Terramancy Spells

Grading System

Grade 1: Very mild effects, most spells are completely harmless and used for aesthetics.
Grade 2: Mildly dangerous. Some of these spells are banned in public areas.
Grade 3: Dangerous. The highest grade of spells that is allowed to be taught in schools.
Grade 4: Very dangerous. Only reserved for highly-esteemed mages.
Grade 5: Only a few spells capable of altering the Yonderverse itself and everything within it. Banned from anyone using them.

Shield Summoner

Grade 2

Effects

The spell will simply cause the ground below the user to shake, gradually more violently, until pieces of the earth itself will start to rip apart and swarm in front of the user. The materials will manifest in a shield shape, which is theoretically unbreakable.

Side-Effects

If an opposing spell is strong enough and the shield cannot resist, the shield will explode into thousands of pieces. This can endanger both sides of a battle, as the user now has no method of defence from the debris.
The larger the shield made, the more energy it drains from the user. The biggest shield ever made reached 20 metres in diameter, and the user was sent to hospital and remained in a coma for 4 months. It is not advised to create a shield more than 2 metres in diameter, as anything more is risky and at worst can be fatal.

Execution

In order to execute this spell, one must be carrying an earth amulet; this item can be obtained from mage stores, selling various magic-related items. While wearing an earth amulet, one should reach their arms towards the ground, and pull them back - along with your hands, the ground shall rip apart and slowly form a shield shape. It will take approximately 10 seconds, and during that time the opponent may attack.

The shield can be made of different materials depending on where the spell has been used: in a tropical rainforest the shield could be made of dirt and soil, bark, tree roots, moss and small plants, in a desert the shield would be made of sand, or in a snowy environment the shield could be made from permafrost and snow.

Surrounding the shield is a yellow mist, which surrounds the ground when it is being ripped apart and fixes together the pieces of earth that forms the shield. For higher level mages who can create a stronger shield, the mist appears more gold in colour and has a slight shine.

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