Avalanche

Carefully choosing where to cut, where to chip away, where to manipulate and alter the bonds of the bands of Domhan, one can mimic many of natures most terrifying and brutal cataclysms, even those that would seem to cross a bit into the domain of other studies of magick.

Effect

Base Effects: Cutting free and reforming hunks of Domhan in a chaotic and dangerous manner above the target area, doing so in a particular method to draw in some Uisce, even though you may not know how to manipulate it directly, you create an interesting effect, as you gather enough manna to cause this spell-form to manifest. Any creature in the target area must attempt an Agility Defensive Test. Should they fail, they immediately take 3d6 Thunder damage, 3d6 Bludgeoning damage and 3d6 Cold Damage, and are Stunned and Deafened (1) for a round. If they succeed they take half damage and do not suffer the aforementioned conditions. However this is not the end of what this spell-form does. The affected area also becomes difficult terrain for a secondary duration as noted in this spell's duration codex. Movement costs double to move through the zone affected by this. Any creature ending its turn within the affected area must attempt a Toughness Defensive Test, which should they fail, means they take 3d6 cold damage. Success still means half damage.

Siegecraft: Structures and Constructs take 3d10 Thunder, 3d10 Bludgeoning and 3d10 Cold damage.

Side/Secondary Effects

Tier II Effects: Increase all instances of damage by 1d6 or 1d10 as appropriate, increase radius by 25 feet

Tier III Effects: Increase all instances of damage by 1d6 or 1d10 as appropriate, increase radius by 25 feet.

Manifestation

Durzi cursed, his dwarven eyes moving about the situation below him. He had no choice, there was no way those fleeing the ogres would make the walls in time. The dwarven magister cursed under his breath, not liking the mess this made of his well thought out battle plan, but began etching Domhan within the Aether in Arcanis, raising his arms, as he worked the Topaz energies efficiently and with masterful skill from below to above, hovering over an area ahead of the ogres. As they began to pass under that area, the manna, infused with bits of Uisce energy that had been drawn in, manifested itself as two to three tons of ice, stone and snow, thundering downwards with a low rumble, as if an avalanche from nowhere. The ogres had no chance to react, and six of the beasts more or less disappeared under the wall of snow and stone. As the avalanche settled, Durzi allowed a small grin of satisfaction, for that route was, but for a moment or two, impassable.

Gestures & Ritual

Casting TN: 26, Tier II: 31, Tier III: 36

Related Discipline

Topaz Order

Related School

Geomancy

Related Element

Domhan (Earth)

Effect Duration

Instant/1 minute

Effect Casting Time

3 action

Range

1000 feet

Applied Restriction

Target: 25 foot radius area, centered on a point in range.