Axiom Level: 12
Skill: conjuration/plant 20
Backlash: 17
Difficulty: 21
Effect Value: 26
Bonus Number to: effect
Range: touch
Duration: 10 (100 seconds)
Cast Time: 5 (10 seconds)
Manipulation: control, range, speed
The mage begins this spell by scattering dried flower petals at their feet, and concentrating on the image of a blooming plant. A mass of flowering vines then appears, growing outward from the caster at a rate of 25 meters per round, up to a maximum of 100 meters. While the growth appears random, it is actually tighly controlled by the mage, who must concentrate on the pattern for the Duration of the spell. If the mage wishes to not attack a target within the Range of the spell, including themselves, they must make an Apportation total of 8 plus any One-on-Many penalties. If the caster's concentration is disrupted, the vines attack everything within the range of the spell for one round before disappearing. (The vines attack with a Damage Value equal to the Effect total of the spell. They travel along the ground, and cannot attack a target more than one meter above the ground - but woe betide any creature that falls beneath them! The vines are in fact illusory, but are so well crafted - including texture and scent - that it requires a Willpower total of 15 to disbelieve.)
The spell is attributed to Fraktahl the Penrose, a mage from the days before the Great Darkness who was also said to be the child of Mesus herself. Even with Ulthurion's efforts to destroy the followers of Mesus some stories still remain. As these tales tell of a spell capable of summoning real plants that continued to grow after the Duration of the spell had lapsed, it is doubtful that this spell is the one of legend, but was more likely created within the last 500 years to combat Ultherion's forces. The fact that the spell is primarily used by followers of Mesus to destroy Gospog fields - and the occasional Corrupted Draconis Crotalaria - would seem to support this.