Mavin's earthfast was an arcanist spell of epic power used in the days of Netheril.[1]
Effects[]
The spell was originally created to allow continued mining of areas that would otherwise be too dangerous to mine. A casting of Mavin's earthfast made large areas of underground tunnels impervious to cave-ins and similar disasters. Its use was later adapted to preserve important areas of cities.[1]
Components[]
The components needed for this spell were a stone of controlling earth elementals, six chardalyns (each imbued with transmute mud to rock), and an earth elemental.[1]
History[]
The spell was created by Mavin around −510 DR (3349 NY).[2][3] However, after the near-cataclysmic destruction of the Weave caused by the casting of Karsus's avatar in −339 DR (3520 NY) and the subsequent restrictions placed on magic by Mystra, the spell could no longer be cast.[2][4] Later ages remembered the spell simply as earthfast.[5]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “Encyclopedia Arcana”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), p. 11. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “The Winds of Netheril”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), p. 5. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
- ↑ slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “The Winds of Netheril”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), p. 28. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
- ↑ slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “The Winds of Netheril”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), pp. 11–12. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
- ↑ slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “The Winds of Netheril”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), p. 23. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.