Storm elemental

A storm elemental is a mighty elemental that incarnates the power of storms and tempests and wielding thunder and lightning. They are found on the plane of Kythri, the Churning Chaos . [1]

Description

This elemental takes the form of a dark and stormy cloud that resounds with low rumbling thunder and flashes and crackles with lightning. They vary in size, with heights of 4​ to ​40 feet (1.2​ to ​12 meters) and weights of 4‒48 lb (1.8‒22 kg). They speak with the voice of far-off thunder, when they bother to. [1]

Abilities

Every several seconds, as often as it wills, a storm elemental can inflict a nonlethal electrical shock to one living creature that gets within 10 feet (3 meters) of it. [1]

Once a minute, the storm elemental can unleash a bolt of lightning, up to 120 feet (37 meters) in length, to zap all in its path. At the same time, it creates a crack of thunder that blasts every creature up to 60 feet (18 meters) away. [1]

Being creatures of pure thunder and lighting, storm elementals are not only unharmed, but actually healed by, any magic or effect that produces electricity or sonic energy, such as shocking grasp , lightning bolt , or sound burst . However, the storm elemental naturally cannot attack itself to heal. [1]

Flying foes find it harder to attack and injure storm elementals, for they are masters of the air. [1]

Personality

Like any storm, it has an abrupt and violent nature. Storm elementals rarely bother to speak, but know the elemental language of Auran . They are most delighted when surrounded by a true thunderstorm at its height. They are solitary creatures. [1]

Locations

Storm elementals rarely leave Kythri, where they wreak havoc in the Churning Chaos, and usually only depart when summoned or called or when Kythri and the Material Plane are coterminous. [1] When on the Material Plane, they go in search of natural squalls and storms, and often cause much devastation on the way. [1]

In particular, big storm elementals may be found in the aptly named Thunder Sea , where they and the similarly sized water elementals are especially belligerent and attack vessels bearing bound elementals. Sages theorized these elementals had passed through manifest zones to Kythri originating in Xen'drik. [2]

Storm elementals might also be encountered on the island of Trebaz Sinara in the Lhazaar Principalities . [3]

Combat

Despite their resilience, in battle, storm elementals prefer to stay high in the air, out of reach of their foes and where they can rain down lightning and thunder upon them. With more powers at its disposal than most elementals, a storm elemental is a dangerous entity. They favor wild and broken landscapes so they can fly over any obstructions and crevasses. [1]

Usage

Storm elements of various sizes can be summoned with both the summon monster ( IV to IX ) and summon nature's ally ( III to VIII ) lines of spells . [1]

Sometimes, Zil gnomes and the drow in Xen'drik will bind storm elementals to magic items and vehicles to power them, but this is difficult and dangerous because of their unpredictable and stormy natures. [1]

History

In Trolanport in Zilargo on 15 Lharvion , 997 YK , an attempt to bind a storm elemental to an airship for House Lyrandar failed. This cause the deaths of four gnome magewrights and damage to the ship that couldn't be repaired. [1]

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See Also

  • Air elemental

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