Dust Shield

This spell creates a scintillating, invisible wall of force by causing the dust particles in the air to form an unbreakable barrier. During the casting, the priest must mentally picture the shape, size, and orientation of the barrier, but it must be two-dimensional. Once cast, the barrier is immovable and unaffected by magic except for a dispel magic spell or the mental command of the spellcaster, who can dismiss it at will. Priests of Geb commonly use this spell to shore up collapsing mine shafts, thus allowing miners time to escape. If the barrier is smaller than 1 square yard, the priest can specify during casting that the dust shield attach itself to his or her left or right forearm. The priest can then use the barrier as a full “body” shield, providing a +3 (total) bonus to Armor Class. Such a shield cannot be dropped (as it is not actually held), but its presence does not allow the priest to do anything with the shield arm that someone holding a real shield could not do. The spell cannot be used this way in conjunction with a regular shield or a shield spell.

Dust Shield

Name

Dust Shield

Type of Magic

Priest

Spell Level

3rd

School

Evocation

Sphere

Elemental Earth

Reversible?

No

Range

0

Components

Verbal, Material
The material components of this spell are a handful of dust thrown into the air and the priest’s holy symbol.

Duration

1 rd./level

Casting Time

6

Area of Effect

3 sq. ft./level

Saving Throw

None

Effects