Walking Chair: Wondrous Item or Animated Object?

[John Wass]

I have a player who wants to play a paraplegic sorcerer. At first, he would be riding around on another PC's back, until he had the ability to create a chair to walk him around on its own. My question becomes: is it better to create such a device using Craft Wondrous Item or using Craft Construct, animate object and permanency?

I really want the character concept to succeed, I'm just not entirely sure about which method will be best for him.

Thanks.

[Bob Bob Bob]

Let him research a custom version of Floating Disk?

As for "better", what do you mean? Better for the player is a magic item. Permanency and Animate Objects is the absolute worst, since it can be attacked and "killed", or just dispelled. Craft Construct and Animate Objects is slightly better, but it comes with the same "just smash the super low HP chair". The reason the magic item is best is because it (if it works like other magic items) uses the sorcerer's defenses instead of its own. If it becomes its own creature, it's basically the bought horses problem. Using a store-bought horse as your mount, you're one fireball away from being unmounted. Same problem with the animated chair.

I'd still say let him research a custom version of Floating Disk (call it "Wheelchair") that's smaller and doesn't let him carry anything else (just himself) but lasts longer. It's all going to get ditched once they get up to Overland Flight anyway. Or flying carpet.