D&D 5E POTION OF FLYING

[maritimo80]

A character takes a POTION OF FLYING, which the book says that lasts 1 hour. If in the meantime he is hit by an enemy, need to do concentration test to keep the flight (like a wizard who had cast the spell?

 

[Nebulous]

A character takes a POTION OF FLYING, which the book says that lasts 1 hour. If in the meantime he is hit by an enemy, need to do concentration test to keep the flight (like a wizard who had cast the spell?

No, the magic of the potion is imbued within his body, not being maintained by the brainpower and concentration of a wizard. One of the great benefits of potions....

 

[rjfTrebor]

the fly spell is still limited by the stipulations in its statblock. you don't disregard the duration or the speed just because a wizard didn't cast it. you can certainly ignore the components for casting it as the potion is granting the spell's effects (as adjudicated by the stipulations in its stat block) to a character who drinks it.

 

[PnPgamer]

I think crawford has answered about that potions have concentrations where applicable...

 

[Nebulous]

I think crawford has answered about that potions have concentrations where applicable...

Is there a link for that? How is that supposed to work? If you drink a potion of flying that requires Concentration, does that mean you can't cast a spell that takes concentration? Or if you do you immediately stop flying and fall? Or when you stop concentration on the new spell you can start flying again because the potion is still in you and has an hour duration? Or is it only applicable to potions that both originally were made from concentration spells?

 

[ranger69]

I don't have my books in front of me but my feeling is that a potion of flying once imbibed does not need concentration for it to work as per the answer by Nebulous. Therefore you are free to cast another spell whilst flying even if you need concentration. Casting the spell with concentration does not break the flying spell as no concentration is needed on flying.

 

[PnPgamer]

Is there a link for that? How is that supposed to work? If you drink a potion of flying that requires Concentration, does that mean you can't cast a spell that takes concentration? Or if you do you immediately stop flying and fall? Or when you stop concentration on the new spell you can start flying again because the potion is still in you and has an hour duration? Or is it only applicable to potions that both originally were made from concentration spells?

Sorry, my bad, it was Mearls who said it, not Crawford.
http://www.enworld.org/forum/conten...e-from-Designers-Mearls-Crawford#.VLfejSuUc7g

so how will concentration spells work as potions? same way - effect ends if you lose concentration. -M

 

[Nebulous]

Sorry, my bad, it was Mearls who said it, not Crawford.
http://www.enworld.org/forum/conten...e-from-Designers-Mearls-Crawford#.VLfejSuUc7g

so how will concentration spells work as potions? same way - effect ends if you lose concentration. -M

Good to know the official word. Thanks

 

[Nebulous]

I don't have my books in front of me but my feeling is that a potion of flying once imbibed does not need concentration for it to work as per the answer by Nebulous. Therefore you are free to cast another spell whilst flying even if you need concentration. Casting the spell with concentration does not break the flying spell as no concentration is needed on flying.

That is what I would have thought, but it looks like the official words says otherwise. Now, we're free to houserule it however we like, but at least there's a baseline answer.

 

[the Jester]

Contrast it with other potions that duplicate concentration spells. The potions of growth, diminution, gaseous form, heroism and possibly others all specify "no concentration required". Neither flying nor invisibility potions include that caveat.

However, they also don't reference concentration-requiring spells, and don't mention concentration. I guess my reading is that they don't require concentration.