Float

School transmutation; Level bard 0, sorcerer/wizard 0

CASTING

Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S, F (a bit of down or fluff)

EFFECT

Range personal or close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target you or one willing creature or one object (total weight up to 50 lbs./level)
Duration 1 min./level
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no

DESCRIPTION

Float allows you to hover, weightless, above any surface at a distance of about 1 ft. You may be moved by wind or you may use a pole or other means to propel yourself in any direction. Doing so is a move action and generally provides a movement rate of 5 ft.

A floating creature that attacks with a melee or ranged weapon finds itself increasingly unstable; the first attack has a �1 penalty on attack rolls, the second �2, and so on, to a maximum penalty of �5. A full round spent stabilizing allows the creature to begin again at �1 penalty to attack. A float spell does not lift a creature high enough to provide a higher ground bonus.

Float does not reduce or negate falling damage in any way. Creatures stepping into a pit or off a cliff fall normally, and stop suddenly 1 ft. sooner than they would otherwise.