Mountainous Barrier (Priest Spell)

With this spell, the priest calls up a ring of enor­mous mountains. The priest must spend the entire day of preparation time in careful meditation in the vicinity of existing mountains, within the distance shown on the table.
Priest Level	Distance	Radius
23 	5 miles 	100 yards
24 	7 miles 	300 yards
25 	10 miles	500 yards
26 	15 miles	500 yards
27 	20 miles	1 mile
28 	25 miles	1.5 miles
29 	30 miles	2 miles
30 	35 miles	2.5 miles
On casting, a ring of mountains, one mile wide and one mile high appears around the caster, thrusting up from the ground. The radius shown is the inner radius, that from the caster to where the mountains being. The radius is a max­imum; the priest can call for a smaller radius if desired.
Anything on the ground where the mountains erupt must make a successful saving throw vs. crushing blow (vs. paralyzation for creatures). Items that fail are destroyed; creatures take 10d6 points of damage. Creatures that can fly receive a +5 bonus to their saving throws. The mountains will not rise to destroy a community of more than 20 individuals – the ring of mountains forms a gap instead.
While the spell is in effect, the priest can lower any or all of the mountains and raise them again; the caster controls them perfectly in all ways.
After the spell ends, the mountains return into the earth as suddenly as they came. The ground appears undisturbed, although man-made structures destroyed by them remain in ruins.
The material component is rock from a recent landslide.
Notes: Granted to earth elementals, common.
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