Does Windwalk require concentration?

[juliaromero]

Does changing back and forth from wind to normal with a windwalk spell require 5 rounds of concentration? Or is it just a free action to initiate and then happens automatically "in the background" for 5 rounds, and then poof you are changed?

 

[shilsen]

The spell doesn't say anything about requiring concentration, so I'd say "No". I'd make it take a standard action to start the process of changing to normal or back, but once started it occurs without requiring effort for the next 5 rds until completed. Since the spell doesn't clarify it, I figure it's open to DM interpretation, so that's how I'd do it.

 

[juliaromero]

Would you require that first standard action to use concentration? This came up in my game last night when a gappled character who had already cast wind walk wanted to start changing to wind to escape the grapple. I ruled on the fly that it would require concentration for all 5 rounds, but was curious about other opinions since it is likely to come up again.

 

[shilsen]

Would you require that first standard action to use concentration? This came up in my game last night when a gappled character who had already cast wind walk wanted to start changing to wind to escape the grapple. I ruled on the fly that it would require concentration for all 5 rounds, but was curious about other opinions since it is likely to come up again.

I think it would be fair to require a concentration check to pull it off in a grapple.