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Wings of Flying

Wings Of Flying
  • Category: Wondrous Item
  • Rarity: Rare (Requires Attunement)

While wearing this cloak, you can take a Magic action to turn the cloak into a pair of wings on your back. The wings lasts for 1 hour or until you end the effect early as a Magic action. The wings give you a Fly Speed of 60 feet. If you are aloft when the wings disappear, you fall. When the wings disappear, you can't use them again for 1d12 hours.

Tactical Applications​

True Flight: Provides unlimited flight capability for complete aerial mastery and mobility. Exceptional for aerial specialists, mobility masters, and characters requiring comprehensive flight and aerial combat capabilities.

Class Synergies:

  • Any Class: Perfect for all characters wanting ultimate flight and aerial mastery
  • Rangers: Essential for aerial scouts needing comprehensive flight and reconnaissance capabilities
  • Casters: Excellent for spellcasters requiring aerial positioning and flight enhancement
  • Flight Builds: Outstanding for characters prioritizing aerial mastery and flight dominance themes

Build Considerations: Requires attunement but provides ongoing unlimited flight capability. Most valuable for characters prioritizing aerial combat and comprehensive mobility.

Acquisition Methods​

Crafting Requirements: Requires transmutation magic, flight enchantments, and aerial essences. Creation cost 15,000-30,000 gp and takes 25 weeks.

Common Sources:

  • Flight masters and aerial enchanters
  • Treasure hoards of legendary sky lords and flight experts
  • Commission from enchanters specializing in aerial magic
  • Found in the collections of flight researchers and aerial specialists
  • Sometimes discovered in sky realms or obtained from powerful flying creature encounters

Alternative Acquisition: Often found in locations with strong connections to aerial magic and flight mastery themes.

Value & Trade​

Estimated Value: 25,000-50,000 gp, with extremely high demand among aerial specialists and flight masters.

Trade Considerations: Extremely valuable among adventurers and anyone requiring unlimited flight and aerial capabilities.

Character Integration​

Roleplay Elements: Suggests experience with aerial mastery, flight expertise, or professional roles requiring comprehensive flight and aerial combat expertise.

Character Concepts:

  • Aerial master with flight expertise and sky mastery experience
  • Flight specialist using aerial magic for comprehensive mobility and flight enhancement
  • Character with extensive experience in aerial environments requiring unlimited flight capabilities
  • Sky specialist combining flight magic with traditional aerial techniques

Adventure Hooks​

The Sky Crisis: Aerial scenarios where unlimited flight provides crucial positioning advantages and sky solutions.

The Flight Mission: Aerial operations where comprehensive mobility determines tactical effectiveness and flight mastery.

The Aerial Challenge: Flight situations where aerial magic enables sky manipulation and flight superiority.

The Sky War: Aerial conflicts where flight abilities advance tactical positioning and aerial dominance.

Variants & Customization​

Greater Wings of Flying (Legendary): Enhanced flight power and additional aerial abilities with improved sky capabilities.

Wings of Ultimate Mastery (Artifact): Includes comprehensive aerial magic and ultimate flight enhancement.

Sky Lord's Flight Wings (Very Rare): Optimized for aerial combat with enhanced flight bonuses and sky features.

Specialized Variants:

  • Storm Wings: Enhanced for weather flight with improved aerial control and storm mastery
  • Battle Wings: Optimized for combat with enhanced flight effects and aerial positioning
  • Explorer's Sky Wings: Specialized for exploration with enhanced flight mastery and aerial dominance

Lore & History​

Origins: Created by sky masters who needed unlimited aerial mobility for their flight mastery and aerial research.

Historical Significance: These wings enabled crucial aerial victories and the mastery of comprehensive flight techniques throughout sky history.

Cultural Impact: Represent the ultimate achievement of flight and the effectiveness of aerial magic mastery.

Magical Craft: Demonstrates understanding of advanced flight magic and the complex processes required for aerial enhancement.

Balancing Notes​

Introduction Timing: Appropriate for levels 8-16 when aerial mastery becomes important and unlimited flight provides significant advantages.

Campaign Impact: Provides powerful aerial capabilities balanced by attunement requirement and high-level focus.

Flight Focus: Most valuable in campaigns featuring aerial encounters and sky-themed situations.

Encounter Design​

Recommended Challenges:

  • Aerial scenarios where unlimited flight enables superior positioning effectiveness and sky mastery
  • Flight encounters where aerial abilities provide tactical advantages and sky manipulation
  • Aerial challenges where flight enhancement determines sky effectiveness and aerial success
  • Sky situations where flight magic advances objective completion and aerial superiority

Flight Adjustments: Encounters may need to account for unlimited aerial mobility and enhanced sky positioning.

Aerial Items: Other items that enhance flight and provide sky capabilities.

Flight Equipment:

  • Items that improve aerial effectiveness and flight capabilities
  • Equipment for sky enhancement and aerial mastery
  • Tools for flight magic and aerial development

Complementary Equipment: Items that enhance aerial abilities or provide additional flight benefits.

Roleplay Opportunities​

Aerial Mastery: Characters develop expertise in flight techniques and sky magic.

Sky Leadership: Aerial capabilities create opportunities for leading flight missions and sky operations.

Flight Excellence: Aerial magic enables impressive demonstrations of sky mastery and flight superiority.