Nāga

>>55045568
>Should Nāga and other forms of magical serpent be considered distinct from dragons
show me one RPG where Nagas have the dragon type

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>>55045892
In mythology them seem to be used interchangeably with dragons. I'm asking if RPGs should do the same. RPGs either seem to either just use them as giant snakes (which could be considered a sub-type of dragon), or snakes with human torsos and tits.

All of these are more or less consistent with south Asian mythology. Some Naga are big and friendly enough for the gods to use as couches (pic related), others are monsters for heroes to slay, and still others are misunderstood snake waifus. The only really consistent thing is that they are older than humans, posses ancient knowledge or are otherwise tasked with maintaining the universe, and can transform into humans (but maintain a snake theme). All of these are similar to how dragons work in most RPGs.

>>55046028

You could go the Oriental/Dark Souls approach and have serpentines as a sort of proto-dragon. They're always seeking to advance to their final stage of life, which is a full dragon.

>>55046082
All dragons start out as little snake things, which grow bigger the older and more powerful they get, provided a mundane predator does not eat them first. Once they reach human sized, some of them foolishly fall in love with humans and shape-shift tits (but all are genderless beings, so it's just a temporary phase some go through until the human dies and they get over it) all dragons reproduce by budding, creating a bunch of dragons of the previous life stage. This reproduction becomes harder the more advanced the dragon is in it's life cycle, but never goes away fully. Dragons can chose to halt the budding process partway through, resulting in a multi-headed form, but very rarely can they actually grow new heads as fast as a hero can cut them off. At least not without some sort of help from a more powerful magic user.

Once they get big enough they gain the ability to fly and unleash some sort of powerful elemental breath attack. And may or may not chose to shape-shift arms and legs. Depending on their alignment, they will start to become a major problem for their opposite alignment, and start to attract heroes or villains who will inevitably try to slay them. They can try to disguise themselves, but anybody with an ounce of magical sense will be able to detect their overwhelming power.

If a dragon manages to avoid being slain for a really long time, there is no upper limit to how big they can get, and their power can be equal to the gods themselves. In fact some dragons have to live on the astral plane and are entire worlds into themselves.