Material (spell)
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Material is a spell that conjures common substances in a manner similar to create water, except that it produces earth, stone or wood. The material appears at the point designated by the caster as loose matter — piled, scattered or heaped — consisting of raw, unworked substance. It is neither shaped nor refined, and takes the form of natural pieces: lumps, blocks, shards, fibres or powder, as appropriate to the material.
| Range | 20 ft. |
| Duration | permanent |
| Area of Effect | 5 cub.ft. per level |
| Casting Time | 3 rounds |
| Saving Throw | none |
| Level | mage (2nd) |
Contents
The spell does not create finished objects or worked forms. Stone appears broken or roughly cleft, wood as logs, branches or bundled plant matter, and earth as soil, clay or sand. The result is always consistent with how such material would be found or gathered in nature.
Only common materials may be conjured. Anything rare, processed or intrinsically valuable lies beyond the scope of the spell. The distinction is practical rather than technical: if the substance would normally require effort, rarity or specialised conditions to obtain, it cannot be produced.
Materials
- Earthen material includes soil, sand, clay and chalk. The caster may produce loose earth or compacted masses, including rough blocks of hardened clay up to the limits of the spell's area. The composition may vary — fertile soil, dry sand or alkaline earth — but rare or valuable deposits such as witherite, cassiterite or other ores cannot be created.
- Stone may be produced in any common form, including granite, limestone, slate, marble and similar varieties. It appears as rough blocks, fractured pieces or rubble, as though freshly quarried or broken from a larger mass. The spell cannot produce gemstones or any stone of unusual rarity or worth.
- Wood refers to organic plant material that has ceased growing. This includes timber, branches, brush, rattan, hay and straw. Both hard and soft woods may be conjured, but rare or prized woods such as ebony, teak or rosewood are excluded. The material appears as cut or fallen wood — logs, limbs or bundled fibres — rather than worked planks or shaped components.
Application
The spell is broadly practical. It may provide feed or bedding for animals, fuel for fire, sand or gravel for footing, or earth to fill gaps and trenches. It can produce stone or clay to block passages, create cover or supply material for throwing. While the spell does not create finished items, those with appropriate skills may work the conjured material by ordinary means, shaping it into useful forms after its creation.
