D&D General Weapons should break left and right

[Hussar]

Yep. And some of those are badly injured or killed doing it. If you want to let go and try to fly a thin stick, controlling it's movement, while casting a spell, you're going to be making a check to see if you fall 10's or 100's of feet. If you are dumb enough to actually try and swing a weapon while on that stick, that check will be really hard.

None of which are actually in the rules.

I mean, what's the difference with flying boots? You have nothing to brace yourself with, so, how could you possibly swing a weapon without completely spiraling out of control? Are those flying boots stable enough that you can wave your arms around to cast a spell without breaking your concentration? On and on.

You aren't really proving anything here @Maxperson, other than you like one magic item and not the other, so, you'll pile on nerfs until the players do what you want.

 

[Maxperson]

None of which are actually in the rules.

There are no rules, which leaves what is written and common sense. All that is written is that you mount it. Not that it magically glues your hind end to the stick so you can't fall.

I mean, what's the difference with flying boots? You have nothing to brace yourself with, so, how could you possibly swing a weapon without completely spiraling out of control? Are those flying boots stable enough that you can wave your arms around to cast a spell without breaking your concentration? On and on.

You can't fall off the boots for starters, so spellcasting would be easy since you don't have to hold on to them. Also, you get to control your movement with the boots, so you just use them to....................not move when you swing. They're stuck to you, unlike the broom.

You aren't really proving anything here @Maxperson, other than you like one magic item and not the other, so, you'll pile on nerfs until the players do what you want.

Nothing I have said is a nerf. There is no language letting you ride without holding on or you sticking to the broom like glue. As written, all you are doing is sitting on it just like you would if you went to the closet and got a broom out. If that closet broom started moving through the air, would you have to hold on? Same with the Broom of Flying since RAW does not say you can ride it without fear of falling off.

What I am saying is just the reasonable interpretation for a broom that flies and has no ability to keep you stuck onto it.