Name |
Switchback |
Gender |
Male |
Homeworld |
Deviantartworld |
Class |
Teacher's Assistant and/or Junior - assists with dragon stuff and other classes, or maybe he's just hanging out enjoying the attention, but he's always on time and makes a great subject, he has however never turned in any homework or done any testing beyond participation in class. He has a waiver to not participate in several humanoid-centric classes such as English, History, Math, and Humanities, and to make up for it has added options and specialty classes |
Nut |
NUT (mmmm, nuts!) |
Totem |
LlamaDragon! (small - Bod +2, RWP -2, Drive 0, Bonk +2)
Size: around 5'6" at the shoulder, over 7' at the head / 10' long / 18' wingspan
Traits: hoofed feet, short furry tail, curved obsidian-black horns, fangs, 3-fingered wings, thick fur. Fur on legs is short and plush, body is very heavy fur. Wingsails are furless.

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Smarts |
2 |
Bod/Feet |
6 (3 fly) |
RWP |
1 |
Luck |
6 |
Drive |
0, flight navigation 2 |
Looks |
5 |
Cool |
5 |
Bonk |
6 |
Powers |
Llama Dragon
-- Flight, he can use his wings to fly. He doesn't do this very well though, and often bumps into things.
-- Spit, Switchback has the llama ability to spit extremely accurately, however he can also produce a variety of spits - burning, blinding, sticky, runny, etc - and always hits what he's aiming for.
-- Shedding, Switchback's luxurious and healthy fur coat can be combed out and the results can be used for weaving. He does not have any parasites - for whatever reason, they don't stick to him or can't use his blood/skin. Don't dare shear him though!
-- Empathic speech, he's not able to speak in words thanks to his dragon-llama muzzle, and he's not very easy to understand sometimes, but Switchback can convey his emotions and ideas via his mind. His mental voice is very musical, the sound of Andean flutes or traditional South American music often comes with his ideas.
-- Teleportation, if he concentrates very hard, Switchback can move from one location to another just by thinking about it. However, this requires all his energy, it's not something he'd do every day, and definitely not if he's already tired out from other activities. He can go to any place he's seen or been to, and he's very accurate with his landings, but he requires a lot of rest and food afterwards.
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Clusters |
Hoarding +2 Can he pick it up with his mouth? It belongs to him now. Don't try making any sense of his choices for what he picks up, if there's any rhyme or reason to it no humanoid might be able to figure it out |
Skills |
Aim Spit +4 Obviously depending on the needs at the moment, Switchback's loogies could be extra-thick-and-sticky for immobilizing things up to a small horse size, noxious and offensive to keep prying eyes crying, slick spew that causes things in motion to just keep going and going, or something resembling napalm when you really need to burn a hole in wood, brick, or metal. This is accurate up to 50 meters for most of them, but some get sprayed in a wide fan or a low line on the ground
Memory For Teleportation +2 Loves taking walks to find new spots to go to in emergencies, and remembers all of them quite easily
Discriminating Taste Sense +2 Though he doesn't typically complain, he absolutely can tell the difference between each type of grass planted on campus, and some of them have too much bitter, not enough fiber, or just the right amount of umame for that salad you're making
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Knacks |
Tolerate Small People/Creatures In Great Numbers +3 When he's not in classes, it's likely you'll find him hanging out with the child care services or at a busy blaseball game, herding pokemon and peridots, and not-quite-butting-in at a mosh pit |
1 opt |
Cake! / Shy / Decent |
2 sci |
Herbs and Veggies / Ihrinnah / Superb |
3 pe |
Parkour and Free Running / Saqqaf / Superb |
4 opt |
Grooming for Success / Dian Rhein / Subject Matter + Decent |
5 spec |
Comparative Dragon Anatomy / S.Fili / Subject Matter + Excellent |
6 spec |
Draconic Projectile Control / Brianola / Excellent |
7 pe |
Rodeo Sports / Autry / Subject Matter + Superb |
8 sci |
Veterinary Tech / S. Marad / Subject Matter + Excellent |
Dragon |
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Pets |
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Switchback is a llamadragon that I adopted from hayzlenut555
Switchback is omnivorous, but prefers sweets, breads, candies and flowers; fruits, particularly soft ones like peaches and banana; grub-like insects; fatty fish (sushi?); scrambled eggs; liver pate or any finely ground meat. He hates lima beans, and isn't fond of peppers.
As a dragon goes, Switchback is a bit on the 'hoarding' side. He lives typically in a stable or barn, but you always know when he's around - he has a huge pile of pillows, stuffed toys, and occasional small live animals that share his space. He's also fond of comic books, but whether he can actually read them or not is in question (he can, why do you think he collects them?!). He tolerates many other smaller creatures around him, including children, other dragons, pokemon, elves, chicken, or goats. He's not too hot on the idea of very large dragons, they kind of intimidate him even though he can easily put up a fight or fly away from them if they get rough.
It's possible that he will be participating in one of the upcoming Checkerboard Ball pairings, we'll see if he can hold still long enough.
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