Transmutation
Level: Sorcerer 3, Wizard 3, Travel 3
Components: V, S, F/DF
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Target: Creature touched
Duration: 1 minute/level
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless)
The subject can fly at a speed of 60 feet (or 40 feet if it wears medium or heavy armour, or if it carries a medium or heavy load). It can ascend at half speed and descend at double speed, and its manoeuvrability is good. Using a fly spell requires only as much concentration as walking, so the subject can attack or cast spells normally. The subject of a fly spell can charge but not run, and it cannot carry aloft more weight than its maximum load, plus any armour it wears.
Should the spell duration expire while the subject is still aloft, the magic fails slowly. The subject floats downward 60 feet per round for 1d6 rounds. If it reaches the ground in that amount of time, it lands safely. If not, it falls the rest of the distance, taking 1d6 points of damage per 10 feet of fall. Since dispelling a spell effectively ends it, the subject also descends in this way if the fly spell is dispelled, but not if it is negated by an anti-magic field.
Arcane Focus: A wing feather from any bird.
Note: This spell and its companion, master air, utilize an odd exception to the standard definition of maximum load. Normally, a character’s maximum load includes the weight of all carried items, including armour. However, this spell allows the character to fly carrying the maximum load plus the weight of any armour that is worn. This excess weight can be dealt with by using the Lifting and Dragging rules whereby a character can lift up to double the maximum weight, but then can only stagger around.
Source: Player’s Handbook (Page 232)