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This is more about curiosity that anything, I know there are a few soulmelds that can give flight, but I want to hear about any other methods.

I was playing with the idea of using Balance on the Sky and a high ground movement, and then just doing a Wuxia "I run into the air" thing.

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Re: Getting a flight for a VOP character without casting or templates?
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2009, 04:29:44 AM »
I like the idea of using grafts for this purpose (maybe just because I like grafts and have yet to be able to convince a DM that both my character would want grafts and that they would be available)
While you couldn't get a graft after taking the vop, you could get the graft before taking it. Not sure if it would really be raw, but it makes sense, with vop you are giving up your possessions so that others may benefit, once it's been grafted to you, it isn't going to do anyone else any good if you remove it.



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Re: Getting a flight for a VOP character without casting or templates?
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2009, 04:33:26 AM »
Warlock's Fell Flight invocation, the Fly spell, and the Swift Fly spell come to mind.

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Re: Getting a flight for a VOP character without casting or templates?
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2009, 04:48:50 AM »
Warlock's Fell Flight invocation, the Fly spell, and the Swift Fly spell come to mind.

How do you get the fly spell with VOP and no casting?

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Re: Getting a flight for a VOP character without casting or templates?
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2009, 04:58:31 AM »
Sorry, didn't see that part.

Well, taking levels in Rainbow Servant gets you Wings, though that's a casting PrC. The wings don't have anything to do wtih casting, however.

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Re: Getting a flight for a VOP character without casting or templates?
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2009, 06:45:20 AM »
Animal devotion, IIRC.
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Re: Getting a flight for a VOP character without casting or templates?
« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2009, 07:56:30 AM »
Animal devotion, IIRC.

Yep, it's only for 1 minute per use, and it's equivalent to overland flight (so it's fairly slow) but it does allow you to fly.

The other solution would be to use Handle Animal to raise a flying mount. It's not equipment, it's an ally! :)

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Re: Getting a flight for a VOP character without casting or templates?
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2009, 08:28:15 AM »
Hire someone to animate you a skeletal nightmare?

Or just buy borrow a nightseeker for (7k, so other party members could afford it easy) and do it yourself.
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Re: Getting a flight for a VOP character without casting or templates?
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2009, 08:34:03 AM »
Hrmm... While TML may have overlooked the VoP thing, trading services is 100%* legit, provided you receive no material wealth out of the deal...

I'm thinking you are a Necropolitan and you perform a service for someone in exchange for them spellstitching you, with one of the SLAs being a flight type spell.

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Re: Getting a flight for a VOP character without casting or templates?
« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2009, 08:50:09 AM »
Swordsage levels will do it if you have enough of them, and Swordsage is a great class for a VoP character anyway.  Also, you could just start as a Raptorian or Air Mephling.

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Re: Getting a flight for a VOP character without casting or templates?
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2009, 08:51:15 AM »
I don't know if this violates the no casting rule, but how about Leadership + caster buffing you. Alternatively, Wild Cohort + plus large bird or for crazy awesome, a bear with the winged template.  

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Re: Getting a flight for a VOP character without casting or templates?
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2009, 09:03:30 AM »
or for crazy awesome, an awakened bear with Wild Cohort that picks a shark with the winged template, which it rides, while dual wielding uzis, and wearing a bandana

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Re: Getting a flight for a VOP character without casting or templates?
« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2009, 09:57:51 AM »
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Re: Getting a flight for a VOP character without casting or templates?
« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2009, 10:44:36 AM »
So the order of ease for flight and really anything else important is:

1 casting (duh)
2 items
3 grafts
4 feats
5 templates
6 non-casting classes
7 race

Casting is the easiest because there are so many spells that grant stuffz, so its number 1. But you can only count as 1 race at a time (except for changelings with with racial emulation), so its the highest number.
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Re: Getting a flight for a VOP character without casting or templates?
« Reply #14 on: November 08, 2009, 11:41:05 PM »
Play a Raptoran, Shifter (Swiftwing), Hengoyaki(any bird form), Air Mephling, any other race with wings (and flight).

Failing that, Swordsage has a couple manuvers that do so.  There is also an Aberrant feat (Lords of Madness) that gives you wings, IIRC.  Other than that, Animal Devotion works.
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Re: Getting a flight for a VOP character without casting or templates?
« Reply #15 on: November 09, 2009, 01:34:44 AM »
Various classes such as Aglarondan Griffonlord will grant a flying mount as part of the class. Not sure if that one specifically works, but there ought to be some that do.

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Re: Getting a flight for a VOP character without casting or templates?
« Reply #16 on: November 09, 2009, 01:43:48 AM »
Swordsage levels will do it if you have enough of them, and Swordsage is a great class for a VoP character anyway.  Also, you could just start as a Raptorian or Air Mephling.

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Re: Getting a flight for a VOP character without casting or templates?
« Reply #17 on: November 09, 2009, 02:50:21 AM »
I have a bunch of methods listed in my "lists of stuff" page...
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Re: Getting a flight for a VOP character without casting or templates?
« Reply #18 on: November 09, 2009, 11:29:06 AM »
I don't recall if this is kobold-only or available to anything with the dragonblood subtype, but there's a feat line in Races of the Dragon that lets one or the other get wings and eventually flight.

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Re: Getting a flight for a VOP character without casting or templates?
« Reply #19 on: November 09, 2009, 11:35:30 AM »
I don't recall if this is kobold-only or available to anything with the dragonblood subtype, but there's a feat line in Races of the Dragon that lets one or the other get wings and eventually flight.
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