Air elemental

An air elemental (sometimes called a wind elemental ) was a being made up of wind and living air. It appeared as a shapeless cloud that moved rapidly in any direction, even against the wind.

Description
When summoned to the Prime Material plane, air elementals typically appeared as an amorphous, ever-shifting cloud. Whenever they made the rare attempt to speak, it resembled either the high-pitched shriek of a tornado or the low rumbling moan of a thunder storm.

Abilities
Air elementals were capable of altering their bodies in the form of a small whirlwind. Over the ages, the height and diameters of these whirlwinds varied significantly, especially depending upon how powerful an air elemental was. Some were reported to be as small as tall, while others were reported being as tall as  tall.

Though they all roughly shared the same abilities, those in the Elemental Plane of Air that were incapable of being summoned were known to possess even greater powers.

Combat
Air elementals typically fought creatures by either blasting them with strong gusts of wind or shifting into their whirlwind form.

Diets
Air elementals subsisted solely on the consumption of air.

Summoning
These elementals could be summoned to the Prime Material plane through use of the spells conjure elemental, conjure air elemental. conjure lesser air elemental, elemental servant, elemental summoning, summon monster III, and summon monster VI.

There were also magical items that could achieve this, such as a censer of controlling air elementals, a censer for summoning hostile air elementals, elemental gems, the Elemental Scourge in Kossuth's House, the Zakharan instrument nay of the djinn (but only if played by a bard or rawunin), and the Tome of Twelve Seals.

In terms of divine magic, the specialty priests known as airwalkers were granted the power to summon an air elemental once per day or incredibly powerful ones once per tenday by their deity Akadi. Upon reaching a certain level of skill, airwalkers summoned their first air elemental in a religious ceremony called the Fellowship of Flight.

Relationships
Aerial servants often tried to accompany them wherever they went, but air elementals strove to avoid them. They viewed the aerials as an inferior form of air elemental and discouraged other kinds of air elementals from interacting with them.

Notable Air Elementals
A berserk air elemental dwelled on the Dungeon Level of Undermountain.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Dungeon #28: "The Pipes of Doom" • Dead in Thay • Princes of the Apocalypse • Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
 * Video Games
 * Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse • Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn • Neverwinter Nights • Neverwinter Nights 2 • Neverwinter • Neverwinter Nights: Tyrants of the Moonsea
 * Card Games
 * Board Games
 * Temple of Elemental Evil Board Game • Betrayal at Baldur's Gate
 * Organized Play & Licensed Adventures
 * Breath of the Yellow Rose • Eye of the Tempest
 * Breath of the Yellow Rose • Eye of the Tempest