Drowning Mist
Though not unique to Chelaxian kineticists, this sarglagoninspired technique floods enemies' lungs. Your elemental gate exudes a faint mist that feels as thick as standing water. The moisture doesn't just tug at limbs; it forcibly seeps into the nostrils and lungs of air-breathing creatures. While in this stance, your aura is difficult terrain for any creature that doesn't have a swim Speed. Creatures that can't breathe water must hold their breath while in the aura, and when such creatures take an action that reduces their remaining air by 1 or more rounds, they must also attempt a fortitude save against your class DC (maximum once per round). You're immune to the effects of your own Drowning Mist.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected and becomes temporarily immune to the effects of this impulse for 24 hours.
Success The creature is unaffected.
Failure Moisture seeps into the creature's lungs, making the creature Sickened 1.
Critical Failure As failure, but Sickened 2.
Traits
The primary magical actions kineticists use are called impulses. You can use an impulse only if your kinetic aura is active and channeling that element, and only if you have a hand free to shape the elemental flow. The impulse trait means the action has the concentrate trait unless another ability changes this. If an impulse allows you to choose an element, you can choose any element you're channeling, and the impulse gains that element's trait.
This indicates abilities from the kineticist class.
This magic comes from the primal tradition, connecting to the natural world and instinct. Anything with this trait is magical. A creature with this trait is primarily constituted of or has a strong connection to primal magic.
A stance is a general combat strategy that you enter by using an action with the stance trait, and that you remain in for some time. A stance lasts until you get knocked out, until its requirements (if any) are violated, until the encounter ends, or until you enter a new stance, whichever comes first. After you use an action with the stance trait, you can't use another one for 1 round. You can enter or be in a stance only in encounter mode.
Effects with the water trait either manipulate or conjure water. Those that manipulate water have no effect in an area without water. Creatures with this trait consist primarily of water or have a connection to magical water.