Can you Jump when Levitating?

[RigaMortus2]

I guess the question is, when levitating, are you considered to be on a solid surface or not? Does the air underneath your feet give you any sort of support?

If you levitate, can you push against the ceiling to move horizontally? We play you can. (not that this is relivant to the question at hand, just wondering if other people play like this).

 

[Infiniti2000]

I guess the question is, when levitating, are you considered to be on a solid surface or not? Does the air underneath your feet give you any sort of support?

I answered this: "Can levitate allow you to move horizontally, but by 'pushing' off whatever force is holding you up? No, because the spell ..."

If you levitate, can you push against the ceiling to move horizontally? We play you can. (not that this is relivant to the question at hand, just wondering if other people play like this).

The spell specifically says you can do this.

 

[ARandomGod]

I guess the question is, when levitating, are you considered to be on a solid surface or not? Does the air underneath your feet give you any sort of support?

You are not considered to be on a solid surface at all.

 

[lukelightning]

How big is this chasm? Can you do the old "grappling hook" trick to pull yourself across? You could use a bird familiar to pull you, or summon something that can fly...

 

[IanB]

To expand the question a bit - how about jumping while using air walk?

That seems like it should work (although I'm not sure why you'd ever need to.)

 

[ceratitis]

what if you did it the other way around. cast levitate and make a running jump. you'd be jumping in a curve right? by the laws of physics you have movement in two directions up and forward right? now the levitation kicks in boosting your elavation untill gravity kills your upward movement but you still have movement forward until friction will stop it so you should be able to jump a hella lot more them normal.
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[Hypersmurf]

Let's say your DM won't let you ride a Tenser's Floating Disk.

What about Levitating, and poling around, using the TFD as a surface to pole against?

Obviously, this won't work for crossing chasms, but it would let you move around without leaving any tracks!

-Hyp.

 

[spacemonkey]

Is the chasm filled with lava or something so you can't approach it? If it isn't, why not just levitate down a foot or two INTO the chasm, use the wall of the chasm on your side to push off from, and float over to the other side? Or just have your party members give you a push (or a 'throw') across?

The question then becomes 'how far can you push yourself horizontally while levitating' - I usually just rule that air resistance is your only problem (as you have more or less neutralized gravity with the spell, depending on how you rule it) - and then the answer is 'quite a ways'.

 

[irdeggman]

I guess the question is, when levitating, are you considered to be on a solid surface or not? Does the air underneath your feet give you any sort of support?

Based the restrictions in the spell for using weapons while levitating I would say it is most definitely not a stable surface - otherwise there would be no penalty for using weapons.

 

[RigaMortus2]

Based the restrictions in the spell for using weapons while levitating I would say it is most definitely not a stable surface - otherwise there would be no penalty for using weapons.

If you were on rough terrain (where you have half movement) or slippery terrain (where you need to make a Balance check to not fall prone), are you suggesting you couldn't Jump? That is not a very stable surface either...