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Any similarity to actual people, organizations, places, or events included herein is purely coincidental. Printed in the U.S.A. ©2012 Wizards of the Coast LLC. Visit our website at DungeonsandDragons.com CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Cryonax ..................................25 Monk ..........................................68 INTO THE MAELSTROM ...............4 Imix .......................................26 The Sublime Way ........................68 Elemental Magic ............................6 Ogrémoch ...............................27 New Monastic Traditions ...............68 The Nature of Elemental Magic. 6 Olhydra ..................................27 Desert Wind ............................69 A Scholarly Debate ......................6 Sunnis ....................................28 Eternal Tide .............................70 Elemental Expressions ....................7 Yan-C-Bin ................................28 New Monk Powers ......................70 Mastering Elemental Magic ..............8 Zaaman Rul .............................28 Hidden Traditions ...............84 Perils of Elemental Magic ..............9 Bound Primordials .......................29 Sorcerer ......................................85 The Basic Elements ........................9 Balcoth, the Groaning King ..........29 Elementalist ...............................85 Air ...........................................9 Bryakus, the Many-Headed One ...29 Elementalist Race Choices ..........87 Earth ........................................9 Castanamir, the Shattered Khan ...29 New Sorcerer Powers ...................92 Fire ..........................................9 Heur-Ket, the Storm Unabated .....30 Warlock ......................................96 Water .......................................9 Sisanthak and Vorsheen .............30 Pacts with Primordials ..................96 Elemental Influence .....................10 Free Primordials ..........................30 New Eldritch Pact ........................97 Residual Energy ..........................10 Alu Kahn Sang, New Hexblade Pact .....................97 Elemental Beings ........................10 the Wind of Destruction. 30 New Warlock Powers .................102 The Primal Ban: Keeping Iktha-Lau, the Ever Empty ...........31 Wizard ......................................105 the World Safer ...............10 Ty-h’kadi, Prince of Sha’ir ......................................105 Primordial Cults .........................11 Thunder and Lightning .............31 Sha’ir Race Choices .................107 The Cult of the Roster of Known Primordials .........32 Defining Your Gen .............108 Elder Elemental Eye .................12 Elemental Power in Your Game ....34 New Wizard Powers ..................110 The Elder Elemental Eye .........12 The Planar Wanderer ...................34 Society of Shifting Sands ...........110 Planar Breaches ..........................12 Chosen Agents ...........................34 Renowned Elemental Mages ......112 Secret Lore ................................34 Cinderheart .............................13 CHAPTER 4 The Elemental Chaos ...................14 Planar Conjunction ......................35 ELEMENTAL OPTIONS .............120 Elemental Incursion ...................35 Reaching the Plane ......................15 Paragon Paths ...........................122 The Abyss ..................................15 Elemental Adventures ..................35 Demon-Bound ..........................122 Elemental Realms ........................15 CHAPTER 2 Doomlord ................................123 The City of Brass .......................16 CHARACTER THEMES ................36 Elemental Anchorite ..................124 Kaltenheim ..............................16 Choosing a Theme .......................38 Elemental Savant ......................125 The Ninth Bastion .....................16 Elemental Keyword ...................39 Favored Sha’ir ...........................127 Rheilvalt .................................17 Demon Spawn ............................40 God Warder .............................131 Zerthadlun ..............................17 Earthforger ................................42 Herald of Vezzuvu .....................132 Elemental-Touched Races .............17 The Urdunnir ...........................42 Legendary Hexblade (Elemental) ....133 Dragonborn ...............................17 Elemental Initiate ........................44 Prince of Genies ........................135 The Crucible ............................17 FirecrafterSample .................................. file 46 Reforged Soul ...........................136 Drow ........................................18 Ironwrought ...............................48 Speaker of Xaos ........................137 House Eilservs ..........................18 Janissary ....................................50 Epic Destinies ...........................139 Dwarves ....................................19 Moteborn ..................................52 Emergent Primordial ..................139 Forgeborn ...............................19 Primordial Adept ........................54 Lord of Chaos ...........................140 Genasi ......................................19 Watershaper ..............................56 Feats .........................................142 Half-Orcs and Orcs ......................20 Windlord ...................................58 Elemental Companions ..............146 A Giant Legacy .........................20 The Ze’ishaal Hunters ................59 Elemental Rewards ....................151 Stonechildren ...........................20 CHAPTER 3 Armor .....................................151 Other Races ...............................21 CLASSES. 60 Weapons .................................152 Gaining Elemental Power .............22 Druid ..........................................62 Armaments of the Elemental Exposure .....................22 New Primal Aspect ......................62 Elemental Plane ..............152 Primordial Shards ........................22 New Acolyte Feature ....................62 Implements .............................153 Elemental Scholarship ..................23 Druid of the Wastes ..................62 Primordial Shards ......................155 Elemental Patrons .......................23 New Druid Powers ......................63 Elemental Gifts .........................157 Serving a Patron .......................23 Primal Spirits of the Wastes ......64 The Primordials ...........................24 Appendix: Elemental Princes ........................24 Character Advancement Table ....159 Ben-hadar ...............................25 Chan ......................................25 CHAPTER 1 Into the Maelstrom MUCH SPECULATION exists regarding

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