air elemental whirlwind [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Yangzigi

12-08-06, 07:46 PM
What can u do if your trap in an air elemental whirlwind?
you can try to cast (concentration dc15+ )
you can fly away ( if you can fly)
but can you attack?
Thomar_of_Uointer

12-09-06, 02:06 PM
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/elemental.htm#airElemental

Creatures trapped in the whirlwind cannot move except to go where the elemental carries them or to escape the whirlwind.
Creatures caught in the whirlwind can otherwise act normally, but must succeed on a Concentration check (DC 15 + spell level) to cast a spell. Creatures caught in the whirlwind take a -4 penalty to Dexterity and a -2 penalty on attack rolls. The elemental can have only as many creatures trapped inside the whirlwind at one time as will fit inside the whirlwind’s volume.

You can try to cast a spell. You can attack the elemental, but at a penalty. Being able to fly gives you no special benefit over creatures that cannot.