if an object or person is levitated, does this change their weight? I ask because levitation doesn’t appear to have a weight limit, but other spells such as telekinesis, and catapult do, and I’m curious as to wether or not levitating an object outside the weight restrictions of those spells would allow the person/object to be affected by those aforementioned spells.
In real world physics, weight represents the current amount of gravitation an object is experiencing. Hence, you weigh less in altitude or in space, etc.
However, we commonly use the word weight to mean mass, meaning the amount of substance an object has*.
Levitation practically affects your weight, in that you are effectively ignoring gravity. However, your mass does not change. Telekinesis and catapult, I suspect, are more worried about the upper limits of the mass of an object they can affect rather than forcing you to make calculations as to whether you can do more with those spells in the Himalayas versus in the Jordan Valley. Though I can easily imagine an enterprising DM wanting to attempt the equations to work that out.
So I'd probably say no to your attempt at a combo.
The description of Levitate doesn’t support the idea of the target becoming “weightless” because the target can’t just push off and go flying. Instead the target must continue to push or pull against a fixed object to move as if climbing. Even if the spell did make things weightless they would still retain their mass which would seem to be the determining factor for spells like Catapult.
if an object or person is levitated, does this change their weight? I ask because levitation doesn’t appear to have a weight limit, but other spells such as telekinesis, and catapult do, and I’m curious as to wether or not levitating an object outside the weight restrictions of those spells would allow the person/object to be affected by those aforementioned spells.
In real world physics, weight represents the current amount of gravitation an object is experiencing. Hence, you weigh less in altitude or in space, etc.
However, we commonly use the word weight to mean mass, meaning the amount of substance an object has*.
Levitation practically affects your weight, in that you are effectively ignoring gravity. However, your mass does not change. Telekinesis and catapult, I suspect, are more worried about the upper limits of the mass of an object they can affect rather than forcing you to make calculations as to whether you can do more with those spells in the Himalayas versus in the Jordan Valley. Though I can easily imagine an enterprising DM wanting to attempt the equations to work that out.
So I'd probably say no to your attempt at a combo.
*Not a strict physics definition
The description of Levitate doesn’t support the idea of the target becoming “weightless” because the target can’t just push off and go flying. Instead the target must continue to push or pull against a fixed object to move as if climbing. Even if the spell did make things weightless they would still retain their mass which would seem to be the determining factor for spells like Catapult.
Levitate has a weight limit of 500 pounds.
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