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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MarauderX" data-source="post: 1397492" data-attributes="member: 9990">The idea is similar to a floating carpet idea we had a while ago, where we would lay the carpet down, load the heavy stuff on to it's max capacity, then the mage would cast fly on himself and guide the rug around until we found where we wanted to drop the loot.  I am thinking a cheaper version might be available for the application you mentioned.  I am thinking Floating Disk: Add it to an object in much the same way you might add Featherfall to a ring, and price it out that way as an object with a 1st level spell or so.  I think this is what you are going for, unless you wanted to be able to move what the object was carrying vertically.  I suppose it could be worth more than a 1st level spell if the object (let's say a metal tray) can be 'deactivated' somehow, for example by flipping it over.  I suppose the force needed to move more objects would be less than even dragging and shouldn't bother your encumberance in the least.  Scoop up a bunch of goods and have your halfling dockworker guide it to where it needs to go, flip it over, then rinse & repeat.  Everyone would want one or two, and the applications might be boundless - use them to support a wagon instead of wheels that get stuck on muddy roads, carry them with you & dine from them when on the road, & boundless other ideas.  For a Floating Disk version you may have to come up with something special to foil the duration and get the weight carried up to a load that could carry a few people and more.  Going the Levitate route might be more expensive to produce, and might make things a little bit harder to control as moving things vertically might be a bit more difficult.  You could go the Fly route and apply the same thing to get a 'Jetsons-esque Space Car' up into the air.</blockquote>

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