Wind Master

By Rob Pool (rpool@bayserve.net). Also see the other Elemental arts: Earthmolding, Fire and Oceania.

Description

The art of Wind Master allows a changeling to control the winds, air, and in one case, gravity as it pleases him or her. From flying in the air to controlling the weather, air and wind are always at the caster's command. I probably should have thought up a better name for the art. . .

Attribute

Intelligence

Damage

Unless noted other wise, the damage caused by any of the below offensive cantrips corresonds with the below table:

Successes	# of health levels lost
1	1
2	3
3	5
4	7
5	9
6+	+4 each success

* Gust of wind

when cast, this cantrip cause a strong gust of wind to blast from his hand. This is not the changeling equivalent of a telekinetic blast (I think Gimmix does that) but it can knock people off their feet, uproot trees, and break windows (maybe). Characters have to make a pure strength test with the difficulty being 3 + the number of successes the character generated when casting the cantrip (Int + Realm). Creatures flying take an additional +2 to their difficulties.

Successes: Each success makes it harder for characters not to get blown off their feet.

** Wind Runner

Effectively the same as the Wayfarer cantrip of the same name. (see p. 208 of the Rulebook).

*** Alter Gravity

This allows the caster to alter how much gravity effects the target. This can be either good or bad depending on the circumstances. Lightening up the gravity will cause the character to take less damage falling, jump higher, or swim faster. Increasing gravity will usually make it harder to move (-1 to dexterity related tests) or fall like a rock. There are some possiblities of abuse although nothing worse than usual.

Successes: Each success allows you to alter the density of gravity in either direction. If lessened, subtract the number of successes from the difficulty for all non-combat related dexterity rolls. Also, in the case of trying to reduce damage, also add the number of success to the character's stamina for soaking damage or count them as instant successes (with 5 successes, you could 40' without getting hurt)

**** Weather Control

The very weather itself beckons at your call with this cantrip. You can effectively do anything but cause hurricanes and twisters (that's Wind Dancer's rank 5 power). Rain, sleet, snow, hail, etc. all can happen if you want and you can alter the temperature. However, be sure to read below. . .

Difficulty: Difficulty is dependent on how different the weather currently is. Making the humidity drop on a summer day would be easy (4). Causing a blizzard in mid January would be a snap with clouds around (3, maybe even 2). Causing it to snow in mid-July with 110 degree heat and no clouds would be near impossible (10) but hey, cantrips can do some weird stuff . . .

Successes: The more successes you get, the faster the change happens and the longer it stays.

Successes	Effect
1	1 hour to take effect; lasts an hour.
2	40 minutes to take effect; lasts 3 hours.
3	20 minutes to take effect; lasts 10 hours.
4	10 minutes to take effect; lasts the rest of day.
5	Works instantly and lasts a week.

***** Twister Season

ST warning: this cantrip, like all the other rank 5 elemental cantrips, can be devastating. You may want to keep it as a NPC only cantrip if you use it at all.

As you can guess Twister Season causes Twisters to form. Exactly how mighty it is depends on how many successes the caster gets (1 is more like a dirt devil than a twister while 5 will bring back memories of 'Twister' the movie). There are very few who possess this cantrip, probably because any twisters/hurricanes formed by the cantrip have a mind of their own and will go as they please (including right back at the caster). If you have one handy from your AD&D days, roll a d8 for the actual direction:

1	North
2	Northeast
3	East
4	Southeast
5	South
6	West
7	Northwest
8	Back at the caster (pray you don't get an 8)

Difficulty: The Difficulty for casting Twister Season is equal to the highest banality of any witness. However, since any twister created by the cantrip looks as real as it gets, the difficulty is almost always 6.

Successes: Each success makes the twister last longer (twice the number of successes in rounds) as well as make it bigger and more deadly (causes 3 wound levels a round in structural damage times the number of successes).

Note: for house wound-levels, see the Earthmolding art.