Concerning Hoverboards [Archive] - Wizards Community

Concerning Hoverboards [Archive] - Wizards Community

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BardicCathartic
12-03-07, 11:25 PM I am not absolutely certain that this is the precise forum in which I should be posing this question in, however, if anyone does have any info pertaining, I certainly wouldn't mind the input.
Disclaimer notwithstanding, I'll continue. I am a first time player participating in a campaign written by a good friend of mine. Within the campaign I have expressed intrest in enchanting a duneboard I'd had commissioned in a local logging town on the edge of a desert. I can surf pretty effectively down the local dunes with it, though my original reason in charging its creation was to echant it with some kind of constant-effect levitation spell, rendering it a hoverboard of Back to the Future 2 fame. All I'm wondering is if anyone has actually ever done something like this and, if so, what is the least expensive and most practical way of achieving this?
I pretty much think that having a hoverboard will maximize my sex appeal and give me a +2 to opposite-sex magnetism. Any opinions on this matter would be greatly appreciated!
IceFractal
12-03-07, 11:43 PM For hovering? Levitate will do the job. However, that wouldn't really give it any mobility - at best you could push it very easily.

I think you'd be better off treating it as a modified Carpet of Flying, with a 50% or so discount for not being able to go above ground-level. That puts it at 10k for the personal-sized version.
Mindolin
12-03-07, 11:44 PM I think you can count out the sex appeal, because that's just an idiotic reasoning behind it. Best thing for you is a Tenser's Floating Disc enchanted that way.
BardicCathartic
12-03-07, 11:54 PM Are you freaking daft, Mindolin? Marty McFly was smooth enough to SEDUCE HIS OWN MOTHER! If hoverboards don't strike you as universally and instantly sexy, I pity your feeble logic and low style. Thank you again for your input!
Mindolin
12-04-07, 12:05 AM it's not the hoverboards, it's your own limited way of putting it. Marty was able to seduce his own mother by the Florence Nightingale syndrome, which Doc explained, and because compare him to the other two main males that were her age. He was most normal, so the best choice. As Harry Stamper said in Armaggedon "It's not a choice so much as a lack of options"
BardicCathartic
12-04-07, 12:15 AM Conceded; I was just messing. Sarcasm has a way of losing itself in translation. Anyway, your floating disc idea might have been cool to try, but I already possess this rather ornate and sentimental duneboard. I'm looking for a way to get it to hover and propel itself forward at a variable velocity. I'm sure I can get my DM to bend the rules if I sounded like I knew what I was talking about. Also, kudos and that wicked BTTF comeback.
Phrennzy
12-04-07, 10:10 AM I just finished reading an old 2nd ed Dungeon mag set in Dark Sun, where pirate raiders rode large disks enchanted with levitate. They each had sails affixed to them, making them sailboards more than surfboards.

The mechanics of a permanent mount spell should suffice. You aren't trying to do anything a horse couldn't do, really.
mato_hibiki
12-04-07, 11:09 AM The pretty pony wins this one. Uh... Though now we've just opened the door for all sorts of horrors involving movie references.

And for the record, this should have been posted in the equipment and combat thread.

Now I'm off to abuse this idea! :D
Crimson_Concerto
12-04-07, 04:57 PM I'm tempted to say it's just a re-flavored carpet of flying...
white_daemon
12-04-07, 05:44 PM You'd need to make constant Balance checks to ride such a thing though. If I were DM, I'd let you stand on it without chance of failure, but initiating a move would require a DC 15 or so Balance check. An excessively nice DM might give you a Ride check instead, if your character has Balance as cc. Regardless, failure of the check would mean you fall off the hoverboard. For combat purposes, I'd count it pretty much as being mounted.
A command word to activate it would also be necessary. And the flying carpet idea stated at the beginning is really good; I'd use that if I were you. Just remember how much you weigh vs. how much it can hold.
progresslevel9
12-04-07, 08:47 PM Perhaps the best way might involve psionics:

1) Get the board enchanted with some sort of Perm'd Animate Object hoojoo, giving it a land-speed in the process

2) somehow permenantify an application of the Skate power, or Expeditious, or both.

3) If you can, try getting it awakened, or have it be an intelligent item (not sure if those gain feats.) Then, have it take Wild Talent, Speed of Thought, and Up the Walls, FTW. Or, if permitted, take it as a cohort, and have it gain Elocator levels.

Enjoy your boss shiz. Laughs for all if it makes snarky coments in a robot voice. Teach it Wu Tang lyrics, or something.

Optional - 4) Give it some sort of elemental protection, and you can surf on LAVA!!!111

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BardicCathartic 12-03-07, 11:25 PM	I am not absolutely certain that this is the precise forum in which I should be posing this question in, however, if anyone does have any info pertaining, I certainly wouldn't mind the input. Disclaimer notwithstanding, I'll continue. I am a first time player participating in a campaign written by a good friend of mine. Within the campaign I have expressed intrest in enchanting a duneboard I'd had commissioned in a local logging town on the edge of a desert. I can surf pretty effectively down the local dunes with it, though my original reason in charging its creation was to echant it with some kind of constant-effect levitation spell, rendering it a hoverboard of Back to the Future 2 fame. All I'm wondering is if anyone has actually ever done something like this and, if so, what is the least expensive and most practical way of achieving this? I pretty much think that having a hoverboard will maximize my sex appeal and give me a +2 to opposite-sex magnetism. Any opinions on this matter would be greatly appreciated!
IceFractal 12-03-07, 11:43 PM	For hovering? Levitate will do the job. However, that wouldn't really give it any mobility - at best you could push it very easily. I think you'd be better off treating it as a modified Carpet of Flying, with a 50% or so discount for not being able to go above ground-level. That puts it at 10k for the personal-sized version.
Mindolin 12-03-07, 11:44 PM	I think you can count out the sex appeal, because that's just an idiotic reasoning behind it. Best thing for you is a Tenser's Floating Disc enchanted that way.
BardicCathartic 12-03-07, 11:54 PM	Are you freaking daft, Mindolin? Marty McFly was smooth enough to SEDUCE HIS OWN MOTHER! If hoverboards don't strike you as universally and instantly sexy, I pity your feeble logic and low style. Thank you again for your input!
Mindolin 12-04-07, 12:05 AM	it's not the hoverboards, it's your own limited way of putting it. Marty was able to seduce his own mother by the Florence Nightingale syndrome, which Doc explained, and because compare him to the other two main males that were her age. He was most normal, so the best choice. As Harry Stamper said in Armaggedon "It's not a choice so much as a lack of options"
BardicCathartic 12-04-07, 12:15 AM	Conceded; I was just messing. Sarcasm has a way of losing itself in translation. Anyway, your floating disc idea might have been cool to try, but I already possess this rather ornate and sentimental duneboard. I'm looking for a way to get it to hover and propel itself forward at a variable velocity. I'm sure I can get my DM to bend the rules if I sounded like I knew what I was talking about. Also, kudos and that wicked BTTF comeback.
Phrennzy 12-04-07, 10:10 AM	I just finished reading an old 2nd ed Dungeon mag set in Dark Sun, where pirate raiders rode large disks enchanted with levitate. They each had sails affixed to them, making them sailboards more than surfboards. The mechanics of a permanent mount spell should suffice. You aren't trying to do anything a horse couldn't do, really.
mato_hibiki 12-04-07, 11:09 AM	The pretty pony wins this one. Uh... Though now we've just opened the door for all sorts of horrors involving movie references. And for the record, this should have been posted in the equipment and combat thread. Now I'm off to abuse this idea! :D
Crimson_Concerto 12-04-07, 04:57 PM	I'm tempted to say it's just a re-flavored carpet of flying...
white_daemon 12-04-07, 05:44 PM	You'd need to make constant Balance checks to ride such a thing though. If I were DM, I'd let you stand on it without chance of failure, but initiating a move would require a DC 15 or so Balance check. An excessively nice DM might give you a Ride check instead, if your character has Balance as cc. Regardless, failure of the check would mean you fall off the hoverboard. For combat purposes, I'd count it pretty much as being mounted. A command word to activate it would also be necessary. And the flying carpet idea stated at the beginning is really good; I'd use that if I were you. Just remember how much you weigh vs. how much it can hold.
progresslevel9 12-04-07, 08:47 PM	Perhaps the best way might involve psionics: 1) Get the board enchanted with some sort of Perm'd Animate Object hoojoo, giving it a land-speed in the process 2) somehow permenantify an application of the Skate power, or Expeditious, or both. 3) If you can, try getting it awakened, or have it be an intelligent item (not sure if those gain feats.) Then, have it take Wild Talent, Speed of Thought, and Up the Walls, FTW. Or, if permitted, take it as a cohort, and have it gain Elocator levels. Enjoy your boss shiz. Laughs for all if it makes snarky coments in a robot voice. Teach it Wu Tang lyrics, or something. Optional - 4) Give it some sort of elemental protection, and you can surf on LAVA!!!111