Wondrous Item, rare (requires attunement)
While wearing this cloak, you have Advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks. In an area of Dim Light or Darkness, you can grip the edges of the cloak and use it to gain a Fly Speed of 40 feet. If you ever fail to grip the cloak’s edges while flying in this way, or if you are no longer in Dim Light or Darkness, you lose this Fly Speed.
While wearing the cloak in an area of Dim Light or Darkness, you can cast Polymorph on yourself, shape-shifting into a Bat. While in that form, you retain your Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. The cloak can’t be used this way again until the next dawn.
Notes: Advantage: Stealth, Set: Innate Speed (Flying), Movement, Shapechanging, Deception, Outerwear
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Posted Oct 26, 2022hmm very op
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Posted Apr 11, 2023Perfect for my Dexterity based Dhampir Vengeance Paladin. Yes, I'm Batman.
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Posted Apr 23, 2023I'm the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs.
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Posted Nov 27, 2023I'm freaking batman
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Posted Feb 3, 2024There's a question we ran into with this in-game that we can't find an official answer to. When using this item to fly, there's no weight limit listed. What would be a blocker to lashing a teammate to yourself and flying them across an area?
For example, we got ruled down when I (Aasimar) tried lashing my teammate (Halfling) to myself to fly across an area, even though they weigh less than the kit I normally carry. Where can we find official numbers on weight limits or rulings on what we can/can't carry with Cloak of the Bat?
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Posted Feb 23, 2024Genius!
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Posted Feb 23, 2024When in doubt, use carrying capacity, Add the weight of the character your carrying and their equipment to the weight of your equipment, then use encumberance rules.
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Posted Jul 21, 2024My Shadar'kai Evocation Wizard just found this at lvl 8. My intent is to cast Dragon's Breath on myself and dive bomb enemies with it. That and there are a few spells that do not require somatic components. Like Tasha's Mind Whip, which has only a vocal component. It is possible to attack while flying with it. But it is limited. So I'll fly over casting either Dragon's Breath or Mind Whip, land on the other side somewhere out of the way and cast an evocation spell like fireball with sculpt spells. I can keep the enemies attention moving around the map while still doing good damage.
Most comments I've seen on the cloak of the bat keep saying it's best for Rangers and Rogues. But it seems like Wizards or Sorcs might be the only ones that can attack while flying with it.
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Posted Mar 14, 2025I like this :)
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Posted Mar 14, 2025yay!
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Posted Mar 31, 2025If any character with an innate flying speed were to use this, does it increase their fly speed? Say an Aarakocra has 70 feet to fly, 20 in shadow, 30 in light, and 20 more in shadow. Do they make it the whole way?