Tiny Flying Carpet for Familiar...good idea?

[harmor]

I'm a Wizard thinking of giving my familiar, a Monkey, a tiny version of a Carpet of Flying.

Wondering if that would be a good idea, in general, to be risking my familiar?

[pathar]

Assuming the inevitable hijinks won't be too distracting, I don't see any reason not to go for it.

[Captain Phoenix]

I'm imagining Abu from Disney's Aladdin.

[harmor]

So the followup is the cost. From the table in the Carpet of Flying entry:

Size: 10 ft. by 10 ft. (100 square feet)
Capacity: 800 lbs.
Speed: 40 ft.
Weight: 15 lbs.
Market Price: 60,000 gp

Size: 5 ft. by 10 ft. (50 square feet)
Capacity: 400 lbs.
Speed: 40 ft.
Weight: 10 lbs.
Market Price: 35,000 gp

Size: 5 ft. by 5 ft. (25 square feet)
Capacity: 200 lbs.
Speed: 40 ft.
Weight: 8 lbs.
Market Price: 20,000 gp

...following the progression...

Size: 5 ft. by 2.5 ft. (12.5 square feet)
Capacity: 100 lbs.
Speed: 40 ft.
Weight: 6 lbs.
Market Price: 12,000 gp

Size: 2.5 ft. by 2.5 ft. (6.25 square feet)
Capacity: 50 lbs.
Speed: 40 ft.
Weight: 4 lbs.
Market Price: 7,200 gp

[J3Carlisle]

sounds awesome

[Name Violation]

I wouldnt allow a tiny one for that cheap.

[harmor]

Name Violation wrote:

I wouldnt allow a tiny one for that cheap.

What would you suggest then?

[Tiny Coffee Golem]

I have a monkey familiar that will have wings of flying at earliest opportunity.

"Fly my pretties. Fly!"

[sunbeam]

Make sure that monkey gets a Fez too.

Tiny flying carpet seems fine to me for that price. Affordable a little early but you can get some other flying familiars with improved familiar anyway, so it doesn't seem gamebreaking when you can afford one.

[Gunn]

You should go for it. You win the campaign via cute points for putting a monkey on a flying carpet. Unfortunately in this case "winning" means you are turned into a blue genie, and your monkey is given to a rogue named aladdin.

[Richard Leonhart]

you give something that can barely defend itself something worth 7500 (20k in my opinion) so that it is safe!?

if I were a CN thief, and I would see some skinny naked monkey with a clearly magic item that's worth as much as I would earn in 2 lifetimes ... I would not only be rich, but my starving children would eat monkey tonight.

[Corrik]

Richard Leonhart wrote:

you give something that can barely defend itself something worth 7500 (20k in my opinion) so that it is safe!?

if I were a CN thief, and I would see some skinny naked monkey with a clearly magic item that's worth as much as I would earn in 2 lifetimes ... I would not only be rich, but my starving children would eat monkey tonight.

Oh wait...he is hanging around that wizard who can warp reality with but a thought. Maybe this isn't such a great plan.

[Name Violation]

Richard Leonhart wrote:

you give something that can barely defend itself something worth 7500 (20k in my opinion) so that it is safe!?

if I were a CN thief, and I would see some skinny naked monkey with a clearly magic item that's worth as much as I would earn in 2 lifetimes ... I would not only be rich, but my starving children would eat monkey tonight.

You are entering a world of pain

[Alitan]

Just an aside - not meaning to throw a (monkey) wrench into your spokes - flying carpets are, as written, verbally controlled. So you need to (a) adjust the control mechanism of the carpet or (b) give the monkey the power of speech.

I would personally advise against option (b). Plenty of talking monkeys in the world already, without adding one more.

;)

[Set]

sunbeam wrote:

Make sure that monkey gets a Fez too.

And a little red vest, too!

[Captain Phoenix]

Alitan wrote:

Just an aside - not meaning to throw a (monkey) wrench into your spokes - flying carpets are, as written, verbally controlled. So you need to (a) adjust the control mechanism of the carpet or (b) give the monkey the power of speech.

Why don't you just have someone cast ventriloquism on the carpet. Remote control baby!