Working On A Spell

[tiger]

Working on a spell that would allow the caster to make a bridge or a staircase out of the earth. Basically cast the spell and the earth will rise up and span a chasm or turn into a staircase to climb to a higher ledge.

 

Thought about using going to use the advantages Usable by Others and Area Effect 2M to represent the width. 

 

Question: Thinking of using either Flight or Stretching

 

Thought?

[mhd]

I'd just go with Flight, Usable by Others. The "area effect" seems like it's part of the "only along bridge" limitation.

[Shadowsoul]

Perhaps a variable Barrier.

[Christopher R Taylor]

Barrier, Transform, and movement usable by others all work for this; it depends on how permanent and durable a structure the spell creates really.

 

If its just a temporary effect, usable by others with a special effect of being the stone or earthen construct works fine, and its cheap as dirt.

If its more permanent but has a limited amount of weight it can hold, then barrier is a good choice, because you can apply damage to the barrier by weight, and too much will collapse it.

If its just a permanent structure the spell molds out of the ground and stays until eroded or destroyed but weight isn't an issue, then a minor transform will do the trick.

[mhd]

If you're going to include lots of vertical movement, "Limitation: Requires monetary investment by female patron" comes to mind.

[Armitage]

Champions Powers has a bridge-building power that uses Barrier, with the Limitation Horizontal only (-1). 

For stairs, the same book had Ice Slide Rescue, which was Flight with Usable On Others, Area of Effect covering the length and width of the slide, and Physical Manifestation.  The actual power was Usable As Attack, but that's because the ice-creating character controls the creation of the slide and the movement of the people on it.

[NuSoardGraphite]

Entangle used to be able to do this sort of thing.  Has that been removed from 6e?

[Armitage]

Entangle used to be able to do this sort of thing.  Has that been removed from 6e?

 

 

When Force Wall became Barrier, a power that creates a permanent wall, the wall creation aspect of Entangle was removed.