Can zombie hippogriff's fly?

[Emirikol]

Can zombie hippogriffs fly?

jh

 

[Crothian]

As there is nothing in the zombie template stating a loss of flying for creatures, I'd say yes.

 

[Emirikol]

..and although it's not stated... skeletal hippogriffs probably can't fly

It's too bad that wraiths and wights are listed as humanoids only. I think that a wight-earth-elemental would be cool!

jh

 

[Wolffenjugend]

I would argue that it depends how long the creature has been a zombie. Technically, as soon as it is dead it can be raised so there would be no loss in flying capability. If it was dead for any length of time (really, anything more than a month or so) than I'd say there's not enough wing membrane left. Unless it's preserved of course (pickled hippogriff?).

 

[James McMurray]

Speed: If the base creature can fly, its maneuverability rating drops to clumsy.

Yes, it can fly. But its maneuverability drops to clumsy.

Speed: Winged skeletons can’t use their wings to fly. If the base creature flew magically, so can the skeleton.

A skeletal hippogriff can't fly.

I would argue that it depends how long the creature has been a zombie. Technically, as soon as it is dead it can be raised so there would be no loss in flying capability. If it was dead for any length of time (really, anything more than a month or so) than I'd say there's not enough wing membrane left. Unless it's preserved of course (pickled hippogriff?).

Zombies: A zombie can be created only from a mostly intact corpse. The corpse must be that of a creature with a true anatomy

I'd rule that a corpse that has rotted so much that its wings are no longer intact is most likely not "a mostly intact corpse."

 

[Wolffenjugend]

I'd agree with that.

 

[Sejs]

A skeletal hippogriff can't fly.

But a skeletal beholder can.


Which just goes to show that skeletal beholders are cool.

 

[Liquidsabre]

Lol, though skeletal beholders float because of magic, not wings.

 

[Thanee]

Lol, though skeletal beholders float because of magic, not wings.

Actually, there's nothing magical about the beholders fly ability.

Bye
Thanee