Carpet of Flying

Carpet of Flying
Depiction of a Carpet of Flying from D&D: Dungeon Master's Guide, 5th Edition (2024), p. 242.
General Information
Also known as	Flying carpet
Type	Wondrous Item
Rarity	Very Rare
Materials	Varies (silk)
Attunement	No
Properties	Use action to cause it to fly Flying speed between 80 and 30 feet, depending on size Carrying capacity between 200 and 800 pounds, depending on size
Historical Information
Owners	Allura Vysoren Vox Machina Farah Vallari

A Carpet of Flying, or just flying carpet, is a magic item that can take flight on command and carry passengers.

Properties

While the carpet grants flying to all who can fit on it, there are some limits to what it can do. The first carpet Vox Machina had was incapable of lifting Grog or Trinket due to their weight. It could only hold the weight of about four or five average-sized party members at once. The second carpet was capable of speeds of up to thirty feet, carrying up to 800 pounds.

In addition to the flying ability, Allura's carpet had the following:

• Some apparent resistance to damage.^{[citation needed]}
• When Vox Machina slew a cloaker while in the Underdark, Percy skinned the creature and wanted to use its hide to camouflage the carpet by making the bottom of the carpet invisible, but any effect it had on visibility was never mentioned.

Background

Campaign One: Pre-stream Arc

Cover art for Vox Machina Origins IV #5 featuring Vex'ahlia on Allura's Carpet of Flying, by Jessica Mahon.

Vox Machina's first carpet of flying was taken from Lady Allura's home, the Ivory Tower, after the tower was assaulted by a demonic entity. Vox Machina found out the first carpet could fly during the collapse of the Ivory Tower. The party originally used it as a parachute, but then the carpet saved them by sweeping underneath them and flying them down to safety. Afterwards, they chose to keep it and not tell Allura that they were the ones who took it. Allura once hinted that she knew it was them, but did not press the matter as she seemed to have decided they could keep it.

"Trial of the Take: Part 4" (1x21)

Tiberius, Keyleth, and Vax'ildan, along with Kashaw Vesh and Thorbir Falbek from the Slayer's Take guild, attempted to cross a river of acid using the carpet. They accidentally triggered a magical rune trap that caused the carpet's flying ability to be temporarily disabled, plunging them all into acid. Vax attempted to save the carpet by holding it over his head while wading through the rest of the way, but it had already been coated in acid. Tiberius then attempted to repair it using his Mending Wheel. While he was able to repair the carpet physically, it lost its flying enchantment and became nothing but a normal rug. Vex'ahlia was furious when she found out about the loss.

"What Lies Beneath the Surface" (1x81)

Several months later, while looting through Thordak's treasure hoard, Vex'ahlia discovered a second, larger carpet of flying, which she has kept ever since. It was 6 by 9 feet and made out of fine, deep dyed navy blue silk with a light tan pattern across it.

"The Cursed Contract" (RT2x16)

In 843 PD, Poogs gave a Carpet of Flying to Farah Vallari as a gift from the Hug Hive.

Trivia

• There is an elven village somewhat near the Utesspire Mountains in Issylra that had a tradition of using these carpets to fly everywhere.

References

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