Winds of high!

[Jfloyd]

I want to suggest a few new uses for winds that I think would be great.
Seed spreading- From your inventory, you can choose to release the wind in the direction you're facing, and many tiles away, depending on the strength of the wind, plants will start to grow in a scattered pattern. Plants on heath should naturally do this.
Scare animals- Same thing with releasing it from your inventory, but it should be able to scare an animal away long enough to get away. Larger animals like bears would need almost hurricane strength wind to scare them.
The already mentioned windmills- Would produce high quality flour, or maybe another type of flour called Finely Ground Flour.
Instruments- A form of outdoor village instrument that ran off of wind that gave certain buffs would be good.

Also, since the skill is "Storm Chasing", we should also be able to collect things like rain water in jars, and lightning with rods. These could be used for various things, and would be interesting to see them with a mystical use, not scientific.

[Chaosshield]

Also, since the skill is "Storm Chasing", we should also be able to collect things like rain water in jars, and lightning with rods. These could be used for various things, and would be interesting to see them with a mystical use, not scientific.

Water swords
Lightning swords

Follow forest fire for fire swords

[Jfloyd]

Lol, no I didn't mean it like that. I meant it more so as a form of element like the dreams.
A village idol could be "charged" with lightning for more authority, the higher the quality, the more you get.
They'd act as a form of mote. Maybe if the devs implement the hearth fire inventory, you could infuse defence into your hearth with different elements.

[Laremere]

Lightning rods are a bit more advanced in technology, I don't think it'd be very fitting to include them. I however do love the idea of the new update, and hope to see more similar things put into the game.

[Jfloyd]

Lightning rods are a bit more advanced in technology, I don't think it'd be very fitting to include them. I however do love the idea of the new update, and hope to see more similar things put into the game.

I was thinking of a more magical approach. You build a rod with 1 wrought iron, and a dream, and jar to 'hold' it. Then you follow a storm and wait to get one. There could be mishaps where you get shocked instead, for 10 or so HHP damage. The magic in the rod would turn it into a lightning mote.

[Laremere]

Well, capturing a lightning would be cool, but I dislike any approach that treats it like electricity.

[Jfloyd]

Well, capturing a lightning would be cool, but I dislike any approach that treats it like electricity.

It wouldn't be electricity, as I've said three times, it'd be a mote, which is a small magical being containing the element it came from.

[Devour]

It wouldn't be electricity, as I've said three times, it'd be a mote, which is a small magical being containing the element it came from.

What, electricity? How dare you, sir! How dare you verily!

[TheJohan]

what about balloons? would be a kick-ass way to travel, especially when you don't get attacked by animals

[Vanigo]

How about combining winds and feathers from the not-yet-implemented hawk animal to make a feather cape that'd increase movement speed? Something that people might actually use instead of a backpack!