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<blockquote data-quote="RogueJK" data-source="post: 92702" data-attributes="member: 170">I don't think that our DM has too much of a problem with me flying.&nbsp; If he needs to limit my flying for any reason, he just puts us in a dense forest or narrow corridor, where I don't have enough room to spread my wings.&nbsp; He wouldn't be able to do this with Feathered Armor, however.&nbsp; Sometimes he will even provide special enemies for just me to fight.&nbsp; Right now, we are fighting a lot of Dragonkin (from Monsters of Faerun), which have wings themselves.&nbsp; While the rest of my party is battling it out on the ground below, I'm engaged in aerial combat, with our Sorceror providing some Anti-Aircraft fire.It doesn't seem to be too big of an advantage in combat, though.&nbsp; If anything, it makes me a larger target.&nbsp; Mainly, it's usefulness is as a speed-increasing item, in which your speed is increased to 90 feet, but with the penalty that you can only run 2x that.&nbsp; All of the rest of it, the flying, swooping, etc., is mostly just for style.&nbsp; They are fairly useful *outside* of combat, but I wouldn't say it would be more unbalancing than, say, a Sorceror with Fly.Feathered Armor and Wings of Flying are definitely utility items, as opposed to combat-oriented items.&nbsp; They open up lots of neat ways of approaching and solving problems.And people tend to be rather startled when confronted with a giant, flying, spiked dwarf.&nbsp; That is lots of fun to roleplay.Really, the only other tactic that I use with the Wings are to use them to get onto the back of larger enemies, where I can inflict more damage against an easier AC.&nbsp; Recently, this has been used to land on the back of a big Hydra, in order to gain easier acces to his heads, and to land on the back of a *gigantic* T-Rex, to get to the group of Wild Dwarves riding on its back.I tend to use the same tactics for most combats.&nbsp; Like I said: Dwarven Cruise Missile, rinse and repeat as needed.(Just try not to roll a 1 during a charge.&nbsp; I've gotten my head spike stuck in more trees, walls, floors, and hills than I can count.)I'm not sure how the time limit on Feathered Armor would affect its usefulness.&nbsp; Just counting combat and utility-related use, I doubt that I use my wings more than 50 minutes each day.&nbsp; I fly around instead of walking, however, so your character would have to stay on the ground until needed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RogueJK, post: 92702, member: 170"] I don't think that our DM has too much of a problem with me flying. If he needs to limit my flying for any reason, he just puts us in a dense forest or narrow corridor, where I don't have enough room to spread my wings. He wouldn't be able to do this with Feathered Armor, however. Sometimes he will even provide special enemies for just me to fight. Right now, we are fighting a lot of Dragonkin (from Monsters of Faerun), which have wings themselves. While the rest of my party is battling it out on the ground below, I'm engaged in aerial combat, with our Sorceror providing some Anti-Aircraft fire. It doesn't seem to be too big of an advantage in combat, though. If anything, it makes me a larger target. Mainly, it's usefulness is as a speed-increasing item, in which your speed is increased to 90 feet, but with the penalty that you can only run 2x that. All of the rest of it, the flying, swooping, etc., is mostly just for style. They are fairly useful *outside* of combat, but I wouldn't say it would be more unbalancing than, say, a Sorceror with Fly. Feathered Armor and Wings of Flying are definitely utility items, as opposed to combat-oriented items. They open up lots of neat ways of approaching and solving problems. And people tend to be rather startled when confronted with a giant, flying, spiked dwarf. That is lots of fun to roleplay. Really, the only other tactic that I use with the Wings are to use them to get onto the back of larger enemies, where I can inflict more damage against an easier AC. Recently, this has been used to land on the back of a big Hydra, in order to gain easier acces to his heads, and to land on the back of a *gigantic* T-Rex, to get to the group of Wild Dwarves riding on its back. I tend to use the same tactics for most combats. Like I said: Dwarven Cruise Missile, rinse and repeat as needed. (Just try not to roll a 1 during a charge. I've gotten my head spike stuck in more trees, walls, floors, and hills than I can count.) I'm not sure how the time limit on Feathered Armor would affect its usefulness. Just counting combat and utility-related use, I doubt that I use my wings more than 50 minutes each day. I fly around instead of walking, however, so your character would have to stay on the ground until needed. [/QUOTE]

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