Prolific Forestation (Priest Spell)

With this spell, a priest causes a grove of trees to magically appear. The area must contain no other trees, or the spell fails.
During the preparation time, the priest must devote eight hours per day for 30 days to fashion a staff from a tree of life. The priest must carve the staff perfectly smooth with a diamond dagger. No other task can be undertaken during the eight-hour periods.
The area of effect is a circle with a maximum radius that varies according to the casters level (the caster can make the radius smaller if desired, see table).
To cast the spell, the priest thrusts the diamond dagger into the ground in the center of the area, then moves with the staff to the circle's edge. The priest then walks around the area of effect, drag­ging the staff. The staff magically ensures that the priest walks a perfectly circular path, eventually returning to the starting point. The priest must walk (not run, fly, or levitate) but may use magical means to speed the walk. Interruptions lasting more than a single round negate the walking and it must be started again. If the dagger at the center of the circle is disturbed, the spell fails, so the priest often places a guard over it. When the circle is completed, the spell is cast.
CasterLevel	MaxRadius(yds.)	RoughCircumf.(yds.)	Timeto Walk(rds.)	Trees inGrove*
27 	30 	188 	2 	140
28 	60 	377 	4 	560
29 	120 	754 	7 	2,250
30 	240 	1,507 	13 	9,000
: * Approximate; can vary as much as 20%
The forest consists of mature trees, one to four feet in diameter, spaced three to six yards apart. The thick forest canopy towers 90 to 120 feet. This spell creates no brush or undergrowth; the forest floor is the same terrain type as before the spell was cast. The spacing of the trees hinders the movement of huge or gargantuan creatures; smaller creatures can move through the forest unhindered.
Unlike the prolific vegetation spell, the trees created have magical protection against natural destruction for one year per caster level. Natural fires, lightning, lack of water, and harsh weather do not kill them. Defiler magic still destroys them normally, as can any attack that would affect normal trees.
The material components are the staff and the diamond dagger, both of which disappear when the spell is cast.
Notes: Granted to elementals, common. Restricted to elementals common.
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