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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 4157695" data-attributes="member: 1656">The reason that I disagree with the RotG interpretation that a Fly spell does not require you to move your body?Let's consider someone with a Fly spell, carrying a suit of Hide armor.  It weighs 25 pounds... well under his Medium load.  He flies at a speed of 60 feet.Now he puts on the Hide armor.  It still weighs 25 pounds, it's still under his Medium load... but now he flies at a speed of 40 feet.Now, if Fly is unaffected by Paralysis, then it shouldn't make any difference whether the suit is in his arms, or wrapped around him.  The fact that it restricts his movement when he's wearing it is irrelevant; he's not moving anyway.But wearing the armor slows him down, which implies that restriction of his movement affects his ability to fly, which in turn implies that if he is unable to move at all, then he can't undertake whatever movements are required (that the armor restricts).So to me, it's clear that the Fly spell is not a no-body-movement-required purely mental action, and there is a physical component... thus, a paralyzed creature cannot avail himself of a Fly spell.-Hyp.</blockquote>