Editing Genasi (section)

====Touched by Chaos====
[[File:Corrupt_Genasi.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Caustic, Cinder, Plague and Void Abyssal Genasi.]]
Because the [[World Axis]] shook off the grid-based [[Elemental Planes]] for the chaotic, ever-changing [[Elemental Chaos]], genasi in the World Axis have a trait never seen before or since; the ability to belong to multiple elements at the same time. Through talent or training, genasi can shift between multiple elemental manifestations at a time. Though they are born with only one, some genasi obtain different manifestations during their lives. Them doing so depends on their environment: a firesoul genasi that spends a lot of time with watersoul genasi is likely to develop a water manifestation. This tends to happen around adolescence and young adulthood, and though the first change between manifestation can be an uncomfortable, painful and sudden event (nice puberty analogue there, [[WotC]]), over time the genasi comes to control the new manifestation. Nearly all of those who develop an additional manifestation have a clear barrier between the two: though there are some who embrace the strife between their manifestations, and become Elemental Tempests.

How does this work mechanically? Through the wonder of Feats and [[Paragon Paths]]. All you gotta do is take the feat Extra Manifestation (for Earth/Wind/Fire/Water/Storm) or the feat Extra Corrupt Manifestation (for Caustic/Cinder/Plague/Void) - the Genasi of Athas article doesn't mention if you can take extra manifestations of Ember/Magma/Sand/Sun, but a fair DM would easily let you either just grab it via Extra Manifestation or make a new Extra Athasian Manifestation feat for it. Each time you take this feat, you gain the powers of a single chosen Elemental Manifestation. Then, whenever you complete a rest, you can switch out your current Manifestation for one of your extra ones. Simple!

There's also the Elemental Tempest racial paragon path, which allows you to manifest two of your elements at the same time. This was made before the Abyssal and Athasian Manifestations were a thing, and so combining it with those will require some homebrew tinkering. There's also a racial paragon path, the Soul of Erosion, which a variant Elemental Tempest for combining Watersoul and Causticsoul manifestations.