Living Berm

Living berms are earth elementals that surge from the ground as walls of packed soil and stone. They stand four or five meters tall and flow like collapsing embankments, reforming as they move.

When enemies close in, the berm erupts. Chunks of earth tear free and rocks break loose to hurtle at close range. The berm is the choke point. To get past, you have to get close.

That's when it buries you.

Clods of soil the size of shields, stones that crack armor, dirt and debris launched at arm's length. The berm doesn't run out of ammunition. When it throws a rock, another forms from the mass below. Breaking through means accepting losses. Some won't make it past. Some will go down under the bombardment before they ever reach the other side.

When dismissed or destroyed, the berm collapses back into loose earth, as if it had never stood at all.