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<blockquote data-quote="Milieu" data-source="post: 9036319" data-attributes="member: 7041560">Yes, but both Spiritual Weapon and (even more relevantly) Mage Hand specify the thing created is &quot;floating&quot; and &quot;spectral&quot;, whereas the Unseen Servant is summoned &quot;on the ground&quot;. Starting on the ground doesn't necessarily mean it can't leave the ground, and &quot;floating&quot; doesn't necessarily mean it can float an arbitrary distance off the ground, but that language does at least lend itself to those interpretations.I don't think it's unreasonable to say that Spiritual Weapon and Mage Hand float only at heights a (Medium-sized) person on the ground could reasonably hold them. But if you decide a cantrip Mage Hand can fly, I don't think it's unreasonable or broken to allow a 1st-level spell Unseen Servant to fly also.FWIW, Pathfinder has explicitly specified that an Unseen Servant cannot fly (but can walk on water), whereas Sage Advice in the 3e days said &quot;Though an unseen servant does not have a fly speed, the caster can nevertheless direct the servant go anywhere within the spell’s range (including up or down), provided that the servant does not pass through a solid barrier to get there and that the caster has line of effect to the servant at the beginning of its movement for the turn.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Milieu, post: 9036319, member: 7041560"] Yes, but both Spiritual Weapon and (even more relevantly) Mage Hand specify the thing created is "floating" and "spectral", whereas the Unseen Servant is summoned "on the ground". Starting on the ground doesn't [I]necessarily[/I] mean it can't leave the ground, and "floating" doesn't [I]necessarily[/I] mean it can float an arbitrary distance off the ground, but that language does at least lend itself to those interpretations. I don't think it's unreasonable to say that Spiritual Weapon and Mage Hand float only at heights a (Medium-sized) person on the ground could reasonably hold them. But if you decide a cantrip Mage Hand can fly, I don't think it's unreasonable or broken to allow a 1st-level spell Unseen Servant to fly also. FWIW, Pathfinder has explicitly specified that an Unseen Servant cannot fly (but can walk on water), whereas Sage Advice in the 3e days said "Though an unseen servant does not have a fly speed, the caster can nevertheless direct the servant go anywhere within the spell’s range (including up or down), provided that the servant does not pass through a solid barrier to get there and that the caster has line of effect to the servant at the beginning of its movement for the turn." [/QUOTE]

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