Elemental Air • Legacy Witch Spell

Hold Winds

Hold Winds creates a calm pocket around the caster, suppressing ordinary wind and the debris it carries. It is a preserved legacy Witch and Druid spell.

Hold Winds at a Glance

5.5e / 2024	No direct conversion published here
5e / 2014	No direct conversion published here
Pathfinder 1e	Not a Pathfinder Witch spell by default
D&D 3.x Legacy	Witch 1, Druid 1

Spell Rules by Edition

5.5e / 20245e / 2014Pathfinder 1eD&D 3.x Legacy

Hold Winds — 5.5e / 2024

Status: no direct conversion is published here.

Hold Winds — 5e / 2014

Status: no direct 2014 conversion is presented.

Hold Winds — Pathfinder 1e

Status: this legacy spell is not added to the Pathfinder Witch list automatically.

Hold Winds — D&D 3.x Legacy

School	Elemental Air
Level	Witch 1, Druid 1
Components	V, S, M
Casting Time	1 action
Range	Touch
Area	100-yard radius around the caster
Duration	1 turn/level
Saving Throw	None
Spell Resistance	Yes

The spell suppresses the effects of ordinary, nonmagical wind inside its area. Wind continues outside the calm pocket but does not blow through it. Windborne dust, grit and other mundane debris are likewise kept out.

Material component: a small piece of paper folded into a fan.

Using Hold Winds in Play

Hold Winds is useful in storms, dust clouds, exposed camps and any situation where mundane wind matters. It does not automatically cancel magical wind effects unless a conversion specifically says so.

What Changed?

No modern conversion is assumed. The broad suppression of nonmagical wind and legacy turn-based duration remain part of the older d20 spell only.

Counterplay and Related Magic

Hold Winds does not automatically suppress magical wind unless a conversion says so. Compare Wind Wall. Counterspell can prevent casting; Dispel Magic can end the ongoing effect under legacy rules.