Crush

With this spell, a mage of earth may bend gravity and main force about his foe, crushing her painfully. Building up these forces takes time, during which the working will be cancelled if the mage casts another spell or gets separated from his target. After a few such rounds, the target will begin to take bashing damage, and will continue to suffer additional damage each subsequent round until the spell is interrupted. The victim may save for half damage each round; should she manage to save again in the same round, she will throw off the crushing power. Each time the damage fires the effective level of the working will decrease slightly, making it somewhat easier to save against.

In addition to the raw damage, should the target fail her save against the spell she will be so painfully crushed as to have difficulty verbalizing spells. This penalty to spellcasting will be renewed and intensified each time she fails her save, up to a maximum. The subvocalize skill will help mitigate -- but not obviate -- this penalty.

Primary Attributes: Intelligence, Strengt.