Slow fall . . . with wings?

[drewcopeland]

I'm playing a monk10/dragon descendant2. My DM has set up some plot-based stipulations for continuing in the DD class, so I've had to bounce back and forth between classes.

My question is . . . if a monk has wings, would he really continue training himself in the art of slow fall? Every time I take another level in monk that increases my slow fall height, I feel so . . . legalistic.

Anyone have any thoughts on alternates class abilities?

P.S. My DM says that I'm whiny, that slow fall is a poor class feature anyway, and that I need counseling. He's probably right.

 

[Felnar]

your DM is right
i'd say no replacement ability
if taking a new class makes your old classes abilities obsolete, dont take the new class, or dont complain

 

[Darklone]

I don't remember exactly, but lately we had a nice example where a monk with Slow Fall would have survived and a flier would have died... ray of enfeeblement perhaps on an armored combatant?

Nah, I think it was something else.

 

[Einolf]

One of the stipulations on the wings is that if the character is unconscious, paralyzed, or stunned, the wings lock into a circling, descending orbit to the ground. THAT'S why slow fall is useless to a winged dragon descendant with slow fall.

 

[Ferrum]

Well, if you fall down a 5X5ft shaft, you won't have room to use your wings, but should have plenty of surface against which to slow fall.

So there you go.

 

[Darklone]

Yupp, most often when the flier falls down, slow fall can't be used either...

 

[blargney the second]

There's a variant in Stormwrack that lets you trade slow fall for short bursts of water walking.

 

[Roger]

Among the true dragons, silver dragons get feather fall as a spell-like ability at the juvenile age category, so I wouldn't feel entirely legalistic about it.


Cheers,
Roger

 

[mvincent]

Anyone have any thoughts on alternates class abilities?

Note that the ability could still be useful to a flyer. Falling does not use any of your movement, and flyers are technically allowed to freefall if desired. You could theoretically do stunts like: move, attack, then fall (as a free action).

 

[The Blow Leprechaun]

Note that the ability could still be useful to a flyer. Falling does not use any of your movement, and flyers are technically allowed to freefall if desired. You could theoretically do stunts like: move, attack, then fall (as a free action).

That could be pretty effective given the right situation, but you have to be within arms reach of a wall to use slow fall.