Control Weather

(Alteration)

Sphere: Weather
Range: 0	Components: V, S, M
Duration: 4d12 hours	Casting Time: 1 turn
Area of Effect: 4d4 sq. miles	Saving Throw: None

The control weather spell enables a priest to change the weather in the local area. The spell affects the weather for 4d12 hours in an area of 4d4 square miles. It requires one turn to cast the spell, and an additional 1d4 turns for the effects of the spell to be felt. The current weather conditions are decided by the DM, depending on the climate and season. Weather conditions have three components: precipitation, temperature, and wind. The spell can change these conditions according to the following chart:

Precipitation	Temperature	Wind
CLEAR	HOT	CALM
very clear	sweltering heat	dead calm
light clouds or hazy	warm	light wind
PARTLY CLOUDY	WARM	moderate wind
clear weather	hot	MODERATE WIND
cloudy	cool	calm
mist/light rain/hail	COOL	strong wind
sleet/light snow	warm	STRONG WIND
CLOUDY	cold	moderate wind
partly cloudy	COLD	gale
deep clouds	cool	GALE
fog	arctic cold	strong wind
heavy rain/large hail	storm	gale
driving sleet/snow	STORM	hurricane

The upper-case headings represent existing weather conditions. The lower-case headings below are the new conditions to which the caster can change the existing conditions. In addition, the caster can control the direction of the wind. For example, a day that is clear, warm, and with moderate wind can be controlled to become hazy, hot, and calm. Contradictions are not possible--fog and strong wind, for example. Multiple control weather spells can be used only in succession.

The material components for this spell are the priest's religious symbol, incense, and prayer beads or similar prayer object. Obviously, the spell functions only in areas where there are appropriate climatic conditions.

If Weather is a major sphere for the priest (as it is for druids), duration and area are doubled, and the caster can change the prevailing weather by two places. For example, he can cause precipitation to go from partly cloudy to heavy sleet, temperature to go from cool to arctic, and wind to go from calm to strong.

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