Details
- Level: 14
- Category: Exploration
- Component Cost: Focus (staff of winter)
- Market Price: 4500 gp
- Time: 30 minutes
- Duration: Special
- Key Skill: Arcana or Nature
- Source: Dragon Magazine 385
Description
You change the weather within a 2-mile radius of the staff of winter to that of a heavy blizzard in the dead of winter. If the staff moves, the effect of the ritual moves with it. The bearer of the staff controls the blizzard’s general tendencies, such as the direction and intensity of the wind or the degree of obscurity from snow. The bearer of the staff cannot control specific applications of the weather, such as specific gusts of wind or specific squares of obscuring terrain. The altered weather persists for a duration you choose up to the maximum determined by your skill check result.
| Check Result | Maximum Duration |
|---|---|
| 19 or lower | 2 hours |
| 20-29 | 4 hours |
| 30-39 | 16 hours |
| 40 or higher | 24 hours |
Once the blizzard ends, the staff of winter cannot serve as the focus for this ritual again for 24 hours, and you cannot cast it again for 24 hours.