Eruption

One of the harder subsets of Pyromantic Magicks, the ability to manipulate Doitean through stone and sand beneath your feet, where you cannot see it, and by feel bring it to life in a forceful release to the surface. This spell-form is generally considered one of the most difficult, a real stepping stone in the growth of a pyromancer towards true mastery of their connection to Doitean.

Effect

Basic Effects: Weaving the flow of Doitean beneath the ground by feel and understanding, unable even with Aethersight to see what you are doing, you exercise your control and understanding of the flow of Flames at a pinnacle of higher skill, until you achieve the desired effect, mimicking on a small scale, a volcanic eruption. All creatures in the effected area must make a Power Defensive Test. Those that fail take 3d6 fire damage and 3d6 bludgeoning damage as the ground erupts beneath their very feet. They also are afflicted by the Ablaze Condition, and are blasted from their feet, knocked Prone to just outside the effected area. A successful defense test takes half damage and does not gain an Ablaze condition, nor are they thrown Prone.
The effected area becomes a small volcanic crater, blinding smoke and fumes rising from it, with a knee deep pool of bubbling magma still within it. This lasts for 10 minutes as the magma pool cools and solidifies. During that time, movement across here is almost impossible unless a creature can somehow pass over top without entering the magma, and doing so requires double movement costs (so moving 5 feet costs 10 feet of movement.) Further more, any creature that ends its turn within the effected area must make a Toughness Defensive Test, taking 2d10 fire damage and suffering Blind (1) on a failed save. The blind lasts for 1 round after they exit the effected area.

Side/Secondary Effects

Tier II Effects: Damage increases by 1d6 Fire and 1d6 Bludgeoning. Radius increases to 20 feet in size.

Tier III Effects: Damage increases by 1d6 fire and 1d6 bludgeoning, radius increases to 25 feet in size.

Manifestation

"The ground rumbled in the distance, Meriel focusing on the approaching savage orks, their massive forms moving quickly, their battle lust clearly up. It wouldn't save them, as she felt the pressure building in the distance, under the ground. As the small battle group of elite ork warriors moved into the appropriate area, Meriel stomped once, closing her fist as she surged the flows of Doitean she had grip on beneath their feet straight up in a violent and forceful venting of manna. It manifested in a violent ground shattering eruption, not unlike a volcano, although a smaller scale. The wails and screams of suffering greenskins filled the air as the haze and smoke cleared from the initial blast, revealing the devastation."

Gestures & Ritual

Casting TN: 21, Tier II: 26, Tier III: 31

Related Discipline

Ruby Order

Related School

Pyromancy

Related Element

Doitean (Fire)

Effect Duration

Instant

Effect Casting Time

2 Actions

Range

300 feet

Applied Restriction

Target: A point you can see in range targeting a 15 foot radius.