Control Weather

LEVEL: 8th
CASTING TIME: 10 Minutes
RANGE/AREA: Self (5 miles)
Components: V, S
DURATION: Concentration 8 Hours
SCHOOL: Transmutation
ATTACK/SAVE: None
DAMAGE/EFFECT: Control

• You take control of the weather within 5 miles of you for the duration. You must be outdoors to cast this spell. Moving to a place where you don’t have a clear path to the sky ends the spell early.
• When you cast the spell, you change the current weather conditions, which are determined by the DM based on the climate and season. You can change precipitation, temperature, and wind. It takes 1d4 × 10 minutes for the new conditions to take effect. Once they do so, you can change the conditions again. When the spell ends, the weather gradually returns to normal.
• When you change the weather conditions, find a current condition on the following tables and change its stage by one, up or down. When changing the wind, you can change its direction.

Temperature

1. Unbearable heat
2. Hot
3. Warm
4. Cool
5. Cold
6. Arctic cold

Wind

1. Calm
2. Moderate wind
3. Strong wind
4. Gale
5. Storm

Precipitation

1. Clear
2. Light clouds
3. Overcast or ground fog
4. Rain, hail, or snow
5. Torrential rain, driving hail, or blizzard

Concentration

• Some Spells require you to maintain Concentration in order to keep their magic active. If you lose Concentration, such a spell ends.
• If a spell must be maintained with Concentration, that fact appears in its Duration entry, and the spell specifies how long you can concentrate on it. You can end Concentration at any time (no action required).
• Normal activity, such as moving and attacking, doesn’t interfere with Concentration. The following factors can break concentration:
• Casting another spell that requires Concentration. You lose Concentration on a spell if you cast another spell that requires Concentration. You can’t concentrate on two Spells at once.
• Taking damage. Whenever you take damage while you are concentrating on a spell, you must make a Constitution saving throw to maintain your Concentration. The DC equals 10 or half the damage you take, whichever number is higher. If you take damage from multiple sources, such as an arrow and a dragon’s breath, you make a separate saving throw for each source of damage.
• Being Incapacitated or killed. You lose Concentration on a spell if you are Incapacitated or if you die.
• The GM might also decide that certain environmental phenomena, such as a wave Crashing over you while you’re on a storm--tossed ship, require you to succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw to maintain Concentration on a spell.

Components

• A spell's components are the physical requirements you must meet in order to cast it. Each spell's description indicates whether it requires verbal (V), or somatic (S). If you can't provide one or more of a spell's components, you are unable to cast the spell.

Verbal (V)

• Most spells require the chanting of mystic words. The words themselves aren't the source of the spell's power; rather, the particular combination of sounds, with specific pitch and resonance, sets the threads of magic in motion. Thus, a character who is gagged or in an area of silence, such as one created by the silence spell, can't cast a spell with a verbal component.

Somatic (S)

• Spellcasting gestures might include a forceful gesticulation or an intricate set of gestures. If a spell requires a somatic component, the caster must have free use of at least one hand to perform these gestures.