Circle of stone

Circle of stone was a divine evocation spell from the protection sphere that created a magical protective field around the caster.

Effects
For cicle of stone to function the caster needed to be surrounded on at least three sides by pieces of stone larger than themselves. All participants to receive the spell's protection needed to be touched during the casting. The spell provided a number of benefits to anyone within the protective field including:
 * Making it easier to resist the effects of poison, magic, etc
 * Reflecting the harmful effects of magic items or spells fired at the shield five out of six times
 * Dwarves within the circle were empowered, making it easier to strike their enemies

Components
This spell required only verbal and somatic components to cast.

History
This rare spell was granted by the various dwarven gods.