Does Rain Count as a Storm?

[Thufir]

Does Rain, as caused by the Rain spell count as a storm, as required by the Summon Storm Power spell?

[Zen]

No, but a Storm counts as Rain, as in a Rain spell for fatigue purposes.

[Thufir]

Cool - thanks for the quick reply, Zen!

[Arryn]

Does the Staff of Storms ground flyers (such as Caelum national troops)?

[Zen]

Arryn said:
Does the Staff of Storms ground flyers (such as Caelum national troops)?

Staff of Storms grounds everything except:

Queens, Storm Demons, Storm Guard (Caelum Troop type), Air Elementals (all varieties), Sylphs, Spring Hawks

[quantum_mechani]

The description for rain says it makes flying harder, does this actually translate to anything in-game?

[archaeolept]

i think it translates to increased fatigue costs for flying movement

[Stormbinder]

To Arryn: Yes, it grounds flyers and most (but not all) Caelum's flying troops. Some exceptions exist, such as AQs, Storm Elementals, Springhawks, etc.

[Arryn]

Thanks, Zen & Storm. Out of curiosity, does the SoS also ground underwater flyers? (Logically, it shouldn't, but ...)

[Stormbinder]

Arryn said:
Thanks, Zen & Storm. Out of curiosity, does the SoS also ground underwater flyers? (Logically, it shouldn't, but ...)

No, Storms do not work underwater.