obnoxious nerdy nitpicky questions, feel free to ignore: is the difference between a water&ice elemental about controlling the temperature or the state of matter? for example, if some water was colder than the normal freezing point, but under enough pressure that it was still in liquid form, who would be able to control it? what about the opposite—water under such high pressures that it became solid, but was above the normal freezing point? are there separate water vapor elementals, or can both ice/water elementals use gaseous water? if ice elementals can manually drop the temperature, can water elementals raise it, or is it only one way?
Don't worry, any question is welcome. And to answer your nerdy questions:
1: State of matter.
2: Water Elemental, as even though the water was colder, it wouldn't be frozen.
3: Ice Elemental, as the water solidified.
4: Both can use gasesous water, the difference being that for Water Elementals it would be more like a refreshing type of air, and for Ice Elementals it would be more like cold air or a snowstorm, and it would also be denser, possibly even like a mist.
5: And no, Water Elementals cannot raise the temperature of the water or air, on the contrary, they can even lower it, but not to the freezing point. It would still be in liquid form, but very cold. And by the way, both types of Ice Elementals can withstand extreme cold temperatures, but Water Elementals are much less resistant to extreme cold than Ice Elementals.
