Stone Tunnel

Stone Tunnel
Skill: apportation/earth 12
Backlash: 16
Difficulty: 9
Effect Value: 25
Bonus Number to: effect
Range: touch
Duration: 12 (four minutes)
Cast Time: 9 (one minute)
Manipulation: control, duration
The mage begins by taking a chip of the rock to be
apported and smashing it into fine pieces. Once he has done this, he may cast
the spell by kneading the stone dust into a piece of clay, then smearing the
clay onto the wall. The caster then pounds his hands on the stone, with
increasing firmness, and at the end of the cast time the stone has cracks and
breaks; he has moved parts of the stone outwards from the center. The effect
total of the spell represents the weight of the stone that can be moved each
round (1 cubic meter of stone equals approximately 2500 kilo-grams). The stone,
of course, has to be cleared away from in front of the caster before he can
proceed, but this is simple compared to digging through solid rock.