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Bonus: +1 on humidity adaptation.
Malus: Animals with this adaptation may only reach size 6.

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Pennscales also serve to keep in moisture, just as regular scales do, though they are not as efficient at keeping an animal in the air, sharply limiting the sizes flying animals may achieve with them.

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Pennscales are a structure similar to feathers, albeit taking on a tabular, confetti-like structure rather than a vaned one.

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Bonus: +1 on temperature adaptation.
Malus: -1 on combat stat.

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Thus feathered organisms prefer not to fight or rely on fast ambush tactics as they are physically inferior to other animals when it comes to fighting.

By MyLittleSquirt
 

On the other hand, animals possessing feathers also have lighter and more fragile bone structures even more than other flying taxons.

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Since feathers are not connected to the bloodstream anymore, they don't give off heat and in fact serve to isolate the organism against cold temperatures by the air trapped between the layers of feathers.

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Due to their low weight and large surface area feathers support flight very easily.

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Bonus: +1 on flying speed.
Malus: -1 on temperature adaptation.

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However, such a membrane greatly increases the animal's surface area causing the organism to radiate more heat than animals with other wing types. Due to the excessive heat waste, animals with membrane wings are less commonly found in colder areas.

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