Elemental Spell Traits Speculations


Pathfinder Second Edition General Discussion


Okay, so the new Elementalist is out, and it's much improved. About double the number of on-list spells compared to the old elementalist, and the addition of metal and wood as elements is certainly welcome as well.

But that's not all! I was looking over the remaster preview, and I noticed that some of the old spells are getting elemental (air, earth, water, etc) traits they didn't have before, which would make the list much more useful:

Barskin -> Oaken Resilience: wood trait

Cone of cold -> Howling Blizzard: air trait

Flesh to stone -> Petrify: earth trait

What other spells do people think will gain elemental traits? Heat metal is a pretty obvious contender for the [metal] trait, and I can see stuff like chain lightning or lightning bolt getting the [air] trait, given spells like shock to the system have it in Rage of Elements.


Maybe a slight tangent, but having all of these spells with elemental traits also makes Elemental Betrayal and Elemental Zone more useful too.


Longstrider is now Tailwind with the air trait.


I could see a lot of snow and ice-themed spells gaining the Air or Water traits. I'm hoping they do, at any rate. Same for Electricity-based spells gaining Air.

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