Epic Spell Question

[Jürgen Hubert]

The Epic spell "Raise Island" (Epic Level Handbook page 85) appears to create matter permanently without having the "permanent" multiplier in its DC calculation. Is this an error, or am I missing something?

I ask because in the setting I am currently developing I plan to have Epic spells that create very large buildings (think of the Manhattan skyline created by magic...), and the "Raise Island" spell is the only example of matter creation on a grand scale in the book...

 

[CRGreathouse]

It just raises the earth under the water higher. That's how the price and description work...

 

[mikebr99]

It just raises the earth under the water higher. That's how the price and description work...

That's how I read it also... the beach that was previously under water, is now above. The tetonic plates are getting pushed together and exposing more of the land... nothing new is getting created.