Carpet of Flying

A **Carpet of Flying**, or just **flying carpet**, is, as the name suggests, a carpet that has been enchanted to fly. Vox Machina's original carpet of flying was taken from Lady Allura's home, the Ivory Tower, after the tower was assaulted by a demonic entity. That original rug eventually lost its enchantment and was rendered a normal, non-magical rug. Vox Machina later found a new carpet of flying within Thordak's lair.

## **Background**

### **Pre-stream**

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.

## **Abilities**

While the carpet grants flying to all who can fit on it, there are some limits to what it could do. The first carpet 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. However, it is unclear whether he actually ever did.

## **References**

1. ↑ See "What Lies Beneath the Surface" (1x81) at 1:09:18.
2. ↑ See "The Story of Vox Machina" (Sx06) from 13:13 through 13:50.
3. ↑ See "What Lies Beneath the Surface" (1x81) at 1:24:26.
4. ↑ See *Dungeons & Dragons: Vox Style* (by Matthew Mercer) at 1:05.
5. ↑ See *Carpet Throwback* (by Liam O'Brien) at 8:56.
6. ↑ See "Shopping and Shipping" (1x14) from 0:42:27 through 43:00.
7. ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 4" (1x21) at 2:34:50.
8. ↑ See "What Lies Beneath the Surface" (1x81) at 1:24:20.
9. ↑ See "What Lies Beneath the Surface" (1x81) at 1:25:47.
10. ↑ See "What Lies Beneath the Surface" (1x81) at 1:09:18.
11. ↑ See "The Trick about Falling" (1x05) at 0:48:53.
12. ↑ See "Strange Bedfellows" (1x03) at 1:35:43.
13. ↑ See "What Lies Beneath the Surface" (1x81) at 1:25:47.
14. ↑ See "K'Varn Revealed" (1x10) at 1:23:13.
15. ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 1" (1x18) at 0:12:58.