Desert Wind (3.5e Martial Discipline)

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Maneuvers of the Desert Wind Discipline

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1st-Level Maneuvers

• Air Scythe: Strike [Air] — Make an attack at long range with a slashing weapon.
• Arson Step: Rush [Fire X-Discipline] — Move, lighting nearby objects on fire.
• Oasis Shade Stance: Stance — Enjoy protection from extreme heat and cold, mobility over loose sand, and never being thirsty.
• Sand Spray: Counter — When the enemy attacks, you kick dirt in their eyes to throw off their aim.
• Simmering Steel Stance: Stance [Fire] — Your melee attacks deal additional fire damage.

2nd-Level Maneuvers

• Dancing Flame: Rush [Fire] — Move, dealing fire damage to adjacent foes.
• Desert Glare: Strike [Light] — With a flash of your blade you redirect the sun into your opponent's eyes, blinding them.
• Searing Foehn: Stance — Your flames burn blue with supernatural energy, allowing you to cut through even those resistant to your attacks!
• Withdraw: Counter [X-Discipline] — Escape attack, vanishing from sight and leaving a mirage behind in your place.

3rd-Level Maneuvers

• Burning Sunrise Assault: Rush [Fire X-Discipline] — Make a super jump check and deal extra fire damage.
• Fire Bending: Strike [Fire] — You use your mastery of desert wind to control fire.
• Haze of Lies: Strike [Mind-Affecting] — Generate a mirage of enemies being allies, and allies enemies.
• Roaring Flames: Stance — You deal more fire damage with your maneuvers, and improve fire maneuvers.
• Sun's Wrath: Boost — You channel the divine light of the sun into your weapon to smite undead!

4th-Level Maneuvers

• Dragonfire Blast Strike: Strike [Fire] — You make a single attack, which can explode into a line of fire.
• Hungry Earth: Strike — Form a pit of quicksand which will suck your opponents in.
• Wind Scorpion Pursuit: Rush — Move with the blazing speed of the wind scorpion!

5th-Level Maneuvers

• Desert Bastion: Strike [Earth] — Whip up a wall of sand and roaring wind, blocking the path of your foes.
• Desert Scorpion's Breath: Strike [Fire] — Breath fire on your opponent until it toasted.
• Path of the Dry Ones: Strike [Teleportation] — Travel through the sand and earth, teleporting from waste to waste.

6th-Level Maneuvers

• Dancing Wildfire: Rush [Fire] — Fly, dealing fire damage to adjacent creatures.
• Ghost of the Desert: Strike [Creation Shadow] — Give life to sand and turn it into a creature to fight for you.
• Jitterbug: Boost [X-Discipline Time] — Convert 1 move action into 2 swift actions or 1 standard action.
• Twist the Sands of Time: Strike [Time] — Haste yourself and slow all nearby enemies.

7th-Level Maneuvers

• All is Dust: Stance — Your attacks inflict a cumulative penalty to Dexterity, slowly turning the struck creature into sand.
• Mirage Mirror: Stance — You're under a constant shimmering haze similar to mirror image.
• Sandstorm Cloak: Strike [Air Earth] — Transform into a swirling cloud of sand.

8th-Level Maneuvers

• Dancing Inferno: Rush [Fire] — Fly twice your speed, damaging and negating fire immunity to adjacent foes.
• Heat Sink: Counter — Absorb the heat in the area and transform it into a burst of healing.
• Solar Blaze: Boost [Light] — Create a massive sunburst to blind a huge amount of foes, or create a long-standing daylight.

9th-Level Maneuvers

• Wrath of the Desert: Strike [Air Earth] — Creating a blazing tornado of fire, wind, and glass, tearing up the landscape around you.

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