Pathi

• Create: I wonder if the volume could be increased a little? Allowing about a cubic foot or so would let you make a small shield (roughly two feet square/diameter by a quarter inch). Should lighter, less-dense materials (dirt/dust) be allowed greater volumes?
• Control: I presume that contact must be maintained to control something (i.e., no telekinesis)? However, I think it should be allowed to toss earth, the speed determined by size/mass. This would be one of the ways a Battlemage uses Earth. A small stone, bullet-sized might be allowed to act like one. But at baseball-size, only about as fast as an extreme fastball (100 mph), etc.?
• Destroy: If Create is increased, allow the same change here?
• Change: Other elemental gifts allow the mage to purify/alter the element. So, allow mud to stone, etc.?

Finally, I think we need to clarify if metals are allowed. I guess the caveat is that things like making gold was to be avoided. But on the other hand, controlling/changing metals seems to not be too out of bounds?