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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7983686" data-attributes="member: 29398">One thing often forgotten is that when aloft, winds sometimes move vertically as well as horizontally.I'd say that anything in flight can't help but be pushed by the wind (just like combatants swimming in a river can't help but be pulled by the flow) though actions can be taken to mitigate or enhance this as desired via streamlining oneself to move upwind or opening a cloak as a sail to move faster downwind.&nbsp; In any case speed through the air will never be the same as speed over the ground.If the entire combat is airborne then the only thing you have to worry about is combatants' positioning relative to each other, while the whole lot slowly moves downwind relative to the ground; but if only some combatants are flying then relative-to-ground position also becomes an issue.With storms: rain and cloud can also generate serious visibility headaches, and a flyer who somehow loses sight of the ground can immediately be considered lost and moving in a random horizontal direction, and also randomly changing altitude.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7983686, member: 29398"] One thing often forgotten is that when aloft, winds sometimes move vertically as well as horizontally. I'd say that anything in flight can't help but be pushed by the wind (just like combatants swimming in a river can't help but be pulled by the flow) though actions can be taken to mitigate or enhance this as desired via streamlining oneself to move upwind or opening a cloak as a sail to move faster downwind. In any case speed through the air will never be the same as speed over the ground. If the entire combat is airborne then the only thing you have to worry about is combatants' positioning relative to each other, while the whole lot slowly moves downwind relative to the ground; but if only some combatants are flying then relative-to-ground position also becomes an issue. With storms: rain and cloud can also generate serious visibility headaches, and a flyer who somehow loses sight of the ground can immediately be considered lost and moving in a random horizontal direction, and also randomly changing altitude. [/QUOTE]

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