Earth (Cha)

Acidic Burst

Range: Melee

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: Instantaneous

Target: All creatures in Melee 

Defence: basic Dodge

You create a shell of acid around yourself that immediately bursts outward. Make an Earth spell attack check against all creatures in range,  dealing 2d6 acid damage to each creature stuck. 

Heightened: Each level you increase the spell's level by increases the damage by +2d6

Crushing Ground

Range: 1 Range

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: 1 round

Target: 1 creature

Defence: Dodge

You tear open the ground then slam it shut. Make an Earth spell attack check against the target's Dodge defence.

• Critical Success The target takes double damage and is flat-footed and immobilized. It can attempt to Escape against your spell DC. If it doesn't Escape, the target takes an additional 2d6 bludgeoning damage when the spell ends.
• Success The target takes full damage and is flat-footed
• Failure The target takes half damage.
• Critical Failure The target is unaffected. 

Heightened: Each level you increase the spell's level by increases the damage by +2d6

Hurtling Stone

Range: 2 Range

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: Instantaneous

Target: 1 creature

Defence: basic Armor

You fling propel a nearby stone, concrete block, or mount of first against the target. Make an Earth spell attack roll against the target's Armor. The stone deals bludgeoning damage equal to 1d6 plus your Strength modifier.

Heightened: Each level you increase the spell's level by increases the damage by +1d6

Mud Pit

Range: 2 Range

Rote Casting: 2 Actions

Duration: 1 Minute

Area: Close-range burst

Thick, clinging mud covers the ground, 1 foot deep. The mud is difficult terrain.

Pummeling Rubble

Range: Close

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: Instantaneous

Target: All creatures in a Close-range cone

Defence: Dodge

A spray of heavy rocks flies through the air in front of you. The rubble deals 2d4 bludgeoning damage to each creature in the area. Make an Earth spell attack roll against the targets' Dodge defence.

• Critical Success The creature takes double damage and gains Clumsy 2 for 1 Round
• Success The creature takes full damage and gains Clumsy 1 for 1 Round
• Failure The creature takes half damage.
• Critical Failure The creature is unaffected.

Heightened: Each level you increase the spell's level increases the damage by 2d4

Shielding Gem

Range: Touch

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: 1 Minute

Target: 1 willing creature

A large gem floats around the target in an erratic pattern. The gem has 5 Wound Points. Each time a creature hits the target, the target attempts a DC 11 flat check. On a success, the gem blocks the attack, so the attack first damages the gem. If the gem is reduced to 0 Wounds, it shatters, immediately dealing the creature that destroyed it 1d8 slashing damage (basic Reflex save), as long as that creature is in Melee with the target.

Heightened: Each level you increase the spell's level by increases the gem's WP by 5, and increases the damage dealt by its detonation by 1d8

Shockwave

Range: Close 

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: Instantaneous

Target: All creatures in a Close-range cone

Defence: Dodge

You create a wave of energy that ripples through the earth. Make an Earth spell attack check against the Dodge defence of all creatures standing on the ground.

• Critical Success As success, plus the creature takes 1d6 damage.
• Success The creature falls prone.
• Failure The creature is flat-footed until the start of its next turn.
• Critical Failure The creature is unaffected.

Techtonic Shift

Range: 1 Range

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: Varies

Target: Varies

Defence: Resolve

You create the sensation of a massive earthquake for a short period of time, causing affected creatures to become unsteady on their feet.

Variable Spell: You can cast this spell at the following levels

1st: When you cast tectonic shift as a 1st-level spell, you can target a creature within Close range. The target must succeed at a Resolve saving throw or gain 1 application of Frightened.

2nd: When you cast tectonic shift as a 2nd-level spell, you can target a creature within 2 Range. The target must succeed at a Resolve saving throw or gain 1d4 applications of Frightened. A creature who critically fails falls Prone.

3rd: When you cast tectonic shift as 3rd-level spell, you can target up to 5 creatures within 2 Range. Each target must succeed at a Resolve saving throw or gain 1d4 applications of Frightened. A creature who critically fails falls Prone.

Acid Bolt

Range: 4 Range

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: Instantaneous

Target: 1 Creature

Defence: basic Dodge

You conjure an arrow of acid that continues corroding the target after it hits. Make an Earth spell attack against the target's Dodge defence. On a hit, you deal 3d8 acid damage plus 1d6 persistent acid damage. On a critical hit, double the initial damage, but not the persistent damage.

Heightened: Each level you increase the spell's level by increases the initial damage by 2d8, and the persistent damage by 1d6.

Cairn Form

Range: Self

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: 1 Minute

Target: Self

You transform your skin into solid rock, amplifying your physical resilience.

Your unarmed strikes now deal lethal damage, and you add half your ranks in the Sphere of Earth to all unarmed attack damage rolls.

You gain DR 2/-.

You gain a +2 to your Endurance defence against Combat Manoeuvres.   

Expeditious Excavation

Range: Touch

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: Instantaneous

Target: 1 Creature

Defence: Dodge or Acrobatics

You remove loose dirt, dust, gravel, sand, and the like (though not solid stone) to a depth of up to 5 feet below the touched creature. If the creature is Size 5 or smaller, they must attempt a Dodge or Acrobatics check, with the following result: 

• Success: The creature is unaffected and can choose to either descend the pit without damage or move to the nearest available space of its choice.
• Failure The creature falls prone in the nearest available space of its choice, or falls into the pit if it prefers.
• Critical Failure The creature falls into the pit excavated by the spell and lands prone, taking falling damage as normal.

Heightened: For every level you heighten the spell by, you increase the size of the creature that can be affected by +1.

Earthen Zone

Range: 4 Range

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: 1 Minute

Area: 1 Range

You imbue the area with raw elemental earth. Spells from the Earth phere gain a +2 status bonus on spell attack rolls and damage rolls when cast against targets in the Earth Zone. 

Heightened: Each level you increase the spell's level by increases the status bonus by +1

Cup of Dust

Range: Close

Rote Casting: 2 Actions

Duration: 1 Day

Targets: 1 living creature

Defence: Endurance

You curse the target with a thirst no drink can quench. You can Dismiss the spell as a single action. The target must attempt a Fortitude save.

• Critical Success The creature is unaffected and is temporarily immune for 1 hour.
• Success The creature is fatigued for 1 round.
• Failure The creature is immediately afflicted by thirst as if it hadn’t had a drink in days. It becomes fatigued and takes 1d4 damage each hour that can’t be healed until it quenches its thirst. No amount of drinking can quench the creature’s thirst during the spell’s duration.
• Critical Failure As failure but the creature takes 2d4 damage each hour, twice as much as usual for thirst.

Earthbind

Range: Range 4

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: Varies

Target: 1 Creature

Defence: Endurance

Using the weight of earth, you hamper a target's flight. Make an Earth spell attack check against the target's Endurance defence.

 If the creature reaches the ground safely, it doesn't take falling damage.

• Critical Success The target falls safely up to 120 feet. If it hits the ground, it can't Fly, levitate, or otherwise leave the ground for 1 minute.
• Success The target falls safely up to 120 feet. If it hits the ground, it can't Fly, levitate, or otherwise leave the ground for 1 round.
• Failure The target falls safely up to 120 feet.
• Critical Failure The target is unaffected.

Shifting Sand

Range: Close

Rote Casting: 2 Actions

Duration: Concentration, up to 1 Minute

Area: Close-range Burst

Defence: Dodge

You cause the surface to heave. The area becomes difficult terrain and any tracks in the area are destroyed by the churning ground. The first time each round you Concentrate the Spell, you can move the churning area anywhere in Close rance. Creatures immobilized by the spell are carried along with the shifting sand in the same direction, if possible; this movement is forced movement. Creatures that enter or begin their turn standing in the shifting sand must attempt a Dodge save, with the following result:

• Critical Success The creature is unaffected and ignores the area’s difficult terrain and penalty to skill checks until the end of its turn.
• Success The creature ignores the area’s penalty to skill checks until the end of its turn.
• Failure The creature is affected normally by the spell this turn.
• Critical Failure The creature becomes immobilized within the spell’s area until it Escapes. If the creature was already immobilized by shifting sands, it also falls prone.

Variable Spell: You can cast the spell at the following levels:

3rd: Creatures standing in the area take a –2 status penalty to Acrobatics checks.

5th: The status penalty increases to –4 and the spell’s range increases to 1 Range.

Stone Lance

Range: 4 Range

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: 1 Minute

Target: 1 Creature

Defence: Armor

You conjure a jagged lance of stone and then launch it at a foe. Make an Earth spell attack roll against the target's Armor defence. On a hit, you deal 6d6 piercing damage and the lance impales the creature, making it Immobelized until it Escapes. On a critical hit, if the creature is on the ground, the lance also embeds into the ground the creature is Prone until it Escapes. A creature that Escapes after being impaled takes 3 persistent bleed damage. When the spell ends, the lance crumbles into dirt, freeing the target if it hasn't Escaped.

Heightened: For every level you heighten the spell by, you increase the initial damage by 2d6 and the persistent bleed damage for Escapes by 1.

Gift of Earth

Range: Close

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: 1 Minute

Target: 1 Willing Creature

An elemental force fills your target, granting the target the ruggedness of Earth.

While on the ground, the target gets a +2 status bonus to Stamina and Dodge defence. In addition, the ground adjacent to the target is difficult terrain, and the difficult terrain moves with the target, though the target ignores this difficult terrain with its own movement.

Localized Quake

Range: Close

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: Instantaneous

Area: Close-range Burst

Defence: basic Endurance

You shake the earth, toppling nearby creatures. Make an Earth spell attack check against the Endurance defence of each creature in the area standing on solid ground. They take 4d8 damage from the spell.

• Critical Success The creature takes double damage and falls prone.
• Success The creature takes full damage and falls prone.
• Failure The creature takes half damage.
• Critical Failure  The creature is unaffected.

Heightened: For every level you heighten the spell by, you increase the damage by +2d6.

Shape Stone

Range: Touch

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: Instantaneous

Target: 1 cube of stone 10 feet across or smaller

Defence: Dodge or Arcobatics

You shape the stone into a rough shape of your choice. The shaping process is too crude to produce intricate parts, fine details, moving pieces, or the like. Any creatures standing atop the stone when you reshape it must each attempt a Dodge or Acrobatics check.

• Success The creature is unaffected.
• Failure The creature falls prone atop the stone.
• Critical Failure The creature falls off the stone (if applicable) and lands prone.

Spike Stone

Range: 2 Range

Rote Casting: 2 Actions

Duration: 1 Hour

Target: Close-range Burst

Defence: None

Long, sharp spikes of solid rock thrust up from the ground in the area. The area becomes difficult terrain and hazardous terrain. A creature that moves on the ground through the area takes 15 piercing damage.

Heightened: For every level you heighten the spell by, you increase the damage by 5.

Stoneskin

Range: Touch

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: 1 Scene

Target: 1 Willing Creature

The target's skin hardens like stone. It gains resistance 5 to physical damage, except adamantine.

Heightened: For every level you heighten the spell by, you increase the resistance by 5.

Form of Earth

Range: Self

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: 1 Minute

You call upon the power of Chaos to become a being of pure elemental earth. You gain the following traits:

• Armor=19+your ranks in Earth

• 10 temporary Vitality Points

• Darkvision

• Your Unarmed Attack bonus becomes +18 (unless your base total is higher)

• Unarmed Attack damage becomes 2d10

• Your Athletics bonus becomes +20

• You gain a Burrow speed of 1

Passwall

Range: Touch

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: 1 Hour

Area: 5-foot-wide, 10-foot-tall, 10-foot deep section of wooden, plaster, or stone wall

You create a visible tunnel through the wall in the chosen area, replacing the area with empty space. If the wall is thicker than 10 feet, the tunnel ends 10 feet in. Even a small layer of metal in the wall prevents this spell from functioning. This spell doesn't reduce the integrity of the structure. When the spell ends, anyone inside the tunnel is shunted to the nearest exit.

Toxic Fumes

Range: Range 4

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: 1 Minute

Area: Close burst

Defence: None

Sending magic deep underground, you conjure a cloud of toxic gases that swiftly degenerate into volatile fumes. The gases are invisible, requiring a successful Awareness check against your spell DC to detect visually, though their acrid smell and toxic effects are clear once a creature has entered the cloud. A creature that enters the cloud or is within the cloud at the start of its turn takes 2d6 acid damage. A creature can take the acid damage from Toxic Fumes only once per round.

Wall of Stone

Range: 4 Range

Rote Casting: 2 Actions

Duration: 1 Hour

You shape a wall of solid stone. You create a 1-inch-thick wall of stone up to 4 range feet long, and 1 ranget high. The wall doesn't need to stand vertically, so you can use it to form a bridge or set of stairs, for example. You must conjure the wall in open spaces--the spell harmlessly warps around living creatures and objects. 

You can attempt to break through the wall. To break a hole, you must deal 50 points of damage to the Wall of Stone. The Wall of Stone has an Armor of 10, Hardness 14, and it's immune to critical hits and precision damage. A destroyed section of the wall can be moved through, but the rubble created from it is difficult terrain.