Wind Column
Name
Wind Column
Type of Magic
Priest
Spell Level
1st
School
Invocation and Evocation (House Appius)
Sphere
Elemental Air
Reversible?
No
Range
0
Components
Somatic
Duration
2 rds./level
Casting Time
1
Area of Effect
The caster
Saving Throw
None
Effects
A priest with access to this spell need not fear most routine falls, since the casting of thewind column creates a pillar of strong winds to slow his descent. The spell is most effective in areas or regions where a strong breeze is available, such as the heights of a mountain or the mast of a ship at sea. In areas of dead, calm air, it is much more difficult to muster the windpower necessary to arrest the caster’s fall. The caster’s rate of descent (and risk of damage) varies with the strength of the prevailing winds, as shown below.
If the wind is very strong, the caster can even choose to gain altitude instead of falling, although he can rise no higher than 5 feet per level above his original height before the wind column loses cohesiveness and he starts to fall again. However, a priest could use this to leap out a castle window and allow the winds to bear him to the roof of the tower, if the conditions are right.
