Vayu (LL)

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==Vayu (lesser god)==
Vayu is the god of the winds, sometimes gentle and life-giving, sometimes terrible and fierce. He was born of the last breath of Purusa, a primeval giant whom the gods sacrificed to create the earth.
Vayu's most notable power is the ability to give life to any item. Items that are firmly attached to the ground, such as a flagpole, receive only plant-like intelligence and can do little except grow. Items that can be moved without uprooting the earth, such as a boulder, receive animal intelligence. Only items that previously had the capacity for logical thought, such as a human skeleton, receive sentient abilities. Vayu also has the ability to create cyclones and typhoons with winds up to 150 mph. Live beings caught in such winds must save versus breath weapon every other round. Failure indicates that they have been hit by flying debris (1d6 damage for every 10 mph of wind speed). Vayu has no form and can only be sensed indirectly, such as when he brushes past one's skin or whistles through the treetops.
Role-playing Notes: Vayu is a fickle god, bringing moisture and breathing life into the earth one moment, and in the next wreaking terrible destruction with his angry winds. He sometimes shows special restraint when a village pays him the proper worship.
Statistics: AL en; WAL en; AoC wind, life, destruction; SY a sapling bending in the wind.
==Vayu's Avatar (wizard 14)==
Vayu's avatar is a flying lizard, similar in appearance to a small, gray dragon. He can call upon the alteration and invocation/evocation schools of magic for his spells.
: Str 18
: Int 18
: MV 20 f
: AC -2
: #AT 3	
: Dex 16
: Wis 16
: SZ 15'
: HD 15
: THAC0 5	
: Con 18
: Cha 12
: MR 15%
: HP 120
: Dmg 1d8/1d8/2d10
Special Att/Def: Vayu's avatar can turn invisible at will. He can also breathe winds of 100 mph up to a range of 100'. Anyone caught in such an attack must save versus breath weapon or lose his footing.
==Duties off the Priesthood==
Priests of Vayu must live in homes that have at least one opening exposed to the wind on all sides. Their duties consist mostly of performing the proper rites so that Vayu will look kindly upon their village.
Requirements: AB standard; AL en; WP bow and arrow, blowgun (with poison), whip, spear; AR a; SP all, astral, creation, elemental, healing, plant, protection, weather; PW10) breath of life (animate any non-living item for 1d10 turns, or use as a raise dead spell on animal and human life); TU turn
==Sage Advice (Dragon Issue #203)==
These are unofficial suggestions for using the optional spheres of priest spells from the Tome of Magic with the deities of the Indian pantheon in Legends & Lore:
* Vayu: Major: None; Minor: Time, Wards.