I bird wearing that kind of armour or carrying that much stuff wouldn't be able to fly. So you'd just have a hawk (h)awkwardly hopping along the ground looking confused and wondering why you strapped all that stuff that it cannot use to it. And every time it poofs away it would leave the stuff where it was.
I bird wearing that kind of armour or carrying that much stuff wouldn't be able to fly. So you'd just have a hawk (h)awkwardly hopping along the ground looking confused and wondering why you strapped all that stuff that it cannot use to it. And every time it poofs away it would leave the stuff where it was.
That's why the first thing I looked at was the carrying capacity, in 5e rules, wearing that kind of armour and carrying exactly this much stuff, yes the Hawk would be able to fly. If there was a struggle with narrative and realism for why the Hawk would be able to fly, then simply referencing the Find Familiar spell to claim that it is actually a celestial spirit in the form of a Hawk should suffice.
Poofing away and leaving stuff is the more difficult one as there is little to go on ruled wise, beyond the fact that the Sprite clearly has equipment.
I bird wearing that kind of armour or carrying that much stuff wouldn't be able to fly. So you'd just have a hawk (h)awkwardly hopping along the ground looking confused and wondering why you strapped all that stuff that it cannot use to it. And every time it poofs away it would leave the stuff where it was.
That's why the first thing I looked at was the carrying capacity, in 5e rules, wearing that kind of armour and carrying exactly this much stuff, yes the Hawk would be able to fly. If there was a struggle with narrative and realism for why the Hawk would be able to fly, then simply referencing the Find Familiar spell to claim that it is actually a celestial spirit in the form of a Hawk should suffice.
No, you are wrong. Being able to carry something isn't the same as being able to fly with it. The celestial spirit is still limited by the same limitations as an actual hawk and an actual hawk wouldn't be able to fly with all that stuff on. That's why spells such as "fly" is a thing.
Where does it say that sprite familiars automatically have equipment?
I bird wearing that kind of armour or carrying that much stuff wouldn't be able to fly. So you'd just have a hawk (h)awkwardly hopping along the ground looking confused and wondering why you strapped all that stuff that it cannot use to it. And every time it poofs away it would leave the stuff where it was.
That's why the first thing I looked at was the carrying capacity, in 5e rules, wearing that kind of armour and carrying exactly this much stuff, yes the Hawk would be able to fly. If there was a struggle with narrative and realism for why the Hawk would be able to fly, then simply referencing the Find Familiar spell to claim that it is actually a celestial spirit in the form of a Hawk should suffice.
No, you are wrong. Being able to carry something isn't the same as being able to fly with it. The celestial spirit is still limited by the same limitations as an actual hawk and an actual hawk wouldn't be able to fly with all that stuff on. That's why spells such as "fly" is a thing.
Where does it say that sprite familiars automatically have equipment?
Firstly, let me just say that yes the Familiar does follow the limitation of the creature it is in the form of, but I as appealing to that for an explanation to appease the unrealism of the Hawk itself being able to carry so much (which it can).
Given that, Lostwhilefishing, I am struggling to follow your line of reasoning here. At what weight of carrying stuff, do you believe that the Hawk should lose it's flying speed and how does the spell Fly factor into this?
Oh and as I explained earlier, Sprite's have leather armour and weapons - it's on their stat block.
That depends on what country you are from.
I bird wearing that kind of armour or carrying that much stuff wouldn't be able to fly. So you'd just have a hawk (h)awkwardly hopping along the ground looking confused and wondering why you strapped all that stuff that it cannot use to it. And every time it poofs away it would leave the stuff where it was.
That's why the first thing I looked at was the carrying capacity, in 5e rules, wearing that kind of armour and carrying exactly this much stuff, yes the Hawk would be able to fly. If there was a struggle with narrative and realism for why the Hawk would be able to fly, then simply referencing the Find Familiar spell to claim that it is actually a celestial spirit in the form of a Hawk should suffice.
Poofing away and leaving stuff is the more difficult one as there is little to go on ruled wise, beyond the fact that the Sprite clearly has equipment.
I did like the [h]awkward pun though :-)
No, you are wrong. Being able to carry something isn't the same as being able to fly with it. The celestial spirit is still limited by the same limitations as an actual hawk and an actual hawk wouldn't be able to fly with all that stuff on. That's why spells such as "fly" is a thing.
Where does it say that sprite familiars automatically have equipment?
Firstly, let me just say that yes the Familiar does follow the limitation of the creature it is in the form of, but I as appealing to that for an explanation to appease the unrealism of the Hawk itself being able to carry so much (which it can).
Given that, Lostwhilefishing, I am struggling to follow your line of reasoning here. At what weight of carrying stuff, do you believe that the Hawk should lose it's flying speed and how does the spell Fly factor into this?
Oh and as I explained earlier, Sprite's have leather armour and weapons - it's on their stat block.