Flying monsters


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Can a flying monster use "run" to fly faster (like x2, x3, x4) or is fly a set speed?

O.

Paizo Employee Director of Game Development

Nope. Normal land movement only.

Perhaps there's a feat along the lines of Improved Flight that grants more movement rather than better maneuverability.

Scarab Sages

SRD wrote:

Fly

A creature with a fly speed can move through the air at the indicated speed if carrying no more than a light load. (Note that medium armor does not necessarily constitute a medium load.) All fly speeds include a parenthetical note indicating maneuverability, as follows:

Perfect: The creature can perform almost any aerial maneuver it wishes. It moves through the air as well as a human moves over smooth ground.

Good: The creature is very agile in the air (like a housefly or a hummingbird), but cannot change direction as readily as those with perfect maneuverability.

Average: The creature can fly as adroitly as a small bird.

Poor: The creature flies as well as a very large bird.

Clumsy: The creature can barely maneuver at all.

A creature that flies can make dive attacks. A dive attack works just like a charge, but the diving creature must move a minimum of 30 feet and descend at least 10 feet. It can make only claw or talon attacks, but these deal double damage. A creature can use the run action while flying, provided it flies in a straight line.

Yes, a flying creature can 'run'.

Liberty's Edge

So I guess the Roadrunner has that feat, but Wile E. Coyote doesn't.

Paizo Employee Director of Game Development

Well, crap. Thanks for the clarification.

Shows what I get for posting without really looking anything up.


Ungoded wrote:

A creature that flies can make dive attacks. A dive attack works just like a charge, but the diving creature must move a minimum of 30 feet and descend at least 10 feet. It can make only claw or talon attacks, but these deal double damage. A creature can use the run action while flying, provided it flies in a straight line.

Yes, a flying creature can 'run'.

Damn, how could I have missed that last sentence. But thanks :)

O.

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