Floating - Advantage, Perk, or 0-point feature?

Xilodel · 10-02-2009, 05:36 PM

Howdy, y'all.

I have a question for the forum brain trust regarding floating. A wizard PC of mine wants to have a familiar in the form of a housecat sized fire elemental. He wants the creature to float by his side, rather than slither along the ground, but doesn't necessarily want Flight (read: doesn't have the points to buy it).

If the familiar has the ability to float at a constant height above the ground (possibly changing altitude by no more than a foot), but can still be stunned, shoved aside, "knocked down" (essentially losing body orientation and flailing helplessly in space), is this an advantage, a perk, or a 0-point feature?

My initial instincts are telling me 0-point feature, since it doesn't seem to be any more or less advantageous than No Legs (Bounces, Rolls, or Slithers). And my apologies ahead of time if this has been brought up in the past, my search-fu is still pathetic after all these months.

10-02-2009, 05:36 PM	#1
Xilodel Join Date: Apr 2008	Floating - Advantage, Perk, or 0-point feature? Howdy, y'all. I have a question for the forum brain trust regarding floating. A wizard PC of mine wants to have a familiar in the form of a housecat sized fire elemental. He wants the creature to float by his side, rather than slither along the ground, but doesn't necessarily want Flight (read: doesn't have the points to buy it). If the familiar has the ability to float at a constant height above the ground (possibly changing altitude by no more than a foot), but can still be stunned, shoved aside, "knocked down" (essentially losing body orientation and flailing helplessly in space), is this an advantage, a perk, or a 0-point feature? My initial instincts are telling me 0-point feature, since it doesn't seem to be any more or less advantageous than No Legs (Bounces, Rolls, or Slithers). And my apologies ahead of time if this has been brought up in the past, my search-fu is still pathetic after all these months.