Tensers Floating Duckblind

[Thasmodious]

This wasn't practical in the previous 3 versions of D&D because of limited durations and the fact that the disk would only follow the wizard and could not be moved at will.

3e had Tenser's floating disc, greater.

 

[Incenjucar]

I could see using it to get cover by covering it with reeds or something for a surprise attack... that's about it though. Anything more advanced would give you some drawbacks.

 

[baberg]

I could see using it to get cover by covering it with reeds or something for a surprise attack... that's about it though. Anything more advanced would give you some drawbacks.

I don't see anything that says it has to be laying flat, so I might allow it to be turned on its side and provide cover as a portable 3' wide table that hovers a foot off the ground you can hide behind. Only a +2 to cover, but that's still not awful.

 

[Wolv0rine]

Not to mention this makes one of the easiest ways to cross a river, moat, or body of water in general I can think of.

Then again, all the cool teen wizards are down at the beach surfin' the tenser's waves and hangin' tenser.

 

[Blackeagle]

Not to mention this makes one of the easiest ways to cross a river, moat, or body of water in general I can think of.

Doesn't the description say the disk floats 1 foot above the ground? I'd say that unless the water is less than 12" deep, you're going to get your feet wet.

 

[Ahglock]

Not to mention this makes one of the easiest ways to cross a river, moat, or body of water in general I can think of.

Then again, all the cool teen wizards are down at the beach surfin' the tenser's waves and hangin' tenser.

Do you know what you can buy with 10GP. Dang Rich Kids.

 

[Wolv0rine]

Doesn't the description say the disk floats 1 foot above the ground? I'd say that unless the water is less than 12" deep, you're going to get your feet wet.

I wouldn't be surprised to find many DMs willing to say that "1 foot off the ground" refers to 1 foot off on the surface under it, so long as there IS a surface under it. Thus the surface of the water would count as "the ground".

 

[zlorf]

Hi,

I hope the descriptions justs say "1ft above the surface", that would cover pretty much everything and be fairly useful:
ie ground, lava, water, mud etc

I would rule the disc stays parallel to the ground and disappears once
the user breaks any of the rules of the disc, ie floating over a 100ft chasm.

I wonder what penalties for someone fighting on the disc or if you can push someone off it.


Z

 

[breschau]

With a decent wizard build you can easily roll for 1000lbs on the disc at first level.

1 foot off the ground, 10 minutes to cast, 10gp to cast it.

You trade your 6 square move for a 5 square floating move.

Other than crossing a large pit when no rope, teleport, thief, or other mean of transport is available, it works just like it sounds. It's a magical floating plate.

In all, it's damned wasteful means of travel. Set a plank on it to carry a corpse for later res maybe, but not as a hover tank. You're better off standing on your own two feet.

 

[Wolv0rine]

Hi,

I hope the descriptions justs say "1ft above the surface", that would cover pretty much everything and be fairly useful:
ie ground, lava, water, mud etc

I would rule the disc stays parallel to the ground and disappears once
the user breaks any of the rules of the disc, ie floating over a 100ft chasm.

I wonder what penalties for someone fighting on the disc or if you can push someone off it.

Z

Oh I don't know, I kind of get a kick out of "Oh crap! My Tenser's disk with all that cool stuff on it just fell 15,000 feet down that chasm! ...of course, it'll still be there, 1 foot from the bottom, but aww man..." *chuckles*

With a decent wizard build you can easily roll for 1000lbs on the disc at first level.

1 foot off the ground, 10 minutes to cast, 10gp to cast it.

You trade your 6 square move for a 5 square floating move.

Other than crossing a large pit when no rope, teleport, thief, or other mean of transport is available, it works just like it sounds. It's a magical floating plate.

In all, it's damned wasteful means of travel. Set a plank on it to carry a corpse for later res maybe, but not as a hover tank. You're better off standing on your own two feet.

Well, you couldn't really cross the pit, once you went over the pit you'd no longer be 1 ft. off the ground... but really, for non-combat travel, it's riding a magical floating disk has got to be right up with in the "Cool thing for a wizard to have the locals see him do" category.