Like the whipping winds of a great storm front, the arrows, slings, bullets and thrown weapons of a Tempest Gale Disciple reach out across the battlefield to find their target without error. Developed from the skills of masterful archers who used trick shots and careful aim to bring down their foes, Tempest Gale is a discipline that specializes in targeted shots that can disable or destroy any foe. Tempest Gale’s associated skill is Sleight of Hand, and its associated weapon groups are bows, crossbows, firearms, and thrown.

This section contains the list of maneuvers for the Tempest Gale discipline.

Order of Presentation: In the maneuver lists and descriptions, the maneuvers are grouped alphabetically by level.

Initiator Level: Some maneuvers effects depend on the initiator level, which is usually the character's level in the class that provides access to martial maneuvers. The word "level" in the maneuver lists always refers to initiator level.

Creatures and Characters: "Creatures" and "characters" are used synonymously in the maneuver descriptions.

Discipline Restrictions Some disciplines carry specific restrictions on when they can be used, as well as specific rules for those disciplines, as defined in that discipline's maneuver list.

Special Note: Some Tempest Gale maneuvers allow the disciple to make a ranged combat maneuver attempt. Treat this as a normal combat maneuver, except that it does not provoke attacks of opportunity and may be executed against any creature the disciple could attack with their weapon. If the target is a distance greater than one range increment, the normal penalty to attack rolls is instead applied to the combat maneuver attempt. In addition, while you maintain a Tempest Gale stance, you can retrieve unattended weapons as a free action, provided you are adjacent to the weapon at some point during turn (including as part of a move action).

Table: 1st Level Tempest Gale Maneuvers

Maneuver	Type	Description
Disarming Shot	Strike	Your ranged attack attack allows you to make a ranged disarm attempt using Sleight of Hand in place of your CMB.
Distant Gale	Strike	Your ranged attack deals +1 damage for every 20 feet between you and the target (maximum +5).
Eye of the Needle	Boost	Your next ranged attack against an opponent engaged in melee gains a +4 bonus.
Galebreaker's Stance	Stance	Your ranged attacks ignore wind effects and the wind wall spell.
Slipstream Strike	Strike	Your ranged attack ignores cover less than total cover.
Sniper's Eye Stance	Stance	You reduce the penalty for making attacks at multiple range increments, and gain a bonus on ranged combat maneuver attempts.

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Table: 2nd Level Tempest Gale Maneuvers

Maneuver	Type	Description
Deflecting Shot	Counter	Make a Sleight of Hand check to disarm an opponent attacking an ally within 30 feet.
Distracting Draft	Boost	Make a Sleight of Hand check in place of Bluff to feint against a creature at range. Your next ranged attack against that target deals +1d6 damage if successful.
Dustcatching Breeze	Strike	Your ranged attack deals +2d6 damage and allows you to make a ranged dirty trick attempt using Sleight of Hand in place of your CMB.
Piercing Shot	Strike	Shoot your weapon in a 30-foot line, dealing 3d6 damage (Reflex half).
Sudden Gust	Strike	Your ranged attack deals +2d6 damage and allows you to make a ranged trip attempt using Sleight of Hand in place of your CMB.

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Table: 3rd Level Tempest Gale Maneuvers

Maneuver	Type	Description
Battering Gale	Strike	Your ranged attack deals +3d6 damage and allows you to make a ranged bull rush attempt using Sleight of Hand in place of your CMB.
Cascading Draft	Boost	Your next ranged attack deals +2 damage for every 20 feet between you and the target (maximum +20).
Disarming Blast	Strike	Your ranged attack deals +3d6 damage and allows you to make a ranged disarm attempt using Sleight of Hand in place of your CMB.
Tempest Gale Stance	Stance	You add your initiation modifier to damage rolls with ranged weapons and gain a bonus on ranged combat maneuver attempts and the save DCs of Tempest Gale maneuvers equal to 1/4 your initiator level.

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Table: 4th Level Tempest Gale Maneuvers

Maneuver	Type	Description
Cutting Gale	Strike	Your ranged attack deals +5d6 damage, automatically overcomes damage reduction, and may inflict a bleeding wound.
Exploding Gale	Strike	Your ranged attack deals +4d6 damage and explodes outwards, the shrapnel dealing damage to adjacent creatures equal to your initiation modifier.
Iron Wind	Strike	Your ranged attack deals +4d6 damage and may stagger the target.
Wind Tunnel	Boost	Your ranged attacks for one round do not take penalties for making attacks at multiple range increments.

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Table: 5th Level Tempest Gale Maneuvers

Maneuver	Type	Description
Blinding Shot	Strike	Your ranged attack deals +5d6 damage and may blind the target.
Dancing Winds Stance	Stance	As long as you move at least 10 feet in a round, you gain improved evasion and a 20% miss chance against all attacks.
False Wind	Counter	Make a ranged attack against an opponent that attacks an ally. If it hits, the ally can move up to their speed, even if it isn’t their turn.
Grounding Shot	Strike	Your ranged attack deals +5d6 damage and if the target is flying, they must succeed at a Fly check opposed by your Sleight of Hand check or lose the ability to fly.
Piercing Gale	Strike	Shoot your weapon in a 50-foot line, dealing 10d6 damage (Reflex half). Creatures that fail their saves are knocked prone.

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Table: 6th Level Tempest Gale Maneuvers

Maneuver	Type	Description
Razor Tempest	Strike	Your ranged attack deals +8d6 damage and inflicts a bleeding wound.
Trick of the Wind	Boost	Use Sleight of Hand check in place of attack roll for ranged attacks for one round.
Wind Lance	Strike	Your ranged attack deals double damage, or triple damage if used at the end of a charge with a thrown weapon.
Winds of Vengeance Stance	Stance	You can make additional attacks of opportunity equal to your initiation modifier and opponents that hit allies provoke a ranged attack of opportunity from you.

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Table: 7th Level Tempest Gale Maneuvers

Maneuver	Type	Description
Black Wind	Strike	Shoot your weapon in a 50-foot line, dealing 15d6 damage (Reflex half). Creatures that fail their saves must also make a Fortitude save or become dazed for one round.
Hunting Zephyr	Strike	Your ranged attack automatically hits and threatens a critical hit.
Punishing Tempest	Boost	Your ranged attacks for one round allow you to make ranged bull rush attempts against the targets, using Sleight of Hand in place of your CMB.

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Table: 8th Level Tempest Gale Maneuvers

Maneuver	Type	Description
Breath Stealing Wind	Strike	Your ranged attack deals +10d6 damage and silences the target.
Eye of the Storm	Stance	You You add your initiation modifier to damage rolls with ranged weapons, ignore cover and concealment less than total, and ignore weather and winds on your attacks (including magical winds such as a wind wall spell).
Steel Tornado	Strike	Your ranged attack deals +10d6 damage and allows you to make a ranged trip attempt using Sleight of Hand in place of your CMB. In addition, you can make a ranged disarm attempt against them for each item they are holding.

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Table: 9th Level Tempest Gale Maneuvers

Maneuver	Type	Description
Vicious Tempest Volley	Strike	You make a full attack with your ranged weapon, with each hit dealing +2d6 damage and allowing you to make a ranged bull rush, dirty trick, disarm, sunder, or trip attempt using Sleight of Hand in place of your CMB.

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1st Level

Disarming Shot

Discipline: Tempest Gale (Strike); Level: 1
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Ranged attack
Target: One creature
Duration: Instant

DESCRIPTION

Your careful training allows you to fire shots from an unexpected angle and strike opponents where they least expect it, their weapons. Make a ranged attack. If it hits, it deals weapon damage as normal, and you can make a disarm attempt against the target as a free action, using a Sleight of Hand check in place of your combat maneuver check. This disarm attempt does not provoke an attack of opportunity.

Distant Gale

Discipline: Tempest Gale (Strike); Level: 1
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Ranged attack
Target: One creature
Duration: Instant

DESCRIPTION

Firing with the strength of the winds at your back, you unleash an attack that becomes more dangerous the more distance it travels. Make a ranged attack. If it hits, it deals weapon damage as normal plus an additional +1 point of damage for every 20 feet of distance between you and the target (up to a maximum of +5).

Eye of the Needle

Discipline: Tempest Gale (Boost); Level: 1
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Personal
Target: Self
Duration: 1 round

DESCRIPTION

For most archers, an enemy engaged in melee is a difficult target at best, but for you a smaller target only presents greater opportunity. After you initiate this boost, your next ranged attack roll this round gains a +4 bonus if the target of the attack is engaged in melee.

Galebreaker's Stance

Discipline: Tempest Gale (Stance); Level: 1
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Personal
Target: Self
Duration: Stance

DESCRIPTION

Your ability to accurately read the wind allows you to fight effectively even in the most adverse conditions. While you maintain this stance, you do not take any penalties on ranged attacks due to high wind speed, and your ranged attacks ignore the wind wall spell and similar magical wind effects that would negatively affect them.

Slipstream Strike

Discipline: Tempest Gale (Strike); Level: 1
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Ranged attack
Target: One creature
Duration: Instant

DESCRIPTION

The most basic protection against an arrow is some form of cover, but you know many ways to negate this defense. Make a ranged attack, ignoring any cover bonuses to the target’s AC. If it hits, it deals weapon damage as normal.

Sniper's Eye Stance

Discipline: Tempest Gale (Stance); Level: 1
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Personal
Target: Self
Duration: Stance

DESCRIPTION

As a tempest gale disciple, distance is no obstacle to you. While you maintain this stance, you reduce the total penalty from attacking creatures beyond your weapon’s first range increment by 2, and you gain a +2 bonus on combat maneuver checks made with ranged attacks. For every four initiator levels you possess, the penalty to ranged attacks lessens by another 2, and the bonus to ranged combat maneuver checks increases by +2.
2nd Level

Deflecting Shot

Discipline: Tempest Gale (Counter); Level: 2
Initiation Action: 1 immediate action
Range: 30'
Target: One creature
Duration: Instant

DESCRIPTION

You know well that a sudden shot can disrupt the enemy and remove a potential threat. You can initiate this counter in response to an attack being made against you or an ally within 30 feet of you. Make a ranged disarm attempt against the attacker, using a Sleight of Hand check in place of your combat maneuver check. If your disarm attempt is successful, the attack is negated (even if the weapon cannot actually be disarmed). This disarm attempt does not provoke an attack of opportunity.

Distracting Draft

Discipline: Tempest Gale (Boost); Level: 2
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Line of sight
Target: One creature
Duration: 1 round

DESCRIPTION

Your well placed shot can both hurt the enemy and put them off their guard. Make a ranged feint attempt against a creature you can see, using a Sleight of Hand check in place of the normal Bluff check. If your feint is successful, your next ranged attack against that target within one round deals an additional 1d6 points of damage.

Dustcatching Breeze

Discipline: Tempest Gale (Strike); Level: 2
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Ranged attack
Target: One creature
Duration: Instant

DESCRIPTION

You target your enemy with unscrupulous tactics, throwing them off balance and allowing your allies to seize the advantage. Make a ranged attack. If it hits, it deals weapon damage as normal plus an additional 2d6 points of damage, and you can make a dirty trick attempt against the target as a free action, using a Sleight of Hand check in place of your combat maneuver check.

Piercing Shot

Discipline: Tempest Gale (Strike); Level: 2
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: 30' line
Target: Creatures in area
Duration: Instant

DESCRIPTION

The power behind your ranged attacks is such that they can strike through one foe to pierce another behind them. When you initiate this strike, you create a 30-foot line that deals 3d6 points of damage. Creatures caught in the line can make a Reflex save (DC 12 + your initiation modifier) to take half damage.

Sudden Gust

Discipline: Tempest Gale (Strike); Level: 2
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Ranged attack
Target: One creature
Duration: Instant

DESCRIPTION

Your placed shot can knock an enemy to the ground as easily as a mighty sword swing. Make a ranged attack. If it hits, it deals weapon damage as normal plus an additional 2d6 points of damage, and you can make a trip attempt against the target as a free action, using a Sleight of Hand check in place of your combat maneuver check. This trip attempt does not provoke an attack of opportunity.