Impeding Stones

CityScape (Ci)Updated Supplementals (3.5)

Impeding Stones is a D&D 3.5 spell (Transmutation) from Ci. On class lists for Druid (Level 1), Ranger (Level 1), Consecrated Harrier (Level 1), and others. Range or area: Medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level); Saving throw: Reflex partial (see text); Duration: 1 minute/level (D); Casting time: 1 standard action.

School
Transmutation
Casting Time
1 standard action
Components
V, S, DF
Range
Medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)
Target
Brick, stone, or earthen surface within 40 ft. of the target
Area
40 ft. radius spread
Duration
1 minute/level (D)
Saving Throw
Reflex partial (see text)
Spell Resistance
No

At your command, the cobblestones of the street shudder and crack, sending your foes staggering about.

Stones, bricks, hard dirt, or any similar surface cracks and shifts in its foundations, rendering footing treacherous and potentially tripping anyone in the area. Any creature who fails its Reflex save is knocked prone. Those who remain standing can move at only half normal speed. Each round on your turn, standing creatures must make either a new Reflex save or a Balance check (their choice) to remain upright.

Because the stones continuously shift, any attempt at spellcasting requires a Concentration check (DC 15 + spell level), and any attacks made from within the area take a -2 penalty; this does not stack with the penalty for attacking while prone if the attacker failed his save.