Professor Murder
Hero
The living spell version of Unseen Servant from Dungeon of the Mad Mage does not have a flight speed, so I'd say no to flying.
Within the limits of its capabilities. A standard 10-foot ladder is close to the limit of a Strength 2 character's carrying capacity. A step ladder of equivalent height it'd have to drag around."The servant can perform simple tasks that a human servant could do"
I think that's interesting, because .... could a real servant say... clean a chandelier? Yes. They would fetch a ladder, or move a cart or crates etc etc...
So it might not "fly", but it may be able to reach heights, in a "reasonable" way![]()
If an aarakocra created it, could it do tasks that an aarakocra servant could do? Something to think about.Aarakocra wizard thinks:
"Why would any caster bother with an unseen servant spell that can't do something so pedestrian as flying?"
The levitate spell makes you float, and you are not flyingA spiritual weapon is explicitly flying, though. It is floating and can move, which is...................flight. The unseen servant on the other hand has no ability to float and can only do things that normal human servants can, so no flight.
Correct. You also cannot move in any direction like the weapon can. Levitate limits you to straight up and down, which is not present in the Spiritual Weapon spell.The levitate spell makes you float, and you are not flying
At least as a spellbook based spell, I'd tend to think it would depend more on the initial formulation of the spell rather than the ability of the spell caster. Regardless, an aarakocra, with a max move of 10, might be unable to fly.If an aarakocra created it, could it do tasks that an aarakocra servant could do? Something to think about. ...
However, if it only has Strength 2 it's debatable whether the US could move a ladder to the right place..... [edit] .....as someone else already noted.Sure, the unseen servant can climb a ladder. There is a big difference between not being able to fly and being nailed to the floor.
Not sure how that relates to, like, anything being discussed?Ah rules debates, where "it's a fantasy" is met with "but physics" and "but physics" is met with "it's a fantasy".