Earth Powers (FiD)

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Earth is the base of all, the solid ground we walk on, dig into, and who ultimately nourishes us all.

The earth can be influenced and used by other powers, yet it remains solid. Earth powers can be slow and imprecise, but are very powerful.

Earth attacks are thrown rocks and weapons made of stone, but more powerful effects can cause tremors and earthquakes. Combines well with other powers, for example earth plus fire can cause a volcano and earth plus air can cause a sandstorm.

Earth creatures are mainly earth elementals, but also creatures that burrow into the earth and monsters and animals with earth powers. Burrowing animals are also covered by the Animal power.

Earth Power Effects Table

Action	Basic No minimum 3 Stress	Advanced Minimum 2 Dice 5 Stress	Master Minimum 4 Dice 7 Stress	Apex Minimum 6 Dice 13 Stress
Attune	Gaia's Gaze Detect Earth creatures and Earth powers.	Gaia's Gauntlet Dismiss an Earth creature. End a power that affects Earth.	Gaia's Guardian Summon an earth creature.	Gaia's Gate You can create a portal that allows travel to and from the plane of earth for a limited time.
Command	Stone Speech Command earth creatures even if they don't understand you.	Stone Signal Communicate with Earth over long distances.	Stone Sovereign Command Earth creatures as if you were their superior.	Stone Slave Permanently bind Earth creatures to service.
Consort	Mud Mask Change your clothes and accessories by imbuing them with earth, including crystals and gems.	Mud Manifestation Assume the form of an earth creature.	Mud Morph Shapechange a willing or helpless creature into an Earth creature.	Mud Mastery Transform a number of willing or non-sentient creatures and give them a simple instruction, typically someone for them to hunt.
Finesse	Ride Earth If there is an earth creature mount or a vehicle made of earth, you can ride it as if it was domesticated and you have the keys.	Stalagmite Strike You can use the power as a fine and potent close-range attack, similar in effect to a fine potent dueling sword or pistol, or you can give your friends the Ride ability for the duration of a score.	Pebble Poke You can do fine manipulation of earth, allowing you to do small and exact manipulations at range. This allows you to open doors, trigger or hinder mechanisms, or perform other minor manipulations, as long as you have a pebble.	Stalactite Storm Your power manifests like a storm of spears, suppressing the effect of multiple opponents and acting as a fine potent weapon.
Hunt	Impressions In Earth You can track over any solid surface, even if the target does not leave any mundane trail or clues.	Pellet Shot You can use your power to attack, similar in effect to a fine and potent rifle.	Dust Dance You can raise a cloud of dust and toss solid objects about. You can cover a single room indoors or a city block outdoors.	Gravel Grenade You can use your power to attack similar to a fine and potent grenade. This allows you to fight many creatures in the same area, but there is a risk of collateral damage.
Prowl	Boulder Blend You can hide among rocks or bare stone, including stone, brick, and concrete walls. This allows you to hide in impossible places.	Earthglide You can move on and through earth. This allows you to climb on vertical walls, walk through walls and so on, as long as they are made of earth. Rebar can block your path.	Earthwalk You can bring allies along when you use Boulder Blend and Earthglide.	Womb of the Earth You and allies can teleport from one location surrounded by nothing but earth to another. Barriers blocking access to earthen walls must be removed. This is regional travel, you stay within the same city or region, but it is generally sufficient to enter or escape just about any situation or location.
Skirmish	Stone Skirmish You can use the power as a close-range attack, similar in effect to a melee weapon or pistol.	Diamond Daggers Same as Skirmish Attack, except the weapon is fine and potent.	Labyrinth Your power creates distractions and obstructions that prevents the enemy from benefiting from numbers and otherwise works as a fine potent weapon.	Crystal Cascade Your power strikes out in all directions, attacking all enemies in a wide area.
Study	Crystal Clarity You can identify objects and creatures that manifest earth and see the use of the abilities of the earth power.	Earthly Expertise You know the powers and abilities of something you identified with Crystal Clarity.	Earthly Echoes You can read the past events of something you use Earthly Expertise on. This includes previous owners and how the object has been moved around as well as significant scenes.	Gaia's Glory You research everything in a wide area. This is easy to do where you are, more difficult at range. You can then use hindsight on some of these targets.
Survey	Earthly Intuition You can sense manifestations of earth at a distance and understand their general nature. This works even when you can't see the target, but both range and information suffers.	Earth Eyes Choose a piece of earth, whether it be soil, a rock, or any other earth-related object; you can perceive as if you were at that spot.	Earthwatch Choose a location or creature. You gain a sensor at the nearest piece of earth, which is often close enough to perceive the target.	One with the Earth You perceive from all objects manifesting your power at once over a wide area. As long as you concentrate you retain this perception and can report what you see to others.
Sway	Earth Empathy You can understand earth creatures even if normally couldn't. You learn learn their objectives.	Terran Talk You and allies can communicate with earth creatures. You can make folk more content and confident	Stone Suggestion You can post suggestions in the mind of an earth creature, which will be triggered under conditions you specify. Common suggestions are to steal something, attack someone, or ignore some event. This is a subtle power, but easier to spot once triggered.	Carved in Stone You change the personality and motivations of earth creatures. This power is permanent, but blatant. The target remember their past, but regard it as unimportant compared to their new motivations.
Tinker	Chisel You can handle earth and stone as if you had the appropriate tools and protective devices.	Mold You can shape earth and stone as if they were of clay, and they will retain their new shape for some time even if they would normally not, such as sand.	Earthforge You can create objects of earth and stone out of nothing, or transform an object from one material to another as long as you know the power required for both the starting and final form. This can create complex tools, such as fine and potent items appropriate to the power(s) used.	Earthspawn Similar to Earthforge, but you mass produce objects, even a set of different objects. You can also make something large, such as a vehicle or building.
Wreck	Crack You can crack earth and stone much like a sledgehammer. Noisy and leaves a twisted object in place.	Stonebreaker When smashing earth and stone, you affect hard objects as if they were wood. Works as a fine potent sledgehammer in combat.	Disintegrate Similar to Stonebreaker, but destroyed targets silently disappear or are reduced to a fine dust.	Ruinous Rumble Similar to Stonebreaker, but over a large area. This can level a city block, raze a city wall, and similar massive destruction.

Mud Mask
Change your clothes and accessories by imbuing them with earth, including crystals and gems. This can mask your identity or create fabulous outfits.

Expanded Earth Powers

Expanded descriptions of effects that differ significantly from Typical Powers.

Earth is the base of all things, including the power rules. No Earth power is different enough to need its own detailed description.