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 "actions": "Three Actions",
 "area": "a horizontal earthen or sandy surface within a 20-foot burst",
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 "category": "spell",
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  "material",
  "somatic",
  "verbal"
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 "deity": [
  "Anubis",
  "Yamatsumi"
 ],
 "deity_markdown": "[Anubis](/Deities.aspx?ID=49), [Yamatsumi](/Deities.aspx?ID=185)",
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 "duration": 60,
 "duration_raw": "sustained up to 1 minute",
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 "heighten": [
  "5th",
  "7th",
  "9th"
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  3,
  5,
  7,
  9
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 "level": 3,
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 "markdown": "<title level=\"1\" right=\"Spell 3\" pfs=\"Standard\">[Shifting Sand](/Spells.aspx?ID=586)</title>\n\n<traits>\r\n<trait label=\"Earth\" url=\"/Traits.aspx?ID=55\" />\r\n<trait label=\"Transmutation\" url=\"/Traits.aspx?ID=157\" />\r\n</traits>\r\n\r\n<column gap=\"tiny\">\n\n<row gap=\"tiny\">**Source** [Gods &amp; Magic](/Sources.aspx?ID=17) pg. 110 <sup>2.0</sup></row>\n\n**Traditions**\r\n[Arcane](/SpellLists.aspx?Tradition=1), [Primal](/SpellLists.aspx?Tradition=4)\r\n\r\n**Spell Lists**\r\n[Elemental](/SpellLists.aspx?Tradition=5)\n\n**Deities**\r\n[Anubis](/Deities.aspx?ID=49), [Yamatsumi](/Deities.aspx?ID=185)\n\n<row gap=\"medium\">\r\n\r\n<row gap=\"tiny\">\r\n<row>**Cast**</row>\r\n<row><actions string=\"Three Actions\" /></row>\r\n<row>[material](/Rules.aspx?ID=282), [somatic](/Rules.aspx?ID=283), [verbal](/Rules.aspx?ID=284)</row>\r\n</row>\n\n</row>\r\n\r\n<row gap=\"medium\">\r\n**Range** 30 feet\r\n\r\n**Area** a horizontal earthen or sandy surface within a 20-foot burst\n\n</row>\r\n\r\n<row gap=\"medium\">\n\n**Duration** sustained up to 1 minute\r\n</row>\r\n\r\n</column>\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nYou cause the surface to heave. The area becomes difficult terrain and any tracks in the area are destroyed by the churning ground. Creatures standing in the area take a –1 status penalty to [Acrobatics](/Skills.aspx?ID=1) checks to [Balance](/Actions.aspx?ID=28) and [Tumble Through](/Actions.aspx?ID=29) and Athletics checks to [High Jump](/Actions.aspx?ID=36) and [Long Jump](/Actions.aspx?ID=37). The first time each round you Sustain the Spell, you can move the churning area up to 10 feet in any direction. Creatures [immobilized](/Conditions.aspx?ID=24) by the spell are carried along with the shifting sand in the same direction, if possible; this movement is [forced movement](/Rules.aspx?ID=451). Creatures that enter or begin their turn standing in the shifting sand must attempt a Reflex save.\r\n\r\n**Critical Success** The creature is unaffected and ignores the area’s difficult terrain and penalty to skill checks until the end of its turn.<br />\r\n**Success** The creature ignores the area’s penalty to skill checks until the end of its turn.<br />\r\n**Failure** The creature is affected normally by the spell this turn.<br />\r\n**Critical Failure** The creature becomes [immobilized](/Conditions.aspx?ID=24) within the spell’s area until it [Escapes](/Actions.aspx?ID=79). If the creature was already immobilized by shifting sands, it also falls [prone](/Conditions.aspx?ID=31).\n\n---\r\n**Heightened (5th)** The status penalty increases to –2 and the spell’s range increases to 60 feet.\r\n\r\n**Heightened (7th)** The status penalty increases to –3, the spell’s range increases to 60 feet, and the spell’s area increases to a 30-foot burst.\r\n\r\n**Heightened (9th)** The status penalty increases to –4, the spell’s range increases to 60 feet, and the spell’s area increases to a 40-foot burst.",
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 "name": "Shifting Sand",
 "patron_theme_markdown": "",
 "pfs": "Standard",
 "range": 30,
 "range_raw": "30 feet",
 "rarity": "common",
 "release_date": "2020-01-29",
 "resistance": {},
 "school": "transmutation",
 "search_markdown": "<traits>\r\n<trait label=\"Earth\" url=\"/Traits.aspx?ID=55\" />\r\n<trait label=\"Transmutation\" url=\"/Traits.aspx?ID=157\" />\r\n</traits>\r\n\r\n<additional-info>\r\n<row gap=\"tiny\">**Source** [Gods &amp; Magic](/Sources.aspx?ID=17) pg. 110 <sup>2.0</sup></row>\r\n\r\n**Traditions**\r\n[Arcane](/SpellLists.aspx?Tradition=1), [Primal](/SpellLists.aspx?Tradition=4)\r\n\r\n**Spell Lists**\r\n[Elemental](/SpellLists.aspx?Tradition=5)\n\n**Deities**\r\n[Anubis](/Deities.aspx?ID=49), [Yamatsumi](/Deities.aspx?ID=185)\n\n<row gap=\"medium\">\r\n\r\n<row gap=\"tiny\">\r\n<row>**Cast**</row>\r\n<row><actions string=\"Three Actions\" /></row>\r\n<row>[material](/Rules.aspx?ID=282), [somatic](/Rules.aspx?ID=283), [verbal](/Rules.aspx?ID=284)</row>\r\n</row>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n</row>\r\n\r\n<row gap=\"medium\">\r\n**Range** 30 feet\r\n\r\n**Area** a horizontal earthen or sandy surface within a 20-foot burst\r\n\r\n \r\n</row>\r\n\r\n<row gap=\"medium\">\r\n \r\n\r\n**Duration** sustained up to 1 minute\r\n</row>\r\n</additional-info>\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n<summary>\r\nYou cause the surface to heave.\r\n</summary>",
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  "Gods & Magic"
 ],
 "source_raw": [
  "Gods & Magic pg. 110"
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 "source_category": "Lost Omens",
 "source_markdown": "<row gap=\"tiny\">[Gods &amp; Magic](/Sources.aspx?ID=17) pg. 110 <sup>2.0</sup></row>",
 "speed": {},
 "summary": "You cause the surface to heave.",
 "summary_markdown": "You cause the surface to heave.",
 "text": " Shifting Sand Source Gods &amp; Magic pg. 110 2.0 Traditions Arcane, Primal Spell Lists Elemental Deities Anubis, Yamatsumi Cast Three Actions material, somatic, verbal Range 30 feet Area a horizontal earthen or sandy surface within a 20-foot burst Duration sustained up to 1 minute --- You cause the surface to heave. The area becomes difficult terrain and any tracks in the area are destroyed by the churning ground. Creatures standing in the area take a –1 status penalty to Acrobatics checks to Balance and Tumble Through and Athletics checks to High Jump and Long Jump. The first time each round you Sustain the Spell, you can move the churning area up to 10 feet in any direction. Creatures immobilized by the spell are carried along with the shifting sand in the same direction, if possible; this movement is forced movement. Creatures that enter or begin their turn standing in the shifting sand must attempt a Reflex save. Critical Success The creature is unaffected and ignores the area’s difficult terrain and penalty to skill checks until the end of its turn. Success The creature ignores the area’s penalty to skill checks until the end of its turn. Failure The creature is affected normally by the spell this turn. Critical Failure The creature becomes immobilized within the spell’s area until it Escapes. If the creature was already immobilized by shifting sands, it also falls prone. --- Heightened (5th) The status penalty increases to –2 and the spell’s range increases to 60 feet. Heightened (7th) The status penalty increases to –3, the spell’s range increases to 60 feet, and the spell’s area increases to a 30-foot burst. Heightened (9th) The status penalty increases to –4, the spell’s range increases to 60 feet, and the spell’s area increases to a 40-foot burst.",
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  "Primal",
  "Elemental"
 ],
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 "trait": [
  "Earth",
  "Transmutation"
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 "trait_markdown": "[Earth](/Traits.aspx?ID=55), [Transmutation](/Traits.aspx?ID=157)",
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  "Earth",
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 "url": "/Spells.aspx?ID=586",
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