Tenser's Floating Disk

[entr0py]

can you sit / stand on the disk after you cast it? if yes, is it then movable by pushing / pulling?

 

[Camarath]

I do not think there is anything that nothing prevents you from standing on your own disk (assuming you weigh less than 100/level). I also think that the spell implies that disk can be "otherwise directed" to move at "a rate of no more than your normal speed each round".

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

I disagree.

Yes, you can sit on it. No, you can't get it to move once you've done so.

"Otherwise directed" refers to the distance at which it follows you. Therefore, if you aren't moving, the disc cannot "accompany you at a rate of no more than your normal speed each round."

It's a long-standing tradition in D&D that you can't ride your own Tenser's Floating Disc. Create a new spell, higher in level, that will let you do what you want (probably 2nd).

 

[Abraxas]

From the Main 3.5 FAQ pg 42

"Can you ride your own Tenser’s floating disk?
No. While you could command your Tenser’s floating disk to move close enough for you to sit upon it, it has no ability to move under its own power. It can follow you only at a maximum rate equal to your normal speed."

So thats probably how Chirodox is going to rule. As written it could be interpreted either way and honestly it isn't very powerful if he were to allow it.

Make a scroll of TFD, I'll UMD and cast it and tow you around

 

[Camarath]

"Otherwise directed" refers to the distance at which it follows you. Therefore, if you aren't moving, the disc cannot "accompany you at a rate of no more than your normal speed each round."

It's a long-standing tradition in D&D that you can't ride your own Tenser's Floating Disc. Create a new spell, higher in level, that will let you do what you want (probably 2nd).

That makes sense. Though it does beg the question of why you can't set it to follow at a distance of 0ft and just walk on the disk. But being able to ride the Floating Disk would make the spell a bit strong for a first level spell.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Yes, you can sit on it. No, you can't get it to move once you've done so.

"Otherwise directed" refers to the distance at which it follows you. Therefore, if you aren't moving, the disc cannot "accompany you at a rate of no more than your normal speed each round."

Don't forget the outboard motor effect.

Sit on the disk, dangle your legs over the edge opposite the direction you want to travel, and direct the disk to follow you at a distance of six feet...

-Hyp.

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

Don't forget the outboard motor effect.

Sit on the disk, dangle your legs over the edge opposite the direction you want to travel, and direct the disk to follow you at a distance of six feet...

... at which point, the universe explodes.

 

[shilsen]

Heh! This question seems to come up regularly every six months or so. I'd started one way back on Eric Noah's boards entitled "Tenser's Floating Sedan Chair" which ran for a few pages of discussion.

 

[cmanos]

screw tradition. Yes.

 

[Joker]

screw tradition. Yes.

I agree.