states, which better allows it to withstand extreme temperatures. This dragon, like the Eruptodon, only lays one (clone) egg at a time, though luckily, the egg is very hardy, and can survive extreme temperatures... not to mention every temperature in between, like its parent, and it doesn't need to be incubated in lava to hatch. This dragon is much more widespread than either of its parent species due to its extreme resilience, eat-anything diet, and temperature tolerances.

Description

This one was a tough cookie to redesign... because I wanted to go for a "fire and ice" aesthetic, yet give it a single dragon class. I wound up having to choose between hybridizing the Groncicle with the Hotburple, the Gronckle, and the Eruptodon. I may design (or redesign a couple of dragons) as other Groncicle Hybrids...

The issues I had with the original design were:

- It somehow looked both well armored and defenseless at the same time

- It looked plain and generic, especially considering that we already have the Gronckle, the Hotburple, and to a lesser extent the Thunderbottom using very similar designs

- Where are it's ears? And what's with the four stomachs?

The Rockspitter is a tenacious hybrid with the ability to withstand- even thrive in- extreme temperatures of both ranges, being equally comfortable bathing in lava and lounging in the middle of a subzero ice storm. This hybrid, like both of its parent species, is overall friendly and docile, though they can be very hard to stop if provoked into a rampage. This is owed at least in part to the Rockspitters large size and considerable bulk... not to mention its heavy armor. This dragon is also resistant to Dragon Root Arrows, albeit not immune to them like the Gronckle and its hybrids. The Rockspitter is known for having a mainly non-organic diet, preferring to eat lava, ice, rocks, or snow as its main food sources. It can eat metal or sand in a pinch if it needs to, but it doesn't like these food sources as much as its preferred food sources. The Rockspitter, unlike most dragons, is a facultivate biped, being able to switch between a default quadrupedal stance and a bipedal one. It mainly only does this when it needs to run, or reach something that would normally be out of reach, and it normally walks in a quadrupedal stance. The Rockspitter is also capable of switching its body temperature between hot and cold states, which better allows it to withstand extreme temperatures. This dragon, like the Eruptodon, only lays one (clone) egg at a time, though luckily, the egg is very hardy, and can survive extreme temperatures... not to mention every temperature in between, like its parent, and it doesn't need to be incubated in lava to hatch. This dragon is much more widespread than either of its parent species due to its extreme resilience, eat-anything diet, and temperature tolerances.