Broom of Flying and Haste


Rules Questions


pretty simple question, does the speed increase from a Haste spell apply to a player using a Broom of Flying? Haste says, "All of the hasted creature's modes of movement (including land movement, burrow, climb, fly, and swim) increase by 30 feet, to a maximum of twice the subject's normal speed using that form of movement" but is the flight granted from BoF counted as a "creature's mode of movement"? Or is it the item itself, so Haste doesn't effect this?

Kinda nit picky, I know, but I'm betting this question/discussion/arguement is going to come up in the next session of the game I'm running.


Haste affects creatures only. The movement speed of the broom is the broom's, not the creature's. Haste has no affect on the brooms speed as it is not a creature.


Claxon wrote:
Haste affects creatures only. The movement speed of the broom is the broom's, not the creature's. Haste has no affect on the brooms speed as it is not a creature.

Have to agree with Claxon here.


I don't think it's a mode of movement. Some things will say they give you a fly speed, which makes it one of your modes of movement.

Shadow Lodge

Broom of Flying wrote:

This broom is able to fly through the air as if affected by an overland flight spell (+4 on Fly skill checks) for up to 9 hours per day (split up as its owner desires). The broom can carry 200 pounds and fly at a speed of 40 feet, or up to 400 pounds at a speed at 30 feet.

In addition, the broom can travel alone to any destination named by the owner as long as she has a good idea of the location and layout of that destination. It flies to its owner from as far away as 300 yards when she speaks the command word. The broom of flying has a speed of 40 feet when it has no rider.

The only thing suggesting this might work is that the broom gets +4 on Fly skill checks. The thing is, the broom doesn't have a fly skill - does it use the owner's Fly skill +4, or is it always just 1d20+4 when you roll a fly check?

I'm still inclined to think Haste won't work here, and I'm usually tend to err on the side of the player in borderline cases like this. The fact the description is littered with wording implying the broom flies suggests it's the broom with the 40ft fly speed, and it doesn't carry over to the character. The broom is essentially just the player's lifeless mount.


I actually struggle with haste increasing the rate of magic flight at all. Is my fly spell really more powerful/effective because I have been hasted? Seems a stretch.

It makes sense to me that my natural fly speed (from wings or what have you) would increase because of haste.

I realize that isn't RAW. But it seems right to me.

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