Alchemist Wings discovery


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Does it take a standard action to "Activate" the wings, or can you just use a move action and fly?


The discovery says they work "as the fly spell", they don't mention another activation time and they also don't say they give a fly speed.

Standard action to activate.

Liberty's Edge

"Extraordinary Abilities (Ex): Using an extraordinary ability is usually not an action because most extraordinary abilities automatically happen in a reactive fashion. Those extraordinary abilities that are actions are usually standard actions that cannot be disrupted, do not require concentration, and do not provoke attacks of opportunity."

http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/coreRulebook/combat.html


Quote:

Wings (Ex): The alchemist gains batlike, birdlike, or insectlike functional wings, allowing him to fly as the fly spell for a number of minutes per day equal to his caster level. These minutes do not need to be consecutive, but they must be spent in 1-minute increments. An alchemist can select this discovery multiple times; each time he does so, he adds his caster level to the number of minutes per day that he can fly with the wings. This flight is an extraordinary ability. An alchemist must be at least 6th level before selecting this discovery.

My reading of the ability is once you take the discovery, you always have the wings but are limited as to the duration, so there would not be an activation.


As I understand, the alchemist always has the wings, he just can't fly beyond a limited time. Also, as the are (Ex) there is no activation because those that do state as much. You grow wings when you take the discovery. It gives you a fly speed and good maneuverability, with a time restriction on usage.


you have a pair of wings and can fly. but since they are new, they can wear you out rather quickly. so get the feathered wings and pretend your wearing a fashionable feather cloak when your not flying.

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