does impacts change flight / gliding paths?


Rules Questions


if i where flying or gliding and i hit someone would it change my flight path by 90 degrees as i pass/hit my target or would i keep going straight?

i hope my question makes sense.


Pathfinder Adventure Path, Lost Omens, Rulebook Subscriber

This should probably be a general rules question, as I am not sure how much flight is covered in the confines of the Beginner's Box.

In the Core Rulebook however, a collision while flying using wings requires a DC 25 fly check or immediately begin falling.


i am not talking about having the guy head butting the target or smacking it with its wing i am talking about clubbing someone upside the head with the end of a spear shaft or sliding the sharp end across their neck to give them a second crimson smile.

Liberty's Edge

Without this specific feat: Flyby attack you can't do that.
There is an equivalent feat for land movement.

Normally you can move and then attack or attack and then move, but you can't move/attack/move.
The ability to move before and after an attack is very powerful if used well, so acquiring it has a cost in the form of it requiring a feat.

Note that it require a Fly speed. That mean that your character should have a permanent way to fly. A simple fly spell or a glider isn't enough.

Grand Lodge

Pathfinder Adventure, Adventure Path, LO Special Edition, Pathfinder Accessories, PF Special Edition, Starfinder Accessories, Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Roleplaying Game, Starfinder Society Subscriber

Nope if they are just hitting someone it would not cause a change in direction. Remember the space you are in is a 5 by 5 foot square so there is room to move. So thematically it can cause them to change direction but they would be able to recover before moving forward into the next 5 by 5 square. You are considered to be dodging, weaving and ducking already in the space you are not a just standing there.


that's cool. thanks Diego and everyone else

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