@@ChasmChaos yeah, it's a DnD tradition that some potions are made just to replicate the effect of spells, evem if the corresponding objects that allow you to obtain the same effect already exists
Potion of flying grants you concentration free flight and hover without attunement. Getting knocked prone, dispel magic-ed, force moved off or losing concentration is a big risk of many flight items.
Can't knock me off my winged boots or make me lose concentration on them. They're just objectively better than the potion and yet two categories more common.
@@RobertHartleyGM But you still fall if your speed is reduced to 0 or are knocked prone. And at higher level that attunement requirement can represent a big opportunity cost. The potion serves a different purpose, that's why it's fine to be of different rarity.
Maybe those in the very rare category and being consumable is what makes them very rare, as in they aren't easily crafted or NPC's or players are readily making them. Be it the materials are expensive, difficult to acquire, or success of making said consumable has a chance of even failure to produce. When faced with those obstacles who in one's right mind go through the effort to produce such an item when you've a mountain of better options.
I still smh when i think about how none of the d heads took the flying leaf or the flying rocking horse. The horse especially gets me because i really wanted to see bodger "riding" into battle on a flying wooden horse. Or bob using it to reposition and snipe.
A consumable being rare could possibly make sense since it doesn't take an attunement slot or time to prepare (I.e. you could whip a potion out in the middle of a fight if you need to)... But it sounds like there are other more common options that also don't require attunement 😅
I still can’t figure out the mechanism of a flying broom. Broom handles are only so thick. How do you keep your balance?? But yes, the rarity and time length is also pretty random.
yet.. bodger still didnt have any when he jumped off the ship,..
Maybe he did just forgot about it? Like the ladder on his shoulder?
Just finished a campaign where one of the players got a broom of flying. Never realized how useful it was, especially since it requires no attunment.
Yeah, makes perfect sense. Everyone can move trough the air on a glorified flying stick with no risk of slipping without any teaching or practice
would love a series where rob just fixes the random bullshit inconsistencies in d&d
Basic economics, they are very rare because they are very inefficient, so nobody really produces them. :)
i am just going to headcanon that the potions are so rare cos the stuff you need to make them has been hunted down hard cos people wanne fly
I mean it does make sense in a way..No one wants to brew flight potions because other options are more accessible
Well in that case the potion would simply not exist because its supplanted by better means
@@ChasmChaos yeah, it's a DnD tradition that some potions are made just to replicate the effect of spells, evem if the corresponding objects that allow you to obtain the same effect already exists
I hope the devs are paying attention.
Potion of flying grants you concentration free flight and hover without attunement. Getting knocked prone, dispel magic-ed, force moved off or losing concentration is a big risk of many flight items.
Can't knock me off my winged boots or make me lose concentration on them. They're just objectively better than the potion and yet two categories more common.
@@RobertHartleyGM But you still fall if your speed is reduced to 0 or are knocked prone. And at higher level that attunement requirement can represent a big opportunity cost.
The potion serves a different purpose, that's why it's fine to be of different rarity.
@@Swahhillie Agree to disagree here, clearly.
Maybe those in the very rare category and being consumable is what makes them very rare, as in they aren't easily crafted or NPC's or players are readily making them. Be it the materials are expensive, difficult to acquire, or success of making said consumable has a chance of even failure to produce. When faced with those obstacles who in one's right mind go through the effort to produce such an item when you've a mountain of better options.
I still smh when i think about how none of the d heads took the flying leaf or the flying rocking horse. The horse especially gets me because i really wanted to see bodger "riding" into battle on a flying wooden horse. Or bob using it to reposition and snipe.
No need to fly off the handle about it! 😉 That is nuts though!
This just means apis is getting a broom of flying now right? No more horses? 😅
weeeeeee
This names reminds me of someone
A consumable being rare could possibly make sense since it doesn't take an attunement slot or time to prepare (I.e. you could whip a potion out in the middle of a fight if you need to)...
But it sounds like there are other more common options that also don't require attunement 😅
I still can’t figure out the mechanism of a flying broom. Broom handles are only so thick. How do you keep your balance?? But yes, the rarity and time length is also pretty random.
Some Hogwarts Legacy ones have nice seats on them like a bicycle.
did you play much of the older DND systems?
Not yet