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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 5963233" data-attributes="member: 29398">[MENTION=63508]Minigiant[/MENTION] asks the questions, I here give some answers1) About when do you want Fly to show up in spell lists: low level, high level, or epic?Low-mid level - if the game goes 1-20, 7th-ish is fine.2) When do you want Long term Flight spells and magic items to be suggested to appear (if at all)?Long-range travel spells: mid-high level - say 13th-ish on a 1-20 scale.  Long-range flight via items: anytime at all.  Even a very low-level party can have loads of fun with a Broom of Flying - until they break it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />3) What is your preferred balancing factor for Fly spell (control, duration, speed, maneuverability, action economy)? Random duration with no warning when it is about to end, and no safety net.4) Should Flight Magic even have a natural drawback?It should vary - some flight devices, for example, might be very slow and unwieldy (huge bat wings); some might have altitude limits (won't go higher than 20' above ground); etc.  Some should have no drawbacks.5) Should maneuverability return?Didn't know it had ever left.6) How much should the DMG discuss and provide information on dealing with flight (wind charts and effect, falling rules, flight skill checks)?Quite a bit - several pages at least.  Some idea of what kind of maneuvers can be pulled off by what maneuverability class (beyond simple turns) would be really useful - *can* a Dragon pull an Immelmann or will it rip its own wings off in the attempt?7) Should the game encourage mundane tactics to combat hostile fliers or should it just encourage DMs to hand out flight or don't use flight?Neither.  Just have the bit from question 6 and let each group figure it out for themselves.8)Mundane flight in core (war balloons, gliders, airships, and planes)?Balloons and airships maybe, planes no, flying castles definitely yes!Lan-"those magnificent gnomes in their flying machines"-efan</blockquote>

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