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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7983896" data-attributes="member: 29398">Sounds good; and if they're moving at right angles to the wind they'd be blown downwind x-amount based on windspeed and the character's size.Keep terrain in mind also; a cliff, for example, can produce some nasty updrafts or downdrafts depending which way the wind is blowing (just ask any seagull!).Dex checks - one to remain airborne, if failed a second to land halfway gracefully.&nbsp; Fail both and it's faceplant time, maybe just for 1d6 or 2d6 damage but your next round's action is lost as you pick yourself and your gear up.Very much yes!The strongest winds in a tornado are very close to the center (exact distance varies, of course, depending how big the tornado is) and drop off very quickly from there.If that's your eye size (and by the way 5' radius is 10' diameter) then the strongest winds will be within maybe 15' or 20' of the outside edge of the eye, dropping off rather dramatically from there so that by the time you're maybe 150' away you're not affected all that much except maybe by debris dropped from above.Which brings up another point: the 'eye' is in fact a severe updraft.&nbsp; Anyone flying in or through the eye will be thrown upward; someone standing on the ground might be picked up.Have fun with this! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7983896, member: 29398"] Sounds good; and if they're moving at right angles to the wind they'd be blown downwind x-amount based on windspeed and the character's size. Keep terrain in mind also; a cliff, for example, can produce some nasty updrafts or downdrafts depending which way the wind is blowing (just ask any seagull!). Dex checks - one to remain airborne, if failed a second to land halfway gracefully. Fail both and it's faceplant time, maybe just for 1d6 or 2d6 damage but your next round's action is lost as you pick yourself and your gear up. Very much yes! The strongest winds in a tornado are very close to the center (exact distance varies, of course, depending how big the tornado is) and drop off very quickly from there. If that's your eye size (and by the way 5' radius is 10' diameter) then the strongest winds will be within maybe 15' or 20' of the outside edge of the eye, dropping off rather dramatically from there so that by the time you're maybe 150' away you're not affected all that much except maybe by debris dropped from above. Which brings up another point: the 'eye' is in fact a severe updraft. Anyone flying in or through the eye will be thrown upward; someone standing on the ground might be picked up. Have fun with this! :) [/QUOTE]

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