Editing DjinnTheBinding (section)

===Turbulence===

All power comes with a price, and the Workings of the djinn are no different. As mentioned above, failing a Stability check results in a phenomenon known as Turbulence. However, this can result from the excessive use of Workings as well as from Stability loss. Anytime a djinn attempts to use a Working, successfully or not, the dot-value of the Working and the amount of Rukh spent on it are added to a Turbulence pool. Violent Workings (defined as those with the potential to directly cause damage) count as one dot higher for this purpose.

Once the Turbulence pool exceeds its threshold (as shown on the table above), a Stability check must be made every time a Working is used (including the one that pushed it over the threshold). Failure results in an episode of Turbulence, which is mechanically similar to Paradox. The severity of the effect is determined using 7 – Stability as the number of "successes" (per the table on p. 124 of Mage) and Naphsha/2 (rounded up) in place of Arcanum. A Havoc result is interpreted as a Working gone awry, while a Manifestation may mean that an angel shows up to punish the djinn for its transgressions, or that the turbulent energies spontaneously generate an entity known as a natija (described below under "Antagonists"). The djinn may choose to contain the Turbulence just as a mage chooses to suffer Paradox backlash, but the damage is aggravated rather than bashing.

An episode of Turbulence resets the Turbulence pool to zero. The Turbulence pool can also be reduced by the same methods used to regain Rukh (see below); however, you cannot do both at the same time – you must declare that you are "spending" the Rukh to bleed off Turbulence rather than adding it to your pool.