Winged Boots

Stub-class article · First seen: s11 · Last seen: s24
Winged Boots
wing boots · Wiggy boots · flying boots
Winged Boots, Wondrous item, uncommon portrait
Item
StatusActive
First seens11
Last seens24
TypeWondrous item, uncommon
HolderHugo
OriginThe DM's out-of-game gift of one uncommon item to each player, before session 11

The Winged Boots are the uncommon wondrous item that Hugo took from the DM’s out-of-game gift of one uncommon item to each player, made before session 11 [16][17]. Terry had picked both the boots and the Cloak of Protection, and gave the boots up after a talk with Hugo’s player, since he thought two people with them was unfair [16][32]. They give Hugo flight at a click, and he has used it to carry Caelumn out of danger in sessions 11 and 14 and to hover, reach flyers and cross water in the fights after [2][25][7][21][12]. In session 24 he clicked them in the fight with the knight of smoke and flew the fallen Father Thomas out of its reach [13][26].

Overview

The Winged Boots are Hugo’s flight. The DM gave each player an uncommon magic item out of game before session 11, and Hugo took these [16][17], with Terry choosing the cloak and Caelumn the Bloodwell Vial [16][18][19]. Hugo said at the time that he would not abuse them: if a dragon flew up, or the enemies were above, he could “just fly up to them in two” turns instead of six [20].

Description

Hugo “clicks” them to fly [21][12]. The DM’s own description was that “wing boots are already like borderline rare item” [22], and Terry called them “the only item to pick” for an optimiser [23].

Mechanics (as played)

  • Flight on a click. Hugo activates them and flies, hovers or lands [2][8][24]. He can carry a downed ally of 60 to 70 pounds within his carrying weight [2][25]. In session 24 he did it again with Father Thomas: “fly 10 feet up into the air” [26]. The DM first warned that leaving the knight’s reach would draw an opportunity attack, then accepted that Hugo had disengaged [27].
  • Time. Hugo read the legacy text: “You can use the boots for four hours. Each one uses a minimum of one minute” [28]. Terry said the 2024 version takes an action to activate and works in one-hour increments [29]. The DM did not rule on it then. In play Hugo has clicked them “for the next hour” and has switched them off to “save the rest of the time” [8][24].
  • Hugo’s own uses. He told the newcomers in session 17 that he mainly used them to hover, or to save a teammate who was downed and surrounded by melee enemies [30].

Open questions

  • Which version of the boots the table uses, the legacy four-hour pool or the 2024 hour increments [31].

History in the campaign

Session 11: Owlbears and the Soulbinder

Main article: Session 11

The session opened with the DM asking Terry which item he had chosen, since he had seen both the boots and the cloak among his picks; Terry left the boots to Hugo [16][32]. In the owlbear fight Hugo hovered 20 feet up, came down 10 feet to pick up Caelumn’s body, which weighed 60 to 70 pounds, and flew back up out of reach [2]. Terry: “Wiggy boots y’all” [33]. Terry later argued that the 2024 boots were nerfed, while Hugo had read the legacy text [34].

Session 13: Bubba Walker and the Gummy Sarcophagus

Main article: Session 13

During the gingerbread fight in the bunker under the Candy Cottage, Hugo asked whether he could click his heels, activate the boots and fly down the ladder instead of walking it. The DM agreed, since the drop was only 10 feet [4].

Session 14: The Gummy Mummy and Aurelian Eldwythe

Main article: Session 14

In the Gummy Mummy chamber Hugo flew to the downed Caelumn, picked him up as “object-ish” and flew him to the top of the hatch [25][35][36]. When Vasquez went down holding the line, Hugo hovered 15 feet up, peered down the hatch, flew down to him, retrieved his axes and healed him with a party potion [37]. Afterwards he planned to fly Brioche and a boy over the Aurelian wall, and dropped the idea when the DM said everyone inside the city was searched [38][39].

Session 15: The Death of Ruin and Althea Joins

Main article: Session 15

In the flooded junction of the Eldwythe sewers Hugo jumped off the wall with the boots, hovered above the water to get height over Terry and attacked [7]. Later, floating across the water, he remarked “there’s a reason I’m using winged boots” [40][41].

Session 16: Through the Sewers, Onto the Skiff

Main article: Session 16

As the party looked for a way out of the sewers, Hugo clicked his boots “just in case anything goes wrong”, so that he could fly for the next hour, but used them only to hover while the others worked out how to sail a boat [42].

Session 17: New Hands, the Black Mask’s Renegotiation, and the Rimeclaw

Main article: Session 17

Introducing his character to the newcomers, Hugo said he mainly used the boots to hover or to save a downed teammate from melee enemies [30]. In the reef-line fight he hovered above his allies so as to move round them without getting in the way [9].

Session 18: The Wyrm Falls, the Catfish Escapes, and Mike Dies on the Road

Main article: Session 18

When the winged catfish took to the air, Hugo said “I will take my wing boots and I will fly up to it” [10]. After the skiff sank he switched the boots off to save the rest of their time and swam on his Ring of Swimming, carrying Steven [24].

Session 19: A Penitent Priest, an Unmade Leash, and the Pixie in the Dark

Main article: Session 19

In the fey ambush Hugo clicked his boots, flew up to the pixie and hit it for 16 [43]. Terry wondered whether Hugo could grab its leg and then let the boots’ effect end, “like Mary Poppins umbrella”, and the DM asked for a grapple check [44].

Session 23: The Changeling in Manacles

Main article: Session 23

In the break before the second fight, Hugo’s player kept the boots back when Father Thomas’s player asked for his gear: “I quite like my boots” [45][46]. At the sealed door he clicked his boots, with the third greatsword skeleton roughly 20 feet away, and hit it for 16 [12].

Session 24: The Knight of Smoke

Main article: Session 24

Facing the knight of smoke, Hugo ended a turn with a miss, asked how high the ceiling was (“Like 15 feet”) and said “I’m going to click my boots” [47]. On his next turn, with Father Thomas down, he disengaged, picked him up and declared that he would fly 10 feet up and carry him out of the knight’s reach [26]. He later said he had laid him on the floor [48]. Hugo calls them only “my boots” in these lines, and the wiki takes them to be these.

Status

As of session 24. Worn by Hugo, and last used to carry Father Thomas out of the knight of smoke’s reach in the ridge temple [26][48].

See also

References

  1. ^ Session 11, line 22-31: The DM and Terry discuss the boots against the cloak, and Hugo takes the boots.
  2. ^ Session 11, line 1409: Hugo's first combat use, lifting Caelumn out of the owlbear fight.
  3. ^ Session 11, line 1661-1676: Terry on the 2024 text, an action to activate and one-hour increments; Hugo has the legacy text.
  4. ^ Session 13, line 1461-1465: Hugo flies down a ladder in the gingerbread bunker.
  5. ^ Session 14, line 341-427: Hugo flies the downed Caelumn to the hatch, then comes back for Vasquez.
  6. ^ Session 14, line 1628-1651: Hugo's plan to fly Brioche and a boy over the Aurelian wall.
  7. ^ Session 15, line 872: Hugo hovers over the sewer water to attack.
  8. ^ Session 16, line 1563: Hugo clicks the boots for an hour, just in case.
  9. ^ Session 17, line 1870: Hovering to move round his allies in the reef fight.
  10. ^ Session 18, line 712: Hugo flies up to the winged catfish, then switches the boots off to swim.
  11. ^ Session 19, line 1523-1537: Hugo flies up to a pixie in the fey ambush.
  12. ^ Session 23, line 1889: Hugo clicks his boots to reach a skeleton 20 feet off.
  13. ^ Session 24, line 1873: Hugo asks the height of the ceiling and clicks his boots in the fight with the knight of smoke.
  14. ^ Session 24, line 1962-1963: Hugo disengages, picks up Father Thomas and flies 10 feet up out of the knight's reach.
  15. ^ Session 24, line 1985-1987: Hugo says he laid Father Thomas on the floor afterwards.
  16. ^ Session 11, line 22: Inline citation.
  17. ^ Session 11, line 29: Inline citation.
  18. ^ Session 11, line 1172: Inline citation.
  19. ^ Session 11, line 1176: Inline citation.
  20. ^ Session 11, line 34: Inline citation.
  21. ^ Session 19, line 1523: Inline citation.
  22. ^ Session 11, line 30: Inline citation.
  23. ^ Session 11, line 31: Inline citation.
  24. ^ Session 18, line 1078: Inline citation.
  25. ^ Session 14, line 341: Inline citation.
  26. ^ Session 24, line 1962: Inline citation.
  27. ^ Session 24, line 1963: Inline citation.
  28. ^ Session 11, line 1670: Inline citation.
  29. ^ Session 11, line 1665-1669: Inline citation.
  30. ^ Session 17, line 27: Inline citation.
  31. ^ Session 11, line 1665-1673: Inline citation.
  32. ^ Session 11, line 23: Inline citation.
  33. ^ Session 11, line 1410: Inline citation.
  34. ^ Session 11, line 1663-1671: Inline citation.
  35. ^ Session 14, line 346: Inline citation.
  36. ^ Session 14, line 391: Inline citation.
  37. ^ Session 14, line 423-427: Inline citation.
  38. ^ Session 14, line 1628: Inline citation.
  39. ^ Session 14, line 1649-1651: Inline citation.
  40. ^ Session 15, line 949: Inline citation.
  41. ^ Session 15, line 950: Inline citation.
  42. ^ Session 16, line 1563-1565: Inline citation.
  43. ^ Session 19, line 1523-1530: Inline citation.
  44. ^ Session 19, line 1533-1537: Inline citation.
  45. ^ Session 23, line 1130: Inline citation.
  46. ^ Session 23, line 1154: Inline citation.
  47. ^ Session 24, line 1871-1873: Inline citation.
  48. ^ Session 24, line 1987: Inline citation.
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