Commanding Earth

You can move or reshape a stone, or a mass of soil or clay,
weighing no more than 10 lbs. (about 1/16 cubic foot). You must
touch the material to establish initial control, and roll against IQ
plus Talent. Maintaining control requires constant concentra-
tion, though not contact. You can force it to roll or shamble at
Move 1, but you can’t lift it into the air! Giving it a beautiful or
functional shape may require an Artist (Sculpting), Engineer
(Mining), or Masonry roll. You can inflict -1 to combat rolls by
such methods as shifting the ground under an opponent’s feet.
Escaping Burial
You have +4 to ST to dig yourself out of loose earth
(e.g., from a landslide or collapse). This affects the ST-4
roll allowed for Shape Earth (p. B245), ST-based digging-
time calculations, and so on. If a roll is involved, you may
make one attempt per second. The GM may make the roll
harder, or require multiple rolls, if you are buried under
more than two cubic yards of earth.
Exude Metal
You can secrete veins of metal from your skin, in such
forms as plates, wires, or rods; this does not have enough
structural integrity to grant DR, but can serve as an impro-
vised, simple, small tool. You can produce up to 1 lb. of
most metals, but only once per day; if producing precious
metals, you’re limited to 1% of the campaign’s average
starting wealth (e.g., in a TL3 setting, you can make $10
worth of silver, or about 1/8 ounce).
Striking Surface
Prerequisite: Iron Skull (p. 29) or Skin of Earth (p. 26).
This is an earth perk and a metal perk. If you have both
prerequisite abilities, both paragraphs below apply!
You may make a Power Block (p. 11) with Commanding
Earth. Extra effort increases your weight limit:
9 points
Will Penalty
Weight
Will Penalty
Weight
-2
12 lbs.
-12
26 lbs.
-4
14 lbs.
-14
29 lbs.
-6
17 lbs.
-16
32 lbs.
-8
20 lbs.
-18
36 lbs.
-10
23 lbs.
-20
40 lbs.
Statistics: Control Earth 1 (Chi, -10%; Elemental, -10%) [16].