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Nufflenomics: The Weather Mage

I have taken the Weather Mage once before in a league game where my goblins were taking on a norse team. I managed to turn the weather from raining to nice, making it more likely I could do a pickup, hand-off and throw teammate with my to win the game. What happened is I that failed anyway, and it left my opponent a chance to more easily dance in and pick up the ball which they did, allowing them to turn a draw into a victory. It struck me then as a pretty rubbish inducement, so I thought I’d investigate the numbers. What does it do? A weather mage will allow you to re-roll the weather which will last for all your team turn and your opponents (or until the end of the drive, whichever happens soonest) following turn before reverting to the previous weather. On top of this you can apply a -1, -2, +1 or +2 modifier as you desire to attempt to affect the weather. A weather mage is picked during the inducement phase of a league match, or at roster creating in a tournament, such as E...