Elemental

Elementals are incarnations of the elements that compose existence. They are as wild and dangerous as the forces that birthed them.

The statistics block below contains details for more than one size of storm elemental. Use the horizontal scrollbar below it to display the desired one or select from the links below that.

Storm Elemental: Small • Medium • Large • Huge • Greater • Elder

The elemental incarnation of a living storm, a storm elemental displays the same sudden, violent nature as a tempest. It seldom leaves its home plane unless summoned or called, but when it does it is capable of great destruction.

When not on the Elemental Plane of Air, storm elementals seek out natural squalls and are happiest in the midst of a raging thunderstorm.

Storm elementals speak Auran but rarely choose to do so. A storm elemental’s voice sounds like distant thunder.

Storm elementals are very hearty, yet they prefer to fight on wild, broken terrain where they can avoid obstacles by flying. They stay airborne when possible, remaining out of the reach of enemies. Their thunder and lightning special ability gives them a ranged attack that most other elementals lack.

Air Mastery (Ex): Airborne creatures take a −1 penalty on attack and damage rolls against a storm elemental.

Shock (Su): Once per round as a free action, a storm elemental can deliver an electrical shock to a single opponent within 10 feet. This attack deals nonlethal electricity damage to living opponents (Fortitude half). The save DC is Constitution-based.

Thunder and Lightning (Su): Once per minute as a full-round action, a storm elemental can emit a blast of thunder coupled with a bolt of lightning.

The thunder deals sonic damage (see table) to all creatures within 60 feet of the storm elemental. A Fortitude save halves this damage.

The lightning is a 120-foot-long line that deals electricity damage (see table). A Reflex save halves this damage.

The save DCs are Constitution-based.

Electrical and Sonic Healing (Ex): Storm elementals take no damage from electricity and sonic attacks. Instead, any electricity attack (such as shocking grasp or lightning bolt) or sonic attack (such as sound burst) used against a storm elemental heals 1 point of damage for every 3 points of damage the attack would otherwise deal. The storm elemental can’t heal hit points by attacking itself.

In the Eberron campaign setting, storm elementals ravage the plane of Kythri, where chaos holds sway. Storm elementals find their way to Eberron whenever Kythri and the Material Plane are coterminous. The gnomes of Zilargo and the drow of Xen’drik occasionally use bound storm elementals to power vehicles and magic items, a tricky endeavor given the elementals’ temperamen tal dispositions. On 15 Lharvion 997 YK in the city of Trolanport, a failed attempt to bind a storm elemental to a House Lyrandar skyship resulted in the deaths of four gnomish magewrights and caused irreparable damage to the ship.

Storm elementals can be added to the list of creatures that can be summoned using summon monster and summon nature’s ally spells, as shown below.