Weather Control

The old man climbs to the top of the highest mountain overlooking the enemy encampment. As he gazes down on them, he raises his staff and with it his power. Intense focus in his eyes, the staff is pointed at the sky. A few moments later dark foreboding clouds roll in, roiling with power and menace. In a flash, lightning suddenly fills the night, a whirlwind spins through the camp below, followed by a torrent of rain and mighty winds.

The enemy retreats the next morning in defeat.

Now, honestly, when you read the title of this, how many of you were thinking of something along those lines?

Weather control can be used for combat, which will be addressed in this article, but it can also be used to soften, at times stop totally, natural disasters. It can also be used to gain water for crops and to fight forest fires, before they destroy the entire forest. A gentle breeze can be called to cool a hot summers day and stilled in the winter to leave you with a bit of body heat.

The weather is an active system and therefore is fairly easily manipulated on a psychic level. Just because a thing can be done easily, does not mean it should be done though. It is important to use great care when working with the environment, because what happens in one place can, and will, effect other places. Plus, in a very complicated system, it is difficult at best, to track all of the possible results of a given action.

The actual techniques used in weather control are simple.

Properly center yourself and focus.

Hold the idea of what weather effect you wish to happen. Make sure to hold it long enough that the field will have a chance to create the conditions you wish.

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