Walk Through Earth

Dalin · 01-31-2021, 12:38 PM

The Walk Through Earth spell (Spells, p. 29) allows the subject to "pass through earth as though it were air." I presume this allows for vertical movement as well? In other words, the subject could walk down through the floor or climb up the interior of a stone pillar (assuming double-cost for stone).

This is nit picky, but I'm just musing about it... if the caster casts the regular version outdoors (allowing them to pass through earth, but not stone or metal) would especially rocky soil hinder them? Obviously a giant boulder or something would block their path. And I assume small stones like gravel wouldn't (because it's pretty rare to find "earth" in the wild with no stones in it), but what about soil with bigger rocks in it. I recently had a wizard doing this outdoors in an area described as rocky, and we just rolled each turn to see if he could achieve maximum move or needed to slow down (basically like paying extra move points to cross treacherous ground). Seemed like a reasonable solution, but I'm curious how others have handled this sort of situation.

Has anyone created a more powerful version that allows you to keep your stuff? How much would you charge for that? While we're at it, would you force the PC to drop jewelry (like a magic ring) or count that as clothing?

01-31-2021, 12:38 PM	#1
Dalin Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Saint Paul, MN	Walk Through Earth The Walk Through Earth spell (Spells, p. 29) allows the subject to "pass through earth as though it were air." I presume this allows for vertical movement as well? In other words, the subject could walk down through the floor or climb up the interior of a stone pillar (assuming double-cost for stone). This is nit picky, but I'm just musing about it... if the caster casts the regular version outdoors (allowing them to pass through earth, but not stone or metal) would especially rocky soil hinder them? Obviously a giant boulder or something would block their path. And I assume small stones like gravel wouldn't (because it's pretty rare to find "earth" in the wild with no stones in it), but what about soil with bigger rocks in it. I recently had a wizard doing this outdoors in an area described as rocky, and we just rolled each turn to see if he could achieve maximum move or needed to slow down (basically like paying extra move points to cross treacherous ground). Seemed like a reasonable solution, but I'm curious how others have handled this sort of situation. Has anyone created a more powerful version that allows you to keep your stuff? How much would you charge for that? While we're at it, would you force the PC to drop jewelry (like a magic ring) or count that as clothing?