
Bhaklava |
Hey guys, how are you doing?
I'm playing a Lvl 8 Air Elemental Sorcerer and when lvling to 9, i will be able to cast Elemental Body I as a bonus spell. The question is if am i able to transform, let's say, earth or water elemental, or only in an air elemental?
The other question is about whirlwind. It says that as an air elemental i would be able to create a whirlwind, and when i click to read about "creating a whirlwind" it says i can transform into one or just cast a whirlwind with the description it says?
Thanks in advance, buddies!

Nyerkh |

As is, only your two first bloodline spells have any sort of restriction on them. The others, from Protection from Energy to the Elemental Bodies and the summoning ones, seem to be the basic, versatile versions of the spells.
I wouldn't be horribly shocked if a GM decided to limit it to your chosen element and associated energy type, but that would be a houserule (and a disappointing one at that).
For Whirlwind, it could be phrased better I suppose but bottom line is, as often with shape-changing spells : you get the monster ability of the same name, the way the base creature does it (with the changed dc, as per the polymorphy rule).
I'd quote it but it's a huge one, so I'll let you go read the details. The very first line however does read "Some creatures can transform themselves into whirlwinds and remain in that form [...] " And everything that comes after that is written with the assumption that the user has in fact turned into a whirlwind : that's what you get, the ability to turn into a whirlwind yourself.

Bhaklava |
Hello Nyerkh,
First of all, thanks for your answer. Understood everything regarding your answer about whirlwind.
Didn't understand quite right what you mean with "As is, only your two first bloodline spells have any sort of restriction on them. The others, from Protection from Energy to the Elemental Bodies and the summoning ones, seem to be the basic, versatile versions of the spells."
I mean, i'm from Argentina and speak spanish, obviously understand some english if not i wouldn't be able to be writing and reading right now, but sometimes my comprehension sucks.
Would you mind being a little bit more clear?
Thanks again!