Yes, you can fly in heavy armor. But you take armor check penalties on any Fly checks you need to make.
Yes, you can fly in heavy armor. But you take armor check penalties on any Fly checks you need to make.
But a mount won't be able to fly at all in anything but light armor or carrying a light load. This rule was kept by Pathfinder in regards to mounts.
Pg. 162 "Flying mounts can’t fly in medium or heavy barding."
Pg. 169 "A medium or heavy load counts as medium or heavy armor for the purpose of abilities or skills that are restricted by armor."
http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/equipment.html
http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/additionalRules.html
D&D 3.5 also had this restriction on flight; "A creature with a fly speed can move through the air at the indicated speed if carrying no more than a light load", but Pathfinder dropped that so only those flying by mounts are inconvenienced by this issue.
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialAbilities.htm#fly
Pg. 162 "Flying mounts can’t fly in medium or heavy barding."
I stand (At least partly) corrected. I was looking at flying in general. The only thing that I can find in the books then that even mention flying in heavy armor is the Mounts section. But nothing else says anything about non-mounts flying in heavy armor. And in fact, look at the solar in the Bestiary. Wears full plate, and can fly.
So it seems that you can fly in heavy armor, but not if you are a flying mount.
Does this mean that if you slap a saddle on something in medium armour it can't fly? Or only if your riding it?
Does this mean that if you slap a saddle on something in medium armour it can't fly? Or only if your riding it?
Having a mount gives you several advantages, including sharing space without penalty, sharing the benefits of the mount's move speed and charge action, and allowing you to make Ride checks.
By restricting mounts to only a light load, a creature under more than a light load cannot act as a mount while flying. That doesn't mean the creature can't fly, but it does mean you loose all the benefits of it being a mount when it takes to the air -- and that it can't take to the air if you're using it as a mount.
Does this mean that if you slap a saddle on something in medium armour it can't fly? Or only if your riding it?
This is probably the funniest thing I've seen in a while. :-)
how about a TAURIC (like Centaur with wings)
ture fully i dont see how the lower half is horse, cat, dragon ect and the top half if humanoid (dont care what)can fly with heavy armor. all the pictures ive seen the wings are on the lower half. so would that be the mount rules i have to use?
I'd say you only use the mount rules when he's busy being a mount.
If a Pegasus wants to wear heavy armor, but not be a mount, then he's cool. If he wants to act as a mount however, he has to go down to light armor & make sure that his rider is under his light load (including all that adventuring gear the fool is probably carrying around).