[RPG] Levitate + Tiny Hut = airborne long rest

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Griza the sorceress was bored of all those swamp bullywugs bashing away at her tiny hut. The thumping was unheard (force effects don't reverberate sound) but all that grunting was cutting on her beauty sleep.

The next night she decided to first levitate (using a wondrous item, not the spell – so no concentration required to levitate), then get to a stationary position, and then cast the tiny hut.

  • I know that to cast a spell with a longer casting time requires concentration and levitate is concentration-based. That is why she has a wondrous item that allows levitation without concentration. I don't care if it is not in the books. She does. Move on.

Now she can sleep just fine at 50 feet above the ground. No more croaky croakers trying to croak her while croaking all the time.

But just like those one-nighters with priests of Loviatar, she might come to regret it in the morning…

The big question is does it work?

  • Doesn't she fall from the hut during her sleep?

  • Can LTH be cast up in the air?

Best Answer

Nothing in the description of Leomund's Tiny Hut prevents it from being cast while in the air. I don't know if she falls from the hut during sleep because I don't know how your "wondrous item" works. If it lasts for longer than 8 hours and doesn't require you to be conscious, then no. If not, then yes.

At first glance, it might appear there is a larger problem:

Range: Self (10-foot-radius hemisphere) A 10-foot-radius immobile dome of force springs into existence around and above you for the duration. -PHB, p.255, emphasis mine

Note that this does not say that the dome springs into existence below you. So although the atmosphere inside the hut likely becomes cool and comfortable, you might be concerned (according to the text of the spell), that the spears of the Bullywugs (which will have a maximum thrown range of 60 feet) will likely be quite uncomfortable.

However, apparently the most recent Sage Advice on this suggests that the hut has a floor. That disagrees with my understanding (as a person with a Master's Degree in mathematics) of a hemispherical shell. But apparently you will remain safe from the spears as well - at least until Crawford changes his mind again.